FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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Good luck to the boys at POC for Fishmas, tear them up.  Sorry I missed you.

Weather

79/64.  Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of random showers.  Wind S 10 – 20.

Tides

High   2:34 AM     1.0       Low   4:19 PM     0.2

Solunar Times

Best 4:19PM – 6:19PM   Good 10:05AM – 12:05PM

*******************Try one on a popping cork!

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Love Me Some Lavaca River – Thanks Ken.

The other day I made this comment on why I have not been hitting the salt hard right now – “What’s the point?”  It was no diss on saltwater fishermen or salty fish, but other than eating some occasionally, like today, catching a bunch of trout gets pointless.  And that is the result of how crazy good it is right now.  But today keepers were on the menu!  And with that said I met my buddy Ken at the ramp at 7:00, we loaded up and headed to “the place.”

Ken with the only keeper redfish.

Winds were light, water temp 58, and the color was great.  So no screwing around today it was straight to the bank I caught them on the other day, and they were so there.  From the minute we started, until we quit at 2:00, (We thought it was 3:00) it was bite after bite.  Popping cork, plastics, double rig, I even caught one on a corky for the hell of it.  (Ken, when I got in the truck and headed out my clock said 2:00 something.  Forget to reset the clock on the fancy locator?)

We caught some nice fat trout.

Ken was on his way to POC for Fishmas with the Austin Boys and the last few years he has been coming the day before specifically to fish the Lavaca.  And when he volunteered to haul me around I was all about it.  I appreciate the occasional ride with other folks.  At the first bank Ken was throwing a couple of baits and I was throwing popping cork with a cheap shrimp looking thing, it was still on from last time.  I started catching them immediately and it went like that for a little and we both got the same message.  The critical thing, just like last trip, any bait was fine, as long as it was white.  Since the Boss ordered a fish fry for tonight, and Ken was wanting a limit, we ended up sacking his 5 and my 3 who are going to be in the pan as soon as I hit publish.  And Ken had the one redfish thrown in.  So a good start to his trip with 3 days to go.

Doubling up!

Ken had seen the Controlled Descent video on using the double rig for flounder.  So he made up a couple, and though he did not catch a flounder, he did double up a couple of times.  Which is a comment on how good it was.  The thought of using a double bait on the popping cork is scary.  It would be something.  We only fished 3 areas and they were on all of them.  One of those river days when all you had to do was keep it in the water.

We did boat several rat reds but only that one keeper.  And we had to wade through a ton of small trout.  No drum, no flounder, no snook, no problem!  This was one of those days where conditions were perfect: a slowly falling tide, light winds, drizzle, a day that has fish written all over it.  I don’t care what body of water you are on, or what species you are fishing for, it does not get any better than that.  In fact on the way back from the river the little devil on my shoulder kept repeating -“It’s only 2:00, go to the lake!”  Since this is the 4th fishing day I came to my senses, but writing this now I wish I had.

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This is my favorite time of year for lots of reasons, and the last few weeks is why.  Bay and fresh are good, crowds are down, and the weather is fine,  (You can always get warm in the winter but it is so hard to get cool fishing in the summer.)  As a perfect example yesterday.  Second one to the ramp and it was late, and last one to leave.  I only saw one boat all day.  But pigs, deer, Ospreys, and the 3 eagles all make the day on the water what it is.  I appreciate every one of them, and catching a bunch of fish is just the icing on the cake.

4 days in a row and the results were great.  Sticking with it at the lake finally came through, if I was not at the river I would have been there.  And finishing the week whacking the trout made the week.  Next week will be much the same as the time to fish is now, and I am going to keep after it.  And while I might not be the best trout fisherman on my block it is time to chase a big one.  When I threw the corky today I realized I have never caught a big trout on a corky.  Time to man up and give it a real go, which in my case means leaving all the plastics at the house.  Today would have been a perfect day to do just that, and the bass, and the river, and…………….  So many things to do, so little time.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines