drhunter1
Senior Member
We went left out of the bay to start out with on Friday when we got there and caught quite a few but no keepers, then we headed North of the pass after a few hours to dead mans. We caught a few keepers but the tournament crowd wasn't there yet.
The grass has rebounded nicely but has some more growing to do to be what it once was. There was a tournament on Saturday. have never seen that many boats in dead mans bay as I did then. It was crazy. Trout were hard to come by that day. Then we took off to the South side of the pass around 2:00 PM and hardly any boats were over there we started catching fish immediately. Most were 14.5
Started out South again on Sunday and caught plenty of trout.
The same on Monday.
My objective opinion is that those Tournaments impacts Trout populations more than recreational fisherman. At least that's what it looked like to me.
The grass has rebounded nicely but has some more growing to do to be what it once was. There was a tournament on Saturday. have never seen that many boats in dead mans bay as I did then. It was crazy. Trout were hard to come by that day. Then we took off to the South side of the pass around 2:00 PM and hardly any boats were over there we started catching fish immediately. Most were 14.5
Started out South again on Sunday and caught plenty of trout.
The same on Monday.
My objective opinion is that those Tournaments impacts Trout populations more than recreational fisherman. At least that's what it looked like to me.