FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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A buzzbait kind of morning.

Weather

94/72.   Mostly sunny with 13% chance or rain.  Wind  SSEE 9 – 16 mph.

Lake Level

Today  94.66 msl    Monday  94.89 msl.  (You could see it was coming down today.)

Solunar Times

Major  10:34 am to 12:34 pm.  Minor  5:16 pm to 6:16 pm.

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It was time to switch things up a little and it turned out to be a matter of fishing in the proper order.  It was dead slick and the sun was not quite up when I made my first cast.  Instead of going up lake I started off near the ramp on points with a buzzbait and they were biting some.

Points were best by far.

Sticking with the clear water it was not fast but 6 or 8 jumped on and I missed several.  A steady retrieve worked best and most of them hit off the bank.  With the massive amount of shad in the lake right now you could see them, and the occasional bust, almost anywhere on the main lake.  I just really like the buzzbait bite, wish I would have stuck a big one.

They were smoking it!

It was all about timing this morning.  As the shadows started getting off the water it was time for some plastics.  Whether it was a stick worm or a beaver style bait, they liked them both.  Location. location, location.  Just as it has been they are tight to cover.  I even saw one dart out of a bush and grab a shad and dart right back in the cover.  As the buzzbait bite slowed I headed up lake to pitch and even throw the buzzbait some.

The average was a little better than Monday.

The bank with lots of fish on it still has them, and they are all 13″.  But I did catch several on the buzzbait and a good dozen on plastics.  They are not around all wood but it seems if you get a bite it is on, or near, wood and there is usually more than one bite close.  The water temp is still in the 86 range and the farther up lake you go the murkier it gets.

The punch line, get up early and be on the water before official sunrise.  Fish the buzzbait in the clear water near points and cover down lake.  Later as  the sun comes up they move tight to cover and pitching becomes the ticket.  I do have another theory which will get a go in the morning.  If they are chasing shad time to try a topwater.  Maybe a spook to see if it will provoke a better one.  Or maybe a pop R style bait, like a Chug Bug.  Will rig up several and be on the water even earlier tomorrow.

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And I got this comment from SA Joe.

Doug,
Spent a week in Brownsville with limited success in saltwater. A lot of cats, croakers and very small reds on shrimp. Tried throwing artificial paddle tails, shrimp, everything I had. With nothing biting them. Fished the Ship channel, got very windy, water murky. Fished Lake Martin with the same luck.

When your fishing for trout and red around POC, is the water clear, medium? Murky?

I even shot at rock lines with nothing. Not a salt man. Fresh water for bass and cats..
Joe

Sounds like it was a tough week, it happens.  And your experience with shrimp has been mine, to many hard heads and other assprted fish I did not want to catch.  And though some things cross over, like topwater and spinnerbait for reds, it is different than fresh water fishing, and trout are definitely not bass as far as where they hang out and who they hang out with.  The more I fished the salt the last 10 years the more I did not know.  It is a whole other ball game.  As far as water color near POC it is often dirty/off color near the ramp at Froggie’s and clears the farther out you go.  Once to the island it is usually clear, in fact almost always unless the wind has pounded on it for a good while.  Good to hear from you.

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Today was much better both numbers and size.  They bit from first thing until I quit at 12:00.  Not sure if I can catch a big one shallow, but will be back at it tomorrow.   Making better decisions led to a better day.   I will keep it up 2 more days this week before heading to Louisiana.  Hard to get to excited about fishing when it is right around the corner.  Even when it is slow it is good, when it is good it is insane.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines