9-17-2010 gisp

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I put in my kayak after 7AM when they opened Galveston Island State Park with good water and calm winds and an outging tide . Following the tide lines with bait and surface activity , I netted a small trout after alot of casting . The water level was still high , flooding the grass .

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Drifting Dana's , I got a little rain from the edge of a passing storm before I got to the far side of the cove.

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When I got to the west side of Dana's , the wind picked up and rain was on the way .

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I don't mind getting wet , I do mind getting struck by lightening . So , I pulled my kayak up into the flooded marsh , positioned the kayak to block the wind and laid down in a foot of water and rested my head on the side of the kayak and closed my eyes to rest and wait it out . My nutria's nest I made was quite comfortable . The water felt warm , or maybe that was the vodka laced porter , and the grass blocked the wind . When I stood up to take a picture of Pirate's in the rain , the wind felt like an artic blast and I quickly ducked back down in my hole . I did have some sort of crab pinch my arm , but I was in his turf .

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When it blew past I was wet but alive . I probably have Vibrio flesh eating bacteria up my arse from sitting in that muck for 45 minutes , though !!

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I fished the marsh where some guts were funneling water into a small lake and netted some small reds . I fished around for an hour and then the wind really picked up and made it impossible to fish . I headed back across Dana's in a stiff wind and got up on the grass on the south side . Soon thereafter the wind laid down enough to fish for the rest of the day .

[mjh]

Hey that is better than sitting at home right?

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I was up on the grass here casting out when I hooked a red . My line got wrapped around this pole and I had to get out from the shore and past the pole hoping my line wouldn't break . I got past the pole OK and threw the anchor out and got a nice 23 " red in the bag .

[Williep]

Great story and pic's. I love a happy ending.

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It was late afternoon and fish activity was picking up near the grass . I had some swats at various sized topwaters , but no hookups , so I switched to a subsurface , a corky floater that I worked like a topwater keeping it just below the surface . I hooked and lost another red and trout .

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After releasing that small red , I worked my way back to the truck in the fading light . I had a nice trout blow up on and mangle my corky for a few seconds before getting off . I had two more swats at the corky ,but no fish ..... ARGH !! Tough day to fish and only one keeper red . Maybe next time .

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hey that is better than sitting at home right?

you got that right !!

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Great story and pic's. I love a happy ending.

It's good to come out alive !! Iv'e been in worse storms with my kayak hunkered down .

[Ibtsoom]

Great report Plugger! Hopefully you avoided the arse eating vibrio-- Glad everything turned out good!!

[txwhaler 22]

another excellent report Plugger....