FlatoutFishin
November 11th, 2008, 06:20 PM
Wind: ESE@ 25-30, cloudy & rainy
Cond: 3" visability with a higher than normal tide
Lure: 3/8 oz jig head with margarita sand ell
Fish were feeding on schooling shad in 4-6ft of water
Even though the weather report was'nt ideal, with only one day off, I had to give it a try. We hit Sylvan and did a quick loop where we finally found some better water near the yacht club. We made one long drift thru where some birds had been working earlier, but found nothing for the effort. After some discussion and tired of battling 3 ft chop we headed back to the ramp and decided to drive around to Anahuac.
We arrived at the ramp around 10:30 and in no time we were on the water and cruisin around looking for some signs. The water in jacks was pretty torn up so we headed back to find some protection from the wind. It was howling out of the ESE and blowing right down the Anahuac shore except for one little pocket of relativly decent water. Low and behold there were large shad every where, heres your sign! After setting up a drift that would cover 2ft to 6ft of water, the first 10 cast and I was rewarded with a huge strike from a large trout. It came out of the water shaking that head from side to side like you wouldn't believe. Well the hookup didn't hold and I lost it, but 2 cast later and I hooked up on another and this time it held. 23 1/2" fat girl, unfortunately she took it deep, so deep I couldn't even see the jig head.
Well that was it for the day, 4 more drifts thru that same area and nothing more to show. Here's where it got hairy, we were in my buddie's 22' Whaler, which is a good sturdy boat. well about 3 months ago he hit something that did a little damage to the starboard side. It was what appeared to be a small crack but wasn't leaking any water. Evidently the crack had gotten worse with all the pounding we took earlier when we put in at Sylvan and finally parted. We were running back to the dock and when we shutdown, so as not to swamp some dock workers, the boat listed big time to starboard. I really thought we were fixing to roll. We kicked it into gear and I started checking hatches, there was water blowing out deck screw holes on the starboard side. Fortunately we were near the dock and got the old whaler out before she rolled. Turns out that he had a 5ft crack down the bottom near the outside starboard chine. You could put your hand in it... it was that split. I guess it was a good thing we were in a whaler. Any other boat and I feel I would of been doing my best 007 impression.
Only got one picture and that was with the cell, did get some with the camera but it was just a box shot and I havent downloaded it yet. Not a bad day for being so freaking windy. I believe Friday morning may warrant a wade after work.:)
Cond: 3" visability with a higher than normal tide
Lure: 3/8 oz jig head with margarita sand ell
Fish were feeding on schooling shad in 4-6ft of water
Even though the weather report was'nt ideal, with only one day off, I had to give it a try. We hit Sylvan and did a quick loop where we finally found some better water near the yacht club. We made one long drift thru where some birds had been working earlier, but found nothing for the effort. After some discussion and tired of battling 3 ft chop we headed back to the ramp and decided to drive around to Anahuac.
We arrived at the ramp around 10:30 and in no time we were on the water and cruisin around looking for some signs. The water in jacks was pretty torn up so we headed back to find some protection from the wind. It was howling out of the ESE and blowing right down the Anahuac shore except for one little pocket of relativly decent water. Low and behold there were large shad every where, heres your sign! After setting up a drift that would cover 2ft to 6ft of water, the first 10 cast and I was rewarded with a huge strike from a large trout. It came out of the water shaking that head from side to side like you wouldn't believe. Well the hookup didn't hold and I lost it, but 2 cast later and I hooked up on another and this time it held. 23 1/2" fat girl, unfortunately she took it deep, so deep I couldn't even see the jig head.
Well that was it for the day, 4 more drifts thru that same area and nothing more to show. Here's where it got hairy, we were in my buddie's 22' Whaler, which is a good sturdy boat. well about 3 months ago he hit something that did a little damage to the starboard side. It was what appeared to be a small crack but wasn't leaking any water. Evidently the crack had gotten worse with all the pounding we took earlier when we put in at Sylvan and finally parted. We were running back to the dock and when we shutdown, so as not to swamp some dock workers, the boat listed big time to starboard. I really thought we were fixing to roll. We kicked it into gear and I started checking hatches, there was water blowing out deck screw holes on the starboard side. Fortunately we were near the dock and got the old whaler out before she rolled. Turns out that he had a 5ft crack down the bottom near the outside starboard chine. You could put your hand in it... it was that split. I guess it was a good thing we were in a whaler. Any other boat and I feel I would of been doing my best 007 impression.
Only got one picture and that was with the cell, did get some with the camera but it was just a box shot and I havent downloaded it yet. Not a bad day for being so freaking windy. I believe Friday morning may warrant a wade after work.:)