Alright folks I am still in Port Aransas but unfortunately the weather has taken a downward turn. I was prompted to look at the weather in Austin and saw there was some rain coming through. A few notes on what the rain means for the Colorado tributaries....
Water levels will obviously go up. Most of the rain will be funneled in one way or another into the types of watersheds and drainages discussed in the blog. As the water level rises fish will chase the water. In other words more water in the creeks means more fish swimming up the creeks in search food. This is generally a good rule to follow. Obviously I wouldn't go after them in a torrential rain or even a few days after the rain because the water color will be stained for a while BUT after a good rain look for some spots to carry more bait and more fish.
Another note is storms cause fluctuations in the barometric pressure. Both in Hunting and Fishing there are all sorts of theories on the affect of things like lunar tables, wind, pressure, water temp etc. but to my mind the STRONGEST predictor of "the bite" is the barometric pressure. If a storm is coming in the pressure will be rising and that is usually when I find the most productive fishing. Steady pressure can be considered "normal fishing" and falling can be very good or very not so good.
Long story short. In Texas summers we are in real danger of some of the creeks drying up completely. Rain this time of year is always a good thing. A few days after a rain you should be fishing. Higher water levels. More fish. (Be careful of flash floods and always know what the dams on the Colorado are doing!)
------Prospecting-----
Alright lots of spots to hit. Hoping these will be the next few posts.
Onion Creek - no reason this shouldn't be great fishing. Mckinney falls state park or a small park just south of the airport should provide suitable access.
Barton Springs (upriver) - Barton Springs as it comes into town lake is always a great spot to find some fish and a buddy has been telling me that upstream it gets even better. This will be the part of Barton just to the West of Tarry town.
Bear Creek - where it crosses Burleson rd. Saw a youtube video of some folks fishing there and seemed up my alley so to speak
Boggy - People keep telling me that I went to far downstream on Boggy so I am going to try and find some access further upstream which I think puts me more or less in the middle of east austin....
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