Rough weather fishing 8/20/2009
 

Headed out of Cal. Point around 5:50 or so. Went to the Old Jetties and took a beating all the way over there. Too rough to fish there, so I fished outside the T-boy McCall weirs. Not a bite, no bait jumping. Water was not clear, but not chocolate either. Could see maybe 6 inches or so.
Then headed inside the Grand Bayou weirs. Got checked by the game wardens. Should have seen the boats pulling anchors and drifting back into the canal when they saw the LDWF boats.
Fished the hole to the east of the canal. Caught two 20 inch specks, 1 small Flounder and 1 big azzed Sheephead. Then it stopped.
Potlicked Jordan's spot, not a bite. But while fishing the area, some guy in a home made aluminum boat blasts by me like I wasn't there. Passed about 10 ft. from me. He had 2 PVC pipes sticking up by the motor and water was shooting out the pipes(homemade livewell?) as he was running the boat.
Headed out of Grand Bayou and got checked by the game wardens AGAIN.
Headed to the Salt Ditch to get out of the wind. Muddy water, but I tried anyway. Rain ran me out of there.
Went to the LNG canal and fished the South bank and caught a 14 inch dink and a 22 inch'er. This was the only clear water I could find today. Winds were not that bad in there either. After catching those 2 fish back to back, I couldn't get another hit.
Went back to Cal. Point to clean my fish and another game warden came and checked out my catch. There was 3 game warden trucks with trailers hooked on in the parking lot and another 2 trucks without trailers.
When I got back to my truck, I saw that someone hit my trailer, took out the right tail light. Broke the welds that held the bracket to the trailer.
I was the second boat to launch. There was only 2 trucks and trailers in the lot when I took off. How can someone hit my freaking trailer in that big azzed lot with only 2 of us parked there?
There was a big gap between me and the game wardens. Not sure if someone hit it when parking or when leaving.
Gonna eat some fried fish tonight and bbq some tomorrow for lunch.
It was a rough mudder out dare today. I am going to give up fishing when the winds are high. It kills my back. I'm getting old.

That sounds like my trips to big lake lol

Seems you kind of had a rough day.....trailer being hit and getting beat up on the lake....Atleast you caught a few fish. Cannot believe you got checked 2X by the water police.....

2 times on the water and one time at the cleaning station.
The one at Cal. Point just wanted to see what I caught. Didn't ask for registration or license. He did want to know what boat I was fishing in. I showed it to him and they got in their boat and left.

Ray, go back to work. :)

I am going to take a nap... LOL

good post podnuh... might have to go give it a shot sunday....

Ray mine was a little better on numbers. I had my 15 W trout, had to measure almost everyone think 3 I didnt they were about 18 or 19 and 4 reds from16 to19. Wind kicked my butt and then the 2 big storms. Caught everything on livies.

YEP........Ray is HOME!!!!

Cap'n D, Where were you fishing at? I may have potlicked you somewhere.

We just finished frying up and eating a couple of them. Can't beat FRESH fish and fresh cut french fries.
This was my wife's first time eating Sheephead. I didn't tell her which fish was which.
She liked the Sheephead over the Trout. :confused:

I am going to be hung over like a mudder... Got a party to attend. Famous for brown bottle flu the next day.
I ain't gonna get sea sick on a flat calm lake like you did last time... :cheers:

I was down on the channel in Cameron

I have some friends who are shrimpers. They are supposed to have a blockade at the jetties for a few days. Not going to let anyone in or out. They are protesting the price of shrimp and the issue with China and Vietnam dumping their crappy shrimp on our market, driving the price down.
I gave them W's number. Told them he would keep them in business with live shrimp now that he has been converted.

:D$300 I will give you GPS Coords!!:D:smokin:

If'n I seen him pulling them up, I would have tied off to his stern cleat and chunked livies with him...
I should have stayed in the ship channel. It wasn't as rough in there as the lake.

They aint going to block that channel off. I remember about 10 years ago samething until coast gaurd got there with them water cannons. They moved over pretty quick and did it from the sideline. I whish them well though I can remember them hard times.

Just tell me what color and brand of boat and I will grave jump on him next time I see him.:p

Its his hole thats why I only caught W trout:*****::*****::*****:Its by that high line

I know where the power lines are located. I just don't like to potlick anyone unless they are anchored on the spot. More funner that way.:thefinger:

hey ray, did ya get much rain or bad weather such as lightnin? im headin down tomorrow, just curious

:*****::*****::*****:LMAO:shaking::shaking::shakin g: Back Back Give me 50 Feet:smokin:

50 of your feet equals 10 inches ***** sorry, couldnt pass it up

THere was a few rain showers that passed over me. No black clouds or lightening.
I did have some lightening and black clouds hit at my house while I was cleaning the boat.
Jsmoke was heading out when I was heading home. He can tell you more about the weather after lunch time.
It was windy all day. Weather man said it was going to calm down around mid morning. WRONG...
I should have headed farther South, but I didn't want to do any more pounding than I did already.

thanks for the info

Amen
 

Same here Ray, seems all the fish are in the channel, jetty's , or offshore. We wore them out Saturday and Sunday offshore.

Tried the lake today and fished till 9:30 and tried 5-6 spots just throwing top waters with nothing to talk about. Dirty water evrywhere we went in the lake.

It was too rough for topwater. In my opinion. I had one tied on a rod, just in case.
I was ready for anything.
I had one rod with topwater.
One rod with a leadhead.
One rod with a popping cork.
And one rod Carolina rigged.
I did best with the Carolina rig.

It's just not fair that you bastids get all the good weather.

LMAO.....when you going back to work,we need some more good weather.:D

I am off for another week and a half. It sucks to me me...:cry:

Ray, it looks like we may have a small window of decent weather Monday, tuesday & wednesday.

I went out after I talked to you yesterday. I got checked @ the place you told me they were gonna check me. I only caught a few small reds. Water was rough as hell just like you said. Maybe the wind will settle down early next week.

I have to do some work for a shrimper in Cameron Monday, since the shrimping season will be closed a couple weeks. Tues. and Wed. will be reserved for some extreme fishing, unless something terrible(like weather or death in the family) breaks in and screws that up.

Let me know. I'm always ready. My kid got his tonsils removed yesterday but you'd never know it by the way he is running around the house eating pudding & tearing everything up!

Will do. Hope the dang weather gets betta.