FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

Knockin Tail Lures by My Coast Outdoors

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I finally was able to get back on the water.  The trolling motor has given up the ghost which meant it would be some trolling but at this point I just want to get back on the water.  This being dizzy is not all it is cracked up to be.  Plus the Boss ordered a fish fry and it turned out to be a catching kind of day.

That is a big white bass for Coleto Creek

The wind stayed steady at 15+ all morning.  The water temp was 88 – 90 everywhere I fished and the color is great.  It drove me a little nuts as it stayed fairly cloudy all morning and it looked like a bass kind of morning.  But oh well, will solve the trolling motor thing tomorrow.

It took me a while to find them but once I did it was game on.  They were on a flat, near a drop where the wind was blowing across it.  It ended up that the fish, and of course the shad, were bunched up in 12 – 14′ of water.  They were pretty tightly bunched and it was several doubles during the bite, the only problem most were bass.  There were plenty there mixed in was a few white bass, which is what I was trying to catch,

See this size?  I could not get away from them.

The bite was full on from around 9 until 11:00.  I was able to catch 4 white bass for supper wading through the bass.  But the bass were actually a pain in the butt.  I showed you the bass above because the future for Coleto looks good.  The 13″ers were fat and sassy and there were lot of them.  I was using shad color baits, one ran 10′ the other 8′, about 60′ behind the boat.  The fish did not seem to have a preference as to which one.  And as usual the best speed was 2.3mph.

Today was a make due with what i had, which was trolling.  It is all about not being a one trick pony.  There is a world of fish out there and just as many ways to catch them.  And anytime I can knock off 30+ in a couple of hours is a good day.

************The Wade Right Fishing Belt and the new Madre Sling.

For all your wading needs.

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I tend to rant every time I hear some blow hard politician start talking about selling our public lands.  If you will remember I said we have to watch them because it usually involves rich folks making bank while “stealing” our lands.  Now DeSatan the governor of Florida, has proposed adding golf, pickle ball, tennis, swimming pools, etc to some state parks.  From what I read he was “working” with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.  Told you so.  We should never let them get their hands on public lands; they cannot be trusted to do it for our benefit.  And now the employee of the state parks who broke the story has been fired.  If they were not up to something tricky, why would they fire him?  Looks like the project is dead but you can never take your eyes off any of them.  Plus there is all the gold courses we need in this country.

Park passes while getting more expensive every year are still a good deal.  Where folks who enjoy the outdoors, maybe the family just out for a hike with the kids, can still do it relatively cheaply.  And remember we are the ones who paid for them in the first place.  If a state wants to start a park with golf, pickleball, or any other sport have at it.  But do not use our outdoor lands for the rich to make more money.  In most cases it is the only outdoor area often available to folks and it needs to stay “the woods.”  And speaking of outdoor conflict in this vein pick up a copy of Texas Monthly and read the story concerning the Devils River.  It is enlightening and a well written piece on the issues with competing stake holders.

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Looks like life just might be back in business.  After being dizzy for a month or more, then patching one eye so I could at least not be so sick, I finally picked up my new glasses.  They are taking just a little getting used to, but I can read and type, so things are looking up.  I have not driven yet but the lake is calling me and if all is good tomorrow I should be at the lake daylight Thursday.  Trust me, double vision is tough, and I am glad to wave it goodbye.  And on that note just had a physical and all good surprising enough.  (Not sure they don’t have me confused with someone else.)  Getting old is not for the weak.

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Got the trolling motor issue fixed and now a couple of days around the house then finally some fishing next week.  About done painting what needs to be done for the sale and actually got some stuff packed and organized in the house.  One advantage of already having the other house is a slow move which will be done way before we hit the road.  But for me it will be some fishing next week as the weather looks good and the fish are biting.  And I will get back to weather, level, bite time to go along with the report.  So sorry for the absence but keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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