All Day Neighbor

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Several were 3 - 5 Pounds

All Day Neighbor

Lots of Birds
 

Jason

5 and 6 Pounder
 

Thought the Well was full

23 Nice Channels
4.5 hours

Out of the stomach
of the big cat

Over 6 pounds

15 Nice Channels
5 hours

12 Nice Channels
5 hours
 

Over 6 pounder

   This was  the first day I have been able to get out comfortably.  The wind has been 20-30 mph every day.  I caught 17 nice channels in 4.5 hours but I forgot to bring the camera
 

16 nice channels
6 hours
 

Video
Here is a video of the snake activity around the boat

4.5 hours

3 Gallons of filets
 

They are everywhere

 Mackerel kept getting the bait and cutting the leaders.  The tarpon were under the bait balls.
 

Neighbor with tarpon on

Slow fishing.  All singles caught on shad and Marv's Cheese bait.  All shallow next to the bank using a bobber.
 

Must have been bored...taking pictures of butterflies.

Video of Soft Shell Turtle

A very large softshell

Egret Roost Island

Sunrise
 

Jugline Gar

18 pound blue on Jug Line baited with beef heart in 12 feet of water.  Released unharmed.
 

25 = Limit in 4 hours

6 pounder
 

Next cleaning table.
Two guides bringing in their customers.

Lots of "Guide" fish
Jeff and Harry

Several of these were about 1 pound bigger than usual

All caught on shrimp and chicken liver

All caught on shrimp and few on chicken liver

Wall was almost full by 7:00 A.M.
No reds observed.

My first mate on St Maarten in the Caribbean last Friday.

7:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.  7/6/06
Calaveras
Is this a yellow cat?  Al caught and released him.

Calaveras
Yes, there really are blue cats in Calaveras.  This is my first.  6.5 lbs. Caught on jug in 13 feet of water at the upper end of the west fork on a live talapia .
Slow fishing day.  181 pump was not running and we caught only small ones and these two all day.

6:30 A.M. -1:00 P.M.  7/12/06
Wind was still blowing.

BlackBrush Launch

Caught about 40, kept these.
Shrimp and Worms in about 2-4 feet of water.  86 degree water. Fish were thin bodied.

Sumo our English Mastiff at 2 years old and 208 pounds

Richard (above) and I caught about 35, kept these 25.
Shrimp, chicken liver and Worms in about 1-4 feet of water.  86 degree water. Biggest was 4.1, several 3 pounders

Fish were consistently near the bank in about 1 foot of water all the way til noon.

 Michael and I caught 14 keepers in about 1-4 feet of water.  91.2 degree water. Biggest was about 3.5, several 2-3 pounders

It's too dern Hot!

I caught 18 keepers in about 1-4 feet of water.  83-90 degree water. Biggest was about 5, several 3 pounders

Mike Nichols, A.K.A.SouthernBoy on TFF, checking in on vacation and learnin' the holes.

btw, have you seen my new 4X4?  Now I will not do the algae-dance slip into the lake.

We caught 10 keepers, some in about 1-4 feet of water and some at the crappie wall.  85-90 degree water.

No, we did not catch the big red.  My good friend Jim donated it to my freezer.

Above the Swallow Bridge

We caught about 40, most small but we kept these because they took the hook inside.

Landed Fish of the Day



Approximately 10 pound blue caught on shrimp in 14 ft of water back in the west arm of the lake.  Temp = 87 deg.  Released.

The big one blue got away.  Fought him for about 30 minutes before he hung up on the bottom.  We saw  him several times and he was easily over 20 pounds

Sunrise and Coal Plant

Caught about 50 on R&R - released all of them.  Some blues- most channels. Largest was 3.3 lb. blue on shrimp. 
 Fished in the upper area of the lake on the west fork, north of the red buoys.  Also, put out 12 two-hook  jugs baited mostly with perch and cut perch.  temp= 89 degrees, west wind.
 

Same blue

Release - go home and grow

Tim (TxBosun)'s ride

Tim (TxBosun)'s ride
 

Michael's PP7 Campsite

Michael's PP7 Campsite
 

Michael's PP7 Campsite

 Mike (SouthernBoy)'s ride
 

Cleaning time

Tim
 

Yum

Tim (TxBosun) and Linda (Alien's Mate) enjoying Mike's lumpias and spring rolls.

The Alien won the heaviest stringer with a weight of 17 pounds with 7 fish most caught in 1-4 ft of water in the cove on shrimp.

TxBosun won the biggest fish with an  approximate 6 pounder.
 

 15 keepers in about 1-4 feet of water free lining with shrimp.  Biggest was about 3.9, several 2-3.8 pounders

 4 keepers in about 1-4 feet of water free lining with shrimp. 

Battery died.  Hippie came to rescue me.

 8 keepers in about 1-4 feet of water free lining with shrimp. 

This time I locked my keys inside the jeep and had to beg my wife to come out and unlock it.  What a week!

Other guys came in with a few nice reds.  Crappie wall with crawdads and shad spoons

Bite began about 8:30 and was good until about 11:00.  Using peeled shrimp - free line and bobbers

Had a good day!  18 healthy channels.  Biggest = 3lb 1 oz
 

It was great to see the return of the white pelicans

Lots of pelicans now.

Moved over here at 10:00A and caught 11 channels.  Using peeled shrimp - free line

Don't you just love to watch the rod bend?
Pump was not running.  Only spent an hour in the cove and caught one next to the bank. 
8:30 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. 

Moved to the Swallow bridge

  Caught about 30....kept 15 channels from 2 to 4 lb 11 oz. using peeled shrimp - free line

Richard found us and was pulling in a lot of fish

  Caught about 20....kept 17 channels from 2 to 3 lb using peeled shrimp - free line

Caught a bunch...kept those which swallowed the shrimp.

  New retirees from Nebraska..Mike and Larry had a good day at the Swallow Bridge

A full gallon of filets

  New Babies on road to lake

Loyal imports from the midwest having a ball in our Texas waters and weather..

I threw everything back since I have too much in the freezer already.  I kept a few in the live well just for this pic.  The biggest was 5 lb. 11 oz. and the rest in here were between 3 and 4 pounds.

WHAT-A- DAY!!!!
Caught more fish today than I have ever caught in one day.  I stopped counting at 50 and kept catching for another two hours.  Most were in the 1 - 2 pound class.  Some smaller, and a few bigger.  Must have boated nearly 75 fish.  Often had two on a once - one time had three on.  Bite came every 30-60 seconds.  Lines were out of the water seeking bait more than in the water catching fish.

Had to quit and leave them biting.  Too tired and back was wanting a rest. 

 

Fished from 8:30A -2:00P.  Wind SW at 5.  Water temp = 67 deg.

Swallow bridge.  Free lining shrimp.  Bite was good the entire time

Limited out with 25.  Caught about 40.  The biggest was 4 lb.  . and the rest were eating size..