FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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As I was headed off the lake I got a text from my buddy Chris wanting to hit the bay.  So the choice was obvious – stay home and maybe hit the lake after doing some bunk work on the trailer, or let him take me to the bay.  So with that out of the way the plan is to hit the Twin Coves, Contee area today.  Hopefully we will find a little better average size to the trout.

And one last word on that bass yesterday.  It has been a while since I caught one that big.  I have not weighed a bass since Falcon years ago, but this one felt an easy 9lbs.  I could get both fists in her mouth, but couldn’t figure out how to get a picture. But no matter how you shake a stick at it that was one big fish.   So who knows, maybe today it will be big trout day.

Weather

87/78  Intervals of clouds with stray shower.  20% chance.  Wind SSE 10 – 20 mph.

Tides

High   8:01 AM     1.0   
Low   12:38 PM     0.9
High   6:26 PM     1.0

Solunar Times

5:30pm t0 7:30 pm   (No other period during the day when we will be there

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It Is Why They Call It Fishing

One thing I strive to do with the blog as tell it like it is, and this post is just that.  My buddy Chris and I were on the water as daylight cracked.  After my last few trips where I caught a ton but had to work for keepers we decided to change it up.  The plan was to sooner or later get down to Pat’s Bay, Twin Lakes, and all those places past South Pass.

First up we stopped near the common entrance to Pringle for the first wade, and the results, not a bite in spite of the bait being there.  Odd but a sign of things to come.  From there we started hunting and pecking and other than catching a couple here, and a couple there it sucked to put it nicely.  The further away from the jetties the worse the fishing got.  Whether fresh water, bad tide times and water flow, or whatever, we just could not get on them.  We did 3 or so drifts and 3 wades, but good ones were not on the menu.  Until the final wade I think I caught maybe 8 or 9, all small.

The best I could do today.

Hard for me to remember but there are noticeable changes here and there.  And the little cut next to the house with the sea wall at South Pass is just a boat wide with a sandbar right in front of it.  And a couple of the lakes have a different opening, or smaller bars, out front.  While they are not major changes there are some differences.

There was something that said fall, we saw several redfish in a school tailing.  I made a good cast and hooked up immediately, but again nothing to get excited about.  But I sure do like watching them tail.  We ended the afternoon around 3 by wading my favorite bank near Army Hole and I actually caught maybe a dozen or more, all small, all on small paddle tails.  It was just a matter of moving over to where the bait was flipping and at least some small ones where there.  And though I caught several the other day on topwater, one may have taken a pass at it in spite of throwing it off and on all day.  It seemed like with the water not really clearing like it did the last couple of trips combined with almost no movement conspired to make it tough.

But no complaints and we always have a good time fishing together.  Chris did wonder when the last time we did not catch a keeper together, I sure could not remember.  Even when it is tough I would rather be fishing and the only way you ever really hit the mother load is to keep moving and trying new spots.  So while we did not get it done we learned a few things, and there is always tomorrow.  Hmmm.  Now that you mention it looks like we might get cloud cover and some light rain tomorrow, can you say big bass?  Like I have been saying, I am going to make up for lost time.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines