WindTamer braided line on my reels; but if the
water gets clear, I will tie on a fluorocarbon leader
so the fish cannot see the line. Smaller hooks are
also a must when the water clears this month. I will
move to 1/0 Mustad Kahle hooks so the fish won’t
have the ability to see the hook.
Salinity levels are key to finding speckled trout,
and we all know that June is the month when speckled trout invade the outer structures along the Gulf
Coast. Now with real-time data online sites from
the United States Geological Survey (USGS), we can
see not only our salinity levels but also tides, winds,
and surface temperatures. USGS.com has sites out
on the water which retrieve real-time streamflow
data and relay it back to each particular website so
you can see what is actually going on in the area
where you’re going to fish. I use these sites every
day I fish. I have them saved as favorites on my
phone, and I check the data before I leave the dock.
This data allows me to make the correct game plan
for the day. I want to be where the water is just starting to move and where salinity is the highest. Having these two variables at my fingertips at any time
of the day helps me figure where I’m going to have
the best success of the day!
www.captcharlie.com
My FREE Coastal Fishing Concepts Seminar
this month will be hosted by the Slidell, LA
Academy Sports and Outdoors on June 15th.
The event time will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm that
evening, and this is an all ages event. This is a
question and answer format, so bring your
maps and questions! Don’t forget to watch
every Saturday morning at 9:00am on Cox
Sports Television or from the web at
www.CoastalFishingConcepts.com