Fishing the Shell Mound flats & grass beds from a canoe

[Ninering62]

On Saturday my friend & I took the canoe to Shell mound, which we do a cpl times a month. The water level was up even at low tide & the current was gittin it.
We caught a lot of live shrimp in our cast nets & launched from the campground at Shell mound. We fished out in the deeper water in front of the pier, but fish were tailing in the flats & grass beds. They turned out to be big redfish. No black drum was seen at all.
Just a lot of bull reds. They weren't hitting the shrimp, but we both caught big Lady Fish & I chunked them up for the reds. They hit that cut lady fish all day long. I boated 3 big reds, all within the slot. The biggest one was 27" on the money.
We caught a few short reds & my friend had 2 big reds in a row break his line. He caught a short speckled trout & of course we caught more than our share of small catfish.
It was an incredible day on the water in a canoe. We kept our 1 fish each, which I filleted them both at the campground.
Here's some of the nice reds I caught.

 

[Sunshine-Shot4]

For reds in those flats, try a weedless gold spoon on a 15 lb braid, it glides over grass without snagging. Paddle to the edges of grass beds at high tide, that is where they ambush baitfish. Awesome pictures, btw.

 

[Ninering62]

For reds in those flats, try a weedless gold spoon on a 15 lb braid, it glides over grass without snagging. Paddle to the edges of grass beds at high tide, that is where they ambush baitfish. Awesome pictures, btw.

Thanks for the tip

 

[hollowgrain]

Good thing that 27 inch fish didn't sink your canoes haha
Sounds like a good day and probably a good memory to remember over the years.

 

[Sunshine-Shot4]

Thanks for the tip

No problem. Do you use any fancy setup?

 

[Ninering62]

Good thing that 27 inch fish didn't sink your canoes haha
Sounds like a good day and probably a good memory to remember over the years.

Why/how would a little 27" fish sink the canoe?
It was a fantastic day of fishing.
Fancy set up: not even close.
My friend uses nothing but a sinker & a hook & I'll use the same for bottom fishing or I'll use a knock bobber with both live & artificial baits.

 

[Ninering62]

No problem. Do you use any fancy setup?

Nope, we keep things pretty simple

 

[hollowgrain]

Why/how would a little 27" fish sink the canoe?
It was a fantastic day of fishing.
Fancy set up: not even close.
My friend uses nothing but a sinker & a hook & I'll use the same for bottom fishing or I'll use a knock bobber with both live & artificial baits.

Yeah, great question haha. I was joking. Never fished in a canoe...

 

[Ninering62]

Yeah, great question haha. I was joking. Never fished in a canoe...

Both my friend & I gave extensive time in a canoe & in numerous places & types of water. We've both caught big fish from the canoe.
We draw the line at shark fishing from the canoe though.
Well do " exciting " we try not to do " stupid ". Not lookin for our Darwin Award.
It's peaceful & fun.
Oh, I knew you were joking.
Thanks for your posts