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Put your favorite Knockin Tail under a Four Horsemen popping cork and hold on!  A deadly combination.

I can honestly say I am not quite ready to hit the bay, or anywhere else that takes much work.  Still tired and a little weak, this thing has been a drag.  So I decided to stay with the lake a little more.  Just not ready to add the 2 1/2 hours there and back plus clean up to my day yet.

Weather

66/91.  Partly sunny and very warm with a 2% chance of rain.  Wind NNE 6 – 9mph.

Lake Level

Today  93.28 msl.   Friday  93.31 msl.

Conditions

Water temp 84 – 89 degrees.  Up 4 degrees since Monday.  Water color clear to little murky way up lake.

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I slept in and did not leave the house until after 8:00.  It was foggy and almost dead calm, and when you could see up there were clouds.  Those stayed until about 11:30 when it got sunny and became completely slick.  When that happened it was like everybody had the same idea and off to the ramp most went.

Hoping the clouds might help the shallow fishing I started with a buzzbait.   The one below and one smaller jumped on, both bites coming half way back not near anything.  Both  came close to each other, and then it just died.  The wind was still light so time to do a little pitching.

A couple like this on buzzbait.

I caught 4 tossing to wood, 3 of the 4 coming on stuff you could barely see, 1 from cover on the bank.  At least it was calm enough to fish fairly efficiently.  The only problem was they were to few and far between, and it did not matter how good some of it looked they are just not on it solid.  But one did bury up in the brush and it was one of those pull tight, then it would shake, and finally I got behind it and the fish swam out.  Many times being patient will get one out of heavy cover.

Pitching a watermelon/red stick bait to wood was working.

I have a theory about the slow bass fishing.  The water has fallen, and is still easing down just a little, and as crazy as it seems the water temp is going up.  It was just a hair below 90 in front of the discharge cove.  The current conditions are not prime fall weather and warm for mid October.  It is not helping that the night time temps are not dropping enough to lower the water temp much, then 90 degree day time temps heat it back up.  No wonder the bite is slow.  (Of course me not fishing for over a month has something to do with that.)

The Boss wanted to eat some fish tomorrow when she is off so with it getting hot headed  down lake to troll up some fish.  And it was quite a bit slower than it was the other day.  By time I started it was dead calm, sunny, and hot.  Give or take a fish it was 4 bass, 6 whites, and one catfish.  The catfish and 1 white made the list and will be the guest of honor at supper and the rest were small.  Today several came off, you have to take it slow cranking them in if you keep moving, and after looking at the hooks on both baits it is not surprising.

At 1:00 I called it a day.  During the day most folks were crappie fishing and when I hit the ramp Mr. Crappie was there and they had 20, and only quitting because it was to hot.  I know I was sure feeling it.   At the cleaning table the trash can had a bunch of crappie, so the bite is still on.   While Coleto is not known for huge crappie it has tons of nice ones and they bite year round.  You would think a guy who has caught hundreds guiding and fishing would give them a serious go, guess I have not been hungry enough.

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The Wade Right Fishing Belt and the new Madre Sling.

All your wading needs.

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And this question from Clyde.

What did u get for hull cleaner?

Booyah Non-Acid Instant Hull Cleaner at Academy.   Saw some online clips that looked promising so thought I would try it.  I put it on just 2 small spots on the dirty color line, sprayed it on, set 2 minutes and wiped it off.  Actually pretty impressive, and it does not hurt trailers so you are good to go.  Remember my hull is white and has not really been hand cleaned in years, the water line is really off color from lakes, so that it made a huge difference was amazing.  Can’t wait to feel good enough to give it a go.  It takes some rubbing, and with a whole hull from below the waterline it will be a big job.

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My buddy Todd is selling his Shallow Sport 21 Mod V.  I have fished out of it many times and it handles rough water great and it is impressive how shallow you can go, even idling back in a pocket.  Plus it has all the bells and whistles, including a stereo from hell.  And being able to fish 5 guys on wading trips is a bonus.  So if you are interested here is a link.

Just What You Need!

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And speaking of Todd a few of the Austin Boys were down a couple of weekends ago and had a pretty good trip.  They spent some time at the jetties, and when you do here is what happens.

If you have caught many of these you know why Todd told him not to cast over there!  They can pull!

That looks like one of those Louisiana jacks.  In fact last time I was there I got spooled on my first cast trout fishing.  To bad they are not good to eat.  The one below on the other hand is potential table fare.

This is what happen when you mess around at the jetties!

Looks like they had a good trip and hopefully next time you are down I can join you.  Thanks for the pictures.

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So while I am still struggling a bit the fishing will continue.  And next week the Boss is gone and I am doing something somewhere.  Just to make it easy thinking about staying down at POC a few days to avoid the drive back and forth.  And with multiple days would like to start wading some and feeding them the Knockin Tail.  I appreciate you sticking with me during the 2020 dumpster fire, but a new year is right around the corner and it will be nothing if not better.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines