FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

“SAVE OUR WATERS”

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The plan was to be on the water just a little earlier, and I made it.  There was a light SSE breeze and the water temp is stable in the 85 degree range.  And the color is definitely clearing, especially up lake.  It turned out to be a great morning for lots of reasons.  But first there is a little story about today.

This One Is For Jack

When my father-in-law had a stroke we went and ended up moving them to a higher level of care.  While packing I found a package of Mann’s Jelly Worms in the perfect color, watermelon red.  From the mid 70’s and through the 80’s it was my worm of choice for night fishing and I did not know they even made them any more.  Not sure why he had them, but I told him at the time that I would catch a big one for him.  That was the last time I saw him.  I was reminded seeing a picture from the Boss, who is visiting her mom and sister.  So today I decided to get that done.

That will work!

I went to the perfect place and a couple of casts later it was done deal.  Here you go Jack, in case I see you again on the other side, just wanted to let you know I did not forget.  Now back to the rest of the day.

Weather

93/75.   Sunshine with patchy clouds with 25% chance or rain.  Wind  SSE 10 – 17 mph.

Lake Level

Yesterday 94.66 msl    Today  94.62 msl.

Solunar Times

Major  11:19 am to 1:19 pm.  

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First up was a bank that has had them on it to toss the spook.  The only one in the boat, the rest are in the saltwater stuff, was a frog color but it had a white bottom, which would do.  And of course I caught a small one on my first cast.  And around that little point and down the bank a ways I put 5 in the boat, but they were all small.  I did miss one that was not to bad so time to point hop.

2 smalls jumped on fishing the next bank, then nothing for a while.  I finally figured out they were past the points, which is a little different from the last couple of days.  And with the little breeze there was not the visible shad activity there had been.

A nice fish but she sure needs to eat a little more!

They wanted it in a medium speed walk the dog pattern and until the sun really came out the ones that bite kept after it.  As long as you did not pull it away from them if they missed it they would come back.  And today if you got a bite you got several.  They were definitely schooled up.  So with the sun shining bright time to head up lake and toss the buzzbait.  Not sure why, but they way they were biting I figured it would be good.  Again it was a matter of fishing what and where in the order you should.

This was a real one!

I started on the last shady bank I could find up lake, and they were there.  The water has  cleared plenty for buzzbait or spook.  Before it was over there I caught 6 on buzzbait, and even re-fished it with the spook and caught a couple more.  You know I have had tarpon hit a spook at boatside, watched a blue marlin smack a top trolled bait, and caught plenty of saltwater fish on topwater, but there is something about a big bass hitting a buzzbait.  This fish absolutely smashed it in a huge boil.  One thing about a buzzbait if you can throw it in front of a good one they will smack it.  My favorite bite in fishing, which is why I throw it so much.

A couple more from the same bank.  The bite was on.

As the morning progressed he clouds moved in and rain was in the air.  So I took care of Jack’s fish and was headed back down lake to fish a little topwater with the new clouds and it started to pour.  So with a nice bunch of fish this morning I called it a day at 11:00.  They were biting on the front and it was a good morning.  And to make the day even sweeter I got to see another crazy fawn.  Momma was drinking and the fawn would get on the edge of the bank and when a wave from a passing boat would come ashore it would hop out and run around in a big circle.  It was so cool to see and definitely was the icing on the cake.  I give the day a big fat A.

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Scam

One of the things you see on Facebook occasionally is a post that says they are looking for 100 anglers to rep their company.  I have seen it with rods, lures, and tackle.  This is nothing more than a scam to increase numbers and sell stuff.  As far as really representing them, bullshit.  Think about it, every wannabe with a fishing rod wants free stuff and any reputable company does not need, nor advertise for, reps.  Companies that do have reps have them for one reason, they can sell baits.  So next time you see it on Facebook mark it as spam or misleading.

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The Boss with her sister Barb and hubby Steve.

The Boss is visiting family in Iowa this week and they did a little kayaking on a local lake.  A Hobie in her future?  You never know.

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It sure was nice to catch a few solids today.  The old saying is so true:  “The more I fish the luckier I get.”  While it is a little more complicated than that, nothing beats time on the water.  And if you just pay attention you can build on each day.  Today the numbers were down, but the size a major improvement.  With one more day before Louisiana it will be back on the water really early to hopefully finish off the week with a bang.  I have kept the days short, there is some hard fishing to come and I don’t want to burn out.  But after our terrible spring it is good to be back at it.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines