Fish Catching Travel
Another beautiful morning. Being a Yankee, which I guess is everyone not from Texas, the wild weather swings in Arkansas were not nearly so pronounced. Tuesday morning it, and I, were freezing, today it is a balmy 70+. All the better to be outdoors.
A great morning to be alive.
So this morning before daylight I headed to John’s to hunt the pond. With Jeffish doing the photography, there ended up being 8 of us. So a little before shooting light we headed to the pond. Of course somewhere around 25 ducks get up and fly off. As we got closer they came back, or it was another bunch, and they flared and hit the road. So we laid out on the pond bank and waited for shooting time.
Nice when it is 50 degrees and not raining. May not be ideal duck weather, but it is great weather to be laying on the ground at daylight.
And then 3 minutes before shooting time another 4 or 5 hit the pond. Finally time was right, and here they came. The biggest bunch that came in was 5, and they all ended up dead. We had several more come and then they started getting hinkey. And after the sun was full up, and we had shot a few, they started passing and not landing.
John and a couple of other guys headed off to another pond on the property to jump shoot it, and we could hear plenty of shooting, but other than a couple of high flyers, our morning was done. They picked up a couple of more, we never fired another shot. The nice thing about today’s hunt was everyone shot a few. With the sun full up, and the ducks wherever they went, we called it a morning.
The whole gang with some good eating.
The morning was definitely a success. Good hunting, great companions, and awesome weather made for a great day. I have hunted with these folks a time or two and it is always fun. So with the duck season winding down it is time to start concentrate on the spring fishing.
Saw a nice 10+ bass out of Coleto on 2CoolFishing today. It, with a few others adding to 33lbs, were caught deep, which is definitely where the big fish are right now if my results prove anything. But it won’t be long. And if you get the urge, remember the ramp will be closed this week. I think it will re-open on Saturday, but I would sure check with them before I went.
The week ahead looks good. A little front comes in tonight, then windy Monday, but from then on it looks very stable and toasty in the afternoon. I have not been to Keller in a while, nor Shoalwater or Matagorda Bay. So that looks like the temporary plan, barring any unforeseen better offers. So stay tuned. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
