5-8-2010 west bay

[plugger]

Set off from fatboys with ZORK to the Pig Pens arriving at sunrise. The wind was not that bad, but soon after arriving, the front pushed through with winds increasing. Tough winds from NNE,NE,ENE, E 10 to 20 MPH hounded us all day. Bait was present, but it was like fishing in a bad surf. Not a strike.

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We checked out Sand Island and Campbell's , but they were raked by the NE wind. Fished the SW bank of Pelican Island without results and moved on to North Deer Island to wade. No better luck there.

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Settled into a West Bay back marsh off the intracoastal where ZORK managed a flounder and trout under a popping cork with a GULP shad. Water had about 3 " visibility.

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Moved to another marsh off the intracoastal where we fished a cut and caught some rat reds and keeper flounder on GULP chartruese curly tails.

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Ended up with about 7 flounder and and one trout. I got hung up on the bottom and broke my G.L.Loomis rod !! Bummer. It was an old rod and I had a backup...but still. We hit one more cut briefly and headed back to Fatboy's....ZORK had some power shopping to do yet for Mother's Day. It was a tough weather day , but we managed some fish and had a great time. Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. Mom's deserve all the thanks we can muster !!

[Hogie70]

WOW!!! Awesome report Henry...!!! The pictures are making me feel like I was their fishing with yawl... LOL

[TXSHOCKWAVE]

Good job now stay out of my marsh.

[Ibtsoom]

Nice Job guys! That wind was howling! Bummer about the rod -- just tell everybody you broke it on a 30" trout!

[reeltime]

nice pic's and post........you now have a excuse to buy a new rod.....lol.....you still fishing the trout tourney at topwater?

[SCHU]

Great report and . Glad yall got into some fish in all that wind.

I hope the anchor worked out for you.

[Zork]

Had a blast Plugger. Bummer about the rod though. Should of been using a Stick'em

How was your Mother's day? Fried chicken and flounder?

[plugger]

Sorry TXSHOCKWAVE, I did see a warning sign with your name on it stating, " private marsh, too shallow to fish, dangerous shell, peligroso, no fish, polluted with toxins, people have mysteriously vanished back here, stay away "....I took a chance anyway.

IBTSOOM, didn't I mention my rod broke hung up on a bottom 30 " trout ?

REELTIME, I have May 22 penciled in for you , me , and TROUPHYTROUTMAN to fish the tourney.

ZORK, yep, fried chicken and fish...everyone raved about the fish. Get the shopping done ? I'm out of the doghouse and green light to fish again...how about you ?

SCHU, I haven't used it yet. It looks impressive enough that I'm thinking of rigging it up off the bow like a battleship just to show it off.

[GHSmacker]

I haven't been to that back lake in a while, thanks for the report.

[45 ACP]

Great report!!

[Robalo]

Nice going Plugger-thanks for the report.