FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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It is 6:00 am Monday morning as I write this.  I am watching the coast and POC is covered up right now with passing storms, with a 60% chance the rest of the day.  But what I am really watching is the North Padre area forecast as I just might head to the Upper Laguna tomorrow for a couple of days.  So with that happening it will be slip out to the lake and then check the weather when I get back.  South appears to be the way to go so we shall see.

And to make matters worse I just got a text from the Austin Boys who will be coming to POC the first weekend of November and I have a wedding in Iowa that there is now way in hell I can weasel out.  It just seems the Fishing Gods have been continually conspiring against me.  Another example of the conspiracy is I have been waiting for later this fall to head to Falcon.  Now there is more reported troubles with some folks in pangas toting  guns from the other side scoping out bass boats.  And there was a shots fired issue lately.  So now it is not recommended to fish the Mexican side.  So of course the Boss has decreed that there is no way I am going to Falcon by myself.

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Not a monster but a shooter.

The rut is coming.

And the girls were out today.  

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Lake Level

Today  97.01 msl.   11 days ago  97.25 msl.  (Slowly falling.)

Coleto

After checking the weather POC is the destination tomorrow.  I decided to hit the lake at 9:00 for a couple of hours, and boy oh boy.  Other than the pure pleasure of cruising around the fishing is just perplexing.  It is as tough as ever, and after fishing it for 8 years I generally have a clue, but not now.  The fishing on the lake sucks, end of story.

The best of 6 or 7, all pitching to shallow cover on the stick worm.  Where are the good ones?  I do not have a clue.

The reason I included the stick worm comment below the picture is the box got thrown at them in all the “right” places and some of the “wrong” places.  Main lake banks with rock, points, coves, dirty water and “clear”, up lake and down.  Topwater, spinnerbait, swim jig, squarebill, but pitching to cover was the only place to get a bite.  And that was up lake in the really off color water.   Even a couple banks way up where there was little water all summer produced no bites.  The ones that did bite were super shallow and basically started swimming off with it.  At least the one above came out of a tangle and was a good tussle.   Other than that it is just like it has been since the big raise.

I made sure to try the right stuff depending on the bank, but they are just not there.  And obviously chasing a moving bait is not in their wheelhouse right now.  If i had stayed with pitching a few more would have come over the side.  The rise has been something, the lake is clearing but is still very off color with much of the lake 86 degrees.  So if you came here today hoping for some good news it just is not going to happen.  Over the years I have seen a time or two like this, a big raise when the fish just didn’t like it.  But it will be just a bad memory soon enough, at least I hope.

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After my rather meager results on the lake Topwater Billy sent along this comment.

Man, you just continue to pound that freshwater.
That stuff is for drinking and showering in.

And obviously this last week you might be right.  I was so sure that they would move shallow but it just has not happened yet.  Every time I think I know something about fishing I get taught a new lesson.  So the only way to fix poor results is head to the redfish.

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I enjoy the MLF fishing show and they just made a big announcement.  The professional bass fishing tournament game was changed forever when the MLF announced a new tournament series.  It is in direct conflict/competition with BASS and FLW.  And with that has come an exodus from the other 2 to MLF.  VanDam, Hackney, Grigsby, Martins, Klien and most of the really big names in bass fishing are switching with over 60 names released and another added today.  While there has been the usual online trolls ragging on them, as far as I am concerned that move is made in the interest of making a good living and taking care of their family.  And my guess is most of the trolling is wannabes.  The MLF will become the place to be and before it is over, if I was guessing and I am, FLW and BASS will become the minor leagues.

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And my usual reading the boat ads prompted this muse.  Why do folks take the cover off the engine and take a picture?  To prove it is there?  To prove it is not broken, or runs great, or just that it is clean?  Seems kind of pointless, especially for someone like me who knows there is nothing under that cowl that I have any business messing with and I sure do not have x-ray vision.  You don’t need to show me inside the cowl, a copy of the last scan ran on the engine when you did the required maintenance will do much better.  Anyone that would buy a used boat without having the numbers run and confirms the maintenance is just kidding themselves.  But hey, you could get lucky.

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As soon as I hit post it will be the tackle room and making sure the saltwater stuff is all ready to go.  It has been a while.  In fact my buddy Chris asked me the other day if I have given up the salt.  For a while that was actually the case, but there was good a trip to Grand Isle La a couple of weeks ago.  So it will be good to be waist deep in the bay in the morning as a redfish blows up on the topwater.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines