Fish Catching Travel
The heat wave continues in South Texas. From the weather reports it looks like it will be with us with a real hot weekend. And to add to the poor conditions right now, we finally hit the 10 inch deficient in the rain department. We need some rain. They are forecasting Phoenix and Las Vegas to top 115 this weekend. Combine that with our prevailing south winds and you have tougher trout fishing.
Most reports I have read have been from deeper shell, and the best of course seem to be from croaker fishermen. With off colored water prevalent in some of the bays the bite seems to be coming with the tide as the water clears while coming up. So the best advice right now is to be there when the water is moving, and hunt for that good “trout water.”
I did want to clarify one mistake from my last post. That cool looking fish I posted as a skate is not a skate, it is a guitarfish. Easy to see how it got that name.
From what I have read a guitarfish is a close relative of the ray. They inhabit tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide. They basically swim using their tail and not their fins. They are known bottom feeders but do feed on small fish, which makes sense because Corey caught this one on a small whiting. They are not know as food fish.
So there you have it, one cool fish. And speaking of interesting things we caught, we did catch another fish none of us had seen before, the barred grunt. It had a mouth somewhat like a sheepshead, with rows of small teeth, though they were pointed. It had bars just like a sheepshead, and along the bottom was almost a Chartreuse. It is know locally some areas as a green snapper.
Unfortunately since I got home I have been under the weather. So for the last week I have basically been in the house, and of course I am sick of it. So while I am feeling somewhat better today, I have decided to wait and head to Coleto this evening for a couple of hours. I am just not sure that I am ready to fight the heat during the middle of the day at the Gulf.
I appreciate each and every one of you who stops in and reads my stuff. So since I am feeling better, and it looks like some clouds and cooler temps next week, it should be a week full of fishing. Thanks for stopping in.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
