Fishing After The Storm...

The book I read that in was by AC Becker, an old timer, and he WAS talking
about Redfish.

The striper response...that's a bass and my experience is bass is like
freshwater trout: wait 3 days after the storm.

And, yeah, specs want clean water.

Ugh...we not only didn't get a storm surge here, it actually blew the water
out of our west side of Galveston AND my starter blew up yesterday and no
parts stores are open. Oh well, probably couldn't get on a jetty anyway
since most of those beach towns are closed and there's only one road to the
coast every 50 miles or so...pretty easy for the cops to keep them blocked
off.

John
in Sugarland, Texas


"Sarge" wrote in message
...
Tex John wrote: "Alright, I live close to Houston and read recently that
the day after a hurricane is great fishing.
I don't have a boat but could hit a Surfside jetty after the surge
receeded
and while the family was evac'ed to Austin.
Anyone have any personal experience with that? I'm used to bass that want
to
wait a few days for things to settle down before they come out of their
holes..."

Storms stir up sediment which means more plankton is floating around which
gets eaten by smaller fish. The bait fish go on a feeding frenzy with so
much food supply. Then here comes the bigger fish on a frenzy to eat the
bait fish since they are more active.

You might have to change baits to match stained water conditions.

Sarge

I think you will have better luck before the storm today or tomorrow. Coastal storm will drive the green water is about to begin. I have done very well in this case, 1 or 2 days before the storm or edge of one. The key is closely inches tall green water.

I caught hundreds of reds, fishing the west canyon at Gulf Sores, as the surge drained from the lagoon. were were application feel mullet bent with a casting net appropriate at the discharge. a mullet would not endure 30 sec. once it hit the bottom.