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Launched out of the north marina about 5:30. We trolled the standard Willard stuff for about an hour around the north end before our first hookup. After watching the birds and some other boats we decided to chase fish since trolling was kinda slow. We headed along the dike toward the light pole when the fish starting boiling. We hit a boil right up next to the dike that lasted about 10 minutes. We had singles, doubles, breakoffs, etc happening so fast it would make your head spin. We then decided to try and get away from some of the other boats and headed back north. We stayed close to the dike and would wait for one or two fish to roll and we start casting again. A couple of times the water would just explode with boiling wipers. We even got a triple out of one of the larger boils. We were the only boat chasing the wipers back towards the north. We stayed until about 9:30 and got off the water. The bugs were not too bad either. We caught one fish trolling and 22 casting. The 4 inch white grub with a green head was the ticket. Cast and reel just as fast as you could when it hit the water. Great evening to be on the water. Make sure you have all of your lights working if you stay until dark. The sherriff was giving multiple tickets for no lights or only one light.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2][#002850] That's a great report crestliner. I've got to try some of that shore casting in stead of always trolling. Sounds like a blast.[/#002850][/font][/size]
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Thanks for the report Tom, sounds like a fun evening at the bay. This is turning into one of the best years for boils in recent memory. When you said,"[size 1]The 4 inch white grub with a green head was the ticket[/size][black][size 2].", were the[size 1] [/size][black]green heads on the grub or the jig heads? [/black][/size][/black]
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Great report. We were out there also and had a great time. Like you, we decided to "get away from the crowds". Got a little tired of a small aluminum boat cutting in front of us when there was a boil.
Anyway, after that trip I am definately anxious to give it another try.
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Are you talking about the three loud guys in the little boat? The guy in the front with the big hat and the guy in the back with his shirt off? If it is the same ones, they were running up behind us when we were trolling and coming real close to catching our two lines out the back. They were even annoying at the boat launch when we first got there. Which boat were in? We were the ones in the black and tan Crestliner.
Curt: The green heads were jig heads. They were the 1/2 ounce size so we could get some casting distance so we could approach the boils slowly.
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Great report, we were also out there. Those three guys stormed us several times to. We sat and waited for a boil to develop near us and once it did, ,they would motor over at full speed (including wake) and come within casting distance of us, shutting off the boil more than once.. We even packed up and moved a few times only to have them follow us, kinda like a lost puppy. Did our best to stay outta their way but it still wasn't enough. With any luck, Karma will catch up to em'.
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Crest,
Thats the ones. We were in the maroon and white boat.
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