Fish Catching Travel
Rain, it is a thing of beauty! We had some in the forecast and it is actually happening as I write this. It also ran me off the lake at 11:00, far earlier than I wanted, but no problem, we need the rain so badly. And with the rain in the forecast I was hoping for a good morning bass fishing, and definitely was not wanting to drive to the Gulf and get rained out, and it turned out to be the right choice.
First was a long grassy point leading into a deep channel bend, the kind of place I have been catching them. Of course I did not get a bite. So on to another point, and nothing there. It has been like that, you can never tell when they will be on those points, and some days if they will ever show.
So about 8:30 I moved to a real grassy point near a cove mouth, there is no real deep water close, but it has been where I have caught a few on buzzbait. I kept with the worm, but again no success. Over the last couple of weeks there have been bass busting bait off many of the points so it was time for a change. So out came the Devil’s Horse. And old bait, it is a double prop, and is good with a little chop and to call them out of a little deeper water.
I missed the first one, then put this one in the boat.
This one blew up all over it, cool bite. Notice how the chrome is off that bait, I have had that thing for lots of years and just forget to throw it. It is a great bait for bass busting shad.
So I kept after it a while and managed to put 2 more small ones in the boat, and did miss a couple of strikes. Then I had another good bite and put this one in the boat.
This was a little better fish. I really have to work on that stupid look on my face thing.
At this point there was some far off thunder so I just stayed close to the ramp area and kept throwing the topwater. I think I had one more bite, but did not put another fish in the boat on it. What did I learn today? First, if you see them working, toss a topwater. Second, it seems like the worm on the point thing works better later in the morning so a good use of fishing time would be to throw a topwater until about 9 and then switch to the worm. Third, they are still on the points, and that is where every bite I had today came from. Last, there may be a reason they are on some places so heavy and then nothing the next day, they are moving with the shad schools. And as much popping as I am seeing here and there, seems logical.
A short day, but a fun one. It has been a struggle some days with the heat and wind, but today was great. Cool this morning, little wind early, then a nice steady rain. I almost stayed longer, but the President of Team Nancy is off today so it is time for some tom foolery. With the forecast still rain for a few days we will see when I get back on the water. So keep stopping in, and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
