V-Bay

[biggun]

Sunday Report

Well got in the water about 6:30 am @ ICY.. Hit the bay; I could tell wind was blowing...

Off we went to get some liveys at hog bayou weir.. Got there, tide coming in over weir.. Sh T..

Castneted for 1.5 hrs TRYING to catch some live bait.. 3 shrimps, Some big pogie, and a few finger mullet.. No croaks

Got to the GOM and it was a little bumpy.. A good 1-3 seas out of WSW.. It laid down to 1-2's about 12 noon..

Decided to go to Pavy's .. Well water was cloudy.. Didn't even stop..

Off we went south.. First stop awesome wawa. SAW one boat, fished for about 30 minutes .. A couple of small white trout..


Well "let's go to the next one" I said.. Well just start to get FinChaser on step.. I see a large trash bag floating..

Well I slow to crawl and turn around and get up wind of it and float in..

Yea U guessed IT .. A 5-7# Trip just laying underneath it.. Well I cast a gulp shrimp about 12" under a cork.. Bring it right to him..

He spooks and goes down, my partner throws a swim bait nothing..

Well we chased this trip for a 30-45 minutes.. Never could get him to eat.

So we head south to deep water.. Then we start seeing dead lily patches.. Some Big; some small..

Started sight fishing for Trips.. After about 3 of them seeing nothing.. Idled around one of the smaller patches (PU bed size) We see a monster Trip on it..

It had to be 24-30" long.. Cast a live shrimp to him he swims the other way back under the lilies.. Never saw him again.

Long story short.. We ended up SEEING 4 nice trips .. Didn't get a bite from one of them.. Oh I remember they are overfished.

Off we go headed south.. Get to my spot.. Anchor up... Nice current.. Waters awesome..

First cast , cut line, second cast cut line..

After about 45 minutes we move to a platform.. First cast; wham. Lady fish comes out the wawa about 4 ft..

Finally get to bottom with livey's.. After losing a few on short strikes.. Finally the first trout..

That was it for an hr.. Well we decide to go north.. Stopped at another rig..

Ended up catching one trout..

Finally we decide it's a wrap.. And start heading North.. Get back to ICY about 4 pm..


Total for the day 88 miles = 2 trout.. LONG DAY.. Fished Hard... Never could catch some croakers for bait.. Damn.


Biggun












I fished everything in the 88 mile round trip out of ICY.. 2 trout..

[Montauk17]

This time of the year is always tough...cant wait till we start getting some cool fronts.

[dmtfish]

Tough trip Biggun, I call that "paying dues." Thanks for the good report, and get em on the next one!

[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

This time of the year is always tough...cant wait till we start getting some cool fronts.

Amen to that!

[bosco]

You just summed up our year. Can not wait for Teal Season.

[speck-chaser]

Ive had plenty of those trips before.

[Jrchip1]

Made a similiar trip last weekend, S of SW Pass. Don't think we burned quite as much gas though.

Haven't resorted to the old tried and true tactic yet.....I.E. "head East". Fishing used to be better in the Eugene Island area. Those were some 100 mile trips out of Cypermont Pt. Overall, sure is hard to find the trout this year. Maybe blame it on "Red Tide", Polution, Politics etc.

Currently in Green Canyon and not seeing the usual amount of fishy activity out here either. But then again, it's hotter than heck. Thank goodness "they" require us to wear long sleeves, gloves etc. in this furnace. Shows us that Management's Commom Sense, and compassion, has got our back....

[biggun]

Well. Only burned 27 gal. in a 24 triton LTS.. That's a little more than 3 MPG.. Which in MHO is good considering my motor isn't on a offset jack plate.

Biggun

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by biggun

Well. Only burned 27 gal. in a 24 triton LTS.. That's a little more than 3 MPG.. Which in MHO is good considering my motor isn't on a offset jack plate.

Biggun

You run a kicker for backup? I have the same boat, haven't taken it to deep water yet and am wanting to.


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[haoward]

Gooch, if you need a buddy boat hit me up, been wanting to make a trip out.there.

[maddog 2]

That's fishing out of the point for you. Hot and cold. I would go as far as to say this was the worst trout fishing year for me. Tough

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by haoward

Gooch, if you need a buddy boat hit me up, been wanting to make a trip out.there.

Copy that. On one condition though, you gotta quit calling me Gooch

"Noun: Gooch - The tender area that resides between the ball sack and the Anal cavity"



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[speck-chaser]

[alphaman]

Lmao!!!:what:

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[Speck Attack]

Originally Posted by alphaman

Lmao!!!:what:

sent from my Galaxy NOTE II

X2......LMAO

[haoward]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Copy that. On one condition though, you gotta quit calling me Gooch

"Noun: Gooch - The tender area that resides between the ball sack and the Anal cavity"



Sent

Haha, didnt even notice that phone spell check.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Copy that. On one condition though, you gotta quit calling me Gooch

"Noun: Gooch - The tender area that resides between the ball sack and the Anal cavity"



Sent

No BS a few years ago I had a customer with the name Harry Gouche. Had to wait till he left before I busted out laughing.

[biggun]

Goooh

No I Don't run a kicker..