REDFISH LIKE THE NORTH WIND

11-27-2012--My guests today are from Canada, so the 25-30 MPH north wind didn't faze them, but it apparently kept the local fishers off the water.  We put in at the public launch near Hampton's since Conn Brown is closed.  There was not another boat trailer in the parking lot.  There was one small trailer in the lot next to Hampton's.  We only saw two other boats on the water.

We started with shrimp on the edge of a channel where the water falls off a large flat. Right away they had two mid slot reds on, so I thought we had hit the jackpot.  As soon as the hooks were back in the water another red was on but it turned out to be a quarter inch short.  Successive bites were all small reds or hardheads.  We moved four times but were only rewarded with small reds and hardheads.  The fifth move put us back in fish.  About 45 minutes later and  after 3 1/2 hours total fishing time, they had to quit and get back to work.  We ended up with 4 reds, one trout and 2 black drum.  Not bad for two people on a short half day trip.