FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

Weather

55/85.   Mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.   Wind  SE 10 – 20 mph.

Lake Level

Yesterday  94.04 msl.   Today  94.04 msl.

Solunar Time

Major  10:09 am to 12:09 am.

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The conditions were great and you can actually see the lake coming up.  And in some areas there is green stuff which is slowly getting water on it, which should help the shallow bite.  Today I caught several more fish than yesterday, and I  had my chance.  I pitched the watermelon red stick worm next to a big log and one thumped it.  And it was a big one.  Of course it dove in the stuff but this time I had 20lb line and my heavy action rod, which should have been plenty.  After doing the push pull thing the line just parted and off she went.  But at least I had a couple of good bites today.

Spinnerbait and pitching.  They were willing.

Swim bait and balsa minnow.  Run of the mill as far as size went.

So here is my take away from the last 3 mornings.  They are starting to make an appearance but they are mostly small.  Which leads me to a question I have been pondering:  Where are the mediums?  And I mean the 3 – 5lb fish.  It seems they are either not up yet, or we are missing a year class or two.  On the good side of things, there are tons of small, and I mean small bass.  The bait of choice has been weather specific.  Today is a perfect example of that, I caught on 4 baits at about the same pace.  As we all know clouds make a difference.

Though today it was time to try some other places, and I mean spawning coves, and of my favorites, one had fish, 2 did not, and these are my go to spots.  There was no water temp difference in those places, it is now mid 60’s to almost 70 in the backs of some of the pockets.  Which is normally a good thing, but if they are in the real back ends I sure can not make them bite.  (Who knows, might have something to do with all the tilapia in the back ends spawning.  They are thrashing around and mudding stuff up.  More on that in a minute.)  When it comes down to it, pitching wood is probably the best pattern I have found, today the one broke off and another stretched my string before she pulled off.

It was a lot more fish today, I lost track of what came on what but they were biting, just could not get the size.  They still wanted the minnow bait twitch fairly quick right on the surface, the spinnerbait fast, swim jig slow rolled, and being sure to make your pitch with plastics right on/in the cover.  So it was somewhat of an improvement, hopefully that trend will continue.  Today was one of the those weather days when you cancel the heart transplant and go fishing.  Hopefully there are more to come.  And could we please have just a little rain with these clouds, we sure need it.

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Time has come for TPWD, or anyone else, to quit adding ANY invasive species for any reason.  And make it illegal for anyone else to do it, including in their private waters.  We have more tilapia than we need by a mile, and if maybe, just maybe, some vegetation begins to grow we do not need them eating it.  Same with Fayette, and they are having additional problems that come with netting. Wonder what the tilapia have been living on in Coleto the last couple of years?   Look at what happened to Lake Austin, on it’s way to being one of the hottest lakes in the country before it was flat ruined with the addition of grass carp, basically to appease some rich property owners.  So stop it, the grand experiments of the past had a little success, and many failures, so please stop trying to “fix” nature.

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So ok with the last couple of days after a slow winter on the lake.  Tomorrow it is off to buy the Boss a new car, which is always entertaining.  When it comes to car buying it is our money and I can be pretty hard to deal with.  But that is the fun of it.  After that it will be back on the water.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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