TROUT DAY

5-31-2011--The wind was considerably less today. It was still a little rough for the outside windward beaches but we could fish most of the bay. We started with an excellent trout bite, getting 16 nice fish on the first anchor before 7:30 AM. It took us until 10:00 to get the 14 more for a total of 30 for three fishermen. We then fished for reds but they were all 19 and a half inches long. One of our fishermen did catch a 26 1/2 inch trout on cut perch while we were fishing for reds. I had him return it to the water since we already had 30 trout. I really don't like to keep large trout, anyway, unless they are to be mounted. The redfish pictures with this report are from recent redfish trips while it was too windy to fish most trout waters. The wind is predicted to be down for the next several days. That will be a very welcome scenario.