Fish Catching Travel
I will be waist deep in the bay throwing the KVD Sexy Dawg topwater in the morning.
Shoedog wanted to fish both the bay and the river so we took a guess at which one we wanted to be on Saturday, and we figured POC so the creek it was. It was cold this morning with a fairly light but steady cold north wind. So we made a long run to get it over with to the lower end and started throwing plastics.
From about 8 until 4 we caught trout. Sometimes it was pretty slow, but we just kept baits in the water fishing down the bank. It took Shoedog a little while to get the hang of it, and I lost several keepers, before we really started catching them.
This was a good red.
Unlike yesterday when the flat points were the best, today they wanted a little deeper water close by. I alternated between a straight tail in blue and Chartreuse and a sand eel in copper. Shoedog was throwing darker colors as that was what they wanted, but they were not that particular as to which dark color it was. They wanted it hopped up pretty aggressively and then you had to be a line watcher. I have always said that trout are easy to catch, but can be a bugger to hook.
My best trout of the day.
We only had 5 keepers at 3, not the fishes fault, when we moved back up river some. We went around this point and let the wind move us along and the better ones started biting. Not only did we fill our limit in nothing flat, they were a nice average. Most of them were in the 3 – 5 foot range as the water and air warmed. When I checked the water temp around 3 it was 59 degrees. The sun was shining like crazy, but the wind kept it cool all day.
But my day did not go perfect by any means. We drifted this bank and when it got to shallow we decided to head back up and work the bank again. Apparently I left my Yeti cup on the back deck and we took off and that was the last I saw of it. We hoped it would float but it was full of coffee so I am sure it sunk like a rock.
For the day it was an easy 30+ trout each. Besides 1 nice red and 1 rat, the Shoedog lost a keeper flounder when he violated the rule, always net flounder, always. Those dang things will hang on until the end if you slide them in. To much messing around and they are gone. And we had to wade through a bunch of small trout until late in the day. But if it means I have to catch a bunch of fish to boat a limit I am the man for the job. And the folks from Arkansas here for Christmas will get a fresh fish fry.
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It was good to hear from Rusty, the resident Fayette regular. He has been known to whack them there and Bastrop, and his reports are appreciated.
Fished Fayette today, caught 15 or so nice fatties. Water temp was 63 when we started at 10:00 am but climbed to 66 by 4:00 pm. We fished on the east side of the lake which is the coldest this time of year. All caught on Carolina rigged power worms. Also threw swim jig, flukes ,and chatter baits with no success. 3-8′ depth. Beautiful day on the water.
As Mr. Rogers would say, “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” And the depth is about where we caught ours. Thanks for the report, looks like you had a great day.
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Tomorrow it will be up real early to head to POC and try to beat the crowd. It will be colder than heck and that should keep the early crowd down. Not sure what the plan is, but if it is a little warmer and cloudy some wading is on the menu. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
