A bad day of fishing still beats yardwork

Fishing in October is usually outstanding. However, there are times when conditions conspire to make fishing more difficult. Saturday was one of those days.  

 

Typically, a full-moon, high tide runs around six and half feet. The full-moon, high tide on Saturday morning was eight and a half feet, two feet above normal, which makes for significantly higher water levels, tide flow and super tough fishing conditions. To make matters worse, the wind was blowing out of the northeast at about 20 knots.  

 

On a day like Saturday, the better plan would have been to stay home and do yard work. Since most of my yard was underwater, I decided to go fishing. Well, at least that is what I told my wife. Brody (the amazing fish-finding dog) and I launched the Pathfinder into the last half of the falling tide. Our plan was to target trout when the tide flow slowed down. Unfortunately, the super high tide had the current still running strong. Given the strong current, poor water clarity and high wind, it was almost unfishable. But it was better than doing yard work!

 

Brody and I spent the first hour looking for a location with clear water that was out of the wind. We found a few, but Brody never gave any indication that fish were present. After fishing each location for several minutes, Brody was right. No fish. We decided to look for fish in creek mouths that were draining into the main river, even if they were exposed to the wind.  

 

When I slowed the boat at the first creek mouth, Brody ran to the bow of the boat and began barking. So, I deployed the trolling motor and cast a Z-Man Finesse TRD into the creek. The wind blew my cast several feet from the intended target but as the lure settled to the bottom, a trout ate it. 

 

Conditions were tough and the fishing was even tougher. However, Brody and I still put together a decent day. 

 

When conditions are tough, go fishing. It sure beats yard work!