Fish Catching Travel
Lots of time I post online on other sites to share information with folks. I am not going to post this on other sites right now so I can share this with those of you who are local and loyal readers. The Lavaca River is loaded with trout right now.
Monday was a practice day to see if they were there so that when Clyde and my brother Jeff came this week I would have some fish located. The last few years once November come I catch lots of trout in the river. So Monday I started at daylight and caught a real good one right off the bat on that Blue flake Gobi plastic. There were mullet flipping so out came the KVD topwater and from daylight until 10 they were smacking the snot out of it.
The trout are in good shape this time of year. And this is a good representation of what is in the river right now.
When they slacked off it was time to experiment. Trout ended up coming on jerk bait, Rattle Trap, plastics, and top before I quit at 3. It was a real solid limit, plus probably another 10 more, not counting a red and a couple of black drum
Basically it was simply a matter of easing down the river and covering lots of water. It seems like catch one and you would catch several more. On plastic just toss it to the bank and hop it back to the boat off the bottom. Of the approximately 20 on Monday I may have actually felt 3 or 4 hit it. The rest were there when I would lift it up. So if you feel any resistance, set the hook. This is one of the periods where if you think you have a bite, you do. So with that result I was more than happy and feeling good about Thursday when I would meet the guys at the ramp after Jeff picked up Clyde at Bush International.
Love catching this size on topwater.
Thursday
After putting in I headed down river and caught a 3+ pound trout right off the bat on the blue flake Gobi plastic. The guys were to be there about noon so I had an hour to explore and try a couple of places. Of course the big cold front had them off their feed some.
After the first bank I cut across the river and fished another bank without success. I started the boat and it would not go. Bummer. In fact, it would not go over 3000 RPM, what the matter is I do not know. So I limped to the ramp and there they were.
This was one of those times when you just had to make chicken salad out of chicken *&^%. I noticed that most of the boats had taken out and there was one guy there who came over and asked how we did. I told him about the one, and he said they only caught one keeper and 4 or 5 small ones. He had also been whacking them this week. Obviously the big drop in water temp had them a little lethargic.
We idled out and just started fishing. Sorry I did not take any pictures, but we ended up with 8 solid keepers, with only one we had to measure. The blue plastic was the best bait, but Jeff caught at least 10 on jerk bait and one good one on Corky. Interestingly the jerk bait was the Rapala Husky Jerk in the 4″ in blue. Can you say blue? They were just knocking the snot out of it, and of course we only had one. The water had definitely cooled, which is why I think the jerk bait was working. Jeff was jerking it and stopping it, and when they hit it, they ate it. Now only a couple of them were keepers, but they did hit it until dark.
I kept with plastics, and Clyde alternated with jerk baits and plastics. While the fishing was not fast, Jeff caught 13, and I do not know how many Clyde and I caught, but we got our share. So it was at least 20 plus for the afternoon with 8 keepers, a red, a sheepshead, and a drum.
So looking forward to tomorrow. With warmer temps, and hopefully a little sunshine, we should be in the money. And with more baits in hand we can do a little more experimenting. And of course, it is wonderful to have 2 boats. The Mako will be headed to the shop on Monday, and the Carolina Skiff is already attached to the truck.
I am tired and it is time to hit the sack, so no real editing, and I am sure I have left something out, but no matter what – the river has lots of fish in it right now. So if you get a chance head down there and catch some fish. I will take some pictures and post tomorrow’s results so stop in. With 3 more days of fishing there will be lots to tell. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
