Fish Catching Travel

The best baits on the planet!

Initially I was headed to the creek but after thinking about it last night plans changed and it was the Lavaca River.  Last time it was real off-color and though I caught some fish it just wasn’t what I had in mind.  So with a new outlook I hit the ramp at 10:30 and headed down river.

The color was not the best, but compared with last trip it was lots better, getting clearer the farther down you went.  So as soon as I passed the overhead power line down the trolling motor went and the wind basically blew us down river.  That north wind was about 15 mph and cool, but at least it was blowing right down the river.  The first one came over the side about 5 minutes after first cast, and the bite remained fairly good until I quit at 3.

They averaged a little better than last trip.

Initially it was the Chattahoochee paddle tail in an electric chicken color, but after a few fish I changed to the sand eel in a copper and they seemed to like that quite a bit better.  I did have to go to a solid/heavy 1/8th jig head with the speed of the river and wind blowing me down pretty quickly to get the feel I needed to feel some of the softer bites.

They really were liking the sand eel plastic today.

I stayed on the west bank and just went with the wind.  I guess I would describe the bite as erratic.  Some ate it, some you never felt, some ticked the snot out of it, but no matter what the majority of the bites came in 1 – 3 foot of water.  I did notice today that the shallower stretches of bank with bare sand seemed to be the preferred stretches.

Copper  flake with a Chartreuse tail.

It would be hard to estimate the number of trout today, but it was an easy 25 plus, but who knows, it seems like if I do not start off trying to keep track it does not happen.  Suffice to say it was a consistent bite.  The big motor never even started until I hit the other side of the river near the marsh and the opening to the lake.  By that time the water had quit moving, and though they were nipping at it pretty regularly, they were not quite as committed as they had been when I started.

This one had some shoulders.

I was surprised today that besides the one rat and a midget drum, nothing else jumped on.  I may have lost a flounder earlier, but who knows.  It was definitely a trout bite though it is somewhat unusual to not catch a few more of the other fish.  Before I quit I wanted to head up river and check out the color and my favorite bank in the Navidad.

A rat red and little black drum were the size of it besides trout today.

The river was off-color the farther up you went and when you went under the bridge at the mouth of the Navidad you could clearly see the color break.  The Lavaca was quite a bit dirtier than the Navidad.  So I went in there to check my favorite place in that area and like last time could not get a bite.  All in all not a bad day on the water.  For how short I fished it was a pretty easy limit, to bad I did not bring the cooler, they would be frying in the pan right now.

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After telling you about Cocoons coming on board I got this note from Jim.

Thanks for the tip on the cocoons, that will do the trick for me I am sure

I hope you like them as much as I do.  Today it was that really bright sun and having the side plates on there was a big help, not to mention seeing the logs in the river and keeping from getting hung quite so much.  Let us know how you like them and thanks for the comment.

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Jeff, who I will be meeting somewhere on Coleto tomorrow, noticed the deer pictures I have been posting and so he dropped me one his nephew shot.

That is a nice one, I am sure your nephew was proud.

Thanks for the pic and looking forward to seeing you out there on the lake somewhere.

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The Austin boys are back in town already for another run at POC.  I know a couple of them came a day early and were going to fish the creek before the rest of them arrived tonight.  I had already made plans to fish with Voe before I knew they were coming so we will be chasing some bass tomorrow.  Then I will be able to hook up with them on Saturday for a little wading out of POC and an all around good time.

The fishing generally remains good, hopefully we can figure a little more out on those Coleto bass, and who knows, help Jeff out some for his tournament.  The fishing should only get better and lots of guys are having trouble deciding which way to go, do some hunting or do a little fishing.  What a great time of year.  A bass report, followed by a POC report is on the way, so keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines