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Got out for speckled trout a couple times in January before the big freeze and had some luck. For the next couple months I only went out a few times in freshwater. Made a return trip to the salt in late March and I'm happy to report that a decent number of specks and reds survived the winter, I'm still not sure how but I'm definitely happy about it.

January speck


Water was ice cold


Overslot red in January


Another one


Did a little stocked trout fishing at Cossey Pond in February. Caught rainbows and a brown.


I made 3 trips to Lake Brittle to try to figure out the saugeye situation there. I caught fish on each trip but nothing of size. Some fish were on little grubs and a couple were on jerkbaits.




First trip back to the bay looking for survivors was a success! Caught on twitchbaits, jerkbaits, and swimbaits.








Made one more trip after that and the fish were scattered and tough to catch, but at least I know I'll have something to fish for on the flats this summer!