Monthly Archives: October 2023

A Single Puff

I only managed to catch a single puffer fish this morning. The speckled trout bite kind of made up for it. I missed fish. I lost fish, including a big girl. But, I managed to hold onto a dozen, including … Continue reading

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Triggered

Stan Simmerman wanted to catch triggerfish so out to the ocean we went with Johnny Boyd and Michael Wells. The ocean is further away than the flats. We fished 3 wrecks and caught triggerfish at each. We picked at them, never finding the motherload. … Continue reading

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Morning Trout

Some speckled trout action this morning.

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Puffer King

Stan Simmerman and I fished for speckled trout this morning. The bite was slow. We did manage a couple nice specks and few small ones. Stan caught a flounder. The pufferfish bite was pretty good. Stan is the Puffer King. … Continue reading

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Breezy

Managed to catch a few this morning before the wind sent me home. Largest was 21 inches. Lost a bigger one…which seems to be what I do when trout fishing.

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Speckles

Today, I went trout fishing with Stan Simmerman. We were going to fish where he had caught multiple 20-plus inch fish the day before, including 3 citation-sized fish. We got there early. I caught a needlefish on topwater. It bit … Continue reading

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Speckled Afternoon

I ran back out for the sunset bite. I caught 3 specks between 18 and 21 inches long, missed some bites, and pulled off a couple. One was larger than this morning’s fish. The hook pulled as I was trying … Continue reading

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Speckled Morning

I fished with Stan Simmerman this morning. Stan did an excellent job netting my 26-inch trout. That was the largest of the morning. Not as large as Friday’s fish but it fought like it was. We ended up catching 9 … Continue reading

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Topwater

I got a new “Duke Dog” to try…because I need more topwater lures. I can say that it is the best topwater pufferfish lure I have ever used. It did OK on the trout also

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Meeting Day Trout

Stan Simmerman was nice enough to pick me up at the dock for a few hours of fishing before returning me in time for the MAFMC meeting. We caught some speckled trout including 4 between 18 and 19 inches long. … Continue reading

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