Surfin' for Specks 8/26/2010

[Ray]

Hit the beach in Johnson Bayou today with Gerald again.
We managed to squeak out 17 Trout and 2 Reds. The winds
were calm out of the NE and 1 to 2 ft. ground swells from
the SE. That made for an interesting day. The winds picked
up around 9 am and started turning out the East. Muddied
up the water and shut down the fish. We caught the same
as yesterday, but the times were a lot longer between
strikes. We climbed up on the rocks and threw soft plastics
on the Gulf side of the rocks. I lost almost a dozen or so
Specks cause I didn't have a net. If you climb on the rocks,
bring a net. There was a couple around 2 lbs. and Gerald's
biggest was 3.5 lbs.
We saw a buttload of guide boats heading West of us. They
must be catching pretty good to the West of Little Fla.
They were constantly passing West bound. Bet the cell phones
were ringing today.

[Ray]

Oops, forgot to post the picture.

[Ray]

Met a couple of guys from Texas that were fishing in Black Lake. They caught some
nice Reds. They said the water was muddy almost everywhere except where the water
was calm, out of the wind.

I will let Gerald tell you about losing his stringer like I did yesterday.

[LaAngler]

should have took your boat! nice

[Montauk17]

Can yall atleast wait to post all of these reports untill the weekend? lol

[Ray]

You should have seen the water.
NE winds, SE swells. It got crazy
after 9 am.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Can yall atleast wait to post all of these reports untill the weekend? lol

I am too busy to fish on the weekends. Sorry cuz.

[Micah]

I'm out here now and it looks like crap.....same thing ENE wind and SE swells. Got one right now that's 17''.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Marsh Boy

I'm out here now and it looks like crap.....same thing ENE wind and SE swells. Got one right now that's 17''.

Winds are whippin in Lake Charles. Just came back from Westlake.
You can see the white lines in Prien Lake.

[shellman]

Great catch brother Ray.....

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Ray

Met a couple of guys from Texas that were fishing in Black Lake. They caught some
nice Reds. They said the water was muddy almost everywhere except where the water
was calm, out of the wind.

I will let Gerald tell you about losing his stringer like I did yesterday.

It wasn't my stringer....but the ever valuable dip net. When we hit the beach, heading to the truck to leave.....I reached to pickup my dip net to keep it from getting full of sand. It was not there.

We turned to look back where we had just waded. Ray first spotted my float [hopefully still attached to the net], about half way back to the rocks. A quick wade back and I retrieved the net. The clip I used had come open allowing the rope to come free.

Today the water inside the rocks was ok....but not as good as yesterday. Out by the rocks, the water was fairly dirty......maybe 6" visibility most of the time. Farther out.....it looked browner.

Yesterday there was lots and lots of bait in close to the shore. Today there was very little bait seen all morning.

I see some good reports for today......so we were not in the right spot today. Well......we did keep 19 fish, so it was a faily good day. Most fish caught on Opening Night color soft plastics.

As far as the fire that made it so smoky yesterday.....no smoke today. I looked like the fire had burned it's self out.

Also, I would like the thank the person that posted the picture of the fish cleaning table at the Ellender bridge boat launch couple of days ago. Ray and I did not know there was a place to clean fish there. We used this to clean our fish today and yesterday. This is much better than having to clean fish at home.

FYI......this fish cleaning table is built just like what is at the Calcasieu Point landing......but only one side with 3 sinks.

Note: There are 2 boat launches and the cleaning table is at the second launch a little farther to the east.

[Ray]

There is only 2 sinks, but 3 water hoses and 3 elect. recepticals.

[specksNdaSURF]

haha good job boys i've been missin out i see

[BIGJ]

Nice catch guys

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Ray

There is only 2 sinks, but 3 water hoses and 3 elect. recepticals.

So I can't count.......I knew there were 3 of most things.

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

nice report ray, looks like yall had a good day too. good job!

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by Gerald

Today the water inside the rocks was ok....but not as good as yesterday. Out by the rocks, the water was fairly dirty......maybe 6" visibility most of the time. Farther out.....it looked browner.

Yesterday there was lots and lots of bait in close to the shore. Today there was very little bait seen all morning.

I see some good reports for today......so we were not in the right spot today. Well......we did keep 19 fish, so it was a faily good day. Most fish caught on Opening Night color soft plastics.

sounds like what happened to me a couple days ago.. i was not at the best set of rocks that day and was just a shade off on lure color.
glad u got your net back.. i hate losin stuff.. i plopped a nice set of pliers over the side of my yak a couple weeks ago! D'oh!!

[Garfish]

That's a nice mess of fish.