FIsh Catching Travel
5/15/112
It has been an interesting time here the last couple of trips. Following an awesome trip to Fayette County Lake we headed the next day to Sommerville. Now I am going to say it right off the bat, I have no more idea how to catch bass in that lake than I do how to propel a rocket to the moon. And my brother Jeff, alias Shoedog, who lives close, has about the same knowledge.
We started about 7 and I caught a nice hybrid right off the bat on the Strike King KVD Squarebill. Now we were planning on fishing for bass, and sticking with it. We have caught lots of whites there trolling, but were determined to catch some bass. Well even the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go by the wayside, it did not happen. I ended up catching one small one on a crankbait, and then thank God, it started to rain. The storm ended up being a big one, and we quit about 5 minutes to late. One of the few times I can ever remember being glad to be chased off the lake. So for me at least, a trip to Sommerville will strictly be white bass and hybrid expeditions. If we are going to chase bass, I will head anywhere else.
At least I got something to tug on my line!
Next I was able to fish with my friend Aaron and to say the least that went bad. I guess all the good trips and nice fish I have caught the last year the fish Gods were paying me back. We encountered muddy water, high north winds, and just plain lousy fishing. Good trout were smashing topwater 2 at a time, then could not get another bit, and they were not getting on. I lost 2 good reds in a dock, the rollers in Lavaca Bay were easy 2 -3 foot, and it all around sucked. So there is absolutely nothing to tell you about that little expedition.
I did fsih a couple of hours on Coleto Creek last evening and managed to catch about a dozen. 7 on purple flake 7″ flapping tail worm, and 5 on buzzbait. Now there would have been something to show you, but it did not happen. I reeled that buzzbait over a tree top in about 2 foot of water and a real monster just exploded on it. I thought I got the hook in him, he jumped, and off he came. Oh well.
So there you have it, not a great time at fishcatchingtravel.com. Hopefully we got it all out of our system. And the great thing about being a fisherman is the eternal optimism that comes with it. So when I head to POC tomorrow we will positively kill them!
It is not always as it seems.
We had an experience the other day that showed me you can not always jump to conclusions. We stopped on this point to fish, and there were a couple of guys picking up jugs. As we headed down the bank, they worked way ahead of us, and then they turned around. We were pretty far off the bank when they ran between us and the bank. Normally that would get me hopping, but I realized, they were actually working the jugs, just picking them up and re-baiting them as they went up and down the bank. So guess what? They were there first, and they were fishing. So when something like that happens to you, and it does to all of us at times, stop just a minute before you get mad, it may not be what you think.
Started a twitter page.
There are a lot of things I would have thought might happen in this world, but me having a twitter account was not one of them. I started it because they recommend it as part of a blog. So here we go with that. I just may become a regular tweeter, whatever in the hell that is!
New Year’s Resolutions.
We often make them, then they just do not happen. Well I wrote mine down in an earlier blog and I am going to keep after it. One of the things I intended to do was fish with new folks. I am off to a good start. So far this year I have fished with 5 people I never fished with, and I intend to keep it up. So if you get a chance, take someone new with you, it can lead to a new lifetime friend.
Good Luck and Tight Lines.
