FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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

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After a long absence from the salt it will be back to POC Monday.  The weather looks good and I will be on the water at daylight.  Since it has been a while I have no preconceived notions as to what is happening, and that is the way I like it.  Topwater at daylight and Knockin Tail the rest of the day, so we shall see how it goes.

Weather

75/84.  Partly sunny and humid with a 50% chance of rain in spots.  Wind SE 6 – 11mph.

Tides

High  2:57 am  +1.25  Low  11:21 am  -0.35.

Solunar Times

Minor  10:36 am to 11:36 am.   Major  4:02 pm to 6:02 pm.

The Wade Right Fishing Belt and the new Madre Sling.

All your wading needs.

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I had a plan, and like all plans it is all good until you get punched in the mouth, an apt description of my morning.  It was daylight when I dropped in at Froggies and headed down to a couple of drains near South Pass.  The wind was light and the tide was definitely up.

When I went to jump in I could not find the camera, oops, in the truck.  Oh well, before the morning was over not much to see unless you wanted to see 7 trout averaging 13″, and no redfish.  1 came on topwater, of course on my third cast after jumping in, the rest on the Knockin Tail in Heavy Metal color.  So over the next 3 hours it was 3 drains, and other than losing a good one right at the Bogo, it was slow.  And the the tide was flat all morning which sure did not help much.  So time to make the big move and catch some fish.  I saved the best spot for around 11:00 hoping the water would be running by then and the bite would be on.

Pulling up to the drain there was a big thunderhead coming in off the Gulf.  I idled in way farther than normal, just to get to the sweet spot before it started to rain.  I shut off the boat, tossed the anchor over and dropped the power pole.  It seemed like the anchor did not catch.  Well it did, it actually broke the anchor chain at a spot the was rusted.  So now the anchor is gone which changes everything.  I do not wade just using the Power Pole. After several drownings on the coast the last few years when folks were chasing their boat not interested in losing the boat, especially fishing by myself..

So I just let it drift and a midget jumped on, and one took a pass at a topwater.  The storm was getting closer, and of course it was the old one more cast thing.  My next plan was to run back near the ramp to be close and hit Big Bayou and boat fish, but that did not happen,  It started looking real scary.  I took off and then it started to rain and blow.  On went the raincoat and it was a bumpy ride to the ramp raining the whole way.  When I got there a guy grabbed the rope so I could tie up.  I asked if he saw the radar and he said it was big, red, and moving real slow.  No thanks.  In fact, it ended up raining most of the way home, at least did not have to rinse off the boat and trailer.

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Ole Miss v. Arkansas  –  Arkansas is finally starting to “relearn” how to win. It has been a while.  They got flat screwed last week, this week they basically dominated the Rebels in the first half then held on to win in the second.  A pick 6 sealed it for the Hogs.  What a defensive effort.  2 wins in the SEC!

A&M v. Miss State  –  Miss State has basically forgotten how to score since they beat LSU in the season opener.  In fact 9 quarters without a offensive score, their last one against us in the 3rd quarter.  While I only caught snippets A&M did exactly what they needed to and are now 3 – 1.  But with tough games to come we shall see.

Georgia v. Alabama  –  Saban tested positive for the virus mid week, then 3 consecutive negatives so he was good to go.  Of course he was.  They are one of the 2 best teams in the country.  Can’t wait for them to play Clemson, it will be a real game.

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The MLF Bass Pro tour was at Shearon Harris Lake in Raleigh NC and if it were close I would have already loaded up and left.  The average was awesome and one over 8 hit the scales.  Now it was the spawn, but put me on a body of water with that average size bass and I just might catch one.

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Not particularly happy with how the day worked out.  I got to fish about 3 1/2 hours and never did find anything worth catching.  And then getting rained out before I had a chance to do anything else sucked.  Losing the anchor would have changed the days plan if the rain had not reared its ugly head.  Irritating when it is the first time in months I have felt like hitting it hard.  But there is always tomorrow, and while where remains to be seen I will be on the water at daylight.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Go0d Luck and Tight Lines