Fish Catching Travel

A bait for whatever you fish for!

Korbin fishing away.  This was me, you, all of us who got our first real taste of fishing and never got over it.  Sometimes I still feel like that little boy.

I actually got on the water today.  My buddy Chris wanted to go today so he and his dad and I headed to POC.  There was a chance of rain but it looked good on the way down.  Chris wanted to start in the Lagoon, one of his tried and true holes, so we headed down the barge canal and went in at Army Cut.

The water was up and real off colored but the minute we entered the Lagoon it cleared up.  Our first drift was all the way down until it opens up into the bay.  The wind was blowing right in, but the reef kept it manageable.  Before we left we made about 5 drifts in there and had a couple of trout and one red.  I missed a couple of fish, oh well.  Other than that is was slow.

Chris with the first redfish.

From there we decided to do some wading so we headed to Grass Island in front of the big back lake.  The wind was blowing out of there so we worked that area over pretty good.  We fished in and out, plastics, topwater, and just could not get any bites.  I think the total there was 2 ladyfish.  So off to Big Pocket.

We made a couple of drifts in there, and other than maybe a bite, there was nothing going on, or we were not on them.  But whatever the case, we were just not getting the bites.  We snuck out the back way into the J Hook and when we came out there were lots of birds working near Cavallo, so we made several passes there without success.  So back to the Lagoon.  At least we were getting a few bites in there.  On our first pass we had several trout on, but for some reason they did not make it in the boat.

We noticed the bites came halfway across on the windy side so we made shorter drifts and at least we were getting the bites.  I finally boated a nice redfish on the Redfish Magic, and when we went to take a picture it slipped out of my hand, hit the rail, and back in he went.  So no picture of that guy.

Before we finally quit  Chris caught a short red and I boated a short trout.  For the day it was 3 redfish, and probably 3 or 4 trout made it in the boat.  The water color in and around POC is terribly brown.  The water temp was 76 when we started the day and of course the wind blew pretty hard as the day wore on.  We could have probably done a little better with bank selection, but it sure seemed once we were out of that really clear water in the Lagoon the fishing just stopped.  So a so-so day, but it was good to be home, high winds and off colored water, life is perfect.

They are setting up for Warrior’s Weekend so POC will be a jammed packed mess, but for a great cause.  So unless you are fishing or saluting the Vets, give POC a wide berth, it will be busy.

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I need to catch up on a few comments so here we go.

Hey dude glad you had a good time in florida. The lake is plum full last time I was there the water was so dirty I did not get one bite! Anyway what do you recommend to throw this time of year?

Thanks Bobby

Good to hear from you and the locator you gave me works great.  Not the best Coleto report I have heard lately.  Normally I would be trying to decided between buzzbait and frog, but if it is too off color slowing down is the first order of business.  But until I see the color, which I hope is tomorrow, I couldn’t make a guess.  And of course we got more rain, with more in the forecast, so look for it to get worse before it gets better.  If the weather holds I will get something up in a day or two, even if it is a strike out.

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Redfishlaw,
I’ve enjoyed your blog for some time.
Finally subscribed and started following.
When I originally retired from the Army here in Central Texas due to as Lyle Lovett puts it “Texas girls are better” I picked up fishing after the long break from my childhood.
Originally it was pickles on LA, which has broadened into a larger boat and multi-species pursuits mostly on Lake Travis and Buchanan for now. But have also included angling adventures from Curacoa to Latvia. Looking forward to my 1st North Country trip later this year or next to Northwest Ontario.  Really enjoyed your recent adventure to the Sunshine State.
Thanks again,
Jay

Welcome aboard, glad to have you.  We would love to hear from you anytime you want to send a report or pictures.  This site is for you guys, and I love it when you use it.  And we are also starting to think about our trip to Ontario and Lake of the Woods in August.  If you have never done it you will be impressed.  Ontario is one of the great fishing destinations on the planet.  I appreciate you reading this stuff and feel free to contact me anytime.

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I am slowly getting back in the swing of things.  Tomorrow, unless it gets to ugly, a trip to Coleto is on tap.  I will leave the salt to the Vets this weekend.  There are still some things to be done with the boat, including a new trailer jack, putting the cap on the oil fill, and then finding a place to get the couple of seats recovered.  Oh the joys of boat ownership, just keep tossing out the $$$$.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines