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Weather looked to good to pass up Saturday, so I finished up all the household chores and loaded up. Found some clear water and got up on the poling platform so that I could look around and see who was home. First flat was something of a bust, in more ways than one. I was poling along in some very skinny water not really seeing anything, found a little high spot and gave a big push to get the boat moving over the hump. This is where life got interesting. The boat didn't move far, but as I shifted my weight forward from the hard push, she lunged and I suddenly found myself way behind the movement of the boat. This was a hillarioius experience, and I have joked for years that I'm lucky to have never taken the fall. Off the platform I went, with just enough witt to step back away from the boat. Very interesting feeling seeing the boat in front of me from that view as I dropped to the water. I will claim some "catlike" reflexes as I was perfectly upright and still had the push pole in hand as I landed squarely on my feet, directly behind the motor. No damage done except for wet shoes. I got back on the boat and moved.....didn't want to hang around in case anyone saw me. 
The second flat was more interesting in terms of fish. there were some very good reds, that of course I spooked before getting a cast off to them. I saw a few tailers, but most were cruising cautiously. Hit one more flat that has held good reds and some large trout for the last few months. Saw several more reds, and I'm pretty sure one GIANT trout. I ended up getting a few good casts from the platform and landed 3 reds to about 25 inches. The first two were on plastic and the final one smacked a Skitter Walk Jr. I had a few other blows but light was getting low so I can't name them.
Sunday was a last minute trip with Ralph Krumins who was in town from Kansas. Wind had picked up considerably, so we had to stick it out in protected water. We started on a small marsh flat and the reds were there. With the heavy cloud cover, we just couldn't see them before we were on top of them and they were runnning for cover. We moved to several small adjacent bayous and found a couple of rat reds before locating some better fish. The final bayou is very narrow and they were there. Very spooky, but catchable if we fished slow enough. We landed four more reds that were all 19 -22 inches. Never found a big one, but it was tons of fun in a bayou that is only about 20 feet wide. We played duck and dodge with the fish everytime we hooked one. We checked one other flat on our half day trip and didn't see the fish. The wind was blowing in excess of 15 by then so we just conceded the day to the fish.
The first pic is from Saturday's solo run the other two are from Sunday with Ralph.
The second flat was more interesting in terms of fish. there were some very good reds, that of course I spooked before getting a cast off to them. I saw a few tailers, but most were cruising cautiously. Hit one more flat that has held good reds and some large trout for the last few months. Saw several more reds, and I'm pretty sure one GIANT trout. I ended up getting a few good casts from the platform and landed 3 reds to about 25 inches. The first two were on plastic and the final one smacked a Skitter Walk Jr. I had a few other blows but light was getting low so I can't name them.
Sunday was a last minute trip with Ralph Krumins who was in town from Kansas. Wind had picked up considerably, so we had to stick it out in protected water. We started on a small marsh flat and the reds were there. With the heavy cloud cover, we just couldn't see them before we were on top of them and they were runnning for cover. We moved to several small adjacent bayous and found a couple of rat reds before locating some better fish. The final bayou is very narrow and they were there. Very spooky, but catchable if we fished slow enough. We landed four more reds that were all 19 -22 inches. Never found a big one, but it was tons of fun in a bayou that is only about 20 feet wide. We played duck and dodge with the fish everytime we hooked one. We checked one other flat on our half day trip and didn't see the fish. The wind was blowing in excess of 15 by then so we just conceded the day to the fish.
The first pic is from Saturday's solo run the other two are from Sunday with Ralph.
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