I got out at sunrise on Saturday and got on some very active fish right away. They were all up shallow on oyster/mud flats pushing and feeding. The wind and current were not too bad an I was able to pole /drift down the flat without too much effort. I was throwing topwater; I caught a nice trout and missed several reds, I switch to a Z-mana padderz and started catching the reds. I hooked one red that was one of the biggest reds I have caught up shallow. I didn’t get a measurement on him but he screamed down the bank and started dragging the boat. Ended up with 5 reds, 1 trout and missing many more on topwater in a short amount of time.
To end the day I went to a different mud/oyster flat and as I pulled up I saw tarpon rolling around the oyster beds. These fish were all over 100 pounds and in 2-5’ of water feeding and rolling on this mud flat. Unfortunately, I only had my redfish/trout tackle on the boat. That being said while red fishing, I felt a small bite, set the hook and a 125-150lb Tarpon came jumping out of the water. He ran about 30 yards jumped again and spit the small hook. I ended up just watching the tarpon, seeing what they were doing to hopefully get back out there with the right tackle. I had not seen that many big tarpon upriver on a shallow flat like that before he was in SC.
Well done! The poons always seem to show themselves when you aren’t prepared up here. Two years ago on father’s day, we were out redfishing and having a blast. They were so fired up we were hooking them on topwater bass frogs just for the hell of it. Then we see some huge tarpon blowing up on mullet schools in 3 feet of water right next to us. I usually don’t bring a tarpon rod on the boat until July, but now I always bring one starting in May.
I bet we do based on your username, I primarily put in at the Dawhoo Ramp and fish all over. I’ll have to keep an eye out for your Sabine, I have not had the chance to see one up close. Is yours aluminum?
