January 6 – 12
This week with the cold weather I really didn’t get on the water much. Monday through Thursday we had a mixed bag of weather. Monday was windy and rainy, Tuesday and Wednesday were very cold and windy. Thursday was warm, but with wind and rain.
I did get out on the water Friday, but the bite was a little slow. I was reading water temps as low as 52°, which is very cold water for this area. The fish seemed lethargic and slow to eat. We ended up with a few keeper redfish in the 24” range with quite a few short fish under 18”. Saturday was a complete blow out with overcast skies and high winds around 25 mph.
Sunday turned out to be a nice day, and with rising water temps the fish were fired up and eating. We were doing a half day trip and every place we stopped we caught fish. I didn’t keep count of exactly how many fish we caught but I know we had over a dozen nice slot fish in the 24” – 27” range with lots of small fish 16” – 17”, along with a nice flounder around 4 lbs. This is my favorite time of year to be on the water, and with some more normal weather days the fishing is going to be on fire.