FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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Jeffish and I continue to find ways to not get on the water together.  I thought we would be fishing the lake this morning,  (Sunday) but since it did not happen I just messed around and watched a little football.  Looking at tomorrow’s (Monday) fishing the lake is down just a little and the weather could be better (worse) but I will hope for clouds and wind.  There are a couple of solunar periods before 2pm, so I have a shot.   I am not even going to guess tonight what will be working, but I am going to give it the old college try first thing in the morning.

Weather

Intervals clouds and sun.  Wind S 10-15. (Considerably more than 15.)  Chance rain 20%.

Water Level

Current    96.03 msl  –   Last Trip `10/6     96.28 msl – down .25

Solunar Times

 Best times   11:45A – 1:45P (Definitely when the good ones bit.)       12:14P – 2:14P      Good Time    5:59A – 7:59A  (Smaller fish and lots of misses.)

Coleto Creek

Every body was fishing today.

Even these guys.

It was my usual Monday trip to Coleto.  It was calm when I got to the lake at daylight and the dropping water was really evident this trip.  The water is coming down.  That would have an effect on today’s fishing, but once I got the hang of it was a pretty good day.  There was almost a really big screw up this morning.  All my stuff was in the tackle room so I put the 2 freshwater bags in the boat, and for some reason did not put the rods in the boat.  Real swift!  I got about a mile from the house and went, “did you put those in the boat?”  Stopped, looked, and back to the house.  Cost a little time, but a whole lot better than getting to lake without rods and reels.

First was up lake to fish the same general area I have been catching them.  It is getting time for buzzbait was first.  Over the next hour or so I had 5 blow up all over it, and not bother to get hooked.  Only one did I even feel it when I set the hook.  One thing became real apparent, the really shallow banks where I was catching them had lost much of the water and cover on them.  So with that state of affairs, I went to the swim jig on a little deeper banks, still making sure there is cover on them,  For the next couple of hours I caught one here and there.  Unfortunately I did lose a big fish because I was to lazy to reach around the console and get the net.

                     The Swim Jig bite has gotten better every day.

I tried a white on white swim jig without a bite.  So back to the bluegill with a Rage Craw and the fish started biting.  As I do not wear a watch it was around noon when the good bite started.  By now the wind was blowing pretty good, but it was fairly sheltered up lake so it was not a problem.  Just slow rolling it they were eating it pretty good and a couple hit it the minute it hit the water or on the first crank.  It was definitely a catch one, then catch another one or two in the same area.

                           The good bite was noon and they were eating it.

With the water falling they moved their location a little, towards deeper water, especially around points, but those I caught were still in a foot of so of water.  Several came off wood, though I did not pitch the stick worm today.  I did throw buzzbait off and on but after the sun got up that was over.  After boating a dozen plus on the swim jig the wind was blowing pretty good so it was time for a move to try something that should be working about now.

I have had no, and I mean not a stinkin’ drop, of luck down lake in the clearer water.  I was hoping that after letting the wind blow for a couple of hours on a long down lake bank it just might be time for the fall spinnerbait bite.  Fishing several places, I alternated spinnerbait and white swim jig without a bite.  It was not happening.  After fishing several places I called it a day, it turned out to be 2:00.  Guess one of these days I am going to have to stay down lake and try to figure it out, there is a way to catch them.

With the water still dropping, and the days staying warm, the good bite is just not happening on the lake.  There are fish to be caught, but we need some fall around here.  It finally looks like there may be a small cold front in our future, with a high in the mid 70’s on Saturday, which will really help the lake. But no complaints from me.  Fishing Coleto can spoil you.  Anytime you can boat a dozen with 5 or 6 nice ones in a long morning is pretty good bass fishing.  I am really looking forward to winter fishing the lake this year.

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Next up is some back lakes out of POC on Wednesday with my buddy Chris.  He thinks there just might be a few redfish willing to eat a wake bait.  If you have never fished one you are missing out.  It generates some pretty awesome bites from redfish, and will boat the occasional trout.  So we will be putting in at Froggie’s as daylight cracks, from there who knows.  One of the things I like about fishing with other folks occasionally, lead the way!  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines