12-26-2010--The temperature this morning was in the low 30s with a north wind blowing 15 to 20 MPH. But, as always, the fish still had to eat; we just had to find them. I couldn't get to the first place I had chosen because the water was too low. Just a few days ago I said the water was as low as I had seen it. Well, today it was that low again. Our second choice was to go for black drum while the water warmed up a little for trout. My two fishermen limited on black drum in short order using dead shrimp for bait. Next we looked for trout using artifical lures. Made a long run from east shore to San Jose, stopped several times on San Jose but found no fish. Ran back to Estes flats and immediately started catching nice trout in the 17 to 20 inch range. Earlier we had planned to get some trout and then look for reds but the trout fishing was so good we couldn't bear to leave. We kept their limit of 20 trout and released the rest. The trout were all caught on Norton sand eels and gulp jerk shad. I just hope the late 2010 fishing continues through 2011. Right now I'm reluctant for this year to end.
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