The wind is back!

The wind has made it much tougher to take advantage of the great trout bite on the north end of the lake the last few days.  The last incredibly easy day on big fish was last Thursday and I really didn't take advantage of it like we could have as that was just a fun laid back trip.  Once the wind swung around to the south for the weekend, it made it tough to fish slow enough to target the ditches, etc.

The water has silted up some the last day or so, but you can still catch quality trout and redfish by working into the wind.  The big trout are still there, but it is difficult to catch any numbers as you don't get as many quality casts per drift.  We are doing things a little bit differently now with some success, but I don't know if it is the real deal or just luck.

If the program holds up over the next few days I will be glad to share with you what I am doing, but it is more likely that I have just stumbled up on some really dumb trout.  Hopefully this wind will lay and we can fish what ever and where ever we want again. 

According to the forecasts it looks as though we will either fish in the wind or not at all for the remainder of the week.  The good news is that the trout are finally starting to show up in the bayous and the river and some of that water is protected.  I haven't heard anything from the Causeway reefs, but you can fish that area in a south wind as well.  A good live bait bite cannot be far off either.

 

  

Comments

[Jennifer Racy]

We fished all day Sunday on the south end of the lake and the reef. Nothing with the wind. Later in the day we saw the gulls working just south of blue buck. We found the trout on the bottom and they were big 18-25 inches. They were there and gone in a flash. By the time we figured what they were hitting we missed a lot. Wind was still fast and rough. Ended up hitting Cocohoe Minnow. White with red tail right on the bottom 1/4 oz head. They were over a small reef that I picked up on the sonar. Went to the park and picked up flounder in shallow water right off the bank. Flounder only turned on right at dark and right after dark in the full moon. Hitting smoke Gulp and live mullet.
Jennifer and Joe Racy