Rec and Sports

Fat Redfish with Capt. Paul Braly

I fished today with Jeff Austin of Texas Tops. Jeff and I were pre-fishing for this weekend’s Texas Trout Series and it was a tough stick. We did not find what we were looking for, however lucky for us we brought along some Devil Eyes so that we could at least get our lines streched.

At first, we just waded through the chosen spot, which was actually the same spot where I had full-packed actions the other day. But now it was such a dead spot for fishing except for the single wandering mullet. Jeff made his first cast with the 1/4 oz Truloc on an Amber Devil Eyes. No red was hooked up unfortunately. I did my casts of Amber as well. The first throw was also empty but after several minutes, I got my first 18″ Speck for the day. After a few more minutes, we decided to move to another spot.

The water was cleaner on the second spot so I decided to use Dark Strawberry Blue Devil Eye. Jeff then made use of the white stink bait and tried baiting. We continued with the training and some more practicing of catching trout away from the boat, but after some time, we got no trout.

Then we reached a certain spot where the boat was necessary to get us to the other side. Jeff was always on the go so he brought the boat to the spot and we waded to the other side.

We jumped on and drifted across the deep cut to the other side all the while using our rods as measuring sticks to see when we could jump back in and re-start our grind. Along the way I made a cast into a sand pocket and an instant on of a fat redfish was our cue to power pole down and wade. After that redfish I noticed Jeff re-rigging a Devil Eye. A short wade later he had a good redfish on and two cast after his I had another.

During tough fishing, it is always a good decision to bring along and use the Devil Eyes for fishing. Jeff and I used it with 10-11 o’clock triple bounce pausing every 5 seconds and then repeat the casting of lures. If you are having hard time fishing, like what we experienced, always use a bait that can stand the tough situation and make a pattern with every cast and the reds will surely bite in.

Captain Paul Braly is a professional fishing guide who specializes in wadefishing for big speckled trout and redfish in Texas, and uses Brown Lures’ salt water speckled trout lures. Kyle suggests you try out a speckled trout lure from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.