Fish Catching Travel
Finally back from our trip. We got back a couple of days ago and of course the first day was just a matter of getting all the things done and organized from being gone for 18 days. Of course I was still on Greece time and woke up yesterday at 4 a.m. so figured I would hit Coleto for a little while. One note: As this is a fishing web site I will just be posting for those of you who come to read about fishing. I do have tons of pictures and videos from our trip and if you are interested in seeing them they will be posted on the travel section of the site.
I got to the lake at 6:45 and it had just stopped drizzling. To bad, I was hoping the cloud cover would stay, but of course it did not. First it was a small cut in a deep bank up lake where I have been catching them. I started with the Senko style bait and did not have a bite for awhile when I finally lifted up and thought there was one on there. I pulled, he pulled, and of course I missed him. Funny how not fishing for a few weeks affects your timing. By time I set the hook he was gone. I stayed with it a while in that area but had no more bites.
There were a few pops near the bank so I went for my prop bait, but could not find it. It was sitting on the front seat when I left the house, and unfortunately it must have blown out. To bad, I have had that thing for probably 20 years and did not have another. So out came the topwater minnow Bang-O-Lure. I missed the first one then caught a small one. With no more bites there I moved to a big grass bed. With the lake still falling a little, and me up lake, it is actually out in the middle of the lake.
I caught another one on top, but was just not getting the bites. I also threw the Senko around isolated grass without success, so decided to give the buzzbait a go. The next one over the side was this one.
Unfortunately this was the biggest one I caught, and he barely sucked it under.
I spent the rest of the morning hunting and pecking and only was able to put one in the boat here and there. 3 came on buzzbait, 2 on topwater, and one of the Senko. I definitely did not establish any kind of pattern, but when you are blind tired it is hard to get going. At 11 I called it a morning. It was just nice to fish some, to get back in the groove.
We are supposed to get a bunch of rain in the next couple of days, and it is raining as I write this. The boat is still hooked on the truck, but it may be Sunday before the rain lets up. In fact we are supposed to get 2 – 4 inches, and if it keeps me off the water a day or two it is well worth it.
It looks like it may be Baffin for a couple of days Monday and Tuesday, and I am really looking forward to that. There was an awesome report with some really big trout a couple of weeks ago on 2Cool and it has me excited about heading down there. But who knows, my brother wants to do some fishing and the weather will dictate where. And the Shark-A-thon is just around the corner and should be a blast.
Last but not least for you hunters and animal lovers click on the link below. It is from a trail cam in South Texas. Just scroll down when you get there, I promise you will like it.
http://www.tackleandrods.com/lake/flash.htm
So back to the real world. Real fall is right around the corner and with it the good fishing that comes with it. Plus with kids in school, folks hunting, the water will be a lot less crowded. So keep stopping in, we are back in the saddle. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
