Houston River 7/31

Took my oldest for a quick early morning trip. We kept 16 sacs, 4 bass, 3 goggle eyes, and 3 bream. We caught a lot of small fish today that we had to throw back. Same pattern today. 18 to 24in in 20 fow. We made the rounds picking up 2 or 3 at each lay down per pass. Chase had a blast. He kept up and almost out fished me. He lost one big enough for the golden shiner award right next to the boat. He tried to lift it out the water before I could say let me get the net. The look on his face was worth a thousand words. I tried a black and chartreuse curly tail on a small beetle spin and caught 2. Shiners were still king though. Water was back up to about normal height. Its still best when falling. I need to start looking at the tide charts for the Calcasieu and plan my trips with the tide. Wasn't the best trip with numbers but best with the company. We spent the trip talking of past trips we made when he was young. It felt good to know he remembers the days fishing in a canoe at Sam Houston State Park. He was 8 then and told me details of those trips. It doesn't get any better than that!Attachment 132990Attachment 132991Attachment 132992

good report....great pictures.....pretty river.....congrats on the catch.....

Good day on the water :fish

great river pics and catch...

Nice post with pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks guys, I love making memories with the boys. What I like is its about 20 minutes from the house and I haven't burned a half tank of gas in 4 trips. Yes its a pretty river and clear enough to see the fish take a shiner. In order to start catching I had to switch from jigging poles to Zebco 33's and cast to the laydowns. I still haven't caught any large sacs. Any advise on how to get the big ones would be appreciated. I heard that the barges probably wont fit thru the Anthony Ferry bridge. Looks like my area of the river could be safe from being cleared of the fallen timber. I am about to run and get a few dozen shiners for when my youngest gets home. We are going to add to those memories. Will post results tonight.

I hope you're right about them not being able to get to that stretch of the river. May you have many more great days.
"gene"

Nice catch and good luck!

We only caught 4 sacs, 3 bass, a goggle eye and a catfish this afternoon.Attachment 133082

nice cat and great pic.....