Slow start...great finish!

Pat Murphy and his son, David, fished with me today and we had another good day.  Its got to get tougher again sooner or later and I initially thought it was going to be today.  We had a pretty stiff northwest wind at daylight and boxed only one four pound trout in the first three hours of fishing.

The wind called it quits around 10:00 and the bite was on until we finally left the fish still biting.  We caught trout on Texas Roach, glow chartreuse, and Morning glory Sea Shads rigged on 1/8th ounce heads.  Any time the jig made it to the bottom you had to deal with a gafftop.  We have also started catching a lot of sand trout the last few days.

Johnny was scouting for a Friday trip and we were working the same area when he lost all but the head of a three pound trout to a shark.  Thirty minutes later, I had a 4-5 foot shark take both my trout and She Dog.  The topwater bite was good, but it is cheaper to lose soft plastics than topwater lures so we passed on that bite! The water is getting saltier and clearer by the day which is one reason for the unwanted intruders.  I don't mind gators, but sharks are another story. 

I visited with John Sexton and his family at the funeral home here in Orange last night.  He came home ( he was one of Bob Crew's Sabine Reserve gang here in Orange growing up) to bury his Mom who passed away unexpectedly earlier this week.  John is a good guy and a good fisherman that most of you have probably visited with at the Castaway Booth at one of the Houston Shows.  Our prayers are with John and his family tonight.

Comments

[John West]

Dickie,

Keep up the good work. I have been on good fish the last couple of weeks but I sure enjoy reading your report when I am stuck at work. Hope to see you on the water.