FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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It was freakin’ foggy.  Until later you could not see the other sided of the lake.

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It might have been foggy but it sure was cool looking.

Totally off the subject of this mornings fishing is these pictures.  I saw a Facebook post where someone was making fun of folk’s sunrise or sunset pictures.  The point was people only post them when they don’t catch any fish.  That totally misses the point.  If your fishing success is just based on catch numbers you are missing out.  It is all about the sunrise and sunset, being out there, and enjoying that simple fact.  It ain’t all about the results.

Coleto Creek

Conditions – Hot, humid, little wind, lake dropping – that perfect Texas summer weather!

Where to start?  First the heat, by 9:00 the sweat was just rolling off me, and shortly thereafter the sun came out and it was really hot and humid.  It just boils down to I am not that mad at them.  At least not enough to spend the bucks to go somewhere else and know that shortly after noon it would be bordering on insanity to stay out much longer.  (It costs every time you hook up and I hate spending money on short days.  Maybe I should do a Go Fund Me page to feed this fishing addiction!)  And that is part of my boredom, go catch 10 or 20, troll up some white bass, hit replay and do it again.  And with no big fish showing up, I am just ready for a change of some sort, like fall.  But I double digress.

I was second to the ramp when it was still pitch dark.  There was one in the water, one behind me, and one more that came before I headed out.  It was the first time on the lake for one boat and they asked me about where they might catch some catfish.  They wanted 10′ of water with timber so I directed them to 2 spots that filled the bill.  Then amazingly enough, in the dark and fog, they took off using a map.  Scary.  Meanwhile boat number 1 did not have a good stern light so they were using a flashlight.  Perfect.  Then boat number 4 took off with no stern light and 3 kids in the boat.  Man oh man it all made me nervous.  It was so foggy and I know my way around.  I always worry in the fog, not about me but the other guy.

So I just idled to a close main lake point and fished plastics.  I hit 4 places as I slowly worked my way up lake, including my favorite deep point with not so much as a nibble.  But it was so foggy there was no running, at least if you had a brain in your head.  Finally working my way up lake I got to where I wanted to be after 9:00.

Today’s 2 best.

Even then, around 9:00, I still had not had a bite, then the sun came out and here we go again, I caught 9 pitching.  I did give buzzbait a little go as the fog was still there but no bites.  Insanity reared it’s ugly head, keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result perfectly describes my love affair with the buzzbait.  So it was just same old, same old, pitch the watermelon stick worm close and get bit.  Today there was not as many bites as I have been getting, but when they bit they were there, most just swimming off with it.  So around 11:00 it was heating up big time so it was back down lake to troll for an hour before calling it a morning.  That produced 5 or 6 bass and 2 small whites.  With little wind and high skies they were in 20′ today, and not nearly as active as they have been, so on the trailer it went.

This report is boring, my morning was boring, and I know at this point it is probably boring you also.  I was hoping as my movements were restricted this morning that hitting those deeper points and banks as I made my way up lake would produce a little different pattern, but it was completely unsuccessful.  Keeping it deeper in those places did not produce a bite.  They are good places and I intentionally fished out to 20’+ trying to find some deeper fish.  It just seemed like they were not having it in the fog.

Friday will be back to the bay, as a housekeeper is coming I have been told to not come home before 3:00.  Maybe a forced banishment to the bay will get my juices flowing.  And if I am lucky a real early start with the full moon setting will produce some topwater magic.  (Hey resident Head Banger you good for Friday?  Drop me a Facebook note.)

We are in the throes of real summertime with heat in the afternoons reaching worrisome levels.  No rain in sight, but at least the winds have subsided.  I try to keep my fishing fever at boil, but it is hard right now.  And I hate to whine when I  get to fish basically whenever I like.  I am lucky and I know it and appreciate it every time the boat slides off the trailer no matter how the rest of the day goes.  Trust me, this funk will subside with the weather and a little change of scenery.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines