what a blast!

[carolina-rig-01]

one day last week i went to a local public lake that has just pretty well killed me over the years. i have caught some good fish out of it before but never good numbers. anyways i launched my boat at about 8:00 and by 9:30 i was culling! i found a channel that was just full of shad ( i figured to be dying off with the cooler weather ) and the bass were stacked up in there big time. i must have caught 30 bass in 3 hours, and had a five fish bag that weighed somewhere around 16 lbs. including a 5 lb. kicker. they were all released alive at the end of the day. i have never had this kind of success on this lake ever. i know that 30 bass in 3 hours and only 16 lbs may not sound too great to some of you but this lake has heavy pressure on it and a keeper is hard to come by and i must of had 10 or 15 keepers. plus i lost a good one at the boat that would have been around 6 lbs or so. it was so much fun!

[bubba bass bigfoot]

sounds like a great day... i have had a couple like that, but its been awhile. and it was me and my dad so 30 between us. lol not the same

[texasbasser]

that must of been fun!
days like that come very rarely, cherish them while you can.

[jrward]

Some guys have all the luck. I fish alot of small out-of-the-way lakes, I have alot of good days, whenever I can get to the water.

[Super Fluke]

Nice job. . . .

[skeeter944]

thats a great day! WTG!

[Vabass22]

Dont you love days like that. I'm looking forward to one of this this spring! Hopefully!

[adamgambill]

Down here late december to early feb. we catch one on almost every cast, Its getting close. Basically t-rigged worms with weights and if they dont hit on the drop, reel it in cause they aint looking at the bottom.

[bass-fisher]

that sounds awesome!

[skeeter944]

welcome the forum bass-fisher!

[revrat]

Originally Posted by adamgambill

Down here late december to early feb. we catch one on almost every cast, Its getting close. Basically t-rigged worms with weights and if they dont hit on the drop, reel it in cause they aint looking at the bottom.

Are you fishing on Bar-X Ranch? Or Columbia Lakes? I grew up in that area and fished in Columbia Lakes, Harris Reservoir, Brazoria Reservoir, and Buffalo Camp Bayou a lot as a kid when we weren't chasing trout and reds down by the river mouth and bays.

All my family is still there between Houston and Lake Jackson/Clute/Brazoria/Jones Creek.

[basser425]

this kinda explaines why we went through the Civil war...cause all you guys south of Maryland had better year round fishing than we did up north.!! I have to wait till March to get into those bites. Have a good holiday all.
Andy

[adamgambill]

Originally Posted by revrat

Are you fishing on Bar-X Ranch? Or Columbia Lakes? I grew up in that area and fished in Columbia Lakes, Harris Reservoir, Brazoria Reservoir, and Buffalo Camp Bayou a lot as a kid when we weren't chasing trout and reds down by the river mouth and bays.

All my family is still there between Houston and Lake Jackson/Clute/Brazoria/Jones Creek.

Rev I hadnt checked this thread in a while. Yeah we hit the east and west lake at CL about 3 times a week and work the spawning pond some too. They drained the main lake at Bar-X about 2 years ago-the one with the gated access anyway- to repair the levy. They just refilled it on top of all the goatweed and chinaberries that grew. The water is gin clear-a first for this area-and the bass are dark and plentiful. I have fished harris but it seems like the only thing good out there now is the ducks. Man its cool to hear from someone who has seen all these lakes before and knows what a pain freshwater fishing is down here. Like you say reds,trout and flounder for the most part. Glad to hear from ya.