Last week’s fishing was best on the freshwater bite compared to the two days on the lagoon. Sunday we had 15-20 mph south winds and we took a beating running from spot to spot but the bite was good. Lots of smaller jacks mixed in with some rather big ladyfish kept it fun. Monday was slick calm but couldn’t put hardly a fish to the boat. With no wind at all it was tough to fish around mangroves due to the large population of no see-ums swarming around us, sharpening their teeth on us.
Thursday was back on Headwaters. To my surprise the road was still dusty and there was no heavy equipment in sight for the paving process. We struggled for the first hour of fishing trying to figure out what the fish wanted to eat. With calm waters the topwater bite was non-existent and so was anything sub surface too. Once we had a little wind we put a pattern together that started catching fish. The bass were holding tight to the topped out hydrilla with open water holes and cuts. My best lure of choice was a Gambler EZ swimmer in the Copperfield color. Rigging it with a 5/0 twist lock belly weighted hook and 50 pound test YO ZURI Super Braid I was able to bring these fish to the boat. Even when the winds did blow the bite never happened for us in the open water areas.
This week we have lots of rain coming on Wednesday so after it passes some areas should have pump stations open and current flow. Our first major cold front might have a slowing effect on the bass due to a drop in water temperature but once that stabilizes the bite will resume.
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