Fish Catching Travel
Funny how life gets in the way of fishing sometimes. It happened to me the last couple of days. Sunday I thought I might get out to the Gulf somewhere but I got a call from my buddy Jeffish and it was off to his house to work on his boat. We have rewired the whole electrical system, including installing a new fuse panel, and the only thing left is getting the motor running properly. Before it was over we spent the day getting it running, and after a short period of “wtf is the problem here?”, we got the problem diagnosed and hopefully he got the part and all is well.
Monday the president and chief financier of Team Nancy was off work after pulling a week long shift, so to spend a little time with her later in the day I decided to hit Coleto for a quick morning trip. So it was up early and on the water at daylight. I headed up lake first but I just can not get it going up there. Swim bait, swim jig, buzzbait and Senko all hit the water, and other than a couple of weak attempts, I did not even have one good strike. So with the last couple of trips in mind it was all the way back down lake to clear main lake water.
I missed one on a Strike King Swimming Jig and then finally hooked up.
Love that Strike King Swim Jig.
The last couple of trips it has been real main lake banks, with the best being somewhat grass free near the bank with isolated grass patches. The fish are shallower, at least the few I am catching, than one would think. I stayed with Swim Jig for an hour or so, and then went back to the Senko style bait. I am a big fan of watermelon red flake and basically almost all the soft plastics, no matter what the configuration I throw, are in that color. I did manage to catch a couple with this one being the best of those.
Of the 5 I caught, 4 were near, or on a point, of a main lake bank with isolated grass.
The fishing, or maybe it is just the catching, remains spotty for me on Coleto. Being in the middle of summer that is not that hard to digest, it comes with the territory. And it was apparent that the water is starting to fall, you could clearly see the wet line, and with the summer heating up and electrical demand peaking, I am sure the lake will continue to drop.
Looking at last year when this happened the fish went to the points, and stayed there until the fall bite started. It was worms and senko type baits, and the bite was best in the morning, again all normal summer time fishing no matter where you are. So nothing new or unusual about my last couple of trips to Coleto. It is tough, you just have to stay with it. Try some plastics in that watermelon red, it has been the go-to color for me that last couple of summers.
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Tomorrow it is off to the Gulf, I have not even unhooked the boat, it is just a matter of swapping fresh water tackle for the saltwater stuff. The wind forecast looks great, so instead of sleeping in like the last couple of trips I will get up and be out there at daylight. I hear the topwater fishing is ok, at least according to the fishing reports, but have not actually talked to anyone who is actually catching trout that way.
Have not heard anything on the boat repair situation. I am still skeptical that I will see it anytime soon. There was a hint it would be about 2 weeks, but any of you who have boats know that it sounds good, but rarely works out that way.
So that is it for today. It will be an early morning tomorrow so I should have a report up tomorrow night. It should be an interesting day, and as long as I do not dilly dally topwater should get a good work out. Where is still the question, so after looking at the tide times, and throwing some chicken bones out, that decision will be made later today. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
