| Cold Weather Tips by Robert Sloan
- Deason was working a chartreuse/bone/gold Top Dog over the lower end
of the reef when it got blasted by a big trout weighing about 7 pounds.
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- The great thing about fishing out of HR&GC is that the guides are
always in contact with each other. If one boat gets into some big trout,
others are called in. When you've got five or six boats roaming around
the lake, somebody is going to find big trout sooner or later. The one
thing I've learned about catching big trout from a boat on Calcasieu is
to set up a drift with thewind and tide, if possible, when fishing a shallow
reef.
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- "You want to shut the big engine down about 100 yards out from
the reef, and ease in with the trolling motor," says Deason. "When
you're within casting range don't use the trolling motor. Just drift. Big
trout in shallow water will be very spooky. You want your drift to be just
within casting range. That way if you catch one, you can make another drift
and maybe pick off another big trout or two."
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- TOPWATER TACTICS by Jon
Parks
- Go up on top for exciting topwater action on
reds and trout this quarter
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- From the New England states to the Amazon River Basin to Bill Dance's
backyard, American anglers are throwing top-water lures. If you've ever
had a big speckled trout slam a top water lure three feet from your rod
tip, you know it will startle you. A trout may not sound like a large-mouth
bass but no
 matter how you describe the sound made
when a
- speckled trout busts a top-water lure it will give you a rush of adrenalin
every time.
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- On a nasty gray day in December of 1994, my friend and experienced
fisherman Rick Conner introduced me to top-water trout fishing and
- "walking-the-dog". On that day we caught 20 specks between
21 and 24-inches long and left the spot with the fish still biting. I don't
think Conner has thrown anything but a top-water lure since...
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- CUT BAIT TROUT
- by Chester Moore, Jr.
- Live bait is great - but is cut bait better?
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- When considering the top baits (including lures) to catch speckled
trout, most anglers would never consider cut bait or any kind of dead bait
for that matter. According to common knowledge, speckled trout do not feed
on dead things so live bait or a lure that imitates something live are
the best way to catch them, especially big, trophy-sized specimens.
- Well, someone forgot to check with the speckled trout themselves before
they made these assumptions because dead bait is catching many big trout
right now on the Texas coast.
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- In fact, there is an ugly war of words raging over it in South Texas...
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- WINTER'S ABANDONED SHALLOWS - by Pete Cooper, Jr.
- Don't overlook one of the prime fishing spots
this winter.
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- I really enjoy fishing during winter. That's in good part because there
are some consistently productive spots in the area I fish that are less
than a 15-minute run from the marina. Even so, it's a rare day indeed when
I'll be pressured by - or even see - any competition around them.
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- That's because all of those spots are in less than five feet of water
(msl), some of them in considerably less. Most folks have become conditioned
to fish deep during winter, so the shallows are usually abandoned - by
fishermen, anyway. But they are certainly not abandoned by the fish! For
instance... Jan. 12, 1999 - one day after a morning freeze and heavy jackfrost.
A friend and I tallied 40 specks and a handful of reds and flounders in
one of the aforementioned spots that was then in slightly over three feet
of water - and we never saw another boat.
OUR DEPARTMENTS...
Gulf Coast Closeup - "Florida's San Carlos
Bay" - by Ken Freel
- San Carlos Bay, sounds like someplace on the coast of South America
somewhere, doesn't it? Maybe it's a fishing paradise along Argentina or
Brazil's expansive coastlines. It well could be, but it's not. San Carlos
Bay laps the shoreline behind Sanibel Island and the famous beaches of
Fort Myers right here in the Sunshine State. And the redfishing opportunities
found in this tropical aquarium of sorts are second to none.
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- A recent trip with Cape Coral river rats Scott Qurollo and Dan Baggot
proved how hot the redfishing could be, even under less-than-ideal conditions.
As if oft the case with saltwater angling, the weather on the day you decide
to go fishing usually doesn't pan out exactly as planned. It's not that
the weather was bad per se, it's just that 20 mph northeast winds put a
beer like frothy chop to the waves in this usually calm back bay area.
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- Did I mention I was fishing with two river rats?
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Rod & Reel'n - "The Illusion Blade"
- by Patrick Lemire
The Bay Naturalist - "Underwater Symphony"
- by John Hook
Equipment Notebook - "Outboard Cooling
Systems" - by David Ayers
Tackle Time - "Got a Plan"
- by Colby Sorrells
Bait Hook - "A Higher Calling"
- by Jim Martin
From the Publisher...
- Besides all these great articles and departments, Gulf Coast Fisherman
is the only source for the Wells Daily Fishing Forecast. Each issue carries
three months of the Wells Daily Fishing Forecast - with Monthly Fishing
Calendars. This will provide what you need to intelligently plan your fishing
trips - hours, weeks, and months in advance!
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- Top saltwater guides and fishermen use the Wells Daily Fishing Forecast
- shouldn't you be using it,too?...
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- "The fisherman that knows what the currents are doing has the
advantage - over fish and fishermen!"
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- And remember - "Fish feed everyday, somewhere " - Harold
Wells
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- Gary Ralston
- Publisher
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