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Jones Lake -- 03/10/13
Decided to go back out and fish the Jones Lake / Pierce Marsh area. I knew a cold front was coming down later in the day, so I launched early around sunrise so I could fish in the morning and get off the water before the front arrived. Well, that didn't happen...
Started of the morning by fishing the bayou leading out into Jones Lake. Tide was already ripping out and the water clarity was remarkably clear. First couple casts of the morning resulted in some nice flounder that went 20+ inches. Decided to release the fish and string some smaller ones.
Again, the flounder were hitting Gulp pogys in pearl white on a 1/4 oz jighead. Most of the fish I caught today were concentrated in 4-5 feet of water, but there was one spot that was holding fish in 12 feet of water... All of these areas had mud pockets surrounded by shell . I didn't have to switch colors or anything, the bite remained steady until the front arrived at 10:00 AM.
Flounder were gorging themselves on small croaker and other bait fish. This bait fish came flying out of this flounders mouth when I netted the flounder.
Looking towards Bayou Vista/Hwy 6, the clouds were getting dark, so I decided to head over to the railroad bridge in case the weather got bad. Turned out to be a good decision, because as soon as I got there, the front blew in and it was pretty intense. The initial wind gusts had to be 50+ mph and heavy rain. I was forced to drag my kayak up along the railroad trestle rocks and seek shelter underneath the trestle. After about 30 minutes, the north winds gradually diminished to about 20-25 mph.
Around 11:00 AM, I went back to fishing protected water in the boat channel and picked up a nice trout and slot redfish using the same Gulp pogy setup. Caught both fish over shell in 2 feet of water.
The tide began slacking up around 2:00 pm and the bite slowed down, although I was still catching some small but keeper-sized flounder.
Ended the day with a limit of flounder and a bonus red and trout.
Started of the morning by fishing the bayou leading out into Jones Lake. Tide was already ripping out and the water clarity was remarkably clear. First couple casts of the morning resulted in some nice flounder that went 20+ inches. Decided to release the fish and string some smaller ones.
Again, the flounder were hitting Gulp pogys in pearl white on a 1/4 oz jighead. Most of the fish I caught today were concentrated in 4-5 feet of water, but there was one spot that was holding fish in 12 feet of water... All of these areas had mud pockets surrounded by shell . I didn't have to switch colors or anything, the bite remained steady until the front arrived at 10:00 AM.
Flounder were gorging themselves on small croaker and other bait fish. This bait fish came flying out of this flounders mouth when I netted the flounder.
Looking towards Bayou Vista/Hwy 6, the clouds were getting dark, so I decided to head over to the railroad bridge in case the weather got bad. Turned out to be a good decision, because as soon as I got there, the front blew in and it was pretty intense. The initial wind gusts had to be 50+ mph and heavy rain. I was forced to drag my kayak up along the railroad trestle rocks and seek shelter underneath the trestle. After about 30 minutes, the north winds gradually diminished to about 20-25 mph.
Around 11:00 AM, I went back to fishing protected water in the boat channel and picked up a nice trout and slot redfish using the same Gulp pogy setup. Caught both fish over shell in 2 feet of water.
The tide began slacking up around 2:00 pm and the bite slowed down, although I was still catching some small but keeper-sized flounder.
Ended the day with a limit of flounder and a bonus red and trout.
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