MARCH ENDS BIG
MARCH 11. JIM DARNELL AND BRIDE BETH WERE IN THE VALLEY FOR A SPORTSWRITER CONFRENENCE AND MANAGED TO GET IN A DAY OF FISHING IN OUR GREAT LAGUNA MADRE. WEATHER WAS OVERCAST AND A LITTLE CHILLY. PARTLY SUNNY. BETH RAN THE CAMERA AND JIM GOT IN ON MOST OF THE FUN. SHE FINALLY STOOD HER GROUND AND MANAGED TO SHOW JIM SHE IS NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE. THE PAIR MANAGED 9 REDS AND 8 TROUT FOR THE SHORT DAY AND FINISHED IT OFF WITH A NICE MEAL IN ARROYO CITY. HOPE TO GET VIDEO ON THE WEB SITE BEFORE LONG.
MARCH 12. 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN A FOUR HOUR PERIOD OF TIME.
MARCH 17. BRUCE MELTZER AND SON BROOKS ALMOST HAD TO CANOE TO ARROYO CITY, THE PAST RAINS HAD MOSQUITOS AND WATER AT A NEW YEAR HIGH. THE GUYS WERE HARD CORE AND MANAGED TO DRAG UP A FEW NICE TROUT AND LOST SOME REDS AT THE BOAT. IT WAS A TOUGH DAY AND A LITTLE SLOW GOING AT FIRST. AFTER LOCKING DOWN DADS BLUEBERRY THINGS GOT GOING AND WE ALL HAD A GREAT DAY.
COUSIN, JAY POTTER FROM SIMMS MONTANA HAD A GREAT OUTING WITH MY OLDEST SON KLAYTON AND GIRL FRIEND LINDSEY. STILL A LITTLE TOUCHY AFTER THE RESENT RAINS BUT ALL HAD A GREAT DAY AND CAUGHT ENOUGH FISH FOR A NICE SPREAD AT DINNER. IT WAS THE FIRST TRIP DOWN SOUTH IN MANY YEARS FOR JAY AND HOPE I CAN MAKE HIM COME NEXT YEAR.
MARCH 30. FATHER AND SON STEVE AND CAMBLE HUDSON FORM DALLAS MADE A TWO DAY EVENT TO THE VALLEY AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THEM ON MY CHARTER. TIDE WAS HIGH AND WINDY. TYPICAL FOR MARCH. WE HAD A BIG RAIN STORM MOVE IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SLOWED EVERYTHING FOR A FEW HOURS. THE REDFISH WERE IN FULL BLOWN HUNT MODE. TAILING FISH EVERYWHERE. AFTER A FEW EXCITED MISSES AND CAMBLE GOT THE HANG OF SIGHT FISHING RATHER QUICKLY. THE NEXT MORNING TURNED OFF VERY CALM. THE REDFISH HAD SCATTERED , SINGLES AND PAIRS. STILL TAILING IN SHALLOW WATER WE POLED ALL MORNING AND HAD TEXT BOOK TAILING REDFISH MORNING ON THE LAGUNA MADRE. THANKS GUYS IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE QUICK LEARNERS ON BOARD, YOU DID VERY WELL.
