FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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My favorite fishing saying :

“First you want to catch a fish.  Then you want to catch a bunch of fish.  Then to catch big fish.  And finally you want to catch fish the way you want.”

It says a lot about the evolution of many good fishermen, and was said by one of the greats.  We could never master our sport, it is to big and broad.  But some do become masters at one thing, or one species, others become mutli-species guys. Some are happy in their warm and fuzzy spot and never change.  Some quest for more, something new, anything out of the same old, same old.  As I get older that is where I find my fishing day dreams.  Seeing new water, experiencing something completely new.  So as the year runs down time to sit back and take stock of the old year, and look to the new.  Time for some changes, I just have not puzzled them out yet.

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I got up to head to the bay on Wednesday and felt like crap.  I will spare you the ugly details.  So Wednesday was spent on the couch, and Thursday was taken up with insurance and banking stuff.  But it seemed there was light at the end of the tunnel.  Unfortunately here I sit typing this instead of fishing.

The sun sets on the Austin Boys POC trip. Thanks to Alan for this picture.

******************The new bait is off the drawing board!  Hope to see it soon.

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Several of that same bunch are in Rockport this weekend and I was hoping to fish with them today.  Yesterday they smacked a bunch of nice reds  but ended up getting blown off the water.  And it is expected to be worse today.

A nice sack full!

Unfortunately the forecast is for 25 – 35 mph winds with 40+ gust possible.  I spoke with them and they were not going to get carried away, read if it blows like it is supposed to we are hanging out, a good alternative to crossing that bay in 35 mph winds.  So discretion was the better part of valor and I opted out.  The screen door is banging, stuff is hitting the roof, and I can hear it blowing with the TV on.  So that about says it for my week.

Several of them will be going back to Austin on Sunday and 2 Johns will be coming over to fish with me.  The original plan was to fish the Lavaca, but with the high fresh water it does not look like a good choice.  So I will watch the weather and we will make  some kind of a decision Saturday night.  Looking at the forecast the wind is not going to blow much on Sunday so we have that going.

Not much else going on around here and I am sufficiently bored.  We will be leaving for Spain in 10 days so will try to pack as much fishing in as I can until then.  And it looks like the weather will be settling down for a while, hopefully the fish settle with it.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines