Monday Fishing in NC

Got back on the water Monday in NC for the first time in a week after fishing a tournament in Savannah, GA. I had a half day trip with Tom and Bob. The wind was blowing out of the northeast so we fished structure for most of the trip and had great success. The first stop we checked a flat that had been holding a ton of fish from lower slot to 34 inches. The fish were there but the tide was wrong and the water was a little cool so they were not interested in our offerings. Bob made some great presentations with the fly but no takers. We made a move to some structure and it was on. The two had 15-20 hookups and broke off a fair share of those but managed to land about ten of them. Tom had one wrap him in the structure and he flipped the bail like a pro and we went in after him and unwrapped the fish from the structure and he pulled him out. After fishing the structure we went back to the flat holding a large school of reds. We instantly found the fish again holding deep on the drop off of the flat we had visited early in the day. The fish were still very finicky. The tide was rising and I knew we were going to get some shots at the fish once they got happier and moved up near the grass. I poled the two in and Bob once again started presenting a fly to the fish. He had 3 fish during the course of the trip to follow and turn off the fly just as the school got scared and ran into the boat. Makes for a tough sell when you are on a flat that is totally covered with reds and you have no where to set up outside the flat that you could reach them with an offering. Meanwhile Tom pulled two more fish from the school on arties and we called it a day. Great morning on the water and good action for a half day trip.