Fish Catching Travel
So I have not been on here for a few days, but there is lots to show and tell. There is so much I do not know where to start. The way things have worked out lately I have just either been to tired, or to lazy, to get things done so here goes.
Clyde, Maria, John and friend’s Canada trip.
I have not had a chance to speak with Clyde since he got back from Canada but from the looks of the pictures he sent they whipped up on them like always. Of course they stayed at Muskie Bay. If you have not been there before, and want to read more, there is an article in the travel section, or just put Canada into the search box on the front page and you can see how our last trip went. Just posting these makes me want to go back. Who knows, maybe a muskie trip this fall. Sounds like fun to me. And the folks at Muskie Bay will set you up.
Not only is Maria one hot babe, but she sure can catch those fish! That is one good pike anywhere. And she caught it on a 1/32 ounce jig fishing for yellow perch on her ultra-light.
They didn’t send me their friend’s name, but those are a couple of great lake trout.
My old buddy John Bauer from Arkansas with a couple of great lakers. That one on the right is a hoss. At Muskie Bay they are usually caught jigging deep, last year it was 80 feet. This year it was trolling.
Clyde with a nice Canada smallmouth.
If you like smallmouth Canada is the place. They caught hundreds of them this trip.
John and friend. Muskie Bay has nice fully equiped boats.
Have a seat.
Beautiful muskie. Belive me folks they come a heck of a lot bigger than that.
A hungry bear did this. Why you do not leave food out or garbage out!
All I have to say about this – if you have never done a Canada trip and you like to catch fish, go. You will not regret it.
The Fishing
Normally as all of you know who read my stuff I tend to keep up with my posts, but since I posted last I have been 3 times. Unfortunately they were not the kinds of trips that warm the heart of a serious fisherman.
Saturday night I decided to do a night fishing trip to Coleto. I fished for bass at night for years and was looking forward to catching a big one. Coleto Creek closes the gate at midnight and it does not open until 4 a.m. So I took a big nap and got to the lake at 9. I figured I could fish until 4 and then head to the house.
To make a sad story short, I fished worm, jig and frog, and single spin. I fished points and flats and deep banks and shallow banks and places by the dam and…you get the point. It was 2 a.m. before I got my first bite. I boated that one, an ok fish, tossed back in there and caught another, and he was ok. So back in with the worm, a good hit, and I break my line. And then to make it worse, I can hear him jumping trying to throw the hook. I did not get another bite there. That happened to be a deep main lake point, and other than that I did not get another bite.
Of course that just makes me more determined to get it done. The only problem is I am getting to old for that stuff. It used to be no big deal to fish all night and then function the next day. Guess I am getting old, but that is beside the point. Before the summer is over I will get back there at night and whip their butt. Promise.
Monday I got a late start and decided to hit POC. When I got there the tide was high so I headed to Grass Island to do some wading. I fished a good portion of the south side and did put a few in the boat, but they were small.
I think I caught 3 trout and 4 reds, all on plastics. I threw topwater some without success and they all came on plastics in 3 foot of water. There was no “magic” place, they were just here and there. I then went down to the small island near Mitchell’s Cut and waded it. That only resulted in one trout. I do not know if it was me, or the fish, or my timing was wrong, but I could not get it going.
At this point, about 5, the tide was falling hard, so I headed to Big Bayou to throw spinnerbait. I caught 3 reds, but nothing to write home about, and that was it. Unfortunately I was late. The best time to be there is right when the water falls out of the grass, and it was already out and falling when I got there.
I did not take any pictures, maybe that was the problem, and at 6 I called it a day. After a great month last month on big trout it seems I have lost the touch. So next trip it will be deeper reefs. They had to go somewhere.
Yesterday my friend Chris wanted to go catch some bait. Now it was not the usual bait, but big jacks. Why you ask? We are headed to PINS on North Padre Island for a big shark trip. His friend Michael has done them for years and we are loaded for bear. We will be camping on the beach somewhere between Corpus and Port Mansfield. There are 4 of us going and it should be a hoot. I have caught a few over the years but have never broke a hundred pounds, so maybe this will be the trip.
Chris and I fished the jetty and I did manage to put a 20lb. Jack in the boat trolling a Rapala long bill, but other than that we just did not find them. Chris did catch a bunch of nice size scaly sardines, or as he found out later, locally called watermelon shad. So the jack and the shad went on ice for bait, and with that to start it is off to the beach.
And according to Chris this is only 2 baits. I can’t wait to see the thing that wants this hunk of meat!
So the next couple of days we will be trying to catch the big one. The boys have 50 wides, big line, hooks the size of a meat hook, and the kayaks to get them out there. It should be something, and I will record as much as I can. Who knows, maybe a 500 lb Bull, you never know.
So stop in this weekend and hopefully there will be some tall tales. In fact, fish or not, there will be some tall tails either way. Hopefully the wind and grass will be at a dull roar and I can put some trout and reds on the beach while we are at it. Either way a good time will be had by all. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
