Fishing Log

Fishing Log

Feb. 4, 1999 - Undersized trout taken on a jig at A/B corner, and released.

 

Feb. (no day recorded) 1999 - 2 nice (14 & 15 inch) yellow mouth trout: one on incoming tide at Fox cove, and one at the bottom of Echo, just before dark.  Worked the flat water with jigs as the wind shifted.

 

Feb. 11, 1999 - Caught and released 2 small flounder from the little dock on the rip-rap, during lunch.  Both fish taken on white bodied jigs with pink tails.

Feb. 12, 1999 - A cold front to move in tomorrow.  Caught 7 (14 to 18 inch) trout on the first quarter of the incoming tide at the bottom of E-Pier, using white bodied, pink tailed plastic jigs, tipped w/ dead shrimp.  Also landed a big bluefish, same M.O.  One trout had his aft section removed by a barracuda just before I pulled him from the water.

Feb. 15, 1999 - Doug Oswald and I caught 14 nice (12 to 17 inch) yellowmouth trout  at the bottom of E-Pier, just before dark, on the incoming tide, using white, pink tailed jigs, tipped with shrimp.  Got run off by Security.  Bluefish also mutilated several other hooked trout.  Slight SE wind.

Feb. 16, 1999 - Kept 5 large yellowmouth trout, taken on the incoming tide, just after dark, at E-Pier corner (the trout hole) on same jig rig as above.  Also caught many ribbon fish and smaller trout that I gave away.