Wind rain and no fish
Well, we showed up at the High Banks and were met with 20 mph winds and some of the most chocolate of chocolate milk surf I have seen without a hurricane in the Gulf. The foam was Oreo cookie black and the waves were rockin all three bars up to 5 ft at least. We threw nets for about an hour and managed 4 or so pony mullet.
Rigged up and pitched into the 1st and 2nd guts, no sense in death by kayak at this point. Baits set untouched. Shrimp were deployed and met by hardheads, small ones at that. And it took em a while to get bit, sorta disheartening.
Around 4 in the AM the northern rolled in with rain at its heals. Wind shifted from 20+ from the SE to 20+ from the NW. Green water was nowhere to be seen till late in the day on Friday, then it was way on out there. Ryan cut his teeth on the yack, almost literally. A few trial runs and he was running like a pro. Baits were yacked out to the color change, about 5-600yds out. The longshore currents were mean and baits got rocked down the beach pretty quickly.
Saturday gave us the best conditions but still yielded little for the cooler. We managed 3 or 4 Sharpnose to about a bit over 4 ft, nothing big enough to bother grabbing the tape over. The surf gave up only one whiting, it fell to my flawless bait soaking tactics. Yea, it was one of those reel in to check baits and what do you know I got a fish on there, to tell the truth most of the sharks came in the same way. We did have one good run where the glow stick shot out to the surf but nothing became of it. It was just enough to get the blood pumping good and keep everyone up for another few hours. But the surf stayed void of bait, believe me, we tried.
Tom and I shot off to the back bay, me for mullet, Tom for the elusive sheeps head on a fly. I got what I came for. But unfortunately it did us no good. Better luck next time.
Sunday on the way out, we came across the worst stuck I have ever seen on Matty.
Rigged up and pitched into the 1st and 2nd guts, no sense in death by kayak at this point. Baits set untouched. Shrimp were deployed and met by hardheads, small ones at that. And it took em a while to get bit, sorta disheartening.
Around 4 in the AM the northern rolled in with rain at its heals. Wind shifted from 20+ from the SE to 20+ from the NW. Green water was nowhere to be seen till late in the day on Friday, then it was way on out there. Ryan cut his teeth on the yack, almost literally. A few trial runs and he was running like a pro. Baits were yacked out to the color change, about 5-600yds out. The longshore currents were mean and baits got rocked down the beach pretty quickly.
Saturday gave us the best conditions but still yielded little for the cooler. We managed 3 or 4 Sharpnose to about a bit over 4 ft, nothing big enough to bother grabbing the tape over. The surf gave up only one whiting, it fell to my flawless bait soaking tactics. Yea, it was one of those reel in to check baits and what do you know I got a fish on there, to tell the truth most of the sharks came in the same way. We did have one good run where the glow stick shot out to the surf but nothing became of it. It was just enough to get the blood pumping good and keep everyone up for another few hours. But the surf stayed void of bait, believe me, we tried.
Tom and I shot off to the back bay, me for mullet, Tom for the elusive sheeps head on a fly. I got what I came for. But unfortunately it did us no good. Better luck next time.
Sunday on the way out, we came across the worst stuck I have ever seen on Matty.
posted by ~z | 4:06 PM
5 Comments:
The weather makes it Sound almost as if I had gone on that trip.
I imagine a fun time was had by all despite the conditions
I agree, I got stuck pretty good once over by Cedar Lake (Sargent) but that looks considerably worse
that sucks a lot. But I have to say ya'll did better than me. I had to cancel my peacock bass trip. I'll post it later.
So, Steve. You pick the next one. I understand you have a hall pass that has been maturing in the bank. Is that one of those where the longer you hold it the bigger it gets, or is it more of a let it sit there for too long and one day you walk in to the bank and say, "I'd like to withdraw my hall pass now" and the banker says, "I'm sorry sir, I have no idea what you are talking about, our records show no indication of a hall pass" or "There has been a terrible fire and your hall pass was destroyed, we are sorry for your loss".
Figure it out, I'd like to fetch you a beer from the cooler before I get too old to climb up on the tailgate.
Thats the Texas coast during the spring for you. I have had a lot of trips like that - especially when I was driving from aggieland.
I hope the front that came in at 4am wasn't a surprise.
If it makes you feel any better the wind is a constant over here. I know that there will be a lot of fishing trips that get scrubbed due to the pacific.
I would like to point out that Memorial Day is Monday, May 26th. If that is factored into a trip, this would allow for a longer one, Thurs - Mon or Sat - Tues, for example. -tpd
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