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The new 4Runner comes in on Saturday and I can pick it up Monday afternoon, so all is well. We head over to the dealership Monday afternoon and by time all the paperwork, test drive, etc., etc. is all done it is almost 7. So there should be no problem correct? Instead of sitting in this chair typing I should be on my way to the Gulf with the boat. But while we are going over the break-in procedure I hear the following: “No towing until the truck has 500 miles on it.” Huh? Rats!
So to remedy that particular requirement it will be off on a 250 mile road trip today. I think it will be Corpus, (Check out how far Roy’s Bait and Tackle have come with the remodel.) then over to Port Aransas, and that should get the 500 miles on it as there was 250 miles on it by time it made it’s way to Victoria.
While I have intentionally taken a few days off this is starting to get ridiculous. I have not had a rod in my hand in 8 days and I am starting to get jerky. Unfortunately it looks like we have a real cold front coming soon, so we will just see what tomorrow holds. Of course today the winds are forecast to be light and variable (Arggggg) and tomorrow 15 – 25 out of the north, (Of course) as the cold front blows through here. As they say, if it wasn’t for bad luck I wouldn’t have no luck at all.
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I did hear from Aaron, and I am starting to hear the same kind of reports from other folks concerning the river trout fishing.
Doug,
It’s been too long since I dropped you a line. The holidays were busy with family and hunting but I did get a couple hours on Coleto and down on the river looking for trout. Action in the river was slow. I managed a dozen trout and few reds but it was hard to find fish with any size. Seems the baitfish in the river have been pretty depleted from all those trout earlier in the month making it a little less attractive to cold and hungry trout. Coleto was the exact opposite. Ended up with about 40 up to 19” in a few hours. Makes me wonder why I bothered driving down to the bay when they were ready for action right out the back door on Coleto.
I still want to take you up on a trip on the lake sometime when I’m down in Victoria and there are fewer family and deer processing obligations. Thanks for another year of fishing updates and great tips! I’ll keep in touch and hope to be back down your direction in February to make a big batch of smoked venison sausage.
Aaron
Thanks for the note Aaron, and the offer is open as far as Coleto goes, so maybe next time you are down we can hook up. And I feel your pain, there are some days when I just don’t want to put out the big effort so Coleto is my fall back position. And the great fishing there is right around the corner.
Now as far as the river fishing, looking back on the last couple of years it consistently drops off after Christmas and I really do not have a clue why. Any of you out there have a clue, a theory, or just a guess? Why when the river is so loaded with trout, and winter sets in solid, does the fishing decline? That just does not make sense to me. Is it the bait gets worked over, the fishing pressure, water temp, what is it? So lets hear it folks, what is the deal?
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I heard from Billy and I am a little confused by his comment.
Well Mr. RFL, I think I shall stop replying on your post’s. I enjoy reading them, but it seems like every time I try do so, they don’t seem to go through. Oh well, carry on.
Billy I am not sure what is not going through, but keep on trying. I get around a hundred comments a day and try to read them all. So keep those comments coming, I appreciate all of them.
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I heard from my buddy Clyde twice last week.
Happy New Year Dougie Fresh ; Awesome writing man!
Thanks, I am a regular Hemingway, at least I have been drunk on Duval Street. Then he sent me a note wanting a bag of Down South Lures to use in Arkansas. I am not sure what the plan is but I will get them on the way. See what cool way to use them he can find. And by the way, hope to see you in April for some Arkansas smallmouth fishing!
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I am still thrashing around the plan for Florida. It may seem a little premature to be stressing over a trip the last week of April and first week of May, but there are reservations to be made, and then a plan to implement. I am really leaning towards the Goodland area, which is not that far from lots of places including the Keys, the Everglades, and Pine Island Sound, which keeps us from being locked into one area, giving us some flexibility as to wind and weather. And the boss has a cousin living in Everglades City and it is nice to have a little local help. While I have fished all of that over the years it has been a few since we made that trip, and with every area that has good fishing, change is the norm. So keep tuned for that.
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That is it for today. Since I have not made it out in over a week if some of you have let me know. We love a report, good or bad. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff. Who knows? I might even hit the water at some point! And I will try not to drop a wad at Roy’s today.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
