Thankfully, though, things are back to normal for me now, which accounts for why you're seeing this report tonight.
Ron said he went to Rudee Inlet this morning from 0600 to 1100 in search of some speckled trout and puppy drum. He managed to catch about 10 small specks (see photo above), but none of them were keepers.
Before he had to call it quits this evening, Ron caught two bass in feeder creeks on a Whopper Plopper. One was what he described as a "super dink," (see photo below) and the other weighed 1-14 (see photo above). He also caught a crappie in the main
creek and lost three more bass on the WP.
Ron had been thinking his WP might have run its course for him this season after a couple of trips in which it had let him down, but he has changed his mind after today's success. "It's still working," he happily acknowledged.
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016...Ron had said last evening that, because of the weather predictions for today, he planned to stay home and take care of some things there. But as I learned in an email a little bit ago, he "just had to get out and battle the wind and cold," to borrow his own words.
Having launched at West Neck Marina about 3 p.m., Ron headed under the bridge to the western shore and feeder creeks to try and find some protection from the western wind. He found some wind protection, but fish--not so much.
He ended up coming away with only two dinks. The one pictured here fell for a Mann's 1-Minus crankbait. The other hit a Whopper Plopper. He also tried an XTS Minnow but to no avail.
Said Ron, "The water was very clear but shallow, with a 1.66 gauge reading. Most of the grass is gone, and I was targeting cypress and fallen trees."
He called it a night just before sunset--the result of it being a bit too cold and windy. No one else was at the launch or on the water.
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016..."Barely avoided a skunk this evening," said Ron.
He fished Tecumseh from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. and tried everything (beetlespin, XTS Minnow, Mann's crankbait and Whopper Plopper), everywhere, to no avail--not a single bump.
By sunset, it was very calm and chilly (42 degrees at recovery).
Finally, at 5:24, as he was heading back to the launch site, Ron allowed that he caught one chain pickerel on an ultralight rig. "At least it was a good fight," he said.
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016...Ron had said last evening that, because of the weather predictions for today, he planned to stay home and take care of some things there. But as I learned in an email a little bit ago, he "just had to get out and battle the wind and cold," to borrow his own words.
Having launched at West Neck Marina about 3 p.m., Ron headed under the bridge to the western shore and feeder creeks to try and find some protection from the western wind. He found some wind protection, but fish--not so much.
Said Ron, "The water was very clear but shallow, with a 1.66 gauge reading. Most of the grass is gone, and I was targeting cypress and fallen trees."
He called it a night just before sunset--the result of it being a bit too cold and windy. No one else was at the launch or on the water.
He fished Tecumseh from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. and tried everything (beetlespin, XTS Minnow, Mann's crankbait and Whopper Plopper), everywhere, to no avail--not a single bump.
By sunset, it was very calm and chilly (42 degrees at recovery).
Finally, at 5:24, as he was heading back to the launch site, Ron allowed that he caught one chain pickerel on an ultralight rig. "At least it was a good fight," he said.
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