Jones Lakes 2-Mar-2024
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:39 pm
It’s been nearly 2 months since I’ve been fishing. Lots of high winds and a business trip to Japan & Taiwan kept me on the sidelines. I told my wife not to expect any fish today. Early March and low water levels. I told her fishing should start to pick up in a couple more weeks. I was wrong. I caught a lot of fish today…probably over 40.
The day started off really bad. I made my way 2 miles up the ICW and got out my favorite setup. The 13 Fishing Omen rod with Daiwa Alphas Air TW. I wanted to wet my line and get the Zman Diezel Minnowz positioned on the jighead properly. I pressed the thumb bar to releases the line, did my thing and then the reel wouldn’t go back into gear. It worked fine 2 months ago. Oh well. I was stuck with my two backup spinning rod outfits. The mosquitoes were annoying and I briefly thought about turning around and heading home. Good thing I didn’t.
As usual, barge traffic was heavy.
The water was relatively low and getting through the 1st Jones Lake was difficult.
I had planned to fish two areas that hold deeper water. I never made it to the 2nd one. Once I got to my spot, I started catching. I had 4 fish on 5 casts. Two of them were 16” trout and the others 15” – 18” Reds.
I caught over 30 of these short reds with two keepers mixed in. The water was really flowing into the lakes in the morning.
The day started off really bad. I made my way 2 miles up the ICW and got out my favorite setup. The 13 Fishing Omen rod with Daiwa Alphas Air TW. I wanted to wet my line and get the Zman Diezel Minnowz positioned on the jighead properly. I pressed the thumb bar to releases the line, did my thing and then the reel wouldn’t go back into gear. It worked fine 2 months ago. Oh well. I was stuck with my two backup spinning rod outfits. The mosquitoes were annoying and I briefly thought about turning around and heading home. Good thing I didn’t.
As usual, barge traffic was heavy.
I had planned to fish two areas that hold deeper water. I never made it to the 2nd one. Once I got to my spot, I started catching. I had 4 fish on 5 casts. Two of them were 16” trout and the others 15” – 18” Reds.