Fish Catching Travel
Squarebills that catch fish!
I have been as nice as I can be. I have put the best light on it, talked about the benefits, and even lied about how I feel about it. Well no more -QUIT FREAKIN’ RAINING! We give, we have had enough. Now our forecast is for 5 more days with totals up to 5 more inches. Talk about ruining the holiday weekend. The Guadalupe is out of its banks and as high as I have seen it since I have lived in Victoria. We have mowed our grass more already this year than all last. As I write this it is pouring, I left the lake at the perfect time when the thunder and lightning started, by time I got home it was a full-scale washout.
Coves that have had lots of water coming in combined with the wind blowing in them are pretty trashy.
After I fished Monday the lovely wife called from work wanting to do something Tuesday and Wednesday. She basically only has 2 days off on a three-week stretch so I got online and of all things the Eagles were having a concert in Austin Tuesday night called The History of the Eagles. I got tickets, we got a room, and boy am I glad we did. What a show. One of the great bands of all time it was amazing as they played hit after hit. They sang songs from their first one to their last, acoustic and electric, and of course nothing like the crazy man Joe Walsh.
So after getting home Wednesday and watching the weather report it was looking pretty sketchy. There was no way I was heading to the Gulf, and that turned out to be a good choice. So about 9 this morning it was not to bad so it was off to Coleto for a what I hoped would be at least a couple of hours before it came. And that was it, 2 hours.
There really is nothing much new to report. I talked to several people the last couple of trips and spinnerbaits and flukes in the green grass are still the ticket for most folks. And one common theme is when you catch one you usually catch a couple. And that was the way it was what little I fished today.
The best one of the 4 or 5 I caught this morning.
As they say he choked on it!
I was only able to fish a couple of places before the thunder started in the distance. It is almost getting depressing. S0 unfortunately I have nothing new to add, other than I am getting disgusted with the weather. I had hoped to be trout fishing but the smallest chance of rain in the next 5 days is 60 – 90%. This year if we have had a chance of rain, it has rained.
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I am officially retiring this week. You know you are old when you are filing for your pension and your SSI. And the old advice to wait as long as possible to file for SSI could be the mistake of your life. Our hard working elected federal officials are looking at cuts, and those of you who are a few years younger are about to be really screwed. And before you died in the wool dumbocrats or repubtards start blaming each other, quit it. This mess has been brewing for decades and both parties are at fault. Both parties have had periods where they were exclusively in control over the years and could have dealt with it, but failed. They have all squandered our money but we keep returning them to office. As the old saying goes you get what you pay for, and we are paying Ferrari prices and getting Dollar Store value. I have repeatedly called for serious term limits with no pension benefits and I continue to hear the argument that it would be worse. My only answer to that is – How?
The Arkansas Supreme Court was kind enough to let me quit. I am still somewhat puzzled over that one, but at least I can quit paying them yearly. The Texas license is still in place, inactive status, and the only courtroom I have any intention on entering would be if I were summoned for jury duty or maybe to pay a speeding ticket driving my wife’s Lexus.
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Whether you are lucky enough to get out and enjoy the outdoors this holiday weekend, or make some alternate plans, have a safe and fun weekend. Be the bigger guy on the water or the highway. Take time to enjoy family and friends. We only get one run at this and it is over before you know it. So be cool and have a great weekend.
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I know a lot of you come here hoping for a little saltwater information, and it isn’t happening. Well trust me, I am with you. The month of May is slipping away, and it is one of my favorite topwater times of the year on the Gulf. As soon as the weather settles I promise to make it up to you. Heck, I want to make it up to me. We have to break out of this weather pattern soon or the Apocalypse is here, one or the other.
What, or when, is next I do not have a clue. I just looked at the 5 day forecast and it does not look promising. Glad I live in a one story house, the forecast makes me want to jump out a window. But it would look pretty stupid with my feet still in the window and my head on the ground, trying to look nonchalant. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines