Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
- Dandydon
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Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
Yesterday at sunrise Shoffer & I launched from the Anahuac Wildlife Refuge to calm winds, but only 6" water visibility in East Bay. We worked the Frozen Point shoreline with no bites, then pedaled across East Bay to fish Little Pasture Bayou.
Only legal fish caught was a 16" speck, hooked on a white curly-tail Gulp in the Bayou while I was napping! Shoffer landed 3 feisty undersized redfish, then we had to traverse East Bay AGAIN against gnarly 15 mph winds. I'm getting too old for that.
What did we learn? Try to go fishing when you've got at least 18" of water visibility! Ha ha.
Good luck to all!
--Dandydon
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Only legal fish caught was a 16" speck, hooked on a white curly-tail Gulp in the Bayou while I was napping! Shoffer landed 3 feisty undersized redfish, then we had to traverse East Bay AGAIN against gnarly 15 mph winds. I'm getting too old for that.
What did we learn? Try to go fishing when you've got at least 18" of water visibility! Ha ha.
Good luck to all!
--Dandydon
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
Napping makes the fish jealous that you’re not paying attention to them. Nicely played.
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
At least you got to go fishing! LOL
Sorry the bite was not on for you. I waded Pelican Island this morning and caught 2 flounder. They are not moving yet. The week after next is my guess. They are still moving a bit as the cold is teasing them and the shrimp are leaving the marsh.
Hope ya'll catch some on the next outing!
Sorry the bite was not on for you. I waded Pelican Island this morning and caught 2 flounder. They are not moving yet. The week after next is my guess. They are still moving a bit as the cold is teasing them and the shrimp are leaving the marsh.
Hope ya'll catch some on the next outing!
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
That is a bit of a trek - count that as an exercise day instead of a fish fry day!
Congrats on getting out -
Congrats on getting out -
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
Thanks, men! I'm a bit aged for such one-fish 8-mile yak trips against headwinds!
But get this: two years ago Shoffer & I defied weather reports to go across East Bay like yesterday. Coming back a norther blew in, whitecaps over your bow into your face every 10 seconds! It was already late, & time was awasting! We should have spent the night on Bolivar & gone back the next day. But WTF!
Instead we pedaled & paddled our Outbacks furiously into that relentless 20 mph north wind (with 30 mph gusts) for about 2.5 HOURS with the sun going down. If you stopped to rest, you went 100 feet backwards. We landed almost dead on the north shoreline in pitch-black night, about a mile apart. I couldn't walk for an hour; couldn't lift my arms for 2 days. Shoffer & I laid off yakking for at least a month. We said "NEVER AGAIN."
So far, so good.
Watch your weather & radar data! Be safe instead of dead. Go Astros!
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But get this: two years ago Shoffer & I defied weather reports to go across East Bay like yesterday. Coming back a norther blew in, whitecaps over your bow into your face every 10 seconds! It was already late, & time was awasting! We should have spent the night on Bolivar & gone back the next day. But WTF!
Instead we pedaled & paddled our Outbacks furiously into that relentless 20 mph north wind (with 30 mph gusts) for about 2.5 HOURS with the sun going down. If you stopped to rest, you went 100 feet backwards. We landed almost dead on the north shoreline in pitch-black night, about a mile apart. I couldn't walk for an hour; couldn't lift my arms for 2 days. Shoffer & I laid off yakking for at least a month. We said "NEVER AGAIN."
So far, so good.
Watch your weather & radar data! Be safe instead of dead. Go Astros!
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
Fighting waves in the open bay is dangerous. My laziness and weakness does double duty as inadvertent wisdom. Pro tip: Do like me and the fish and hide in protected areas.
Like this:
The fish were stacked in the mouth of a channel like this that was protected from winds last week.
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Like this:
The fish were stacked in the mouth of a channel like this that was protected from winds last week.
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
That's rough! I'll tell you a good story about me in high winds in the middle of the ship channel sometime...
Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
Captain Don tells no lies. The East Bay trip remains etched in my memory as my second closest near death experience, with the first being that one time in high school when, at 1 am, I snuck over to you lass who had just gotten her braces, and her father happened to surprise us in her bedroom. But that is a story that should not be told on a family board.
Cuervo, I love fishing the marsh also, especially the drains. But it was that fever for the flavor of a marsh drain that caused us to cross the bay yesterday. "Better drains and salinity on the south shoreline," we thought. Going over, there was not a breath of wind, and we did it in a casual 20 minutes. For me, coming back for me - 1 hour 20 minutes, peddling steady the whole time, with a 15 mph cross wind from the S/SW that bobbed my fat ass around like one of those pretty popping corks you found during your trip on Friday.
Now, I do have to brag on DandyDon. That guy is 20 years older than me, and is in some shape. He beat me across the bay by a good 30 minutes. And to top it off, he outfished me in his sleep! I think that's three in a row for the Captain now. He is putting the hurt on me like the Astros starting line up against a Dodger bullpen. He is starting to replicate the results illustrated by our beloved "Real Admiral" Saltykat Don Wilchek - that guy could outfish anyone.
In closing, I am eagerly awaiting tomorrow night's game, and hoping that the loonies in La La land get to experience what a real Texas slam is all about, when the Astros clinch it right in their suntanned, wheatgrass stained faces. Until then, go get you some.
Cuervo, I love fishing the marsh also, especially the drains. But it was that fever for the flavor of a marsh drain that caused us to cross the bay yesterday. "Better drains and salinity on the south shoreline," we thought. Going over, there was not a breath of wind, and we did it in a casual 20 minutes. For me, coming back for me - 1 hour 20 minutes, peddling steady the whole time, with a 15 mph cross wind from the S/SW that bobbed my fat ass around like one of those pretty popping corks you found during your trip on Friday.
Now, I do have to brag on DandyDon. That guy is 20 years older than me, and is in some shape. He beat me across the bay by a good 30 minutes. And to top it off, he outfished me in his sleep! I think that's three in a row for the Captain now. He is putting the hurt on me like the Astros starting line up against a Dodger bullpen. He is starting to replicate the results illustrated by our beloved "Real Admiral" Saltykat Don Wilchek - that guy could outfish anyone.
In closing, I am eagerly awaiting tomorrow night's game, and hoping that the loonies in La La land get to experience what a real Texas slam is all about, when the Astros clinch it right in their suntanned, wheatgrass stained faces. Until then, go get you some.
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Re: Short trip, 1 Speck, Rollover Pass stained water!
I love you, Shoffer, like the son I was too busy to have because of "all of my good times, all my running around." (see "Pamela Brown" by guitar god Leo Kottke!). But be advised, even at the age of 66, I shall someday find Miss Right & start my Pickle family. I'll name my first son "Shoffer" in hopes he'll grow up to be a kayak krazed krakken of the Bays like his daddy,
P S. I met Shoffer about 10 (?) years ago yak fishing Ft. Anahuac Park (Trinity Bay) with Saltykat & Chicken, 2 active TKF posters who have moved on. Although a fresh-water bass specialist, Shoffer learned saltwater fishing from stem to stern in 1 year! I outfished him every week for a year, then he started to match me. We were even for the next 7 years UNTIL the past 2 years he's murdered me. Oh, I forgot to mention his bucket-list catches (the past 3 years) of big Tarpon, snook, Rooster-fish, King salmon, sharks, Amberjack, & the Clap (ha ha, last one's a joke!). His wife is a smart, beautiful runner of marathons. Anyway, sorry to slobber, but if an older fisherman can't have a "bro-mance" with his totally dependable, well-off fishing buddy, then I'm just ready to die. Put me face-up on my beloved yellow Outback & set it on on fire. Push me off into Rollover Pass, blazing like a fried Pickle. Kinda like Kirk Douglas' Viking funeral concluding "The Vikings..."
"Reflect on what's important in life: Mother Nature & your most loyal fishing buddy." He'll greet you in Heaven. End of sermon.
--Dandydon
P S. I met Shoffer about 10 (?) years ago yak fishing Ft. Anahuac Park (Trinity Bay) with Saltykat & Chicken, 2 active TKF posters who have moved on. Although a fresh-water bass specialist, Shoffer learned saltwater fishing from stem to stern in 1 year! I outfished him every week for a year, then he started to match me. We were even for the next 7 years UNTIL the past 2 years he's murdered me. Oh, I forgot to mention his bucket-list catches (the past 3 years) of big Tarpon, snook, Rooster-fish, King salmon, sharks, Amberjack, & the Clap (ha ha, last one's a joke!). His wife is a smart, beautiful runner of marathons. Anyway, sorry to slobber, but if an older fisherman can't have a "bro-mance" with his totally dependable, well-off fishing buddy, then I'm just ready to die. Put me face-up on my beloved yellow Outback & set it on on fire. Push me off into Rollover Pass, blazing like a fried Pickle. Kinda like Kirk Douglas' Viking funeral concluding "The Vikings..."
"Reflect on what's important in life: Mother Nature & your most loyal fishing buddy." He'll greet you in Heaven. End of sermon.
--Dandydon