Fish Catching Travel
Just wanted to get a few things posted this morning as I get ready to hit the water. First I heard from Ken, one of the Austin crazies. The boys will be down in a month for their big annual winter trip. Last year I fished with them the day before the whole herd got here, but while we were fishing a massive 40mph cold front roared in from the North and it was nothing short of ugly for them all weekend. As a group they managed to pull it out and sacked a pretty big bunch in spite of conditions. Hope the weather is better next trip.
Ken did have a specific question from some of my pictures about the wading belt I use. It is the Wade Right Fishing Belt from coastalfishinggear.com. All I can say about that is I love that thing. It has a back tube for a spare rod that does not interfere with anything, it has a rod holder on the front that keeps the rod out of the water when changing baits and taking fish off, and the small tackle box is high enough to stay dry in most wading situations. It has several d-rings for attaching nets, pliers, and stringers. It is efficient and well made. I can not recommend it more highly. It works. Thanks for your kind comments Ken. And if you buy a belt tell them fishcatchingtravel.com sent you.
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My buddy Chris invited me along on Saturday but after 5 days in a row I was beat and had some serious boat maintenance to do, so I passed. He took his dad who is fairly new to bay fishing but it looks like they had a good day.
“A 24″er and one of those genetically modified 19 7/8″ off your favorite bank. Probably 20 trout on the wade bank, all mine on plastics, dad caught a couple on top and some on popping cork. Best was a nice fat 19″, then a 15 1/2″, rest all 13-14”
Nice one Chris.
His report seems to mirror mine and others I heard the last week or so. Lots of trout, just tough on some of us to find those better ones. The plan is to change that sometime this week, and if you are reading this lets see if I get it done. Thanks for the report. And the rest of you send us your reports or pictures. As you know I will not tell anything you want to hold close to the vest. We all just like hearing how you did.
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I got a Coleto report from Joe and with my superior skill I managed to delete it. Sorry Joe. He fished a week or so ago and his report reminded me of the boat related troubles I have had lately. The best I can re-tell it he had 3 things break, that ended up costing around $200 to fix, he only managed 5 fish, and some fool in a big ass bass boat cut across the grass bed he was fishing. What made it worse there was only about 4 or 5 folks on the whole lake and that idiot did not give him space. So better luck next time Joe. The really good fishing for the big bass of Coleto is right around the corner so let us know how it goes next time.
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I actually had the opposite happen to me on the bay the other day. I was first out and several boats came in the area and all of them kept far off the bank and nobody crowded me. It was a real show of sportsmanship by those guys and I appreciated it. The bay is a big place and it is nice when folks respect others. Thanks guys.
When I got back to the ramp the other day I found my trailer plate sitting on the trailer bunk. The plastic bracket that holds it must have broke right as I unloaded the boat. Whoever found it was smart enough to look at all the trailers and figured out which one it belonged to. So if you are the guy who did that a big thank you. It saved me some bucks replacing it and a possible traffic stop on the way home.
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Holy mackerel! That is all I can say about the Masked Flounder Assassin. He has been at it again. Talk about knocking them stupid, I think the next picture just about covers it.
Sweet! Nice job dude.
I appreciate the report. You flounder giggers have a couple of days until November 1 when the gigging season closes for the month. So if that is your thing the time is now. All I have to say about that is yummmmmm. And I sure would not want the Masked Flounder Assassin after me with a gig.
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I heard from Rick and I wanted to thank him for his kind comments. And Jeramie, those bass are just waiting for you with your name on them at Coleto, hope you are able to get back on the water soon. I love hearing from you all, so keep those cards and letters coming. In fact my birthday is in July and I will let you all know where to send the cool stuff.
One last word, fishcatchingtravel.com is having its biggest month yet. In my wildest dreams I never envisioned that we would have over 18,000 visits in one month. I can never express my appreciation to all of you. You are an important part of this, it keeps me writing. And it is great that I am hearing from more of you. Thanks.
I am off to Coleto this morning. Since my last trip I can not stop thinking about how they knocked the crap out of that swim jig as I reeled it through the tips of the submerged grass. As it took me a little while to get the pattern down I did not have enough time to seriously work it. There are about 4 or 5 places that should hold fish with that pattern, and as the weather has remained stable it should work. With the wind forecast to hit 20 today Coleto it is. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
