FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

It really is true, let a boat sit and things just happen.  I spent all day on the Carolina Skiff.  Running lights, bilge pump, and anything else that needed working on.  It is headed to “For Sale” and this morning the plan was to take it out and make sure all was good.  Only problem, the trailer lights were acting up, and I do not tow anywhere without good trailer lights.  To bad I did not mess with that  yesterday, so instead of working on them today I headed to the lake.

Weather

68/83.  Breezy and very warm with times of clouds and sun with a 25% chance of rain.  Wind S 15 – 25 mph.

Lake Level

Today  93.11 msl.   93.07 msl.

Solunar Period

Major  8:13 am to 10:13 am.

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The buck gave both of us the slip.

I slept in and when I got up it was cloudy with a moderate wind.  So after messing with the skiff hitched up the Mako and off I went.  Unfortunately by time I got to the lake it had cleared off and the wind was howling 25mph right out of the south.  But hey, since I am there might as well give it a go.  Turned out to be a less than stellar morning.

A good start, to bad it was the finish!  Swim jig with a Knockin Tail trailer.

Heading up lake about the only place where it was remotely fishable was way up river.  The clouds were coming and going so I started with a spinnerbait and buzzbait and after fishing a mile of bank it was obvious that was not working.  The wind was just howling and moving me right along so I switched to a crawdad looking swim jig with the Knockin Tail trailer and caught this one right off the bat.  I actually watched this one eat it as the jig came in sight right beside the boat.  That usually means a couple of things, reeling to fast or the color is just a little off.

For the next 2 1/2 hours I fought the wind, and made one really long run to hopefully find something not so tough.  But whether it was pounding on the bank, did 2 of those, or not quite so bad, not a bite.  I added a white swim jig with a Pearl Knockin Tail to the mix and still could not buy a bite.  So after all that I called it a day.  There was just no sense in fighting it when the fishing is so freakin’ slow.  So at 1:00 it was back to the house.

So the day did not go anywhere near how I planned.  Did not run the skiff, slept in and missed the perfect conditions, it was all wrong.  Not sure what is next, not even sure if I will pick up a rod much for a while.  We are off on a couple of trips, and apparently the bass are waiting for winter just like I am.  (Trying to figure out when I can make Falcon, looks like the bite is starting to heat up.)  At least there is a front coming next week and we might see some 30’s at night, which in my wildest dreams will help the lake fishing.  But I am starting to lose hope.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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