10/3/2025 Back Fishing After Total Knee Replacement 7 weeks Ago.

After a long and still continuing total knee replacement recovery my grandson Austin and I made a trip to the T Funky River. We found a few fish and ended up keeping 20 sacalait and 2 stripe bass. Water temp was 82 F and not much tidal movement. All fish caught on plastic and the rainbow assortment of colors was utilized. After 7 weeks of not getting out for a full day trip it felt great to be back in the saddle with my fishing partner, Austin. He did once again out fish me with the biggest and the most. His biggest fish today was a 14 1/2 inch white that he first mistook for a catfish the way it jerked his pole. Fun times for sure. Met Rojo on the river in one of his many boats. He kindly is trying to teach me how to use my hummingbird electronics to the fullest.


Bon Temps!!

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Glad you’re back up and on the water and making memories with Austin. Good times :highfive

Respectfully speaking I watched Austin smoke Bon Temps. The kid has a tell as when he sticks the Crappie he jumps just a little. I took a couple of pictures, one the sun was in my face but the other shows the intent Austin is searching for the bite.

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Good times to be sure...........as good as dunking those Dark Chocolate Oreos in ice cold milk then devouring.

Thanks for being respectful Rojo. I created a Fishing Monster!! Austin is very competitive and will do almost any thing except jump in the water and bite them with his teeth. He usually kicks my butt now, but I sit back and take pride in the fact that I was there when he was 3 and first held a cane pole and caught his first fish. He is 15 so he can’t legally drive me to the launch but now once I back him in he does the rest. I am along for the ride. When he misses a fish it’s gut wrenching to him. Life is good!!

BON TEMPS!!

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Great to see your doing good on your new knee. Also great to seeyou and Austin out on the water together. Wont be too long and he'll be driving you all to the water too...Congrats BT.

Glad the knee is getting better. I keep taking the kids hoping that they will someday take me.

Fun times on the water paw paw. Thanks for taking us along.

Nice to see you and the grandson back out there catching some slabs.

It’s awesome to see the grandson hanging out with his grandpa. I also have a 15 year old grandson that loves it and has taken over my spot for catching the biggest fish. He seems to pull it off more now than me. He’s always caught more numbers seems like.
Some of my fondest memories are times hunting with my grandpa. Unfortunately he wasn’t bit with the fishing addiction like I am. But I did get that from my great grandpa on my Dads side in which I fished with and my grandpa on my mother’s side. Unfortunately I never got to fish with my grandpa on my Mom’s side as he had a stroke and became paralyzed on his left side. But he gave me a lot of fishing tips along the way that I still use to this day.
As for Rojo, I’m sure fishing some of the same waters we have passed one another but as you say, it’s hard to identify a fellow with different boats. Rojo, thanks for posting pics that’s always cool.
And Bon, if you’re getting training on electronics all I ask is pay it forward. If I would guess I probably get about one to ten percent of what all mine can do.

K A B O O M ! very cool bro ....glad you are well .....good times :highfive

Now I know what Rojo was doing out there when I called that day. Good to spend time with the grands. My Gdaughter has whipped me a few times and has often taken big fish of the day. Get it while you can. Once the girls step into the picture it will all have to be refigured. Let him do all he can and let the knee finish healing. Just a thought; I learned to back a boat trailer when I was 15, I’ll bet he’s ready if he isn’t doing it already.