Fish Catching Travel
I had some of those things that needed doing that get in the way of fishing, so I got them done and it was off to Coleto for an afternoon trip. There was very little wind when I got there, and it looks like the lake has remained about stable since my last trip. The grass is still receding and it has changed what pattern I did have.
First it was up lake to throw some swim jig. There was no wind so I just worked what isolated grass patches I could find. The first one over the side was small, and then I went about an hour without a bite. With no wind and some grass on the bank it was the frog next. A small one missed it, then a pretty good one blew up on it and I missed him. At this point the wind was starting to blow a little so I decided to give a spinnerbait a try.
The first one missed it out of a small patch of grass so I decided to buzz it to the patches and stop it. I caught a small one then finally caught one worth catching.
No giant but at least I finally got one worth a hoot in the boat.
The wind would just not blow hard enough for efficient spinnnerbait fishing so I finally broke down and got out the buzzbait. It is one of my most effective baits into November and December before it gets really cold. And around my second cast a real giant blew up on it and missed it. It was the biggest fish I have seen in a while so it was buzzbait the rest of the evening.
After about 3 or 4 more hits this fatty finally hooked up.
By this time I was midlake on a flat bank with grass and small points and getting a few bites. When the one above missed it I just dropped it and he ate. Which made me wish I had done that on the big fish. Oh well, live and learn. Not 15 minutes later on a little flat point one just climbed all over it with one of those bites that keeps me throwing the buzzbait.
They love that Strike King buzzbait in the Sexy Shad.
After this one something happened that really surprised me, I never got another bite. I worked my way down lake all the way to the ramp, fishing grass, points, calm, wind, shade, you name it, and they just were not having it. So right before sundown I called it a day.
For the day it was at least a dozen bites, but only 5 over the side. It comes down to one thing, we need that water temp to drop. Instead we continue to be in the high 80’s every day with warm nights, not enough to get the fish thinking about the fall feed. Most of our fishing this year has been later than usual on both the Gulf and freshwater, and it seems to be the case on the lake this fall. And our forecast is no help for the week as it will remain warm. But no fear, our good fishing is coming and as soon as we have a cool day with clouds and rain the fish will bite like crazy.
The Shoedog will have a report in a day or two. I don’t want to steal his thunder, but his day sure started off interesting. So look for that soon. And I did want to add one thing – Quit throwing your f’n line in the lake you idiots. When I got back to the ramp I had about 40 yards of some ridiculously heavy mono wrapped on my prop. Not only can it mess up seals on the lower unit, but much worse, it kills things. I can’t believe there are people that clueless and uncaring.
Speaking of wildlife several deer were feeding around the lake, and I saw a rub on a tree about as big as my leg. No little spike made that one. I saw a couple of gators, and when I pulled the boat out to put it on the trailer this guy would not get out of the way until I shooed him off.
When you throw your line in the lake it is little guys like this that suffer and die.
So what is next? It will be on the water somewhere, maybe for the next three days. I haven’t been to the Powderhorn or Indianola in a while so as long as we get out of this north wind one of those will be next. The tides are still crap, but it looks like Friday we may actually have a real 1 high and low tide day with what looks like good flow, so that will definitely be a Gulf day. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
