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Trip Report- San Bernard July 14, 2012
By 1alextorres @ 4:49 AM :: 2142 Views
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Rain, rain go away was what was in the minds of the six brave anglers that decided to tackle the waters of Cedar Lakes in the San Bernard area. I would like to thank Terri M., Troy S., Michael E., Jason M., and Geoff M. for making the trip with me and dealing with the crazy weather we had that day.
We arrived at the launch around 6am to a ICW of calm water that looked like glass. It sure did look promising for this trip, but mother nature had other plans. As the rest of the group arrived so did the rain. We had to wait it out and we were checking the radar on Jason’s phone and we could see that it was passing by so Jason , Michael and I launched to the entrance of the lake just across the ICW. We fished the opening hoping to find the trout, but we found no takers. The entrance to the right has a new gate in front of it (a huge tree) that will prevent any boat from coming into the lake from this way. So we had the lake all to ourselves. Water was higher than normal with most of the grass covered with it, but there was a lot of bait movement. We started to fish the first cut to the left and that when Michael got the first keeper trout of the day. Terri set up on the opposite shore line fishing the canal and catching good size croaker like a natural. I got a few hits but no takers yet. Jason left to canal and took off into the lake poling his way around. He found the trout and a few reds on his journey. Michael moved to one of the opening to the lake when he got on the radio to inform us that a small pod of reds were heading our way. As I was thanking him for letting us know I get hit and start the fight with a 23.5” redfish. So that made my day with a trout and red in the box.
The day was clear of rain till around 10:30am and we could see some disturbance on the gulf come our way. We then decided to paddle in just in case it got worst. At the launch it drizzled a bit but we all got back safely. We got a count on all the fish that were caught and looked like a successful trip for what the weather had to offer. All gear put up, fish cleaned and gear put up for the ride home and the skies cleared up, but no one wanted to take a chance. Mother nature always has the upper hand.
So once again thanks to all for make this trip a successful one and looking forward to the next.
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