FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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Weather

34/65.   Sunny with a 10% chance of rain.  Wind SE  5 – 15mph.

Tides

Low  5:44 am -0.5   High  6:09 pm  0.2.

Solunar Times 

Good   10:55 am to 12:55 pm.  (Day classed as poor.)

The Boss was off work today and while we were drinking our morning coffee she said go get me a trout.  She loves her fresh trout right out of the bay, so around 9:00 I headed for POC.  The forecast looked ok, the tide not some much unless you stayed late, but off I went.  Since this was nothing more than a meat haul I was going to fish out of the boat today.

*******************Fresh or salt it has a place in your arsenal.

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On arriving at Froggie’s there were not that many trucks in the lot, and no more when I took out at 2:00.  The tide was way low, the water color at the ramp so/so, and the water temp was 57 degrees.  In the 4 hours I fished there was nothing above 58 degrees all day.

With the cold fronts lately producing the low water temps the plan was to fish out of the boat.  Just head for deep water and drag plastics.  First up was Big Bayou, and when I stopped at the first bank a boat came from behind me and stopped in front of me.  It was one of those you must be kidding.  Not a boat in sight and you start in front of me?  POC does have its moments.  I preach be nice and I soldiered on.  I fished my favorite stretch of it with out so much as a bite.  The water was not moving so time for a change.

Sticking with the deep water thing next up was the Oil Cut.  They like it in there when it is cold, and they were in there today.  It was not fast by any means, but they bit right along.

Part 1 of the slam.  And supper!

First keeper was a flounder, I only caught one other, so the supper order was beginning to fill.  If I were guessing I missed a couple of more flounder.  The kind you lift up on and they move a little and then come off.  Today the fish wanted the 3″ DOA Cal on 1/16 jig head worked really slow with short hops along the bottom, most were in that 2 – 4 foot drop.  The best places were the areas with a flat and oysters on the edge of a drop.  The only other bait I even had a bite on was the watermelon red/limetreuse Controlled Descent Paddle Shad on a 1/4 jig head slow rolled.  It was the big fish of the day and thumped it pretty good.

    I have caught some nice reds on the Controlled Descent Paddle Shad.

There were quite a few reds along the drop but most were like #2 above.  But at least they were biting.  The DOA Cal, in a watermelon red with a pearl bottom looking thing, kept producing so I ended up staying with it.  After 3 or 4 small trout, a keeper finally jumped on and the slam, and supper, was complete.

A keeper and a “will be 14 7/8ths” if you keep it.  

So while it was no slam dunk deal, for a 4 hour trip I will take it.  It was maybe 15 or so total, and while only 3 were good keepers, it was just what the Boss ordered.  And who does not like catching a keeper slam?  Back at the cleaning table the fish cleaning guys asked what I caught, and I told them, and that the trout were a little slow.  The dude said nobody has been bringing any trout to the table the last couple of days.  With the water temp I am not surprised.

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And a good report from Rusty.

Some bright news!! The white bass run is on at Somerville. Recently retired Larry and I walked Yeagu creek by the Irvin bridge this morning and had some fun. We were throwing 1/8 oz white/Chartreuse paddle tail jigs and when you found them you caught them. Headed to Aggie basketball game tonight and taking Jon boat up Nails Creek tomorrow! I’m chasing them this week!
Tight lines
Rusty

Walking the bank and then getting them narrowed down is so much fun.  And as you said, once you get them figured out it is game on.  So good luck next trip, and hope the Aggie game was good.  Now is the time over much of our area, the white bass run is on!  Thanks for the report.

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It was nice to hit the salt and there is lots more of that to come.  Unfortunately another cold front in on the way early next week, but it is February.  Last years things were a little more settled, this winter it seems we get a couple of nice days of 75 degree weather, and just about the time it will get the fishing going here comes a front.  And with that has been cool rain, which is Monday’s forecast, which makes it hard to get in the spring warming pattern.  But as I said before it is winter.  I will be looking for that 3 day low wind, don’t much care if it rains some, cloudy few days for a stretch at the Upper Laguna.  The fishing can only get better.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines