Fish Catching Travel
My brother Jeff, alias Shoe Dog, was able to sneak away from work Monday so we decided to meet at Fayette County. We were on the water at 7:30 as several other boats began to hit the ramp. As we always have a good trip there we were anticipating a good day. It was my personal favorite weather for bass fishing, wet and windy.
The wind was blowing so we started in the middle of a big cove throwing jerk bait. In the first 30 minutes I put 5 in the boat, all on the Strike King jerk bait in a blue/shad. They were in about 3 foot of water and whacking it pretty good. To bad that did not last.
We kept working along grass beds but they were not having a jerk bait, when they went off it they were done. So on the next bank, which had some wind on it, I threw a 1/4 ounce crawdad jig with a Rage Craw trailer.
A nice one on the jig and Rage Craw.
As the day progressed we just were not catching them all that well. In fact almost all the fish we caught were really shallow, some in 2 foot. We just could not quite figure it out, but if there was some of that green grass, you could get a bite.
Jeff caught this one jerking a shallow running Shad Rap.
During the day we threw topwater, crankbait, jerk bait, spinnerbait, jigs and God knows what else. It would be a couple of bites and then nothing for a while. One thing though, when they hit that jig and Rage Craw they were eating it. If you could shake it on top of some grass and then pop it off they would really smack it. Jeff lost the big fish of the day on the jig and Craw. And for me it was the most consistent.
Not sure what he caught this one on.
I wish I could share some great tale of woe, or fill you in on some great secret, but that was not today. It is funny when what you think will be killer just does not work out that way. We have had some fabulous days on Fayette, so I guess it was time to get put in our place.
Another Fayette fatty. Of the 20 – 25 we caught today about half were like this.
It really tells you how spoiled one can get on a lake that has really good fishing. When catching over 20 fish, and having a shot at a big one, is slow, it tells you how good that lake can be. I am sure if we had another day we could have narrowed it down even more. It just got slower and slower as the day wore on and finally about 4:00 Jeff said he was done.
Now one way you can tell how the fishing is going is by the number of trailers in the lot. There is another thing you can learn, when you get back to the ramp at 4:00, which I think is way early, and you are the only trailer left, the fishing is slow. At least I like to tell my self that so I have an excuse for how many fish I did not catch.
So it was not a 50 fish day, but even when it is tough Fayette consistently produces fish. I hope to get back there at least once before Christmas. Tomorrow is a get my stuff together day, and then it is back to the Gulf Wednesday and Thursday. As long as the wind does not blow it should be a good couple of days. So keep stopping in, I really do appreciate it, and I will keep reporting it like it was.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
