Winds causing havoc in the bays
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Hello Anglers!
Blow winds blow! May has just ended with a record number of days with winds blowing over 20 mph out of the north or south.
A few days ago I was talking with Gerald who owns and operates Sea-Gunn Bait Stand out of Rockport about the relentless winds we’ve been having, he said he can never remember as long as hes’ been living or selling bait on the water that the winds have been this strong during May. Anglers have had to adjust their game plan to catch fish this past month since Mother Nature seems to be mad at all the fishermen and fisher women.
We have had some calm days mixed in but most days have had anglers looking for protected coves, shorelines and back lake areas.
May has definitely been windy but the fishing has been above average for me and my parties.
My son Daniel and I fished in the last Texas Trout Series Tournament, two weeks ago that was held out of Ingleside. This series changed its format to where there are no boundaries.
Everyone leaves from the same dock and returns to the same dock. We decided to make the run all the way to Baffin Bay knowing the chances of catching bigger trout in the bay system was the norm.
After an awesome pre-fishing day the day before we headed to the tide gauge on Baffin Bays’ north shoreline. This area is fishable even when the winds are blowing strong from the north.
After our number was called we headed across Corpus Christi Bay at daylight with winds in excess of 25 mph out of the north and finally reached our destination 33 miles later. By the time the anchor was dropped the winds had calmed to around 5 miles per hour.
A spring norther had blown in the day before and had finally blown itself out. Daniel jumped out of the boat with a topwater tied on and I jumped out of the boat with a Berkley Gulp Jerkshad tied underneath a Mansfield mauler.
On my first cast a big trout tried to eat my mauler. I didn’t even make another cast with the mauler, instead I tied on a pink headed white bodied super spook Jr. topwater bait.
My next five consecutive casts were knocked out of the water by trout that would not fully take the bait.
Some days you fish all day for five blow-ups and I had five blow-ups in five casts but not hook-ups.
These were really nice sized trout that I missed so you can imagine the frustration.
About 100 yards away I could see my son Daniel putting nice sized fish in his basket but I couldn’t hang one. After a brain freeze I finally tied an 18-inch leader on the back ring of the back hook of my top-water with a 1/0 hook and a Berkely Gulp Root Beer Jerkshad.
A slick had just popped up about 20 yards away from me as I finished tying on my new setup. I cast my top water with my 18-inch trailor right on to the slick and immediate hooked up. The noise of the top water attracted the trout and when they saw and smelled the scent of the Berkley Jerkshad floating behind they couldn’t resist it.
I caught numerous trout on this set-up from 19-24 inches before the floating moss got too bad. I then finished the day with the same Jerkshad threaded on a chartruce 1/16 oz jig head. Daniel was using the same thing.
We both caught numerous trout up to 23 and 24 inches but could not catch one over 24 inches. We headed back to the dock with three trout that weighed just under 12 pounds.
A 12th- place finish was respectable but not enough for a check.
Trying something different or a new technique may be what it takes to get the fish to bite when conditions are tough.
Good Fishin’
Capt. Danny
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