It's been some time since I last posted on MY OWN BLOG. In fact, the last time was in 2023 when we all went to Cabo. Well here it is halfway through 2024 and I've finally decided to write again. I am probably prompted by several factors. First, I am still fishing, catching good fish, running my own boat, and wading fishing. Second, I see many young people trying to continue using fishing as their total employment, and I'll talk about that later. Last, I have a friend who has started a new website called AnglerU.com and I feel that my knowledge as a very long-time angler should at least get me an honorary degree!
So here we go and I am going to try hard to stay in the game and continue to write.
This week I was able to wade fish two great days with two different friends and we did very well on trout.
On Friday, Dale K and I headed out of the Fingers at around 6:30 and hit the area west of Marker 58. We were in the water by 7 and I probably caught my first trout at around 7:05. I continue to use a float bag to keep fish in and it really helps to cull. I usually do not keep any 15-inch trout so the ones I culled were in the 16-17 inch range. By 8 both of us had limited on good trout and headed back to the boat. We boxed 6 good trout that ranged from 18-20 inches. We decided to continue to just catch and release. From 8 until around 9:30, Dale and I caught and released around 50 to 75 good trout. I managed one that I estimated to be 26+, but as I was headed back to the boat to measure he slipped. Oh well, that's fishing!
On Saturday, Polo Sanchez, a young man who works for the Border Patrol and is an excellent angler joined me in our wade excursion. We again hit the Marker 58 area, but when we arrived it was covered by guide boats. It appeared the majority were fishing croakers. We were able to still wade as they were not directly on the bar. Water conditions had changed and the water currents were not anywhere close to where they were on Friday. I started with my favorite Hogie plastic in the Brown White combo, but the fish were just not there like the day before. Polo and I did manage a limit, but it was super slow.
I had tried to use a different camera mount for my Insta 360, but it became a real chore to keep it stable on my person. When I got back to my office, I worked on making a mount to be fastened to my float bag. I think it's going to work much better. Hopefully, I can get some good footage on Friday of this week. We are hoping the weather will cooperate.
Here are a few pics from our Saturday trip
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