FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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On my current making up for lost time by fishing until I drop tour it was back to the lake.  Last trip resulted in my biggest bass in a long time, and today’s conditions were perfect.  Sunny to cloudy to storms.  It should have been perfect, but alas, it was far from it.  But the day sure did start out pretty.

First one out, not a soul in sight.  One of those great mornings to be me.

The water temp was 87 with a slight ripple which ended up being about 15mph later, actually about right.  The possibility of catching a big bass on frog, not to mention trying several other baits for shallow grass/trash, had been driving me nuts so it was first up.  On a flat grass point 3 made a pass at it, and I missed them for whatever reason, but they were definitely small.  I stayed with it a while longer but only boated one small one, then headed to the bank where I caught the big fish the other day.

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   The best bass for the day.  And a bonus catfish, they like the swim jig.

They definitely were not on it like they were, but I did catch 4 there including the ones above.  For the rest of the day I tossed the swim jig (4 or 5), frog (1), Controlled Descent Jerk Shad (3), buzzbait (0), spinnerbait (3 or 4), and I can not think what else.  I fished from daylight until 3:00, from one end of the lake to the other.  It would be one here, one there, almost all small, but try as I might I was either at the right place at the wrong time, or vice versa.  Either way what started out with great promise ended in mediocrity.  I still can not digest the fact that they were not shallow in the stuff and on the chew.

                                 The best on spinnerbait.  And a big boy.

What was funny was the game was active.  I saw hawks, teal, deer, alligator, turkeys, and even had a bird I could not identify try to eat my frog when I was shaking it up in tree.  How it got there I do not have a clue.  I am still puzzled why there was no big bite, or did I quit to early.  Grass, wood, flats, points, I fished them all.  And the grass was basically devoid of fish.  Most of the points had one or two small ones.  After the wind got up I stuck with spinnerbait, and while it caught a few, but no big bite.

So I finally called it a day.  Another great example of what fishing really is.  Some days you whack em’, some days they whack you.  But I have had a good 5 day run, and managed a few nice fish.  And it has been great to spend so much time in the great outdoors.  We are slated for a cold front which may finally cool us off for good, and as a side benefit bunch those redfish up for some of the best fishing of the year for them.  It will be nice to get out the jacket and have those nice cool morning runs.  And if you are a fisherman you know what I mean, the morning run is usually a thing of beauty.

I will be at POC for 3 days with some of the Austin Boys in a couple of weeks and am looking forward to fishing with them.  They start early, well almost, but they finish strong.  As usual about my only ride home across the bay in the dark will be with my buddy Todd.  No matter what a good time will be had by all.  Until then I want to introduce a buddy who wants to learn to some bay fishing and take a couple of kids who have the fishing bug.  And when I am not doing that, I will be fishing.  I have just started on the making up for lost time tour.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines