FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

Knockin Tail Lures by My Coast Outdoors

If I was not jonesing to fish it would not be happening tomorrow.  It is too nice if that is possible.  Fortunately, the week ahead looks perfect.  Some clouds with a little rain and wind, perfect for the fall bite and I will be hard at it.  But with the fishing being what it is who knows, maybe it will be a good day.  The swim jig will get the majority of the work tomorrow, just have to concentrate on cover.  One thing I am thinking of doing before I hit the road is share all “my spots” and what I have learned over the last 15 years, I hate to have it go to waste.  Not sure how I will do that but mulling it over.

Weather

89/53.  Sunny, along with a few afternoon clouds. Very warm. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.  (A basic carbon copy of Monday.  How about the wind blowing and cooling off?  Not a chance.)

Lake Level

Today 95.31  Yesterday 95.31 msl.

Activity Times

Major 9:10 am to 11:10 am.

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Other than a 3 – 5 degree drop in the water temp depending on where you were today was a carbon copy of Monday.  It was definitely cooler and I barely had enough shirt on for the ride, but it is a sign of things to come.  I hate to bitch about the weather when it is so nice but the picture below is the most wind I saw today.  But it sure was nice not to battle the fog.

When you are glad to be alive this makes your day!

Instead of starting down lake with the buzzbait I headed up to try it there which was obviously the wrong choice.  While 5 jumped on it was not as good as Monday.  The weather of lack of it could have had as much to do with a shorter morning bite.  I stayed with it a little to long but as the last hurrah is right around the corner I gave it the good go.

Best I could manage on the buzzbait.

After that it was the swim jig and it turned out to be almost a complete bust.  One smacked it fairly hard and did not hook up, but clearly my fault as I was late on the hook set.  It was a little surprising but oh well, it is fishing.

3 pitching plastics to wood.

It was getting later in the morning so time for the old standbys with mixed result.  My magic tree which produced 4 the other day was empty, surprising this time of year but with no wind and mile high sky you never know.  Other than my plans to troll back time for one of my most consistent banks, deep water with brush.  So pitched the beaver style bait and 3 jumped on in that short stretch.

His twin on back-to-back casts.

The claims made by many tackle companies are just hype, but not in the case of the Berkley beaver.  Their claim that fish hold on to it like some ridiculous 8x longer is actually the case.  When pitching it they often swim right out of the brush, maybe because they want to get away from their buddies, but they really do hold on to it longer.  You can actually let them swim just a little bit to make sure they have it than set the hook.  Often you do not feel the bite it just starts moving or goes slack and it is nice to be able to play a game of touchy feely that with other baits is often the kiss of death.

To finish off the day time for a little trolling to the ramp.  Today the rattle trap put 3 in the boat and only one small hit on the Bang O Lure.  One advantage of trolling is you get a feel where the fish are, and today it was 2o feet in areas where the channel dropped off.  No white bass but I did lose a big crappie and what was probably a catfish.  One area near the discharge cove gave up a bass both days, not a bank you would normally expect to catch them but they were visible on the locator.  You just never know.

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So while it was slow it is not surprising.  As clear as the water is it needs either the wind or some clouds, and both at the same time sure helps.  Now the good news, next week looks totally perfect.  Cloudy with rain chances, some wind, Monday thru Wednesday looks fabulous.  I am going to give it a rest the next few days and do a little more packing, then Monday it is on and one of those days will be epic.  Coleto is setting up for some great fishing and it sure would be nice to end my time here with a couple of really good days.  But with a month to go it will happen, thats what makes us fishermen – tomorrow, one more cast, a different bait, we just keep on going.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines

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