We wound our way up a curvy bayou, looking for fishy water, and around the second curve she spotted a fishy-looking current line running from the western bank across the middle of the bayou and around the curve. We drifted in, and not long after she slung her bright yellow popping cork, it disappeared below the surface.
“F I S H O N!” Patti yelled with as much enthusiasm as a die-hard football fan screaming “TOUCHDOWN!”, and I was as happy for her as she was about reeling in that yellow-mouthed speckled trout.
We continued to pull in fish every few minutes at that spot until boat traffic scattered the fish, making them too spotty to find. Trolling on up the bayou, we cast around a few points that looked like ideal spots for trout to be hanging out waiting for bait fish. However, none of those spots were as profitable as our first stop.
Once we traveled to the end of my GPS bread crumb line and farther than I had ever explored before, we tested the waters. Nothing. We looked for cuts in the marsh, where the bait-filled water flowed into the bayou, carrying the unsuspecting bait to the bigger fish that awaited. We fished a couple of those spots without much luck.
I need some garfish scales can you tell me were I can find them.
Jackie, I wrote you an email!
Nice site, Wendy….You have so many talents! Thanks for sharing with me, stay strong and God Bless!
Thanks so much, Ang, but not many people on here call me by my real name!! Mostly they call me BW!! Anyway, glad you visited and please come back. Good luck with your new venture helping support Gulfcoast Families. BW
Hi BW- Just wanted to tell ya- I tried to volunteer to help w/ the oil cleanup and was told “It wouldn’t really be safe for a lady alone in a boat”. LOL Since my EJ passed in march I have been a lady alone in a boat lots lol. God bless, Swampwitch
Congratulations Karen!
Congrats Karen.
Congrats Karen. Those are some lovely jewelry pieces and I know your daughter will love them.
Karen will love the jewerly! I’ve gotten several nice compliments on mine already. My son (12) guess what they were right off the bat, I was hoping to stump him.
Congratulations Karen. Guess I’ll have to go shopping now on Etsy.
Congratulations, Karen!
OK, we’re anxiously awaiting that new post you’ve had ready for days!
It became obsolete overnight while waiting for Karen to realize she’s won. Gonna have to email her, I guess.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
I also am wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Thank you so much! Getting a little post ready right now!
Here I am to tell anyone who hasn’t been over to Kim’s Etsy store to get right on over there – I bought a necklace from her, and when it arrived it was even prettier than I thought it would be.
One of these days in the medium future I’ll get a blog up about all this myself. Thanks for the original post, and thanks for introducing us to Kim and her work!
And you bought the necklace I wanted!!!!
Hey, All – thank you for all the congrats – and BW, thank you so much for the jewelry! Apologies for my slowness! I got the earrings & necklace yesterday and they are even more stunning in “real life” ! I will be Christmas shopping soon!
And also thank you, BW , for the great recipes, nature lessons and just plain interesting things you’ve posted.
Hi Karen, I’m sure Kim will be glad to hear your compliments about her jewelry! I love it, too! And you are most welcome for the sharing done on this blog, but I have to thank readers like you for taking the time to visit with all of us here on this site! So, don’t be a stranger!!! BW