TrepMan
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What a great weather weekend but fishing was tough. From reading the reports from a number of sites everyone struggled this weekend, it was too warm for this time of year, so the shallow/frog bite never materialized.
Anyway, Eli is a FISHING machine! We fished 5-6pm Friday night, 6:30am - 6pm both Sat and Sun, and 6:30am till 2pm Monday! We ended up with around 15 fish each day, most in the 1-2lb class, including some decent sized white bass when they were schooling. Highlights were Eli finally perfecting the baitcaster, his keepers came on TX rigged, Rattle Traps and Crankbaits. We tried the grass and mats for frog fish, not a swipe, and only 1 swipe at the buzzbait.
End of the trip he out caught me 2-1 in numbers, I did manage a 2nd best ever fish with a solid 5lb LB on a spinnerbait off wood, when Eli netted it he said "you have to lift it in, I can't!" LOL We did explore more of the lake, lauching from Goose Pond on Sunday with 4 friends that joined up in their boats, and fished south farther then we had.
After more then 35 hours of fishing over 4 days, on the way home we made great time and as we got close to our home lake he said "were ahead of schedule, can we get some more fishing in??"!!! LOL I told him when he's 16 and can drive we can do that, but i needed some sleep!!!
We'll be back to the Big G in the spring, in search of Eli breaking the 5lb mark!
Trep
Eli and his big fish, all his on a tx rigged baby brush hog, all i did was net her!
My big fish, spinnerbait off a blowdown
And when it got too hot, trolling for whites!
Anyway, Eli is a FISHING machine! We fished 5-6pm Friday night, 6:30am - 6pm both Sat and Sun, and 6:30am till 2pm Monday! We ended up with around 15 fish each day, most in the 1-2lb class, including some decent sized white bass when they were schooling. Highlights were Eli finally perfecting the baitcaster, his keepers came on TX rigged, Rattle Traps and Crankbaits. We tried the grass and mats for frog fish, not a swipe, and only 1 swipe at the buzzbait.
End of the trip he out caught me 2-1 in numbers, I did manage a 2nd best ever fish with a solid 5lb LB on a spinnerbait off wood, when Eli netted it he said "you have to lift it in, I can't!" LOL We did explore more of the lake, lauching from Goose Pond on Sunday with 4 friends that joined up in their boats, and fished south farther then we had.
After more then 35 hours of fishing over 4 days, on the way home we made great time and as we got close to our home lake he said "were ahead of schedule, can we get some more fishing in??"!!! LOL I told him when he's 16 and can drive we can do that, but i needed some sleep!!!
We'll be back to the Big G in the spring, in search of Eli breaking the 5lb mark!
Trep
Eli and his big fish, all his on a tx rigged baby brush hog, all i did was net her!
My big fish, spinnerbait off a blowdown
And when it got too hot, trolling for whites!
