Lake Jackson was the destination again this morning.  The moss has grown rapidly since the last time and has become an impediment to fishing.  The main impediment was I couldn’t get the fish to bite like they really wanted to eat my presentation. The first thing of interest I came upon was a large decaying alligator. It looked as if it had turned to jelly. I’m really glad the wind was blowing the other way.

Right after the alligator, I spied a large brown hawklike bird perched on a dead cypress limb. It was soon joined by another on the same limb. When the second one alighted the limb it shook the whole top of the tree.  They were immature bald eagles. I came to within 40 yards and not wanting to scare them off, I went back to go around.  Then they flew. I thought the boat had frightened them but as they flew off a mature eagle came by with a fish in its clutches. Then another mature eagle came by. It had all the makings of a family breakfast.

It was good to have all the diversions because the fish weren’t biting very well.  No bites on a Ribbit. The only fish was a humpback 2 -13 on a swimbait. There were some other bites on the swimbait but none hung on except for about a 3 pound grinner that escaped right at the boat. Thank goodness for the escape because a grinner just starts to fight when he gets in the boat.  In looking at my hook afterward. the grinner had bent the point at a 30 degree angle. I quit at 10:30.