FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

After a short trip today I will be back at it Tuesday.  It be the first time I have the good fortune to fish with Michael, owner and designer of Controlled Descent and Knockin Tail Lures.  I do not have a clue how it may or may not go as I have heard nothing.  I have ignored things the last week or so.  But I am really looking forward to it as Michael is a good flounder fisherman, and I just might know where a few are in spite of my poor flounder fishing abilities.  So we will be meeting first thing and see how it goes.  (And it will be the last fishing for awhile as the Boss and I are off again.)

Weather

44/72.  Sunshine with no chance of rain.  Wind W 5 – 10mph.

Tides 

High  4:13 am.  Low  7:27 am.

Solunar Times

Major  6:10 am to 8:10 am.   Minor  12:48 pm to 1:48 pm.

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Couldn’t resist the Knockin Tail.

We met at the ramp and were headed down river by 7:00.  It was as low (High Tide) as I have seen it this fall.  The water temp was 53, give or take a degree.  While it was not quite as clear as last time, it was ok.  The wind was flat calm.  First stop was my favorite place and we started catching them right off the bat.  And for about two hours or so the bite was fine.  Most were small to borderline trout with a few rat reds mixed in.  We probably caught just enough today to keep a limit of trout but they were no great shakes.

That thing was nothing but a fattie, it sure is one good looking red.  Of course on the Knockin Tail.

I wanted to try another spot up river above the bridge and I don’t think we caught a fish.  The best spot where I usually get them was quite a bit off color compared with down below.  After maybe a half hearted bite or two we headed back down.

We ran into Redfish Lake just to take a look when I noticed a couple of birds working the shoreline, but it was maybe a foot deep and a really long cast from the boat.  We could see them feeding, then they just charged off the bank pushing a bunch of water right at us. Michael hooked up immediately with the one above.  With my superior skill I threw in, hooked up, and lost it.  Then on the next cast I hooked up again and managed to lose that one too.  Unfortunately that happened to me several times today, as in at least 4 or 5, hooked up to a good fish and then gone.  Definitely out of practice.

My best trout on a Pink Ice Knockin Tail.

We drifted just a little in there and only caught a rat so we headed back out to the river.  First point zip, next bank, a couple smalls, then one last pass on the “good spot.”  The tide was out and the water was moving just a little, but it was as much wind as flow.  Instead of bites in one area it turned into just catching one here or there as we drifted down river, but they were biting.

This one ate a Knockin Tail and then puked up a really big mullet.

I caught most of mine on the Purple Demon Limetreuse Knockin Tail and the rest on the Pink Ice.  Michael stuck with the Pearl and White Ice most of the day.   As usual I stuck with the old hop and drop off the bottom, he actually varied his retrieve more but as far as bites went, it was just a keep it in the water and something would tug.  Michael added a small flounder for his slam, but that was it in the flounder department.  You never know.

The fishing was slower than it has been, at least for the better trout.  I just wonder what was up with me today, getting them in the boat was a problem, and some of them were good fish.  But no big deal.  We caught them most of the day and talked tackle and plenty of fishing.  His company is doing really well, which I knew would happen the minute I saw his Controlled Descent Lure, and now the Knockin Tail has taken off.  So my compliments to Michael,  anytime you can make a bait they eat you are in business.

So around 1:30 I called it a day as it will be an early morning drive, we should be eating dinner in Savanah by supper time.  I give the days fishing a B,  but we had a good time and caught some fish.

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Monday was spent in San Antonio at a hearing center, hopefully for some relief from this tinnitus that started when my left ear went deaf.  Unfortunately Chris and the Doc tried what they could but no luck, it may never clear up.  This is the 3rd place that has told me that, so time to learn to live with it.  Who knows, maybe some other options will appear but I am not all that hopeful.  As I repeatedly say, it is hell getting old.  Good thing it has nothing to do with a good hook set!

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And thanks to those of you who sent along your comments on my little break.  By time you read this it will be on the road again, and it will be dark around here for another long week.  But then it will be back to “normal” and I am looking forward to seeing how the weather has affected the lake fishing.  Definitely interested in seeing how the Coleto Bassmasters do this weekend.  And Michael and I hope to be heading to the bay later for some wading, so good times are coming in the fishing department.

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The Reason for the Season

Wren and Mia.  The best grandkids a guy could have!

It was great to see the Grandkids and my parents, with this virus it has been a while.  And though we are Covid tired we are still doing our best with the masks and distancing, waiting for the Vaccine like the rest of you.  Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel.  So stay safe, thanks for stopping in and reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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