3-31-17 Windy and Slow Bite

[MEM1971]

Got to the Calcasieu Point around 6am. They had live shrimp so I grabbed me a qt and just by looking at the water here and how bad it stained up and fresh looking since Wednesday i pointed the Ole Bay Stealth south and headed straight for west cove. Not a whole lot better down here but more salty for sure. Fished the south entrance on hard incoming tide but only managed one nice trout. Cranked up and headed for south West Bank to get out of wind some and very first cast caught this 4 pounder! Idk how though! I thought it was bigger they way it came out the water and slapped that tail! Just as I went to net it it took off pulling drag and straight into the trolling motor. Glad I didn't have hand on line cause it would of snapped it like one did later on. After getting it out trolling motor and on deck of boat I realized it's not the 6 pound plus I thought it was. But right at 24" and just the one I needed and been looking for! Power pole down and I sat there from 9 to 11:15 many times almost picking up to leave but every time I did I'd put another in boat. The bite was really slow and they hit it really soft and never even fought that hard til almost at the boat. Cool front must have slow. Fun trip and exactly what I been waiting for since Nov 30th of last year. Not sure if I'll brave the winds tomorrow or not. Also it's Saturday and 'W' hit it on the head with one of his post awhile back saying fishing Saturdays is like going Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve, just don't make sense!!! Lol . But I sure wants some more and didn't even get to fish in big lake at all and still want to go check out black lake. Today though it was all west cove! Man I needed that!! Good luck everyone and tight lines!

[bobo23]

Well, I'm sure it seemed slow while you were out there, but that's a solid limit. Sometimes the "grind" is more rewarding than a quick, wham, bam, thank you ma'am.

[wacotiger]

Great post. Thanks for sharing.

[MEM1971]

U welcome. Thx bobo23. I see u been on em and your post been making me want to be back out there bad. Yea it did seem pretty slow. Didn't have that many bites. Maybe 20 bites to get those 15 and one of them was just like that big girl but popped line trying to net it. Lots of boats running around and saw the same boats come back by so I just decided to stay where I was. There at the end it was like a fish every 15 minutes or so.

[jpd0144]

Great post as always ! Congrats on the haul also !

... and if ya do be safe out there.

[takeemnow]

Awesome post! That grind was worth it for sho

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[alexm]

Excellent report as always. I love that "just two more casts then I'm calling it" fish. Keeps hope alive.

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[MEM1971]

Yea I admit my give it 15 more minutes turned into 30 a few times! Just hope the water gets better up north so I can go more often. It was nice cruising 40-42 mph back from west cove all the way to cal point instead of 29-30 like i did all last year. Anything over last season would make my temp alarm go off and therefore having to shut down before it shut down cylinders itself. Replacing all the fuel lines is wat finally fixed my problem. Will be nice to run from storms too cause I got caught twice last year in a couple bad ones.