Salt in my life - Day 1

Gonna keep this post really simple and full of fish pictures.  Not much to tell really, I have a very understanding wife who accepts my addiction.  She gave me the go ahead and I packed so fast (before she changed her mind) that I forgot my shoes...no joke.  Good thing I keep extras in my truck.

Monday the fishing was slow but steady.  The winds were pushing 20 mph and that made sight fishing difficult.  As such, I left the fly rod in the hull of my kayak.  Tide was high until about noon and then started falling.  Until that point, I was sighting a fish every 30 mins it seemed but only managed to catch about 6.

Around 2pm, the tide fell out and they were forced to the edges of the grass.  A few were cruising back and forth weaving through the grass.  If you have kids, and ever visited a corn maze, you'll understand what I'm about to say.

I would spot a red, it would vanish into the grass, come out 5 ft away, back in, back out...but 10 ft in the opposite direction...this went on forever it seemed and I kept chasing!  I would stop, and wait, scanning in every direction, hoping for it to reappear...just like when your kids run off in the corn maze and you're running after them trying to cut them off.

Eventually, I intercepted a few but most just ghosted out on me.  All the reds I caught were upper slot or baby bulls.  Nothing under 23"s.  So it was absolutely a great day.  I don't like to keep reds over 22"s but after releasing about 5 before lunch I had to start keeping a few...or explain to my wife, why I choose to catch and release, while she took care of the kids and worked all day.  No thanks!

Day 1 in a nutshell...worked really hard fighting the wind, covered a bunch of water and caught some large reds.  Loved every minute of it.  Day 2 (next post), all about the fly and even bigger reds...last 2 hours was on epic levels!

Day 2 link