Thread: Cotaco Creek, 14 Oct 16

Had a great day on the water...albeit flying solo without my son today. Had the pleasure of meeting and spending some time with YaBoyMaxWeezy on Cotaco Creek. Started with a few quick casts in Indian Creek before heading to Cotaco. Immediately caught an 8-9" Bass. A few minutes later I hooked and landed a 4lb channel cat. Tried to give it to two gentlemen who just launched from the Triana boat launch. Guess what? Yep...I dropped the channel cat in between the boats while trying to hand it over. Totally my fault.
Headed to Cotaco. Stopped for a great sunrise picture. Once in Cotaco, the work started. The Crappie weren't biting. I tried all my tricks deep in the laydowns and underwater structure. Even used my double rig with two baits. I ended up with 14 Black Crappie with big fish being bit over 12". Most were 10-11" with a few that would not measure. Bite was extremely subtle...they made you work for them today. My go to bait, as usual, was BG monkey milk...although I tried a number of flavors. There was no pattern today. Water was stained and 73 degrees. No current and no wind. All in all, an excellent day, because it was fishing. All catch and release, except the channel cat I was trying to give away...oops.