FISH CATCHING TRAVEL
It has been a while since I fished POC. So I was up early and headed out from Froggie’s at daylight. The water color was poor near the ramp and the temp was 63 degrees. That turned out to be important as I made a big mistake, which only cost time, but it was avoidable.
The wind was under 10mph but blowing straight out of the north right on the island. But I headed across the bay anyway and the water temp got colder and colder until and it was 58 degrees. Ooops! Made the same mistake last year and actually fished, this time I just turned around and headed to Barroom.
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Funny thing happened when I got there, made 2 wades and not a bite. And I mean zip. The tide was not moving but at least the water was warmer. I think it was a little to early for those places, they needed a little more sun on them to make those fish move up. Time to boat fish my old standby deep banks and it was bite on, and I mean they were getting after it.
A solid 19″. The Honeydew Knockin Tail laid the smack down on them.
They were on a deep bank with almost 5′ of water. The tide started running and they were on the secondary drop around 3′ and wanted it right on the bottom. I started with the Honeydew Knockin Tail and ended up catching most of them on it, but did catch on the Purple Demon and the Pink Ice. They just kept biting and biting.
These poor fellows are guests of honor at the next fish fry.
The wanted it hopped up and falling back to the bottom. Many of them did not “bite”, they were just there when you picked up, or it just did not fall. One of those bites where you would miss one, but just keep working it and you might get another.
An easy limit which filled the Boss’s order. If you notice you cannot see the bait, but it is there, they were eating it.
It has been a while since I had a bite like this. No way to guess how many but they bit for at least 2 hours until I quit, but they sure didn’t stop while I was there. The tide was moving pretty good, and the perfect cast had it falling with the tide. And as the bite got better and better the small ones got going, which finally ran me off. It was a great morning once I found them, and as usual they so remind me of crappie, find them and you can catch them.
One last word: If you are not fishing the Honeydew Knockin Tail you are missing out. Just saying!
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Tomorrow will be off to the lake. The white bass should have made the move, at least that is one thing that can be confirmed in 15 minutes. But it sure is time, and at the rate we are going this winter we may not have much “winter”. It will be back to the high 70’s this week, crazy. Now the weather dude said Christmas Day could be an all time high! But I will be fishing no matter the weather, you take what you get in that department. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
