FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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Tip of the Day

Every once in a while it is good to run your fingers over all the guides on your rods.  Cracked guides fray line and could cause you to lose the biggest fish of your life.

Weather

78/52  Sunny to partly cloudy.  Wind ESE 10 – 20.  0% chance rain.

Solunar Times

Good  8:37 to 10:37 am.  Best  2:50 to 4:50 pm.

Lake Level

Today  96.50 msl.     11 days ago  96.69 msl.

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We had a good time in Nashville, it is a great city.  Heard some good tunes, ate some great food, and had an adult beverage or two.  We were to fly out on Monday at 5:00 pm but there was bad weather on the horizon so they cancelled the flights around 11:00.  So we ended up spending another day in Nashville, but if you have to be stranded somewhere it was a good place to be stuck.

This was a healthy gator, and not the least bit worried about us.

Not getting back until Tuesday late in the day the Boss had to hit the road and do a 10 hour night shift, which made for a long day for her.  And for me I have some fishing plans this week, and was really wanting to fish Monday before a writer and photog come Thursday and Friday.  So today it was off to the lake to see how it was, and thank goodness the fish are biting.  And to add to it my buddy Aaron was able to come up and fish with me today, and for once I beat him out of the back of the boat.  It does not happen to often.

This girl was an easy 7.

The water temp was in the low to mid 70’s all over the lake, and the wind was blowing 15+, not bad.  I guess the water color is what it is and unfortunately the lake is still on the drop.  But the good news, the fish are back shallow and on the beds.  To make a long story short we caught fish from up lake to down, coves to main lake, and on several baits.  Senko, brush hog, craws, spinnerbait, and another thing or two produced fish.

My catfish run continues.  And that is one big ass tilapia!

And here it is, hard wood shallow.  Tight to cover and it had to be the perfect pitch for most of them, and the good thing, almost every place we fished we caught a couple.  We only boated 2 “good” ones, but caught fish consistently.  And to go along with that I added a couple of “weird” ones to the catch.  And it always blows me away when a tilapia smacks a spinnerbait.  And by the way, if you like to bow fish, get to the lake right now, it won’t get any better than it is right now, the tilapia are spawning everywhere.

You talk about smoking a spinnerbait this girl smashed it!

So a good day.  The wind was borderline tough, and it is supposed to keep blowing.  It was good to see the bass back on the banks, and there were lots of beat up tails.  And it was nice to spend the day with Aaron, he has a new technique that he has been killing them on Fork right now, and we spent several hours trying it today.  He did lose one big one, but we just could not get them going.  There will be more to come on that.  So wish me luck fishing with the new folks the next couple of days.  A little luck, and with maybe a little skill tossed in, and we should boat some fish.

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I got this comment from Jason and it is on point with the small cork thing.

That small cork is something that I used in Baffin with plastics around the rocks when I lived down there, good to use with croaker in the same areas(especially with people that don’t fish much, mom caught 28″ speck doing this at 70 years old). I also use it fishing over the oyster spoil shell islands again keeping croaker out of the shell and getting hung up and cutting off so much. A old timer showed this to me a long time ago and it does work and the fish don’t notice it.

I love comments like this.  Here are a couple of applications of the small cork that you might not have thought of.  And it could be a real money saver on both plastics and to you croaker fishermen.  Thanks for the tip and the share, I really appreciate it.  The rest of you, it only takes a minute to share a little knowledge the rest of us can use, and this one is spot on.  And it must have been great when mom caught her biggun!

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I saw the picture of the net that Texas Game Wardens found on a fresh water lake.  It had only been out a little while and already had a big bass in it.  I am always puzzled when I hear some folks who do not think the netting on Falcon and Amistad has a real affect on the bass.  Seems pretty clear to me.  And on that note when we spoke with some game wardens on Falcon last month they were specifically on the US side looking for illegal nets.  We need to cut a deal with Mexico to stop the netting, it sure can’t hurt.

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And Glenn, who I fished with the other day, sent me a text just to tempt me, and it worked.  They have a cool little place on Lane Road and I am invited to stay some time and fish with them.  How could I pass that up?  Thanks Glenn, a kind offer.

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It will be a couple of days of hard fishing, and hopefully we can get it done.  I was thrilled with how much the fishing has improved compared to 2 weeks ago.  Friday looks like it will be windy, but with clouds coming the afternoon.  Who knows, maybe it will be one of those good pre-front bites.  But no matter what we will be fishing.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines