FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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It is Sunday night as I get some of this ready.  I have not been in the boat in 3 weeks so am excited about hitting the lake.  There has been some fish caught and there was a big tournament this weekend and Colby won it with 22lbs, a good string.  The boy can catch fish in fresh and salt and would be a great guide if you were needing one out of POC

The weather looks windy, but with clouds and a possibility of rain it is my kind of bass fishing day.  This whole week is free so there will be quite a bit more fishing to come.

Weather

80/67  Scattered thunderstorms in am.  Cloudy rest of day.  40% chance  15 -25 SSE

Lake Level

Today  97.56 msl    Last Trip – 3 weeks ago 98.03

Solunar Periods

Best  10:42 am – 12:42 pm   Good  4:52 pm – 6:52 pm

Monday

Today I started off having a tough time.  Not being on the lake for a while it was trying to figure out a pattern.  The lake was down just a hair, and it has color to it in most places.  I wanted to start with the Whooper Plooper, and after over an hour with one bite I knew that was not going to cut it.  That one fooled me, and I stuck with it a little longer than I should have.

I noticed a few shad flipping by the bank so I tossed the crawdad swim jig for a while without a bite.  It finally soaked in to my little pea brain and a switch to white was in order, and that saved the day.

Once I figured it out it was a good afternoon.

They were not interested in much of anything till I started throwing the white swim jig with a craw trailer.  They wanted it differently and it took a minute to figure it out.  They wanted it faster than usual, occasionally jerking it pretty hard a couple of times, and they would smack it.  By time I figured that out I had fished for 3 hours without much success.

As it is so often is on Coleto the afternoon fishing was the best.

It was cloudy all day, and it surprised me they would not hit other stuff.  And with the water color it was interesting how they wanted it fast and jerked.  They were tight to cover on the bank and it had to be moving when it hit the water.

                                 And the rain did not hurt anything.

I caught fish here and there, uplake and down.  They really want the cover, I just have not quite got it down yet.  Funny how not fishing for a while is like starting over.  There are shallow fish, I just  need another way, or maybe location, and it could be awesome.  Not a bad day considering, and it is always fun to catch them a different way, and as fast as they wanted it was different.

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Get Inhaled!

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Tuesday – I did!

I try to cut the weatherman as much slack as possible, but sorry about that.  He could not have been anymore wrong if he said it was going to snow.  I just got back from the lake, and when it blew in around 3:30 it was exciting.  Rain, high cold north wind, thunder, big rollers, it had it all.  The weatherman said this would be out of here by mid morning, and it would be sunny.  This thing must be barely moving, because he got it wrong big time.  There was a weather alert for the coast, and the way it came through here it was probably ugly.

He may not be a man eater but I would not give this guy a chance.

I decided to fish the plant arm today, as the wind was not near as bad as yesterday.  I just knew that the white swim jig was the ticket, and a couple of hours later I was beginning to wonder.  Starting in a creek, I worked back in and out, and if memory serves me correct the only fish I boated was a tilapia.  It was a good one and will be tasty tonight.  Next up a wooded point, and one small one jumped on the swim jig, but it did not seem to be happening.

Finally put a few in the boat pitching.

So after that not working out I decided to do a little pitching.  Out came old reliable, a 3/16th weight, pegged, with a 5″ stick worm in watermelon red.  If there is cover that combo will catch fish anywhere.  They want a little deeper heavy cover, and the better one was a tussle dragging him in over all that trash.  From there I headed back to the main lake area, but the banks were just not right for pitching, and for the life of me I could not get the swim jig working.  I caught fish a fish or two on topwater, pitching, swim jig, and then I made a good decision.

The pearl Controlled Descent Lure got the job done.

As I rounded a point there was a little flat with cover on it, right on the main lake.  So out came the pearl jerk shad and it was game on in the bushes.  The ones above came in literally 8 casts.  From there on I caught a bunch of fish but just could not boat a big one.  But it was fun.  They wanted it right below the surface in a walking the dog pattern, and they would eat when you stopped it occasionally.  They would roll up and eat it, or you could see them below it and you just had to keep it coming.  I used a small split shot in it to give it just enough weight to stay up, you had to see it to catch them.  2 thumbs up to the yellow lens Cocoons, with the cloud cover the pearl bait stuck out like a sore thumb.

I have caught several of these this year.  Supper.

Once I started throwing the Controlled Descent I had bites the rest of the afternoon until the storm blew in.  I think my problem right now is I am just not quite on the right bank.  The fish are up and biting, and there is nothing wrong with the weight of my best 5 both days, but it feels like there is more out there.

Not sure what is next, but it will be totally wind controlled.  I will probably hit the lake one more day tomorrow.  It just feels right.  But I am itching to get back to the salt.  And if we can get 2 days with low winds Baffin is still in my future.  It is good to be back, nothing like familiar haunts.  I appreciate you all sticking with me while I was gone.  Let the fishing begin.  Keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines