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After a long break from the salt it is back at again tomorrow.  Will be riding with my buddy Chris in his boat, after a long lay off he is wanting to give it a dust off.  (He has not fished much this year so I had to give him a little crap about it!)  As we all know nothing good comes from letting a boat sit for to long.  I am excited to be heading back that way and this is probably the beginng of some serious salt water fishing.

Weather

77/68   Sunny  0% chance of rain.  Wind  ESE  10 – 20 mph.

Tides

Low   9:23 AM     0.3
High   6:55 PM     0.7

Solunar Times

10:15 am to 12:15 pm.

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We hit the ramp around 7:30 and off we went.  The water temp was in the mid 60’s and the water color was not to clear near Froggie’s.  It was the first time Chris has had his boat out this year, and it ran perfect all day.  On the way the birds were diving for a mile on big balls of bait, and of course I caught a gafftop, so we did not do that long.  So we scooted across the bay and made a wade near the entrance to Pringle.  We stopped there after just cruising along looking for bait.  (Note:  You do not have to burn the shoreline for others who might be right behind you, just stay off, idle and watch for bait.)

Chris caught a small red first on top.  (Never got the camera out all day so no pics, sorry.) I also stayed with the topwater, in fact most of the day, and finally put a nice trout on the stringer after missing several.  We really did make a long wade and the final results were mixed.  For me it was 6 blow ups but only 2 hook ups.  Chris ended up losing a keeper trout, besides a small rat, trying to get it on the Boga, which can be an adventure.

So we headed into Pringle to make a couple of drifts, and if memory serves me we might have caught 3 or 4, but I did boat the nicest flounder I have caught in a while.  What was funny about that was it came on a slow sinking jerkbait.  It is the Academy brand and the fish do love it.  And for some reason I could not catch a fish on plastic today.  Why?  Who knows but no matter I used it was not happening.

From that point on we cruised all the back lakes from Pringle to wherever, doing drifts looking for keeper reds.  I stayed with the topwater, and caught 5 or 6 anyway, but all small.  Chris was throwing a big ass paddle tail and he boated a keeper red, and caught several more.  The fish were definitely on the little shallower clear water places.  Which I guess being that shallow was the reason they would hit the topwater all day.

After several back lakes we headed back towards POC, via Mule slough and Fish Pond, taking a look at Sunday beach.  The wind had shifted around from NNE when we started to a more Easterly direction, and the closer we got to Froggie’s the worse the color got, it was milky ugly.  At that point the only answer would have been to go back to the island in search of that good water, or call it a day.  As it was 3:00 we just put it on the trailer.

It was funny today, we caught a couple here, 1 there, 4 in that place, but never did find the ones we were looking for.  We did manage a slam between the both of us, which was the highlight of the day.  And for me as I do not spend much time in the back lakes and I always like fishing with him, his Dargel is a shallow running son of a gun.  And there were quite a few tower boats out today, the most I have seen in a day, just wondering if there is some redfish tournament coming.

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I got this question from SA Joe, on of my loyal readers.

Where are you and jeffish going to find those stripers ?

We are headed to Texoma, one of the great striper factories in America.  Texoma has the necessary water for striper spawning, not that common in the US as most fisheries are a put and take.  For years it was famous for small stripers, and lots of them.  In recent years big fish are showing up regularly, in fact one of his guide buddies landed a couple over 20 lbs this week, and that would be just dandy.  As you all know I have caught hundreds of them over the years guiding, but it has been 3 or 4 years since I caught my last one.  The wind will be up following a cold front, of course it could not be perfect, but Terry is a great fisherman and knows how to put them in the boat.  My perfect weekend will be if Jeffish catches a big one.  I have caught my share but a nice pile of filets will fill the bill.  And it just happens to be the Bosses favorite fish.  So stay tuned for that report.

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If you want to know what kind of guide and fisherman Terry is check out the reviews of his guide service.  Not only a great fisherman, he is a good person unlike the horses butt guide we fished with on Baffin a couple of years ago.  I have fished with guides many places in this country and the world, and he is an example of the way it should be done.  A great trip for folks who are not that experienced and a great way to bag a bunch of good eating.  And who knows, maybe a 20+.

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It was nice to get back on the bay and as soon as I get back from Texoma I will definitely try to get another day or two before it is off to Peru.  The weather looked pretty sketchy for Texoma but looks like the worst will be gone by time we fish on Sunday.  But no matter what we will be fishing with dreams of big catfish and stripers keeping us motivated.  I might try the lake tomorrow but with a 50% chance of rain and winds back to 30 mph, at least yesterday was great, it will be a morning decision.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines