E. G. Simmons County Park (Nov 21)

We returned to the park and began fishing before we launched the kayaks in the channel.  We very quickly got hit by quite large ladyfish. They are not good eating, but do they fight. The first thing they do is jump right out of the water. We were mostly looking for some trout to bring home for dinner, so we headed out into the grass flats around the channel. However, all we came up with were more ladyfish. It got to windy and we got tired of fighting that, so we headed into some of the back channels. Joan landed a flounder, but it was too small to keep. We got into an area where there were hundreds of mullet. They are vegetarian, so they will not take a fly, but we were hoping that there would be some redfish mixed in with them, but it was not to be. Nothing would bite. Our bottoms were getting sore after about three hours in the kayaks, so we stopped and had lunch where we launched. After lunch we fished from shore for a little while more and caught a few more ladyfish and a saltwater catfish, which also is not good eating. When we were loading the kayaks on the truck, a couple of guys offered us a trout that they had caught at Fort Desoto but didn't want to take home. We gladly accepted and enjoyed it for dinner.