A NICE DAY ON LAKE NICARAGUA

WELL IT DOES HAPPEN, AND TODAY WAS A NICE DAY ON THE LAKE. THE WEATHER WAS RIGHT, THE TEMPERATURE WAS RIGHT, THE WATER WAS AROUND 87º AND THE FISH WERE COOPERATING SOME TOO. TODAY I DID MOSTLY TRAVELING ON THE LAKE LOOKING FOR NEW WATER AND SOME EXPLORING AND IT WAS FUN. I MOVED OUT ABOUT 8 MILES FROM THE SHORE INTO UNKNOWN WATER FOR ME AND CAME ACROSS THREE NICE SIZE ISLANDS WHERE I MISSED A COUPLE OF CHANCES FOR A FISH. SO I BELIEVE THE NEXT TIME I WILL HAVE AN IDEA WHERE I AM AND WHERE TO GO.

GOT ON THE LAKE AT AROUND 11:00 AM, AND WENT WITH MY NEPHEW VINICIO FROM COSTA RICA. IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME OUT ON LAKE NICARAGUA. VINICIO HAD BEEN FISHING A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH ME ON LAKE ILOPANGO IN EL SALVADOR AND ACTUALLY LEARNED TO FISH WITH A FISHING ROD THERE.

AT THE START OF THE DAY I LANDED 3 MOJARRA AND 1 SABOLETE. THE MOJARRA WERE REALLY NICE SIZE FISH FOR THAT TYPE AND THE SABO, WAS NORMAL 14-15”. THE NICE THING ABOUT THE FISH I CAUGHT, THEY WERE ON LURES THAT I HAVE BEEN MAKING MYSELF. SO, I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT. I WAS USING WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN IN LINE SPINNER BAIT. I CAUGHT THE SABO ON A DEEPING DIVING SHAD RAP JUST OFF THE POINT OF AN ISLAND THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME SUCCESS LATELY. AS I SAID BEFORE IN A RECENT STORY A SPINNER BATE IS AWESOME. THEY ALMOST ALWAYS WORK IN ANY KIND OF SITUATION.

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE UNTIL YOU SEE THIS LAKE THE SIZE OF IT. THERE ARE ACTUALLY PARTS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE THE OTHER SIDE. MY VENTURE OUT TODAY IS SOMETHING I HAVE WANTED TO DO FOR SOMETIME. THESE ARE EXCELLENT AREAS FOR FISHING BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE THEY PROVIDE AND THE LACK OF HUMAN BEINGS. WHILE APPROACHING AN ISLAND I SAW A FISH THAT HAD TO BE AT LEAST 3 FT BREAK WATER AND GOT MY ADRENILINE PUMPING QUITE RAPIDLY, BUT NO LUCK IN MY PURSUIT.

WELL THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR THIS WEEK, KEEP READING, GONE FISHN’.