Fish Catching Travel
The world has rotated back on it’s appropriate axis, it is now in the 90’s, humid, and the wind is down to a dull roar. All is normal for South Texas as we hit June.
I had a pretty good day last week at POC, and there are more and more reports of good fishing. The water has warmed dramatically, sharks and rays, I saw a huge ray last week, have returned to the shallows, and the fish are beginning to bite topwaters for some folks.
My buddy Jeffish sent me this picture from a couple of friends of his. They are committed founder giggers.
Yummmmm!
These guys are dedicated to the sport and one of them had an interesting observation after their last couple of trips which were about a month apart. After gigging several messes, he reported these averaged a little smaller than normal compared to past years. I wonder if the cool spring had something to do with that? Either way the flounder gigging is good for folks who like it.
I really hoped to be fishing right now, but that is not going to happen. With a 2:30 dog appointment the timing could not be worse. So with that controlling the day it will be the store, finish the tackle packing, get the following extra’s to add to what the Shoedog already has – charger, extension cord, spare tire, 2 gas tanks, and I am sure some other things.
It takes a lot of preparation to take a trip like this. Muskie Bay Resort is in the woods, and it is one of those deals where if you don’t take it and have to buy it, or sometimes if you can even find it, it can be a hassle, so we try to be as redundant as we can. I think I have whittled it down to 9 complete rod and reels, that should be enough, I hope. So I just got up and here is a picture of the spare stuff, it is not the tackle boxes or open baits, this is just the spare stuff.
I love getting it organized.
Though it is impossible, we try to account for as much as we can. I always have some foolish thought in my head like – maybe I will take it easy a day, relax, right. It will be 2 weeks of all day fishing, and it takes work, and lots of tackle to get ready. Last time I went through over a dozen spinnerbaits – those pike just jack them up.
To go along with that is some food prep so it will be making some red beans and rice and breakfast tortillas. They both freeze ok, and with each of us taking 3 meals the food thing works out great. And with plans to fish some other lakes a late supper will be common.
Yesterday Jeffish and I basically totally rewired his boat. From a fuse panel, ground panel, and the taking out of tons of worthless wires and splices, every thing is wired properly. We also got the motor timed and the carbs set and it started up and idled like new. So it won’t be long before he is back in operation.
From here it is off to the store. I really had hoped to finally meet Faye and husband at POC today, but that ain’t happening. So good luck Faye, can’t wait to see your pictures, hopefully the fishing will be good for you. I may try to slip out to Coleto for a couple of hours, the water is way up and it will be interesting to see how the fish have reacted to that. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
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