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Got to the lighthouse about 1000.

Let me paint a picture of what the conditions were: Mentally divide the canal out of the lighthouse ramp into thirds, from side to side. The center third had water in it. But The Tin Can draws so little water I managed to idle out of the canal. The bar in front of the lighthouse was exposed by two feet or more. Amazing how a 15 mph north wind will blow the water out of that place and turn a predicted 0.5' low tide into a -1.5' low tide. Needless to say, there was almost no water on the flats. The water temp at 1000 was 57 degrees. I fished without a bite until 1215. The tide did come in, but the bite was slow. I fished near the lighthouse all afternoon. The water temp finally got up to 61.5 degrees. I didn't find an agressive bite all day. I caught a total of 14 trout, with only 1 keeper, measuring 19 inches. I never caught more than 2 fish in any area, and there was no rhyme or reason to where they were. I caught them from 2.5 feet of water to 6 feet of water. I would just about give up on an area, then I'd catch a fish. I caught 1 fish on a Catch 2000, 1 fish on a grub under a Cajun Thunder, and the other 12 were caught on a jig and grub worked slow. The one keeper was caught on a grub.

It was cold and windy all day, and the bite was very slow. But I was out there.

Note to Chalk: I fished 5 different color grubs today. Not one was chartreuse.

Way ta hang in there TC. Good job. good report

No wonder the bite was slow...you didn't use chartreuse

tin can wrote:Note to Chalk: I fished 5 different color grubs today. Not one was chartreuse.

Who said you can't teach old dogs new tricks

Fishing is the best part, catch'n is just a compliment....

tin can wrote:Note to Chalk: I fished 5 different color grubs today. Not one was chartreuse.

Thats just simply amazing.. See TC your outa practice from all the extra work.. Catchem up next time.

Dang TC, ifin you can't catch em, I may just have ta go Bass fishin again this weekend

Yeah Chalk ole buddy, you taught him a new trick. TC always catches trout. He didn't follow his usual pattern this time and fillowed your plan. One keeper is all he got Chalk, what does that say.
Way to brave the elements TC.

No, No, No

If he had not followed what I had taught him , he might have brought a skunk back

I'm sure you will say,"you just showed him what I taught you."

TC if you ever get in the no bite doldrums , head up the river to floating bouy 14-a, go on the north side to the end of the bar, anchor and cast DOA about 50' north of where you anchor, there is a hole there about 15' deep and I have never failed to catch fish there, even though they were all 13-14" at least it was catchin.
Pa

TC got me to disregard all collors other than Chart.

Then he goes fishin and doesn't even use Chart.

I smell trickery in the works

Atticus, I wasn't my old self, yesterday.

I really don't understand how CSMarine can spend so much time around that Chalk fella. I shoulda not listened to him. I coulda probably ignored what he had to say if I had caught as many keepers as he did, Sunday. I did try colors other than Chartreuse. But if wearing a dress, a wig, jigh heels and carrying a purse is what it takes to catch a trout, I'll have to draw the line.

I only caught fish because the guide put me on them

You would be suprised at the cooling effect a dress has in July and August

ALMAR wrote:cast DOA about 50' north of where you anchor

DOA's no catch no fish..

Thanks, Pa. You'll have to show me some time. Maybe a trip for the two of us should be scheduled in the near future.

Again, it's good to see ya back on the forum.

Do you wear cotton or synthetic in the summer? Sleeveless, spagetti straps? I finally figgered out why you stumbled around the boat. It's them high heels you wear. If I get real despirate to catch a fish, will you go shopping with me, to assure the proper wardrobe?