Captain Greg and his dog Brody know how to find fish

Last Saturday, the weather was damp, windy and cold. Given the conditions, fishing was not on the top of my list. However, Brody, the amazing fish-finding dog, had other ideas. He kept following me around with the “are we going fishing?” look. Eventually, I broke down and took Brody fishing.

We launched the boat into the start of the incoming tide. Idling away from the dock, it began to rain. About then, I remembered that my rain gear was in the truck. Rather than go back and get it, I decided to tough it out. After all, how cold could it get? As it turned out, pretty darn cold.

Upon arrival at our first fishing spot — a small creek with a bunch of submerged oyster bars — I deployed the trolling motor and began looking for redfish. As if on cue, several large redfish swam into the channel between two oyster bars. I cast a Z-Man TRD HogZ on a 1/5-ounce NedlockZ jig in front of the school and hooked up right away.

The fight was a short one as the hook pulled on the initial run. For the next hour, I searched for another school of redfish. Brody was not much help. He was hunkered down behind the console of the Pathfinder. I wondered if he was cold or already knew there were no more redfish in the creek.

When the tide began pushing into the marsh grass, we gave up on redfish and went looking for trout. Brody and I were nearly frozen after making the run into Beresford Creek. When I pulled back on the throttle, Brody took up his fish-finding position on the bow of the boat. I looked for fish on my depth finder and Brody just looked into the water. There were no fish showing on the depth finder when Brody began barking. Since he is the amazing fish-finding dog, it seemed prudent to stop and fish. I cast the HogZ lure to the bank and let it sink. It never hit the bottom; a trout ate it on the way down. The school must have been just outside the range of my depth finder. They were not particularly large, but plentiful.

Can Brody really find fish? To tell the truth, I don’t know, but I am not taking any chances. When he barks, I fish.

Contact Captain Greg Peralta at capgregp@gmail.com or call (843) 224-0099.

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