FISH CATCHING TRAVEL
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Hope you all had a good weekend, I spent mine being lazy. So with being gone a couple of days this week today is the only fishing chance I have until the end of the week. I ran around and did some errands this morning, and with the tide and solunar periods being in the afternoon there was no big hurry. I will be leaving at noon, which by time I get down there some folks will be getting off the water and who knows, I may not have to park a mile away. (I actually got the 5th spot, wonder of wonders.) Plenty of water and cool clothes is the ticket as it has a chance to be ugly, but just maybe I will sack a few.
(Note: This is late report from Tuesday.)
Weather
88/78 Some clouds giving way to sun. Winds S 10 – 20 mph. 0% chance of rain. (Possibly setting new temp high for the day.)
Tides
High 11:06 am – falling the rest of the day.
Solunar Times
Good 5:14 pm to 7:14 pm. Another from a different site. Best times to fish – 2:00 to 4:00 pm. (Could be a good afternoon.)
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Get inhaled! Bill Clinton would not inhale it but redfish sure do! (Just kidding.)
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I hit Froggie’s around 1:00 and headed across the bay to the island shoreline. With only about 6 hours to fish first up was my favorite bank. One problem, there was a boat parked right in the drain. So I went on the other side of the point and hopped in. Unfortunately the grass was everywhere and really thick, which made topwater out of the question, and put grass on your line at least halfway through the cast even with weedless rigged plastic.
So I kept after the plastics and started catching a few rats. One thing that was unusual, at least for me, they wanted that thing jerked horizontal really quickly, and they smoked it when they hit, which was a problem with all that grass. So after alternating between the regular texas two step for trout and the quick retrieve for reds, which only produced a few bites and 4 rats, it was not real promising. So getting concerned about the conditions, and maybe my bank selection, it was time for a move.
The best I could manage today! That Paddle Shad is in there, and I mean way in there.
So using my brain some, clearer water and less grass, I made the long ride to South Pass and the sandy shoreline. It has lots of shell and isolated patches of grass that I have saved on the GPS. Due to the solunar times I really wanted to catch a good trout on top, and I had my chance. I was working the edge of sand and grass as the tide went out when she blew up on it, and missed. My thought – What a redfish! About 3 foot later my Bagley Knocker B got plain smoked. (One important thing about the Knocker B is the heavy single rattle for all you One Knocker folks.) To my surprise up came a really good one, mouth open doing the big trout thing. Unfortunately one part of the process was ignored, like setting the hook. I just kept cranking and when she got close, she got off. That was the last, and only, bite I had from a trout. I did boat the red above, and a couple of more rats, on the Controlled Descent Paddle Shad in watermelon red/limetreuse. I rigged it with a 4/0 swim bait hook and a big rattle.
If I learned anything today it was I definitely do not fish the plastics fast enough at times. They really wanted it ripped along, pulling and stopping, not really letting it sink any. So that is something I will be watching this summer. And it was good to be back on the water and just wets my whistle for what is to come on Thursday when I meet the boys at Port Mansfield for a long weekend. One thing about fishing with those boys, it will be epic one way or another.
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And I got this much better report from Faye on her 2 day trip to POC with her husband. Looks like it was a great time!
Finally made it down to POC.Popping corks with live shrimp was on fire with the troutTuesday morning we hit the water at 8 am and headed for Sunday Pass. It was beautiful baot ride over with a slight breeze. We look around and realize we had left our poles in the room. Back to the room we went. hahaLater we anchored up in a big drain off Saluria. We caught several nice trout from a small deep channel. I got spooled once at the jetties on heavier tackle years ago & can now say I’ve been spooled fishing shallow. I have caught big bull reds on the same tackle I was using. Something, we think a bull shark, hit hard and took off. I tightened the drag as tight as I thought I could without breaking off. It turned back once and I reeled several turns but then it took off never to be seen. This all happened within a minute or so. “It was a screama”!! hahaWednesday the trout were hungry! It was one of our best speckled trout days EVER! We caught & released over a dozen keepers plus another 10 at least. We quit counting. This was all in less than 3 hours. We anchored up in a large drain that empties a flat in to Saluria. We were in about 2 ft of water pitching our corks out past the ledges going in to Saluria. The wind was pretty strong at our backs and it was an early incoming tide. It allowed us to work our corks well.It’s the kind of trip that feeds that need to go again and again.I hope you are enjoying your trip with The Boss.Thanks,Steve & FayeThat is a beautiful trout!
First congratulations on the nice one! Nothing better than a trout beatdown. And getting spooled is one of those good thing/bad things. It is always a rush anyway when you know it is a big one, and then the realization that you are about to be toast. And I sympathize with the rod thing. Coming back to Arkansas from south Florida we left the motel in Jasper Alabama and got about an hour down the road when I realized I left 12 rods in the motel room. Always the best way to start a 10 hour drive, spend 2 1/2 hours in the car and still be 10 hours away. Thanks again for the reports and hanging with me all these years, I appreciate it. And the rest of you we sure like hearing about your fishing trips, if I can put it out there when I don’t catch much you sure can share your successes.
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Saturday, June 2cnd, is free fishing day in Texas. You can fish any public water without a license. And it is great time to introduce a friend or family member to the sport of fishing. So if you get a chance take someone fishing.
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And speaking of Controlled Descent Lures I want to send along my congratulations to Michael. Since his start 2 years ago he just got the largest load of lures out to one customer.
That’s a lot of freakin’ baits!
Michael has worked his tail off building his company and it great to see it really start to roll. Just like I support Wade Right and Marker 54, Controlled Descent is a Texas company run by entrepreneurs just trying to make a better product. So much of the products we use are foreign made, it is nice to support our hometown guys.
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Just got back from a couple of days of adult R+R with the Boss. After working a long stretch her only request, get me out of here. Suffice to say we had a big time, one of those trips where after everything we came back with $150 more than we left with. What is not to like about that? As far as fishing not sure what is next, but I am going out to check on boats as soon as I hit post. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
