""The gloves are off!"" | Tiberias - 22' | 02/13/11

Looks like the fish spanked us all yesterday. I talked to several folks who reported no action yesterday. I can't stand it! I took off after them again today in my kayak. This time I was prepared to do some paddling. I paddled into shallow creeks, pushing my way slowly through the flooded grass. The redfish will sometimes push way back into the grass and find open pockets of water. I had found some several days ago and was excited to see a couple of them bite. That did not happen today. I never bumped a fish, saw any running, or waking from my kayak. I was a bit disappointed that I never located a school in shallow water. I headed for the edges of oyster bars near deep water. I found my first fish there, then another, and finally a good one. I ended up catching five redfish today and the bite ended as quickly as it started. Every bite came on a rootbeer colored shrimp. I would imagine if you get a rootbeer or new penny gulp shrimp in front of one they will eat. I am just not sure where the big schools have gone that we were seeing last week? It was still fun to have a 25" redfish tow me around for a while. See ya on the water!