Trout………Finally

How sweet it is to be able, once again, to leave at first light, no regard to tide, find some clear water, and whack the trout on Trout Tricks, something I haven’t been able to do since the cold spell (cormorant feasting). Raddaddy hipped me to the trout being back (somewhat), so my Long Island clients and I targeted them today. The key was creating a reaction bite with the Trout Tricks on 1/8th ounce jigheads and realizing there were only one or two trout to be had in any one spot. We also threw mud minnows under a popping cork and never got a strike.
Max, in the pic, fished hard and caught seven trout by himself.