I fished today with Jeff Austin of Texas Tops. Jeff and I were pre-fishing for this weekend’s Texas Trout Series and it was a tough stick. We did not find what we were looking for, however lucky for us we brought along some Devil Eyes so that we could at least get our lines streched.

The first place we waded (a place I waded the previous day that had action) was pretty dead except for one lonely mullet that only mildly hopped. Jeff was the first to get a solid bite on an Amber Devil Eye w/ 1/4 oz TruLoc but no take. I then got a hook-up but it was short lived and I reeled in an empty Amber. A few minutes later I got a true hook-up on an 18 inch speck. No more bites later and we were on our way to spot number two.

The water was cleaner on the second spot so I decided to use Dark Strawberry Blue Devil Eye. Jeff then made use of the white stink bait and tried baiting. We continued with the training and some more practicing of catching trout away from the boat, but after some time, we got no trout.

We then came to an area that we needed the boat to get to the other side of to continue our wade so Jeff being the good guy that he is went back and brought the boat.

We continued wading through the deep water to the other side. We checked for the right spot by measuring the depth through a rod. Then we were able to find a spot and I tried casting a lure and got myself a fat redfish. Shortly, I saw Jeff casting his Devil Eyes and he got one too. After some time we both got some more redfish.

Jeff and I used the Devil Eyes at 10-11 o’clock triple bounce with 5 second pauses on every cast. We both can say that if you find the fishing is tough on certain areas or spots, it would be your advantage if you have Devil Eyes and use it to hook up those redfish.