Biloxi Marsh TR (Again!!!)
Fishing partner managed to swap some work days and we headed out Tuesday evening from Houston to Delacroix. After a short few hours of sleep, we were up and prepping for a windless sunny day in the Marsh!
We rolled up to a big mud flat and crushed 23-28" redfish. After fishing out one flat, the next one was equally productive. We found fish tailing, fins out and lots with backs out in the shallowest water... it was nonstop action and we finished our assault on the small fish by 10:20 am!
Cruised around the rest of the day looking for bulls and intermittent small fish action. Had a few shots on big fish and had some follow but couldn't get tight on any of them. Had a 40" plus fish follow my fly then slowly turn off and leave. Fished until almost dark then back to the dock to clean fish, drink beer (and a little angostura rum) and eat some pork chops.
Thursday morning brought some cloud cover (somewhat cleared up in the afternoon at times). The small fish weren't as active and all fish tough to see without the sun and still morning.
The afternoon provided some better light and we finally pushed into a large swamp donkey in the afternoon! He was layed up and it took a cast pulled 1" in front of his face before he slurped it. What a beast! After some pictures, we moved to some deeper water in the edge of the gulf and poles the shorelines looking forward big redfish. Caught a big fish crushing the bank and partner made 2 casts with the fish following the 2nd for about 10' without coming tight.
We managed a 2nd black drum and what a fish he was, good fight (unlike mine). Finding some large fish but not seeing as many bulls as hoped for. Been too warm to this point?
