Fish Catching Travel
Here is a quick report as I get ready to head to the woods. We got a late start this morning with taking the hog to the plant and dealing with a couple of other issues with Alfie’s camper. He is camping at Coleto Creek and says he is in love with the lake and the park. If he could stay another week he would but other duties will send him home next week.
So we actually got on the water at 11:00 and headed up lake. As Alfie is not an experienced fisherman I rigged him a spinning rod and that Strike King Swim Jig. We started catching them right off the bat. They were small, but we probably put a dozen in the boat in the first hour.
Alfie’s first Texas Largemouth.
The bite was consistent but they continued to run small. He did manage to catch one a little better, still slow rolling that Swim Jig.
This one was a little better, he ended up catching 5 or 6.
At this point I was wanting to try a buzzbait. I haven’t caught more than a couple this spring but with a nice breeze and cloud cover it seemed like the thing to do. I immediately put 3 in the boat. So I put the buzzbait on his rod and he caught one. I switched to the white spinnerbait and caught a couple of more when the phone rang. Even though the weather is a little sketchy Jeromy was up for another hog hunt, which was fine by us.
This was the third one I caught, and the biggest for a short trip.
Folks they smashed that buzzbait. One of those good news, bad news things. So as it was 1:45 we decided to call it a short trip and get a couple of things done before the evening hog hunt. But when you look at it we probably put 15 or so in the boat in under 3 hours. I can only imagine what would have happened once I figured out they would eat that buzzbait. So leaving was tough, but the anticipation of another great hunt made the decision easy.
So the fishing remains good. Just remember when you get conditions like today, clouds with wind, this time of year it is time to go bass fishing. Tomorrow we will see, it may be the gulf, or it may be the lake, the wind will dictate that. But no matter what it is fun to show Alfie all that south Texas has to offer. So take someone with you, you will get more out of it than they will. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
