FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

“SAVE OUR WATERS”

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Let the fishing begin.  I have been as good as I can be, and will continue to use good practices but the water is calling.  After fishing only a couple of times the last 2 months it is time to get back to work.  We are entering a period where the croaker soakers are out in force, and lures take a back seat at times.  But with the rattle calling Knockin Tail it puts it on a more level playing field with the live bait.  Only one way to prove it to you – catch some fish!  So it will be an early morning and on the water at daylight.

Weather

61/85.  Partly cloudy with a 15% chance of rain.  Wind ESE 12 – 18mph.

Tides

Low  12:00 am  – 0.37 feet.  High  12:34 pm – +1.4 feet.

Activity Times

Minor  10:23 am to 11:23 am.  (Only relevant time.)

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The new Knockin Tail is available in many places on the Texas coast.  So stop in at your local tackle store and ask for the new Knockin Tail.  And it will be available in Victoria this week, will let you know!

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Perfect!

It was partly cloudy at daybreak when I dropped the boat in the water.  The wind was blowing right down the pike, and the water temp was 75 degrees.  The wind had obviously muddied the water up a little, but it was not totally ugly.  The plan was to do some wading but first I wanted to stop in Big Bayou and fish my 2 favorite banks in the bay.  First for topwater reds, the second Knockin Tail for trout

Just flushed the topwater.

My topwater bank had a nice chop but was a little out of the wind.  The first couple missed it, then I went 3 in a row.  Just using the walk the dog retrieve at a moderate speed and they stopped it.  They were really shallow, had to tilt the motor up and was stirring up some mud and just able to reach the bank with a big cast.

The third one was a rat, but thing were looking up.

The water was moving and the wind was blowing with the tide so time for a Knockin Tail pass so I headed to the trout place.  And on maybe my second cast slow rolling the Red Shad Knockin Tail on a 1/8th jig head as it got right by the trolling motor a big red just materialized out of no where and smoked it.  One of those shit did that just happen moments!  So I committed the cardinal sin, not setting the hook.  When it came up it was not a red but a really stout trout!  It tossed the jig and off she went.

This was a real one!

The stretch that holds these little better trout is small, but it has been consistent for me.  This one above slack lined the Red Shad Knockin Tail.  The wind was blowing right down the bank so I went back up to make another pass an another good one jumped on and broke my line.  Why you ask, I just put all new on yesterday.  How about I did not check it after catching a big lady fish who as usual went absolutely nuts.  Always, always check your line after one of those.  They have some teeth.

So I went back up and did it again, and picked up a couple of smalls.  I idled back up to re-fish it when the low oil alarm went off.  No big deal.  I always have at least a 1/2 gallon on board so I filled it up.  And it went off again.  Hummm…….  So l tried idling, running wide open, half throttle, and everywhere in between but it kept going off.  On the Mercs the low oil beeps 4 times like every 2 minutes.  It was peeing fine, and wasn’t getting hot, but the alarm just kept doing it.

Rats.  While it might have been a sensor no time to take any chances so back to the ramp, on the trailer, and off to the shop.  It never missed a beat, got hot, nothing, so it was not “broke”, which is a good thing.  Bob thinks it is probably the oil tank which generally has a 10 year life span.  So no big deal.  Having the annual service done while he is at it so should be good to go next week.  And there is always the skiff.

I really hated to quit.  I had 3 big trout on today and it was looking like it had potential to be epic.  After not fishing much it was nice to catch some good ones so no harm no foul.  It was one of those things where you can get pissed off, or just take it like comes.  But the good fish were biting.

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They flat eat the Knockin Tail.

One thing I have learned with the Knockin Tail, they definitely like to hit it on a steady slow roll, much better than any other plastic I have used on the bay.  They hit it fairly hard, no problem detecting a bite, and like the one above, they eat it.  Of course in really shallow water a light jig head keeps it up, but on the deeper banks a heavier one will get it down there.  In fact, on the really deep banks, 6 foot+ I even let it hit bottom and then start cranking.  But no matter how you do it add the Knockin Tail to your arsenal.  Feel the thump!

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With no Mako for a bit time to go over the skiff and fish out of it for a while.  I lose some range, but being able to go beats not.  And really hoping to see something out of GBRA as far as Coleto goes.  I am having serious bass withdrawal.  Will also hear from the fly fishing guide and be heading to the Rockport area any day now.  Time to fish, but like I did today, observe good practice coming and going.   So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines