Inshore fishing remains good even on the hottest days of July. Alden Pitard joined me on the Indian River to stalk some Redfish and Trout. The Redfish that we got into were in extremely shallow water in the thick grass busting on Mud Minnows. Alden had lots of close shots having one fish eating his D.O.A. Cal on a unweighted worm hook right at his feet! A couple more fish blew up on Alden lure but they didn’t get hooked. After the sun came up a little higher the Redfish retreated to deeper waters so we went to a Trout spot that has been doing really good. With the water being so dirty lately, I’ve found out that the best way to catch more trout is to use D.O.A.’s Deadly Combo which is basically a popping cork with about 2.5-3ft of 20lb Seagaur Flourocarbon leader and a D.O.A. shrimp attached to the end. Alden proved that this method worked way better than just a bait on it’s own because of all the commotion and noise that the cork makes which attracts the Trout to come investigate then sees the bait fluttering down. Over 30 Trout came to the boat ranging from 13-26 inches within an hour or two. The Deadly Combo is also a great way to set up kids or beginners either using a lure or live shrimp, it’s easy and fun to use…..heck, I still have a great time using it just watching that cork go under!
-Capt. Willy Le
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