Saturday, September 08, 2007
Curse of the fly rod
I had high hopes of fishing the lake today with my fly rods. The past few days had calm mornings then the wind and thunder storms build after noon. I loaded up 4 fly rods along with my conventional tackle and headed for the lake early this morning. As I broke out in the lake through East pass I could see the white caps glinting in the early morning light. I was in hopes the morning wind would lay but it only got stronger so I never got the fly rods out all day. The tide wasn't going to fall until after 2:00pm. but hey you have to fish when you can fish. I did manage 7 Red fish on the spinning rod today, only thing they didn't quite make the 20" mark.
I don't think I would have caught 3 of the fish if it wasn't for the CastAway HG40 Titanium rod and the PowerPro braided line I was using. The sensitivity of this set up is unreal. I think if a fish breathes on the bait you can feel it through the rod. Some times the bite is so suttle you need all the help you can get. I only had one Trout bite early this morning on a She pup but after 3 blow ups it lost interest. I threw a soft plastic back in but it was ignored to. A big thunder storm swept right down the lake today but I managed to run around the North side of it and only got sprinkled on. The water had calmed down on the back side of the storm and I found rafts of shad working the North end of the lake. I only caught one Red a Gafftop and a black drum from under them on a Hoganar. I tried soft plastic with out a strike? Looks like the best bite was on the Louisiana shore line for me There are more storms building and the tide hasn't gained momentum to stimulate a good bite so I called it a day.
I guess that's why they call it fishing, Tight lines, Mike
http://rectorsguideservice.com ¶ 3:56 PM
I had high hopes of fishing the lake today with my fly rods. The past few days had calm mornings then the wind and thunder storms build after noon. I loaded up 4 fly rods along with my conventional tackle and headed for the lake early this morning. As I broke out in the lake through East pass I could see the white caps glinting in the early morning light. I was in hopes the morning wind would lay but it only got stronger so I never got the fly rods out all day. The tide wasn't going to fall until after 2:00pm. but hey you have to fish when you can fish. I did manage 7 Red fish on the spinning rod today, only thing they didn't quite make the 20" mark.
I don't think I would have caught 3 of the fish if it wasn't for the CastAway HG40 Titanium rod and the PowerPro braided line I was using. The sensitivity of this set up is unreal. I think if a fish breathes on the bait you can feel it through the rod. Some times the bite is so suttle you need all the help you can get. I only had one Trout bite early this morning on a She pup but after 3 blow ups it lost interest. I threw a soft plastic back in but it was ignored to. A big thunder storm swept right down the lake today but I managed to run around the North side of it and only got sprinkled on. The water had calmed down on the back side of the storm and I found rafts of shad working the North end of the lake. I only caught one Red a Gafftop and a black drum from under them on a Hoganar. I tried soft plastic with out a strike? Looks like the best bite was on the Louisiana shore line for me There are more storms building and the tide hasn't gained momentum to stimulate a good bite so I called it a day.
I guess that's why they call it fishing, Tight lines, Mike
http://rectorsguideservice.com ¶ 3:56 PM
