FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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Weather

84/74.  Sunny with  a few clouds and a 10% chance of rain.  Wind  SSE 15 -25 mph.  (I would have taken the 15 mph.)

Tides

Low  1:23 pm  0.2.   High  11:09 pm  2.3.

Solunar Times

Good  10:17 am to 12:17 pm.  Best  4:32 pm to 6:32 pm.

Same Result, Different Day  –  Or I suck.

It was blowing pretty good right off the bat.  The King Ranch shoreline, much to my consternation, was un-fishable.  I am just not that mad at them.  By mid morning the wind was a nice steady 20 mph plus, and it only went up from there.  So those are my excuses and I am sticking to them.

The best I could muster today.

As far as where, not being horribly familiar with the island side of the bay I fished 4 “points” headed down toward Baffin, 3 of them I have not fished before.  The tide was out when I jumped in and the water had some color to it.  Topwater was first up and a 14″ jumped on it right away.  So that led to a couple of hours with no more topwater bites, though I did alternate with plastics all day.  The problem with plastics was even on the “protected” side, and I use the term loosely, it was tough fighting the bow in your line.  The day basically went just like yesterday, but no rats today, and only around 10 on the short trout list.

What are you doing?  Oh, now I get it.

I am wading away at the first place and here comes a boat.  They pull right in next to my boat and toss out the anchor and Power Pole.  I am thinking “wtf” but as I wade over they get out of the boat and walk over to this dune and climb it,  I assume to look at the beach.  And I was parked in the perfect spot, a deeper cut with flat points on both side.  To bad the dune picture is not clearer, the sand was blowing off it in cool patterns.  A good visual on how the beach and bay are ever changing.  Just wish it would change some other day.

Sea Robin.  Definitely wins the coolest fish of the trip so far.

Most of the fish came on either the DOA cal or a Down South.  Normally I rarely fish a jig head heavier than an 1/8th, but today it took a 3/8ths with the thinner and heavier Down South to keep it in contact with the bottom.  And for a couple of hours I gave 2 different twitch style corky baits a good go in different colors, and I did miss 2, which might have been “the bite” for the day.  It was just tough to keep any lure in good contact.  But I soldiered on.  So far there is no pattern that I can discern.  One here, 2 there, a couple on this bait, one on that, 2′ or 4′,  just nothing to hang my hat on.

Of course there was also a couple of screw ups, one of those, something I should  know better.  One place I caught a couple of skip jacks, that is how my day went, and I did not check my line, which you need to do on each and every one.  And a while later a solid thump, set the hook, and the line just goes slack.  While it was seriously slow, a few missed opportunities can make or break a day.

The ride back was one of those where you are going forward jumping waves, and the wind is blowing spray on you from behind.  Most have been the reason there were only 4 trucks left at the ramp.  And I just talked to a couple of guys who have been here since Sunday fishing the beach and caught them good until today.  I can only imagine how rough that was with it blowing right on the beach.

So with the wind looking like it could be 25 mph tomorrow I am not exactly filled with confidence.  It will probably be a short day, or I may knock the snot out of them, you never know.  But it sure beats sitting at the house.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines