Coleto Creek 11/28/17.

FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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One of the things I miss, sort of, is the ability to sleep in.  That is going away faster than my hair color.  I set the alarm for 6:00, no hurry to the lake this morning, so at 5:00 am my eyes popped open, time to go fishing.  Not sure if the clouds will help the fishing this morning, but we shall see.  The plan will be topwater and swim jig in some areas I have not fished lately, so many places, so little time.  And as I prepare this report the wind and weather looks perfect later in  the week so Thursday will be POC.

Weather

80/55  Partly Cloudy in the morning then sun.  Wind SSE 10 – 20.  0% chance rain.

Lake Level

Yesterday  97.12 msl   Today  97.10 msl

Solunar Times

Best 5:47 am to 7:47  Good  11:36 am to 1:36 pm

A beautiful morning that went down hill from this.

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I was on the water before the sun came up, and it was a typical late fall day with mist rising off the lake.  The water temp at the ramp was 71 degrees and the wind was starting to blow a little.  I was the only truck at the ramp, and there was only one when I quit.  A sign?  First up it was a big cove, the deep side, and 3 jumped on and I missed a couple.  Things were looking up.

The next cove a couple more jumped on the Bang O Lure.  All were on the bank with some cover close.  They were all on the small side, which is why no pictures today but I was sure a bigger one was coming, but at least they were biting.  From that point on things went downhill fast.  If I had to guess, and I will, from around 8:00 until I quit at noon to work on the trailer bunks, I had one more bite.  I caught one more on the senko, which they will bite, and no more on Bang O Lure or the swim jig.  After the wind had time to blow fairly hard, which it did, it was a main lake bank to give spinnerbait a go without success.  And as far as partly cloudy, there was never a wisp of a cloud all morning.  It kind of reminded me of fishing the second day after a cold front, they were not having it.

So with some trailer work to do discretion ruled and I headed to the ramp.  My trailer either needs some serious work or replacement, and the carpet was coming off the bunks.  It took about an hour to take all 4 off, staple the carpet back down and put in all new bolts.  So they should be good to go for the life of the trailer, which is rapidly moving to the top of spend some more money on the boat.  It never ends.  But it sure looks better and with all the fishing to come it needed to be done.  Next will check the bearing grease and just generally prepare for the salt which will start tomorrow.  And speaking of that, several of the guys are getting cranked up about going, the first fishing of the group will start on Wednesday, some will fish on Sunday, so there will be some stories to tell.

I just looked at the POC weather and it is supposed to blow 5 – 10 tomorrow, so that is a no brainer.  Fishing light is around 6:30 give or take a little so I need an early start.  And with sunny skies the topwater bite might not last that long in the morning.  So in spite of a rough day of it on the lake it is hard not to get excited about some serious saltwater fishing.  I am due for a big trout so let the hunt begin.  I am headed outside to change fishing gear and get the wading stuff ready, should be interesting.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

About Redfishlaw

I am a retired attorney who just loves to fish. I was a freshwater guide for about 20 years and now have moved to the salt. I am not the greatest fisherman, but I am committed. So if you love fishing, and want to learn what little I have to offer, stop by anytime.
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