Fish Catching Travel
Here are a couple of random comments I have received from my readers the last week or so, and a few other thoughts.
I got a quick comment from Joe – “I hate them damn coots also!!!” Nice to know someone else has a problem with them too. It really affects things if you want to throw a spinnerbait or topwater. It will be nice when most of them move on to wherever they hang out all summer.
I was at the new Dick’s in Corpus the other day and met Johnathan, a really nice young man. He is a diehard fisherman who got to fish the college circuit last year. I extended an offer to fish on Coleto, and hopefully we will get to fish together sometime. So if you are in Dick’s stop in the fishing section and say hi. I also was actually impressed with their fishing department, it was quite a bit bigger than other Dick’s I have been in and well stocked.
Koolwater, the administrator and owner of 4reelfishing.com, sent me a nice note after I posted a big fish picture on his site. They have ice a mile deep up north, and I sent a couple of pics to those “Yankees” just to give them the business. It was all in fun and they take it well. If you have never been to his site the link will be at the bottom of the page. It is a great site to see lots of big fish and cool videos. So stop in his site and post a couple of pics of your big fish.
I read the Falcon Lake Tackle site regularly just to keep tabs on the fishing. It has been a tough winter there, and though they are still catching big fish, the numbers just don’t seem to be there. The owner attributes it to the huge population of Alligator Gar, and is fighting a small war with TPWD in an effort to increase the take and reduce the population. No matter what the problem, the fishing is not what it has been in the past. In spite of that, it is still one of the great places to catch a DD, maybe the biggest fish of you life. Stay tuned to see how that plays out.
Rusty is one of my readers who fishes Fayette regularly. One day last week when the wind was really tough, to tough for Fayette, he came down and fished Coleto. He was kind enough to drop me note that he was able to put 10 in the boat in an afternoon on spinnerbait and swim jig. Thanks for the note Rusty, and I love hearing it when someone catches a few from what they read on the blog.
You know you have a fishing problem when you watch fishing show when you are not fishing. My favorite is the Major League Fishing, I love the format. It is a go fishing and catch as many and as fast as you can. My style of fishing. And this time with it in Michigan KVD proved he is the best smallmouth fisherman alive. I am definitely not one for a man crush, but when he is whacking them on that spinnerbait it is a wonderful thing. He freakin’ caught 80lbs of smallmouth in one day!
My thought is we should do a partner draw tourney on Coleto with a similar format. The teams draw another team, and one partner goes with the other. Then it would be done on a pure inches format, rounded of to the even inch. It would be recorded, initialed by the partner, and then team tallied. Sounds like fun to me.
Jim has sent me the occasional note, and his latest was asking me if I do any crappie fishing. In my guiding days I used to fish the snot out of them In Arkansas, but have not really done any on Coleto, though I have intended to. Well I promise I am going to get that done this spring. There are lots of nice crappie on Coleto, and thinking about a livewell full makes my mouth water.
Muzzy dropped me a note telling me he was headed on a do-it yourself trip in March to Apalachicola in the Florida bend. He said he had lots of the baits we use on the coast in his box, and he is ready to go. I have actually fished there and caught some reds and trout. It is a cool bay, and a neat little town that I am sure has changed a lot since I was there 20 years ago. And I am not sure if you are taking your boat, but there is a place close, it is either St. Joe of St. Joseph Island park, it is on the map. It is beautiful, and though I did not fish it what a good looking bay. So if you want to take a drive it is worth it even if you just look like we did. So Muzzy, thanks for reading my stuff, and I can not wait to hear how it goes so drop me line and share your adventure with my readers.
And all you trout fisherman the Lavaca River is still turning out some good trout. I was filling up at the gas station and I met a guy and we talked fishing. He said he is still getting them there. With all the cold weather we have had they should still be in there. So if you want to get some better do it fast before it warms up.
I also heard from Chris, who’s brother-in-law turned him on to the blog. His brother-in-law owns the RV park at Keller Bay, what a cool place to have your RV, so if you are thinking about doing something like that in future take a look at his place. Chris thanked me for the kind of information I try to give, simple how-to information to help people catch a couple of more fish. Somehow fishing has evolved into some kind of a big secret. I like it just the opposite, help someone catch fish, or better yet take them. It will make you a better person and fisherman. Thanks for the comment Chris.
Sean a kayaker from Austin who fishes the Powderhorn also sent me a note letting me know that he has caught a few on the Redfish Magic (A complete how-to coming this week) and is waiting on his Mann’s Waker. Chris the time is coming, as soon as that water warms up it will be game on with the Waker. It is one of my favorite bites in saltwater fishing. Sean as soon as you catch your first one on it you have to be careful, it gets addictive. He also commented on my sharing of information, that is what we are here for, and I can not thank you, and everyone else, for letting me know what I am doing is working.
The blog has finally come to the point where it is time to improve it. My friend Jeffish, the web designer extraordinaire, swears he is going to sit down with me and take the couple of days it will take to get the job done. I am holding you to it Bro! And to go along with that I am finally going to seriously start trying to market to some advertisers. Fishing 3 to 5 days a week is expensive, and any help I can get would be appreciate. But no matter what, the character of the blog will not change, it is still about sharing real information with you.
Robert, one of the regulars on the Austin Bass Fishing Forum, has fished the Rockport area since 78′ and now fishes freshwater in central Texas offered to help me out if I ever take a trip to that area. I have not forgotten Robert, and have saved your email and will definitely take you up on that some time. And if I want to fish some freshwater in central Texas I will give you a call.
We finally got our Canada trip sorted out for this year. We will be at Muskie Bay for 2 weeks, from June 7 – 21. After our trip last year I was no where near ready to go home after a week. With more time we plan on fishing some other lakes, and there are tons, including Rainy Lake, one of the great trophy walleye lakes in Canada. And I am really looking forward to getting to a couple of the smallmouth lakes that dot the region. My buddy Clyde has been telling me for years about 100 fish days, with many 3 – 5 lbs. I am all about that one. With the cold winter they have had Muskie Bay said the ice was as thick as it has been in years. The benefit of that is the lake trout should up shallow, the pike should be in full spawn, and the bugs should be nonexistent. I can not wait.
I am taking a few days off, but keep stopping in, there will be a couple of how-to posts in the next couple of days. Then it will be back to some real fishing. This weather has to break sooner or later, and starting late this week I am going to take all my weather frustration out on those bay fish. I try to keep up with you all, and though I am still behind I promise I will catch up. So keep those comments and suggestions coming. Thanks for reading my stuff.
http://4reelfishing.com/videos/
http://www.tackleandrods.com/lake/flash.htm
http://www.austinbassfishing.com/forum/
http://www.kellerbayrvpark.us/
Good Luck and Tight Lines
