Sizzling September

To stay September started off with a bang would be an understatement. The trout have showed up in great numbers and they are not dinks. I went out late yesterday afternoon to hit some tailing flats. The reds were there. I pitched baits to several fish and hooked up with a few of them. I erased the pics by accident last night. As I awaited the tide to flood the flats I caught a few trout on the edges of the grass. They were hitting the top all around me.
This morning I greeted several tailing fish on several different flats trying to hit flats I had never fished. I was rewarded for prospecting new areas-reds were all over the flats I hit. Some were crawling through spartina grass with half their backs out of the water. I fished the tide out in several old and some new spots. I saw several fish at low tide and caught 6 or so but most were shut down and not interested in any of my offerings. On the way home I hit a not so "secret" flounder area. I pulled up a nice 21 inch flatty for the grease on a 7 inch jerk bait on a jighead. Caught two other flatties earlier in the day on plastic and spinnerbaits. The reds ate spinnerbaits and plastic. No topwater reds today in the hard southwest wind. Saw several reds crawling at low tide with hald their backs out of the water.
Bedtime now-more redfish stalking in the skinny tomorrow morning.

Tight lines,
Capt Ren