06-20-2010, 09:00 AM
PATRICK AND TX COMMITTEE THANKS FOR PUTTING ON THE TX TODAY. SAM AND I DECIDED NOT TO WEIGH IN. WE HAD ONE 4LBER AND NONE TO GO WITH IT AND WE WERE SOAKING WET FROM THE HURRICANE SO WE DECIDED TO STAY OUT AND FISH. TURNED OUR ONLY BASS LOOSE AND THEN STARTED TO HIT A LEDGE AND FINALLY GOT INTO THEM THICK. CAUGHT SOME BIG WHITE BASS, LM, SPOTS, DRUM, A TARP CRAPPIE, DRUM, BLUEGILL, YELLOW BASS CATFISH YOU NAME IT WE CAUGHT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE STORM. WE FISHED SOME GRASS LINES EARLY AND ONLY HAD ONE ON BUT CAME UNBUTTONED THEN SAM LANDED ONE BUT ONLY ABOUT A POUND AND A HALF SO WE THREW IT BACK. MAYBE THAT IS WHAT JINXED US BECAUSE WE EITHER COULDNT GET IN THE BOAT OR COULD NOT GET A GOOD HOOK SET. ANYWAY WE SAW THE CLOUD COMING AND TIRED TO STORE EVERYTHING WE COULD - WALLETS , CELL PHONES, ETC THE WIND HIT FIRST AND THEN THE RAIN. IT MUST HAVE BEEN BLOWING 60 MPH - WTG WEATHERMAN! THE WORST LASTED ONLY ABOUT 2 MINUTES. THEN IT KEPT GOING FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR AND FINALLY STRTED QUITTIN SOME AMAZING LIGHTNING BOLTS SO BEING SOAKED, THE BOAT IS WET, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE FISH AT THIS POINT WE JUST SAID OKAY WE ARE GOING TO STAY UNTIL WE HIT SOME GOOD LEDGES AND CATCH SOME. FINALLY DID AND HAD A BLAST THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. OFF THE LAKE ABOUT 6PM IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING MORNING BUT I HAD A GREAT DAY WITH MY BOY THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS YOU EARNED IT TODAY!!