Fish Catching Travel
It was a beautiful morning as Chris and I headed out from Froggie’s to Big Bayou first. The tide was high, and it was the kind of high I have not seen in a while. But with it set to fall during the day we were looking forward to a good bite sometime in the afternoon. Unfortunately that just did not happen. I don’t know if it was the result of me fishing poorly, or the water dropping on the fall like a pinhole leak in a tire, but whatever the cause, it just did not turn out the way we planned.
See, we really did fish out of Froggie’s. To bad there are not any fish pictures to go along with this, but it happens.
We started in Big Bayou first, and if my memory serves me we did not have a bite. After fishing a few drains and steeper banks it was time for a move. From there it was to the Oil Cut, where Shoedog and I caught them last time.
We headed to the last big arm and started catching a few trout. Chris put one in the boat that was over 16″, and that was the last keeper of the day. We did catch a few more trout, in fact I had 3 that did not make the box as they were touching the line, but since I do not chance any cooler shrinkage, it was their lucky day.
The thing that was frustrating was it began a day of lost fish. Before the day was over I personally lost 2 or 3 trout that would easily measure, one a good one, and a nice redfish. Chris also decided to get in on the act and lost several fish that may have made the box. What was irritating was the fact that they all came on different plastics, new jig heads, different styles of jig heads, it did not seem to matter, they just kept coming off.
The Oil Cut was the only place we found more than a couple of bites. To make a long story short we fished the J Hook, Oil Cut, Big Bayou, Dewberry, a mid bay oyster reef, the little jetties, and a couple of other places I can’t remember right now. We threw spinnerbait, assorted plastics, and topwater. Nothing other than the plastics resulted in even a bite.
I thnk it boiled down to us making bad decisions on where to be when. That combined with a super high tide that was falling out like a slow drip just never seemed to generate the big bite we were looking for. There were several lessons learned and of course the big one was leaving fish to find fish. As tough as it turned out to be we should have stuck with the Oil Cut. There are good trout and some reds in there right now. It may not be the glamour spot, but the idea is to catch fish, not run all over God’s green earth looking for more.
We ended up keeping one 16″ trout, and nothing more. The day could only be described as tough. Tomorrow is a new day and the Shoedog and I will be back at the Gulf. It was hot today, and it had that summer feel to it. It just seems like the fish are still just a little behind. One note, you can catch the snot out of black drum right now. We saw lots of them again in the channels, and it seems a little late for that.
So keep stopping in. There will be 3 or 4 more Gulf reports coming in the next few days. It may have been a little tough, but we will get it figured out, and hopefully help you get on them your next trip. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
