I got to the ramp a little earlier than last week and was the only one there. It was still dark so I slowly unloaded all my stuff and got eaten alive by mosquitos. I was wearing shorts and they attacked any exposed flesh.
By the time I pushed off, there was only one other truck in the parking lot and it was a guy getting ready to wade.
I don’t like the idea of getting run over so I slowly made my way to Churchill Bayou hugging the shoreline. I think it was my third cast that was another backlash that sent my DieZel minnow flying. Great! Now I get to tie a new leader in the dark.
By the time I re-tied, it was light enough to make my way into the marsh maze that I was in last week. It wasn’t too long before I was hooked up. Not sure what it was. It didn’t take any long runs and it wasn’t erratic like a flounder. It swam straight under the kayak like a dead weight and came unhooked.
About a half hour later, I was staked out at the entrance of a choke point where the water was flowing pretty good. A fish swam right past me coming from behind and left a cloud of dust in the water. I cast toward the direction it swam and I was on again. This time I recognized the pull of a Redfish. This dude was all over the place. I pulled my stakeout pole and let him take me for a sleigh ride. After several runs, into the net was a 21 incher.
