Gulf Coast Fisherman Magazine Vol 39 No 2 - Spring 2015 | Page 10

by Nate Skinner

Rattle ‘em UP
in Spring Winds
“C

lick, click, click…click, click.” The rattle of the
topwater could barely be heard over the howling
wind, as it whistled through the guides of the rod
and ruffled my wading jacket. Nearly waste deep,
waves splashed at my back as I walked the floating fake back
and forth through the waves and on top of sandy, off-colored
water. This was about as protected as we were going to get,
tucked up against the south shoreline of East Galveston Bay.
Suddenly, the rod was nearly ripped from my hands as the
plug seemingly stopped, hitting a freight train that was headed
in the opposite direction. I never saw the blow up among the
white caps. As the rod bowed I could feel the familiar “headshaking” from a solid trout, and instantly the stiff breeze wasn’t
nearly as irritating.
High-pitched, noisy
topwater plugs brought fish to
the surface all morning when
no other presentatio