You just never know. I postponed a lot of trips in January-February due to bad weather and very muddy water only to scout alone or fish with friends and wind up having great days. Even if I had a feeling the fishing may be good in spite of horrid conditions, I just couldn't let a client drive over and freeze his or her butt off on a hunch.
Yesterday the wind howled out of the south for the fourth consecutive day and we struggled after lucking out and having a decent trip the previous day. It was one of those "beat you down days" and I was well into an equally unsuccessful Plan D by quitting time. When I got home and went to the weather site the forecast was more of the same for today.
I called Bill Sherer and told him that we struggled and it didn't look promising. He would not take no for an answer and he and his son, Wesley, and Dave Cooper met me at the launch at daylight. The wind was already doing its thing by the time we hit the river, but we tied things down and ran out in the lake anyway.
By 11 o'clock we were sufficiently pounded and had three fish in the cooler. Then the wind suddenly dropped down to about 20 mph and the bite was on. We caught our share of trash fish on dark colored Assassins and Swim Baits, but we finished with a respectable box of nice trout and 3 slot redfish as well. I am certainly happy that Bill din't let me cancel his trip. I would have scouted anyway, but I would have been gone before those trout really turned on!
I just cannot believe the water clarity is holding up as well as it is with all of this wind. The water on the east side of the lake has taken a hit, but it still looks good behind the islands and just off the revetment walls. We fished another big incoming tide most of the day.
They are still dragging out debris off the flats including the partially submerged trees and limbs on the end of Pleasure Island, but they missed something very hard about 400 yards off the south point of Stewts in 3.5 feet of water. We hit it drifting and it turned the boat completely around. I immediately went back on the troll motor, but could not see it. The object was long enough that the lower unit had to slide the length of it before we floated free. I have run that area a jillion times, but I will swing wider in the future!
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