If you can stand the heat, it is FUN right now!

We lost one day to the wind this week (we fished,but it was tough), but there was little to complain about most of the week.  Jim and Dan Starr Friday and we chose to fish the bayous and river rather than run to the south end of the lake against a pretty stiff wind.  It proved to be a good decision as we finished with a very good catch of flounder, redfish, and specks.

We fished an incoming tide all morning long and the shrimp were stacked in the deeper water.  Most of our fish hit Sea Shads rigged on quarter ounce heads.  If it had a brown hue, whether it be pumpkin chartreuse, Texas Roach, or drunk monkey....they ate it!  The trout hit a chrome She Dog as well, but we preferred the soft plastic as it didn't eliminate any of the big three for us.

Johnny and I got out before dawn Saturday morning with Bridge City Dentists, David and Mike Olson and friends, and it was good that we did as it got very hot around noon on the lake.  The wind was ripping at daylight, but completely died by mid-morning.  We were able to run the entire lake and it made catching much easier.  Once again, there was a lot of traffic on the lake, but there were enough birds working to keep folks scattered out.

I have caught larger trout under the gulls, but it has been a long time since it was that easy to catch quality fish out of every school.  We finished the day with 45 fish and could have quit well before noon.  Johnny was in the "catch and release" mode by 10:00 o'clock.  We had a more consistent bite shying away from the larger groups of gulls and concentrating on one or two birds or surface activity.

I really don't think color had much to do with it as we caught them on everything from glow-chartreuse to LSU Sea Shads.  We did seem to get more strikes per school with the smaller bodied plastics.  When the fish were up, we would swim the lure and when they were not chasing shrimp on the surface we bounced it on the bottom.

I don't know that most of the fish were in the southwest part of the lake, but most of the birds were.  Most of the boats were also there.  The water continued to clear all morning and it is salty!

Comments

[Dan Starr]

Capt. Colburn- thanks for the great trip. My dad & had a great time. Like I said, this was my second time out with you and both times you put me on fish in less than ideal conditions. I'll definitely be in touch soon to get to stalking those reds in the skinny water.

Tight Lines,
Dan Starr