FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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I was working on the trailer lights when Jeffish and his son Korbin stopped by.  He came up with a solution to the problem, at least most of it.  Of course he had ulterior motives, Korbin wanted to go bass fishing.  So since we were legal how could I resist.

Bass fishing with lures is not the best thing for fishing with small kids, and while Korbin had a go at it, he is just not quite old enough.  He loves catching fish, the operative word, catching.  But hey we gave it a go.

We got to the lake at about noon, and it was already hopping.  The parking lot was filling up, as was the camp ground.  Jet skiers, skiers, and pleasure boats were already out in force.  The weather was perfect for enjoying the lake.

Fish number 1.  Beautiful day.

We started on a main lake bank and I thought the best bait for Korbin would be a topwater, a Pop-R type bait, no problem detecting a bite and easy to fish.  Jeffish started with a Texas rigged craw, and I kept with the Controlled Descent pearl jerk shad.  I put a couple in the boat in the first area, and on our second place Korbin had one smoke the topwater, but it came off.  I caught another 1 there then we decided to head up lake to our old stomping grounds.

This guy was a freakin’ cannibal!  That is Korbin’s thumb next to the baby bass this guy puked up.

By this time Korbin was losing interest, he gave it the old college try but it was just not enough action to keep him entertained.  Meanwhile Jeffish put on a swim jig and got a couple of bites so I put one on and we started having a little action.  He was throwing the crawdad look and I threw the white.  They were close to the bank and most of them just smacked it.  Jeffish did get bambozzled by one that swam 15 feet towards him and he just kept reeling wondering what was wrong with his bait.

                                           Jeffish got it going on the swim jig.

Before it was over we caught 9, nothing big, but an ok result for 4 hours in the middle of the day.  Korbin did not catch one, and that is all about the attention span of a 6 year old.   Shortly after he wanted to go home we hit the road, the last thing you want to do is make them stay.  But he is a little tough guy and we will keep taking him occasionally, and he will get the hang of it.   Fun to get out with them as they keep busy and we don’t get to fish together as much as we like to.

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We got back in one cove today and it was just literally overflowing with tilapia.  Jeffish likes to shoot them so he and Korbin went out for a little this morning and here is a quick report.

The tilapia spot from yesterday had wind blowing in it and chocolate colored. They weren’t coming up to the top so we found a spot out of the wind. Beds everywhere but being out of practice I only brought 4 in. The one here is the smallest of them.

Nice job boys!

The tilapia are everywhere right now.  So if you like to bow fish now is the time.  Just ease back into the back end of any cove and watch, they are in most of them.  Plus some good eating can be the result.

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And just a reminder, that law enforcement will be out in force this weekend.  Time to take stock of the important stuff.  Trailer bearings ok, life jackets, registration and paperwork in order, fire extinguisher and flares, there is tons of stuff to take a look at this weekend.  Game and Fish was out on Coleto yesterday so be advised no matter where you are, get your stuff together.  I just had the head to toe check at POC last month, it happens.  So take some time to look it all over, then spend a little money to get up to snuff, or you can just hand it over on a ticket.  Your choice.  Plus, it would really suck if you had to get off the water because of it.

And to go along with that, it is a “be nice” weekend.  Everybody and his brother are out there, our weather is just fantastic right now.  So be the bigger guy at the ramp and on the water.  Lots of folks on their first trip to the water this spring so be patient.  And watch for folks having boat trouble, a common occurrence this time of year.  Stop and help if you can, it will come back to you in spades.

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Get Inhaled!

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Makes a grandpa proud!

My grandbaby Mia.  She loves her fishing and we will be fishing together on Lake Travis in a little more than a month.

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One of the things I really enjoy about watching MLF fishing is seeing how they dissect a body of water and try to catch as many fish as possible.  If I had to describe my style of fishing that would be it.  Keep your bait in the water and keep the faith.  I find my myself often fishing what I know will work, sometimes to my deterement as far as big fish go.  My wife describes that place, both in life and fishing, as your warm and fuzzy spot.  It is hard to get out of that spot at times but it goes back to the old adage that is applicable to fishing;  “A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.”  Hard to get off what is working sometimes.

Another thing I like even more than that about the show, which we can all take away from watching that format, is that “guess what?” – There may be 6 or 8 of the best bass fishermen on the planet, and usually one or two will have a tough day.  All fishermen should find some comfort in that.  We may not be the best fishermen in the world, but the pros have their tough days too, it is still fishing.

And last, I see guys post on Facebook some really nice big fish, and some of them are really good fish.  But I never see their “We went today and it didn’t work out.” post.  Easy to just put the big ones up, but unfortunately that is not how every day goes.  And I notice one other thing that is common with that kind of big fish post, notice how they never tell you where or what they caught it on?  That is one thing I take pride in with this blog, I can not catch them with the best of them and tell you about how with my superior skill I managed to screw it up.  We can learn just as much from a not so successful trips as we can from a successful trip.

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That is all for today.  I am still having a little vacation blues.  Hard to get motivated from all that, but some serious fishing should help.  I spent the morning detailing the boat, it needed it.  I will leave it to everyone else to enjoy the water today.  It looks like a perfect weekend to be on the water or in the outdoors doing whatever floats your boat.  I on the other hand will get up the Sydney post, watch some fishing and MMA, and get ready to get back at it as soon as the weekend traffic clears out.  I hear those speckled trout and reds calling me.  Have a safer and fun weekend and keep stopping in.  Thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines