No place to hide from this wind!

We waited until the last minute this morning before scratching yet another trip.  The group had only one day they could all get together over the next couple of months, but when the wind blows your thermos bottle across the parking lot it is time to pick it up and go back home!

We tried to fish yesterday on Big lake and the wind wiped us out by mid-morning.  The water still looked good, especially on the south end and in West Cove.  We did catch a few fish right up against the bank, but it was tough holding the boat in tight and every cast was dead into the wind.  We hung in as long as we could before making a long rough ride back.

The incoming tide, boosted by gale force winds, has just poured in the past three days.  It was running through the weirs so hard yesterday that it was white capping on the marsh side.  Hopefully the wind will lay down enough by the weekend to give the folks fishing the Texas Marine Tournament on Sabine a viable shot at winning that Ranger flats boat, motor and trailer.  They got it done in a tough wind last year.

Gene fished Sabine yesterday and called while we were still on Big Lake.  He said they managed to get out of the wind in Willow, but the water was dirty all the way to the back and they caught only a couple of flounder.  The wind is supposed to switch to the north prior to the tournament.  If it blows less than 15 mph, the ship channel south of the Causeway, Keith Lake, or possibly one of the canals around Bessie Heights may produce the winning fish.