New boat may have a nose for flounder!

We had an unexpectedly good day on Sabine fishing water that I did not intend on fishing.  I had planned on making another long run to the south end, but the water clarity had improved so much in the mid-lake area that we decided to check out the flounder bite.

Part of the reason for the planned long ride was that I had never even started the engine on my new Pure Bay before we left the dock this morning and I needed some break-in time.  As a matter of fact, I would have lost today had the guys at Texas Marine not busted their tails yesterday getting my boat ready.  Johnathan, Adam, Dennis, and Brian all stopped what they were doing to get me on the water.

The ultimate service effort occurred when I got my boat home and was frantically trying to find a place for everything.  At that point I discovered that the storage box under the leaning post was missing and called Johnathan to see if he could order another one.  Forty-five minutes later, Brian was at my home installing a new one while I continued stowing away tackle.  That is definitely over the top!

Back to the fish.  I put the troll motor down just south of Johnson's and never picked it up prior to an unexpected call that terminated the trip.  When we stopped we had 26 keeper flounder and 2 slot reds.  We probably released half that number of flounder that were 12 to 13 inches long.  We fished Sea Shads on 1/4 ounce heads and did not tip with shrimp.

After cleaning their fish, I ran back out in the lake to put some time on the engine and stopped long enough to check a stretch of shore south of The Gator Hole.  I caught and released nine more 14-17 inch flounder before noon.  I also got two reports from the Causeway reef today...one very good and one not so good.  The group that caught a lot of fish worked the birds early and shallow shell the rest of the day with glow-chartreuse Assassins.  Their best fish was a little over five pounds.

 

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[SCM]

That is probably one reason he purchased a new boat. So people will quit following him around!

[RICHARD OLIVER]

HEY LET'S SEE A PIC IF THE NEW RIG