Saturday, September 21, 2013

Stacking Trout....Paper!!

Shane and I left for a two day excursion yesterday morning at 0415 to head to somewhere over the Bay Bridge and on the Promise Land of the Maryland Eastern Shore to chase my personal favorite fish the Speckled Trout.

I truly think they are the prettiest fish that resides in the Chesapeake Bay, I even have a Trout print hanging on my bedroom wall.. and may soon employ a local talent to make an original piece for me after this weekend.

We arrive to the launch loaded with Overboard Rods and all the soft plastics necessary to rip some lips of the mysterious Maryland trout. We launched at sunrise around 0630 after unloaded the yaks and meeting our buddy Dave at Wawa. There was a full moon this week and the lunar tables were very favorable for fishing yesterday and today so we hoped to have an EPIC day.
Sad, Fat Trout...

The day got off to a good start with the three of us consistently hooking up throughout the morning. Dave was the first to add to his stack of Trout papers (AKA Citations). I was next....then.. Shane... then me.... and then me again. To say the least Friday was the bomb!!!! I caught 16 fish that scored for Kayak Wars with the average size fish close to or over 22".

#1 - 24" 'Paper' Trout  -  Photo by Shane Clift
 
#2 - 27.5" 'Paper' Trout  -  Photo by Shane Clift
 
#3 - 24.75" 'Paper' Trout
 
Double hookup with a 27.5" and a 23" trout!! Photo by Dave Adlington
 
Shane's #1 - 24+" 'Paper' Trout  -  Photo by Dave Adlington
 
Dave's #1 - 25" 'Paper' Trout  -  Photo by Dave Adlingtion

Between the 3 of us we caught close to 40 fish on Friday, it was one of those days you live for and always hope to have the next time you head out on the water!
Lunch Break on Friday... Photo by Shane Clift


Saturday morning came just as quickly as Friday ended. Shane and I hit the water today only to be met with a slow bite from 0630 til 1130. But it wasn't all bad.... I was able to stack some more paper!!! I only caught four trout today but 2 were citations 25.5" and another 27.5" Gator!!!!

Don't let the picture deceive you... same fish as the next picture... Photo by Shane Clift
 
Now that's more like it!!
#4 - 27.5" 'Paper' Trout  - Photo by Shane Clift
Big Daddy Trout  - Photo by Shane Clift
 
 
#5 - 25.5" 'Paper' Trout  -  Photo by Shane Clift
 
Shane with a few trout that unfortunately were gut hooked while fishing today, so they came home for dinner.
 
What an awesome two days, look out for a video post from Shane in the coming days and a Speckled Trout Fishing 101 in the near future as well that will include necessary tackle, lures, rigs, and fishing styles.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    where exactly were you fishing.?

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    1. Matt BadenSeptember 21, 2013 at 10:22 PM

      Maryland, Louisiana....

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2013 at 9:35 AM

      Thank you Matt I want to fish the eastern shore Now is the time. Great Job.

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM

      OOOh I get it you were messin with me You don't want to tell me exactly where you where fishing. How silly of me.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2013 at 9:04 PM

    what lure, color, salinity, turbidity, wind speed, water color, sand, rocks, oysters, grass, flats, dropoffs, lat/long, weight, rod rating, speed, time of day, current, direction, lb test, fluorocarbon test, what year kayak?

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  3. SunSeptember 21, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    Congrats on those awesome days of catching! Looks like fun.....i have to try targeting specks sometime....

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    1. Matt BadenSeptember 23, 2013 at 3:11 PM

      Thanks Sun. The next few weeks is the time to do it!!

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  4. KaYaKrSeptember 22, 2013 at 8:29 PM

    Great job... I live around Salisbury and fish the same area from my Hobie. I chose the Puppy Drum path this weekend, did well. Once again great pics, nice fish and thanks for the report. C.hale

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2013 at 10:54 PM

    you're so cute when you fish ;)

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 10:52 AM

    Matt, I would like to sponsor you. Seems to me you are an elite fisherman. I'm a rep for Daiwa and would like to send you some rods and reels, the only thing I ask you is to drop Overboard Rods. Try some of our rods and you will see how superior they are compared to Overboard. Please respond to this post if your are interested in being part of the Daiwa Fishing Team.

    Thanks
    Rob

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    1. Matt BadenSeptember 23, 2013 at 3:17 PM

      Interesting approach... You can email me by clicking on the contact page. But I'm happy with my overboard rods and Shimano reels.

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  7. RichieSeptember 23, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    Nice trout Matt! Now I see where most of our big trout went :)

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    1. Matt BadenSeptember 23, 2013 at 3:15 PM

      Thanks Richie, I hope you find at least one this weekend for TKAA. Won't be around this year. Hopefully the weather stays nice because I'm mothershipping the yak 70 miles out to the washington canyon for the yellowfin chunking bite

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 2:55 PM

    Matt, were you using chicken necks to catch trout?

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    1. Matt BadenSeptember 23, 2013 at 3:15 PM

      Electric Chicken is one of the color patterns of plastics I use

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