Winter is tough

Winter time is a tough time to fish. We have had very little weather that is fishing friendly. Altho we have not sat at the house and wished that there was a windless and rainless day, it has been harsh and few and far between.
The S & S TOURNAMENT was no such exception. Winds were forcasted at north east at 15, we got to the spot of choice only to find winds north at 25. this made for adifficult paddle considering we planned for north east.
We fished a small reef that was getting blown hard. I threw a B&L cork lure for the first hour and decided to go to the bottom. i threw brown devil strawberry and whiped cream, amber , and the glow ch. the water temp was right at 48 deg. i knew i would have to hit the fish in the nose to get her to bite it and it did not happen. We redirected our search to a softer area and it was just as trecherous, the marsh was exposed to the wind and the tide was extreemly high for some reason. i could not figure out why we had a north wind and an extreemly high tide. must have been a moon thing. we found a great spring time area to kill the reds and flounder. they were not playing this day.

conclusion: Water temps at 48 fish do not move much.
lets all keep our fingers crossed that the rest of the winter is not so cold .
i have been through 2 fish kills in the bay system and all it takes is 42 degree water temp. since we are at 48 now i think another hard front will be the demise of some of our prized species.
have great day and keep the line tight.
we will catch something soon and give a full report

New Years Day Fishing Report

Happy New Year Everyone

Hit the water this morning around 7am . Today's goal was to catch photo and release a few specks. I was armed with nothing but Brown Lures and an assortment of jig heads both rattling, plain and varying in weight from 1/16 oz to 1/5 oz. I was fishing a mud bottom around 6' in depth and ambient air temp was about 50 degrees with a slight N-NW wind. There were two other waders in the area fishing live bait and didn't appear to be catching anything.Started out throwing B&L Original Small Tails in both Amber and Cajun Pepper with several trout hookups. Decided to tie on a Brown Lures Devil Eye in the Black Cat color. Immediately started catching trout this time in the 18" range. This continued until the wind started picking up. I decided to drift the wind back towards my launch area. Hook ups continued all the way back to the launch area while using the Devil Eye.

This is my first trip fishing exclusively with Brown Lures since Joining Team Gulf Coast Rods and I have developed the utmost confidence in Brown Lures ability to catch fish. It didn't make a difference what color I used or what weight jig head. They all caught fish so long as the retrieve was slow and erratic.

Tight Lines,

Ted