This is a very deceiving picture!
Oh! It is a beautiful sunrise,the temperature was nice,
and at this point the wind wasn't too bad.
And it was Father's day.
What a great way to spend it.
With my hubby,fishing.
My dad first took me fishing,
years ago,
to a catfish farm.
What better place to start a child fishing!
A place where you're guaranteed to catch fish.
I loved it.
His pocketbook did not!
And then there was the crappie fishing!
He is the one that instilled the love of fishing in me!
Thank you Poppa!
But these pictures tell the true story of the day.
Look at those waves!
And that towel on his seat!
(and yes! Ft Phantom IS REALLY that color!)
So you think I just captured it just right?
Here's another shot,
And that towel on his seat!
(and yes! Ft Phantom IS REALLY that color!)
So you think I just captured it just right?
Here's another shot,
OK. So that one doesn't look so bad either.
Let me show you a little film I took...
Let me show you a little film I took...
W - I - N - D - Y!!!
That is what today was. It was terrible!
It was one of those days when being air born on your trip across the
lake was the norm.
The days I hate.
We started out at some docks across from the spill way
with no success,
so it was time to move over to our favorite stick ups.
Thank goodness for our new trolling motor!
It had to work hard to keep us there.
Frank boated an under
(Ft Phantom has a 16" minimum on Large mouth)
and then broke off what we are pretty sure was a decent fish.
Then we moved back over to the docks.
He started catching lots of unders and
I actually boated one too,
but I soon succumbed to the heat and wind
and told Frank I was just going to be his netter the rest of the day.
He caught two nice keepers in this area and we stayed here the rest of the day.
He did break off again on a fish that he said he couldn't turn his head.
Fishing around the docks has it's drawbacks.
He was fishing under some stairs when he had the hit
and the fish swam under them and it cut his line.
So we went to weigh in with just two fish,
but that was better than some others!
It was one of those days when being air born on your trip across the
lake was the norm.
The days I hate.
We started out at some docks across from the spill way
with no success,
so it was time to move over to our favorite stick ups.
Thank goodness for our new trolling motor!
It had to work hard to keep us there.
Frank boated an under
(Ft Phantom has a 16" minimum on Large mouth)
and then broke off what we are pretty sure was a decent fish.
Then we moved back over to the docks.
He started catching lots of unders and
I actually boated one too,
but I soon succumbed to the heat and wind
and told Frank I was just going to be his netter the rest of the day.
He caught two nice keepers in this area and we stayed here the rest of the day.
He did break off again on a fish that he said he couldn't turn his head.
Fishing around the docks has it's drawbacks.
He was fishing under some stairs when he had the hit
and the fish swam under them and it cut his line.
So we went to weigh in with just two fish,
but that was better than some others!
Mattie May got to meet us at the ramp
so she helped Grumpy with weigh in!Making sure they weigh them right!
We ended up with 5.54 and about 4Th place...
and that put us (unofficially) in fifth place for the year!YAY US!!
Really yay Frank!
He does the majority of the work!
Our Championship tournament is
September 24 & 25
at
Lake Limestone
And our top six tournament will be
October 29Th
at
SAM RAYBURN!!!
We are very excited!
We haven't fished Big Sam in years
and are very ready to go back!
Until next time,
God Bless!
