28.5" 9lb Trout
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:47 am
I've been down in Baffin this week hitting some areas I like to fish. Friday I invited a buddy of mine (Brett Wheeler) down and I put him on this FAT 9lb fish. Pics were taken with my GoPro and don't do the fish justice at all. Big girth and shoulders for sure. For Scale Brett is 6'2 and 225. Fish was released to swim away. Also caught a humongous redfish at about 45 inches and 25 to 30 lbs. I caught the red but had him take the pic with it since i had the go pro on.
It's been windy, but that's nothing new for Baffin. Bite has been a little off with fish coming form a variety of baits. Big girl came from mud and grass on a TxChicken Fat boy, other fish came on DSLs, GrassWalkers, and a few on top. The bite has not been really aggressive with most of the fish biting near the bottom on soft plastics kept barely above the grass.
Always feed the fish what they want and not what you want to throw, many times we want to catch a fish on a certain lure and they just arnt in the mood to feed in that part of the water column. You don't have to throw the tackle box at them or go through all the colors, just think about lures as three categories; top, middle, and bottom. If you're not getting the bites you want on top switch to something in the middle (slow sink or suspending) or toward the bottom (soft plastic). Always the first priority is finding the fish first. Dynamite does not do real well when there's no fish present. So focus on finding them first and then read the water and the bite to find what they are wanting. Honestly when I'm down here I replicate exactly what is in our Big Trout dvd including everything from finding the areas to fish to reading the water, reading the bite, knowing when to fish or when to leave, and even what baits to use. Brett got to see if first hand today catching that fish 20 minutes into the first wade after I gave him a quick tutorial on working fat boys in shallow water. If you don't already have a dvd from us, start with that one and you'll see what we're made of and how beneficial and investment they are in your enjoyment of the outdoors. Brett said "total game changer".
https://troutsupport.com
It's been windy, but that's nothing new for Baffin. Bite has been a little off with fish coming form a variety of baits. Big girl came from mud and grass on a TxChicken Fat boy, other fish came on DSLs, GrassWalkers, and a few on top. The bite has not been really aggressive with most of the fish biting near the bottom on soft plastics kept barely above the grass.
Always feed the fish what they want and not what you want to throw, many times we want to catch a fish on a certain lure and they just arnt in the mood to feed in that part of the water column. You don't have to throw the tackle box at them or go through all the colors, just think about lures as three categories; top, middle, and bottom. If you're not getting the bites you want on top switch to something in the middle (slow sink or suspending) or toward the bottom (soft plastic). Always the first priority is finding the fish first. Dynamite does not do real well when there's no fish present. So focus on finding them first and then read the water and the bite to find what they are wanting. Honestly when I'm down here I replicate exactly what is in our Big Trout dvd including everything from finding the areas to fish to reading the water, reading the bite, knowing when to fish or when to leave, and even what baits to use. Brett got to see if first hand today catching that fish 20 minutes into the first wade after I gave him a quick tutorial on working fat boys in shallow water. If you don't already have a dvd from us, start with that one and you'll see what we're made of and how beneficial and investment they are in your enjoyment of the outdoors. Brett said "total game changer".
https://troutsupport.com
