I hit the water later than usual since I knew the heat wouldn't run me off the water. The recent cold front made for a nice morning temperature wise. My original plan was to paddle across to 181 cove and fish with live bait under corks. I just rigged the hobie with two rod holders on the front for this type of fishing. I got to the buoys by the dam when I realized I left my water in the vehicle. This coupled with knowing the slight chop could turn into something much worse later on with the Northeast wind made me abandon that plan. I was trolling a chrome rattletrap behind the kayak and decided to turn around and do the same closer to the dam. I had trolled all the way back to the kayak launch cove when I saw a redfish leap out of the water. I quickly reeled in and began fan casting where I saw the fish jump. After no hits I went and anchored throwing out live bait under a cork. I continued to throw the rattletrap as well. After a few minutes I heard a huge splash behind me. I turned around to see that it was within casting distance. I hummed the rattletrap as far as I could. On the second cast, annihilation! This fish took off from the get go taking drag out. Chaos soon followed as I attempted to reel in my other line, throw the bait bucket in the kayak and get the anchor in. I did all of the above except the anchor. As you can see in the video, I was lucky to get this 12# beast in the boat as he wrapped up in my anchor line there at the end. Absolutely nothing was keeping that fish from swimming away as the hook broke of the lure. Luckily for me, he was worn out by then. The cove went from two boats to five or six in a hurry. There must be some sort of secret radio channel they use on that lake. Didn't catch anything else the rest of the morning, but this one fish was worth the trip. One thing is for sure, I will always have a rattletrap tied on when I'm on this lake! Enjoy the video report.
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July 2019
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