January brought artic cold up and down the east coast. Our regular Chesapeake fishing grounds are at least partially frozen. But if you know where to look, you can find fish. Major Salt Life, equipped with a new trolling motor on his G3 jon boat, accepted the challenge. In reality, Joe was looking to work on his trailer and decided to use a nearby boat ramp in Eastern North Carolina to facilitate repairs. Soon after he arrived however, he spotted dozens of Reds in water less than a foot deep.
Major Salt Life started with a spinning rod but soon grabbed his fly rod to land one fish after another on virtually every cast. A few days later, he was at it again. The videos below show the redfish in schools in very shallow water. This time, Joe relied solely on his fly rod using a Clouser he tied. Fish were all released safely, and most were in the 18 - 28" class. Not bad, not bad at all for January! Makes me all the more excited for spring temps and warm water.
Tight Lines,
Mikey D Fishing
