[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by tigerhead

Better get use to it. This all started when the first big time guide service started on the lake. The change was slow at first but the outcome is inevitable. They educate more and more fisherman every year. Not just on how to fish and where to fish, but worst of all, not to be afraid of the lake.

I can remember the days when even some local fisherman were leery of running into West Cove. They were afraid of the oyster reefs. That was back in the days when the reefs were still healthy. After Rita, a lot of the "Pilgrims" as W
calls them were staying off the lake because of the debris.

But guides, GPS, and shallow draft boats have made the
lake accessible to anyone that has the money to burn.
The only answer is to fish week days, and that isn't even
the same anymore.

Ask Houston area fishermen. The weekend fisherman
doesn't have a chance of catching a limit on Galveston Bay.
The fish have a pattern of locking up on weekends. Look
at 2coolfishing.com sometime and see how many fishermen
post pics of 3 and 4 fish catches. They are mostly
weekend fishermen and are quite proud to have caught
anything. The big plus on BL is that the lake supports so
many fish, there's tremendous competition for food. So the
fish rarely won't bite. They may get spooked but they
haven't got the "weekend lock jaw" yet.

PS Protect the estuaries. The marshes are the womb. They are the reason why the lake still supports and produces so may fish. Galveston Bay system use to have
a lot more marshes. Once they started to fill them in for
new subdivisions, the fishing was in peril.

Very good post, thanks.