My motor and most items are ready to go as I stated in an earlier blog I do this in the late fall so I do not have to now. Now there are a few things that happen so I am updating my graphs putting a larger one up at the bow (hard getting old) and adding a Lowrance HDS with side finder at the console This article came at the right time as I am going to go fishing for two weeks straight at 3
Fish”n Time The trees in North Texas are turning to spring green, I have had to mow the yard twice, and the fruit trees are in full bloom. At the first of March? We have had a mild winter here. Normally this would signal hook the boats up and head to the lake but and this is just my observation over the years. Yes this will put the fish into pre-spawn but only a very few will
Stanley Jigs Back a few years I tried and tried to fish a jig no luck my problem was simple I did not know where to fish them, I was currently fishing a deep, deep clear lake and I was fishing it like a worm. ***** Wrong!!! They dropped the lake some 18 feet and exposed trees that had not seen daylight in 50 years I pitched a Stanley living rubber jig in a tree top and thump not a tap
Personnel Best or chasing the big one Let’s see I had one black bass over 13 LBS one small mouth 4 lbs. one Kentucky 4 lbs. one hybrid striper 10 lbs. one 40 lbs. Yellow cat and one striper over 24 lbs. Shakey Head and 10 inch trick worm 3 feet deep I do not go out to catch just large fish well I did for a while, then one day it dawned upon me that each body of
The Zombie Shad For years people of the Louisiana- Texas area have modified their Rat-l-traps by painting bone pattern on them. This story was related to me by John Payette fishing in a pro-am on Toledo bend the Pro running the boat was catching fish on every other cast red – trap John was throwing the same color but no bites after a while the pro said here fish this one it was a Zombie
Hi my name is Bill, I live in the DFW area in middle of the best bass fishing found anywhere. Lake Fork is 2 hour drive OH Ivie is 2 hours and so on, there are tons of small lakes most towns around here built one. I am never far from water. I believe in Faith Family Friends and Fishing. I am an outdoor enthusiast I have done the tournaments scene, hunted for trophies, fished only for fish over 8 lbs. personal best is 12.82 got a replica made, she swam away. 5 lb. small mouth and a 21 inch spotted bass. Over twenty years did the pro staff for lots of fishing companies, but I am retired to just fishing and enjoying the outdoors. I write blogs for WFN and others. I post links to them on Face book and Twitter. Nanda is my fishing partner we even won a few tournaments as a team.