White Rock Fun

We went out to the lake this evening and had a little luck.

I only saw a few fish, but we were able to catch em!

A lucky fish to be caught by someone so pretty!

This is one of the biggest Green Sunfish I have ever caught! Wahoo!

Skunked @ White Rock

Emalie and I made it out to White Rock Lake after I got off work. We set up in our usual spot, the water, for the most part was fairly clear until you got closer to some over hanging dogwoods. I noticed a number of undiscernible fish taking things off the surface, I am pretty sure they were small bass and sunfishes. This area has alot of grass carp but I usualy see them mucking on the bottom or cruising through, rarely on top. We began to cast and I had a few bites but nothing that was commited or that I could set quick enough. I really believe that with panfish you get alot of "test" bites that you never even feel. When they are being picky they nibble and spew pretty quick. We were about to give up when i tried one last cast in the direction of my favorite little sandbar, and I was lucky enough to catch this little guy.

After we packed up we went to look at houses!

Memorial Day @ Lake Fork

Having just recently fished here with my grandfather, I thought it would be fun to try it with Emalie...but in kayaks...........I couldn't have been more wrong!

I dont want to wallow in what made trying to kayak around Lake Fork a major suckfest, but lets just say that I had more fun fishing from the boat ramp. Where coincidentaly I caught my first and only fish of the day!

BOOSH!

Emalie's Slave

I have never worked so hard for one fish. Check out that ear flap!

So ends our Memorial Day Weekend Triumvirate of fishing!

Sunday @ Athens

So...Emalie and I have a guilty pleasure. When we are too tired, or don't want to go wading, or are just feeling like seeing some Alligator gars or eating some Mazzio's pizza, we head to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. This place is awsome. Catch and release fishing, a great gift shop and interesting museum. If you get there early you can have a blast before the families arrive, and if you move back to some of the ponds farther into the complex, you probably won't have to share the fish at all! I know it isn't "real" fishing, but its fun and they have some nice bluegill, and all those Sharelunker bass.

Pretty in Pink

The hopper works!

Tasty

Fish...by Helmut-Lang

One of Emalie's

Biggun'

Bohemian Cat-raphsody

Saturday @ the Paluxy

Well memorial weekend was a blast!

On Saturday morning she and I droev down to the Paluxy, shrouded in rain as it was, and began wading up stream from the "Blue Hole" at Dinosaur Valley State Park. I felt like Frodo every time we passed the bend to leave behind the screaming children because the clouds would start to thunder and menace us. Seriously, every time we moved up stream it would start to rain and thunder! Like we were hitting an invisible tripwire in the river!

Well eventualy we did make it up to a section we had not visited before.

These guys love wooly boogers!

Parachute pants are comming back!

Thats what you drove so far for!!?

A lil bass is better than no bass

Sassy-lie

White Rockin'

Made it out to white rock after work to see if I could get some hookups......Lets just say I was successful. I got a great mixed bag of Greenies, Hybrids, Blues, and a couple Long Ear.....not to mention a bonus Crappie! I had to dodge angry looks from the bait-casters who were not catching anything but the floating 7-11 cups that litter the area. White Rock....nature in it's most pristine form!

Rage'n Long Ear

Blue Gill Gone Bad!?

Just saw this:

Japan in culinary offensive to stop spread of US fish
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/26/japan.israel


I suggest they turn to the methods they used with godzilla...