Todays Report....

[ChrisR]

Originally Posted by huntin fool

i've never seen this post!



salty...i wear my life jacket when we go offshore, so i threw that bad boy on....it was RUFF

we took water over the front of the boat after this picture!!

I remember that day.....

[Ray]

I went out today, the weather was perfect, the water was dark green except at the Jettys, brown water there, but I couldn't find any bait or birds except in one place and all I got were small specks, one small flounder and some big croakers.
I went to the Jettys, Long Point, Rabbit Island, upper Grand Bayou and the Washout. I also fished the last weirs to the north. There was hardly any winds, tide going out till about 8:30. Then the tide stopped, the winds stopped, it was like glass.
Then around 9:30 the tide started coming back in and light winds came out of the East. But still no big fish.
I had 4 small keepers, but turned them loose cause it was to much trouble to clean them.
I was throwing LSU eels and could see some small fish following it to the boat, but no bite. So I changed to a clear eel with silver glitter and started catching the lil dinks.

[SULPHITE]

thanks for the report Ray!

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by Ray

I went out today, the weather was perfect, the water was dark green except at the Jettys, brown water there, but I couldn't find any bait or birds except in one place and all I got were small specks, one small flounder and some big croakers.
I went to the Jettys, Long Point, Rabbit Island, upper Grand Bayou and the Washout. I also fished the last weirs to the north. There was hardly any winds, tide going out till about 8:30. Then the tide stopped, the winds stopped, it was like glass.
Then around 9:30 the tide started coming back in and light winds came out of the East. But still no big fish.
I had 4 small keepers, but turned them loose cause it was to much trouble to clean them.
I was throwing LSU eels and could see some small fish following it to the boat, but no bite. So I changed to a clear eel with silver glitter and started catching the lil dinks.

tide has been pouring out here all morning/all yesterday evening

[Hopedale Hustler]

Originally Posted by "W"

Lake P...WIll never see 10lb trout again...They rape it over there.....Seen that with own eyes....Keep everything!!!!

i personally know of 4 ten lb. trout taken from lake P ion the past 4 months..i seen one of them with my own eyes...not tryin to start a argument just layin the facts out...i agree y fish elsewhere when u got your bread and butter right there on big lake...im the same way with hopedale....i fish lake p ery now and then but not too often...lake p trophy lake there aint no denying it..sure yall do catch much more 9 and 10 lb. trout each year..but we do catch them here...

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Hopedale Hustler

i personally know of 4 ten lb. trout taken from lake P ion the past 4 months..i seen one of them with my own eyes...not tryin to start a argument just layin the facts out...i agree y fish elsewhere when u got your bread and butter right there on big lake...im the same way with hopedale....i fish lake p ery now and then but not too often...lake p trophy lake there aint no denying it..sure yall do catch much more 9 and 10 lb. trout each year..but we do catch them here...

Nobody posted pix of those trout?

["W"]

Originally Posted by Hopedale Hustler

i personally know of 4 ten lb. trout taken from lake P ion the past 4 months..i seen one of them with my own eyes...not tryin to start a argument just layin the facts out...i agree y fish elsewhere when u got your bread and butter right there on big lake...im the same way with hopedale....i fish lake p ery now and then but not too often...lake p trophy lake there aint no denying it..sure yall do catch much more 9 and 10 lb. trout each year..but we do catch them here...

Im not saying I dont believe you...but its hard for me to believe a 10+ came out of lake P....I mean 4 were caught and not ONE WAS ENTERED IN THE STAR?????????????????????? Just hard to belive!!!

Now WAS IT CHINK!! LMAO

[Salty]

Originally Posted by "W"

Im not saying I dont believe you...but its hard for me to believe a 10+ came out of lake P....I mean 4 were caught and not ONE WAS ENTERED IN THE STAR?????????????????????? Just hard to belive!!!

Now WAS IT CHINK!! LMAO

Chink never caught a 10. Supposedly...he caught a 9-fish stringer that weighed over 80 lbs.

["W"]

Originally Posted by Salty

Chink never caught a 10. Supposedly...he caught a 9-fish stringer that weighed over 80 lbs.

Chink is a Croaker Soaker.....That dont count!!! Not in my books!!!

There has not been a reported double digit trout from Lake P in years!!!! I got this from a very good source....HH...You will have to show some PICS for me to buy that...4 over 10lb!!!

I can prove there were 3 over 10lbs last year caught in Big lake....two were in the sportsman......One on the cover!!!

[cmdrost]

sorry...I don't buy it either. 4 10 pounders in the last 4 months would have made some news stories somewhere. 9.6 doesn' t count either, can't round up with trophy trout.

[jsmoke222000]

How is the water looking on Big Lake today?

[Gerald]

The water at Heber's yesterday [late morning] was very very muddy and I was worry that the lake would be bad. But once out in the lake, the water was not bad [4" to 8" visability].

The farther south you go, it gets to 12" plus.

The lake was glass calm for the first hour or so but by mid afternoon the winds were up to a steady 12 to 15 mph. By 5 PM the winds were felt like near 20 mph and I was really bouncing in my small boat.

There was a big rain storm over by the ship channel.....so I headed North. I found birds twice that held some trout, but mostly dinks.

I caught a 5 dozen limit of crabs, but had to move around some to find a spot where I caught them steady. Took me almost 4 hours.

I only caught 4 keeper trout......but crabs were my gold for the day.

Glow and char.....sand eel jr worked good today. I had lots of good strikes, but they quickly got off.

[SULPHITE]

Whats the tide doing on BL in afternoons...in our out...strong??

[Gerald]

At 11 AM it may have been going out slightly....hard to tell.

Early afternoon the water was coming out of Grand Bayou a little.

By 3:30 PM it was coming back into Grand Bayou a little......but the wind had been blowing for a while.

At 5:30 PM, it was coming in good by Fred's Lounge....but the winds were 15+ mph from the south and it had been calm around Noon.

[SULPHITE]

Thanks Gerald!!

[Ray]

Gerald, were you the one crabbing at the Grand Bayou weirs in an aluminum boat yesterday?

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Ray

I went out today, the weather was perfect, the water was dark green except at the Jettys, brown water there, but I couldn't find any bait or birds except in one place and all I got were small specks, one small flounder and some big croakers.
I went to the Jettys, Long Point, Rabbit Island, upper Grand Bayou and the Washout. I also fished the last weirs to the north. There was hardly any winds, tide going out till about 8:30. Then the tide stopped, the winds stopped, it was like glass.
Then around 9:30 the tide started coming back in and light winds came out of the East. But still no big fish.
I had 4 small keepers, but turned them loose cause it was to much trouble to clean them.
I was throwing LSU eels and could see some small fish following it to the boat, but no bite. So I changed to a clear eel with silver glitter and started catching the lil dinks.

And ZERO Ladyfish. That was a first for me this year.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Ray

Gerald, were you the one crabbing at the Grand Bayou weirs in an aluminum boat yesterday?

Ray....I was at the weir around noon for about 30 minutes.....only boat there because it was slow. I then moved away from the wier looking for more crabs.

[Ray]

I saw an aluminum boat there when I went in and out.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by cmdrost

sorry...I don't buy it either. 4 10 pounders in the last 4 months would have made some news stories somewhere. 9.6 doesn' t count either, can't round up with trophy trout.