Nice day on the water and catching is fun.

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03-03-2015, 09:25 PM
PawPaw Gene

Nice day on the water and catching is fun.

Linda and I hit the water late this morning because of a misunderstanding on her part. Yesterday we decided to go fishing today after we had rested from the Toledo Bend trip. When I checked the weather late yesterday afternoon I told her that it looked like we had picked the wrong day to go as yesterday it was almost dead calm and today it called for winds of 15 or better after lunch. Linda took it as the trip was off and failed to get up early as was the plan. I just figured she had had a bad night and was still needing some sleep. Well when she finally go up at 8 AM she wanted to know why the boat was hooked up to the truck. I reminded her of the fishing trip and she said I thought it was off. So much for reading too much into what I said. Anywho, we did go and had great time and caught a very nice mess of sacs. I also caught and weighted a 3.0 pound bass which I released. Linda caught two very nice sac for where we were fishing, one weight 1lb. 2 3/4 oz. and the other 1 lb. 2 5/8 oz. We ended with 19 slabs 2 bass and 1 google eye. Hook up and fought a nice shoe pic but he ended up breaking my hook. I also hooked another heavy weight fish either a bass or another shoe pic. I saw it in the water but not clear enough to tell the difference.

Females full and ripe.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...CE51346A87.jpg

Linda's 2 nice fish.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...61E9F3B04B.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...026B0370EF.jpg

Some pan fish, does anyone recognize those pans.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...CC9DA89C09.jpg

3 pound bass
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...82500939CB.jpg

Released to fight again after she spawns.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...D942A9DCE2.jpg

We caught them on a variety of bait including shiners. This shrimp I tied last night worked well and brought a number of slabs and a bass to the boat.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...E3E7FC831B.jpg

Talking with others it seemed like blue and white was the favorite and the color Linda caught her 2 nice fish on. Wind kicked up pretty good by afternoon so we shut it down early but plenty happy for the Blessed day we had.
"gene"
03-03-2015, 09:33 PM
Doobienaq

That's a productive day PawPaw. And then to do it with your wife by your side - that's a perfect day IMO.
03-03-2015, 09:43 PM
chucktx

very nice catch! love the pics.........
03-03-2015, 09:45 PM
prefers shiners

WOW PPG, ya'll nailed them pretty good.......congrats on the good catch.....
03-03-2015, 09:49 PM
armandsmith1975

All shoot PPG done got his swag back I'm in trouble now
03-03-2015, 10:06 PM
"G"

Way to go
03-03-2015, 10:45 PM
Cray

Well done Gene. Great pic's.
03-03-2015, 10:58 PM
southernslabs

Nice catch. Weather was perfect although wind was a beast today
03-04-2015, 12:32 AM
saute86

Nice catch
03-04-2015, 06:43 AM
Tracker123

Very nice Gene, great pictures.
03-04-2015, 08:36 AM
Pastor

Great catch, Mr. Gene and Mrs. Linda. Congratulations!
03-04-2015, 09:42 AM
shadow

That is awsome pawpaw! I would like to get a few of those shrimp from you if you have some extra ones you are willing to sell, they would do GREAT in the marsh I fish! Thanks for the report and pictures.
03-04-2015, 12:02 PM
cornerstone

Nice Catch
03-04-2015, 06:41 PM
fishervet

WOW.....WOW.....WOW.....bet that was fun.....i had fun readin it thanks PPG......
03-04-2015, 09:33 PM
"D"

That's my PawPaw. way to go!!!
03-05-2015, 02:09 PM
Dapet

Wow Pawpaw. You the man. It must be especially gratifying to catch them on a bait that you made. Did you use a cork or no?
03-05-2015, 02:28 PM
PawPaw Gene

Dapet, no cork just tight line. Pitching it to the bank on a 10 foot jig pole in 6 inches of water and then swimming it down the slope of the bank.

"gene"
03-05-2015, 07:44 PM
Tracker123

Gene, I see you're teasing me with that picture of the greenhouse behind Linda.
03-05-2015, 08:11 PM
PawPaw Gene

Randy I guess if you look as hard to the left you'll see my beautiful onions also.
"gene"
03-05-2015, 08:30 PM
The Fisherman

Quote:

Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Dapet, no cork just tight line. Pitching it to the bank on a 10 foot jig pole in 6 inches of water and then swimming it down the slope of the bank.

"gene"

Great tip. Anyone wanting to learn should take note. I've posted that method before,don't just fish the structure in a canal fish the entire bank. When you catching fish in a canal you know there's fish so fish ever thing.
03-05-2015, 08:36 PM
fishervet

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Fisherman

Great tip. Anyone wanting to learn should take note. I've posted that method before,don't just fish the structure in a canal fish the entire bank. When you catching fish in a canal you know there's fish so fish ever thing.

awesome place to learn....learning fishing is more than half the fun....listening to you guys in person....priceless