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[Prof. Salt]

Calm down Ms. Spears, this time I get to use the phrase.

By 5:00am the kayak was anchored and I was standing in the water at my spot casting the same Z-man Thick Trick that worked so well a couple of weeks ago. I started with the same tempo that worked before, but it was soon clear that fish were looking for something a bit different today ...so I slowed down. A lot. Nudge the bait along, count to five, then nudge it twice, count to five, and repeat. That didn't seem to work either, until I ran the bait in front of a flounder. She smacked the bait hard and held on, and the cold, windy darkness was giving me a good start. I hoped to land a limit of flatties on the first day of open season, and by 9:00am I had actually landed six chunky flounder and 24 trout. I made "one more cast" several times before rushing home to change for work, and I got another nice thump. The flounder initially ran toward me and it felt like the line was cut, but soon enough the fish swam off to the side and then decided to put the pedal to the metal. It pulled some nice drag a few times, and then I finally got it to the net. It acted like most flounder, turning away and doing everything possible to avoid getting into the net. This one was big, around 26-27" long. The third time I tried to get it in the net the fish spit the hook right at me and ran for the deep. Oh well, I had a stringer filled with a limit of 16-18" trout and five lovely flat fish. By 11:00am all the gear was put away, fillets were in the fridge and I was at the office doing less exciting but better paying things. Yep, life is good.

[ziacatcher]

Awesome job as usual, Glenn!

[awesum]

Glenn ... do you ever vary the size/weight of your jig heads? For instance when you wanr bounce off the bottom or when you want to fish shallower due to debris or grass? I ask because in looking at your pics you post it seems to be the same jig head all the time.

[Prof. Salt]