Trout fishing after the rain

The fish are still biting despite recent rains. I had the opportunity to head out with Captain Bobby Abruscato in search of trout. The topwater bite was fantastic on this cloudy morning. Bobby caught the first good fish, and it was a male trout that was nearly 3lbs! Most males don’t get that big. You can tell the are male, because they grunt like a croaker.

These fish were biting amazingly close to the boat. At one point I flipped it out like I was bass fishing. This is also unusual…

My biggest fish fell for a Rapala Skitter Walk at the end of a very long cast. This nice fish was close to 4 lbs…

In outdoors news, the 10th Annual Mystic Stripers Fishing Rodeo is Saturday, June 16th at Dauphin Island Marina starting at 6am. Tickets are $10 for the special kids category and $25 adults. Ticket outlets include Jemison's, Both West Marine locations, Southern Bama, Ship-N-Shore, Greer's Fowl River and Cedar Point Pier. A portion of the proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.