Fish Catching Travel
There has not been much fishing this week on my part here at fishcatchingtravel.com, but there has been some traveling. My lovely wife and I headed to Oklahoma City for a long weekend to visit the daughter, her husband, and little Mia. My granddaughter Mia is 4 and growing like a weed. It was a good time, though one day was a big cold front with a 35 mph north wind. Mia is excited about her visit here with us at the end of June. She wants to go in the boat, do some fishing, and see the “crocodiles.” I am sure we will get all those things done. So sorry for the late report, but the weather is awesome and the reports will be flowing like water from now on. Bring on spring!
Conroe
You might remember I fished a couple of weeks ago with Jonathon, a student from Corpus Cristi who has been fishing some of the College Bass Fishing Tournaments. He is from the Conroe area and was able to get out a day on Conroe when he was home for Spring Break.
Folks I have fished Conroe in the past, and it can be a really tough lake. It was not easy to figure out on my only trip there, at least Jonathon’s trip last week was a little better. Here is his short report.
“I was able to get a day on the water at lake Conroe Tuesday. I caught 7 total all about 1-2 pounds except for one which was just over 3 pounds. They were picky though the only bait they would hit was a slow moving squarebill. I tried a rattle trap, spinner bait, jig, and texas rig. But all fishing came off the squarebill. “
A nice one. Happy to have this one when conditions are tough.
Another one on a tough day.
Jonathon is an aspiring tourney angler, and he has the heart. Some experience, and a little more time, and he should do all right. Plus he is a great guy to spend the day in the boat with.
Coleto
While I have not been able to fish this week I did have a friend who was able to get out yesterday. To avoid the stigma of having a terrible day exposed (or maybe that he is a klutz?) for all to see, he shall remain nameless. Here it is verbatim:
“4 crappie, 2 keepers all in 10 minutes out of 8 hours. No bass. Also managed to toss an ultralight combo in the lake and rip out my pants. Almost forgot. Until I tried to walk this morning. Also dropped the anchor on my foot.”
Nobody ever said fishing was easy as you can see from the 2 reports above. But in spite of all that we keep on going. And speaking of going, Shoedog and I are headed to Lake Falcon in the morning, we should be fishing down there by 9. We will fish Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. 3 days is about the minimum you need on Falcon to figure a little something out. And what a great lake when you do.
The reports from Falcon are still sketchy, and it depends on what you read. That may be why I like the Falcon Lake Tackle reports. He does not sugar coat things, telling it like it is. The overall catch numbers are down, as are the weights at the tournaments. The good thing about his reports is you have a place to start. While we have never caught big numbers of fish there, we have caught some real good ones. In fact last trip Shoedog caught 3 in one place that weighed over 23 lbs, a good string anywhere. No matter how many reports you read, any success you have on Falcon is all up to you. As I say, just listen to the fish, they are a lot more reliable than listening to fishermen.
So there you have it. We will be hitting them hard, and what will be will be. No matter what we will be fishing on one of the best big bass lakes in the world. Who could ask for more. They have wi-fi, and I will at least try to get a short report and couple of pics up everyday. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
