Fish Catching Travel
It is good to be home. Monday was the last day we fished on Norfork, and we only fished until noon. Though it was cloudy with some sprinkles there was not a breath of wind. The fish were not having it much, the Shoedog put 6 or so in the boat and I think I boated one. It was so funny to wish for wind, of course as soon as I got back to South Texas the wind was blowing just dandy. By June when the wind is not blowing here and it is 104 I will be wishing for it all over again.
There are a couple of things that happened this trip that made it interesting. First as we headed to the lake one morning there in the middle of the highway is a nice big 4 wheeler just sitting there. A truck with a trailer was turning around in a parking lot to come back and pick it up. All I have to say about that is he was real lucky no one hit it and when it landed it landed on it’s wheels.
Then we were about an hour outside of College Station on the way home when I noticed the fender on the boat trailer flapping in the wind. We pulled over and the fender had broken and the tire was getting gouged. Luckily we did not get a flat tire, but we did have to change it. This was the second time I have seen what is called in the Bass Pro catalog the “Quick Change Trailer Jack” in use. I am sure most of you have seen it here or there, but if you have not used one trust me, it is the bomb. It is shaped like a half moon and you just drive right on it, super easy. We placed it under the axle, backed up just a little, changed the tire, and were gone in literally 5 minutes. That little gadget works. If you trailer a lot you can not go wrong. I don’t have one but will next time I am at a store that sells them.
I want to say thanks to Clyde and Maria. Your hospitality was great and we really thank you for putting up with us. To bad you did such a good job, we are already thinking about coming back again. Thanks.
My lovely wife just finished a long stretch in the ER and wanted a little R&R so we spent the last couple of days in Port Aransas. She got some beach time and I got a little tackle store time, so everyone was happy. It was the first time we stayed at the Tarpon Inn, where President Roosevelt stayed in the 50’s when it was one of the hottest tarpon fisheries on the planet. The old pictures were cool, but nothing was cooler than the long wall with all the tarpon scales that were signed and dated from the old days. It was cool, but maybe it was what hurt the tarpon fishing for decades, who knows. I do know that they are caught there more frequently now, and there are some real monsters that come to the jetties. Who knows, may have to try that later in the summer.
So while I am still resting and recovering from the trip, neither Clyde nor Shoedog took a break, I got pictures from both of them today. First is Clyde’s……..
Nice smallmouth. Looks like Clyde has been doing a little night fishing in the Ozarks.
We would have loved to do a little night bass fishing while we were there, but just did not get it done. I can tell you from experience that night fishing on Bull Shoals and Norfork in the spring is an awesome way to catch nice bass.
And not 5 minutes late I got this from the Shoedog……..
Shoedog with a Fayette County fatty.
I hope to get a more complete report from Shoedog concerning today’s Fayette County trip. All I got was a message that said Fayette 9 for 10. I bet he was using a jerkbait, it has become his specialty.
So it will be back to normal starting tomorrow. I have to check at the mechanics and see how the 300 hour check is going, hopefully the boat is done. There is email and blog work to be done to catch up, so if I have not gotten back to you I will. Then it is change a tire on the other boat trailer and sort out tackle to get ready for some serious bay fishing. It should be good with this serious warming trend. Keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
