FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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I am so all about the conditions for tomorrow.  Cloudy with a reasonable wind blowing from the right direction have my hopes up.  So time to head out to the boat and remove the bass stuff and replace it with Knockin Tails, looking forward to feeling the thump!  It will be up early and Froggie’s at daylight.

Weather

62/69.  Cloudy with a 10% chance of rain.  Wind  SE  (Dirty liars!)  9 – 14 mph.

Tides

Low 5:58 am.   High  6:00 pm.

Solunar Times

Major 9:56 am to 11:56 am.

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I am still not a very good trout fisherman,  and todays wading results reinforced that.  But I got to thinking about it, it has been several months since I waded.  You know the saying; The more I fish the luckier I get, and nothing beats time on the water.  Heading out at daylight from Froggie’s my hopes were high.

Taking off from the ramp the wind was blowing around 10 -12 mph more northerly, and it slowly increased during the day until it was almost 20 mph out of the east/northeast at quitting time.  I kept waiting for it to turn more out of the southeast but it did not happen.  First up was my favorite drain on the island, the old sure thing.  And after about an hour wade all I could manage was a couple of small trout so it was time for a move.

First one wading, then from the boat.  You can’t see the Knockin Tails in most of them, it was in their throat.  More on these guys later.

Next up was a little point with shell and a pretty nice drop, and again maybe 3, all small.  The water was moving and it was a little surprising that there was not a better bite.  (Which really means I was nowhere near them.)  So I moved again to a couple of shell points near South Pass, and it was not a whole lot better.  I did catch the first flounder there, and had a big red on who took off like a shot.  I was just holding on  and of course I did not set the hook and he pulled off.  It was the only big bite I had all day.  Though I did catch a couple of trout on the 4 Horseman popping cork and the Pearl Limetruese, which I usually use on a popping cork .  So time to do what I told myself I was not going to do, go where I know they are.

A better one on a 4 Horseman popping cork and Pearl Limetruese Knockin Tail.  The red is just there for the slam, if you can call it that.  And a couple of the trout from Big Bayou.

It was a bumpy ride back to Big Bayou, once there the wind was blowing right down the pike and the water was running.  It was a little difficult keeping it exactly where I wanted it, but they were there.  I switched up to a 1/4 ounce jig head to compensate for the wind and for about 2 hours until quitting the bite was on.  Today they seemed to prefer the Mansfield Magic, but I caught on 3 different colors of Knockin Tails.  The Purple Demon Limetruese caught several and it, along with the Mansfield Magic, have become my go to baits.  Today it was more a matter of putting it right in front of them.

About half the  trout in Big Bayou would make it, and obviously the flounder were biting.  I probably missed as many as I caught, the bow in the line did not help with feeling either one of them.  And like last trip they were on a shell bank with the wind blowing on it and the deep trough, which has always been a winter haunt.  So not a bad day, though I definitely need some more time on the water to get them really figured out.  But anytime I can catch 20+ it is worth the drive.

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It was good to be back on the bay, but it will be another week.  Something to do tomorrow, then it begins later in the week.  They are saying some crazy thing like a big norther blowing in, followed by another.  Temps are projected to maybe get out of the 30’s with potential for a little wintery mix.  Oh well, we have not really had winter yet so we have to expect at least some of that.  Be interesting to see how ugly it gets and when.  The Legends tournament is out of POC this weekend and it might get ugly.  I will head to the lake in a day or two before it completely goes to crap.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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