Sam Rayburn or Sam Sunburn

[betursweetbass]

The mighty sam rayburn was our destination this past weekend. Bassintxlady and I hit the ramp around 730 am on Saturday the 27th. That sure is one purdy lake. We did some light research before going, but really had no plan as to where we would go first, well, that was a lesson learned. We fished "here and there" and tried all kinds of lures that we use on our home town waters, but had very little success. As I usually do when the fishing is slow, I started talking to the fishin gods and cursing the sport in general, it was a big disappointment to me and I'm thinking I may have ruined it some for my partner, but she (being a trooper) just laffed off my sinical jokes and kept fishing. We got five fish in the boat in just about 12 hours of fishing. I had me a hat but frustration led me to toss it off about 4 in the afternoon and thats all that was needed for me to get me to get my forehead baked real good. The moral of this story is, keep your hat on, and if you're going to some place you never have been before, you had better do you're homework and know where to start before you get there, unless you know how to find them like the pro's. Think I'll go watch my IKE RULES video one more time. Later

[bassintom]

i would head for areas that look like water i have fished before and been successful on..then use my confidence bait.in my case you know what bait that is....
lesson learned?...when in greece,,,don't bend over.(hic)lol

[pig n jig]

I would be angry at myself. I would have to keep going back, until I improved my catch to a 20-30 fish day.If that means sleeping on the boat at the launch nights while fishing on the lake all day, so be it.At least you had the right fishing partner to camp out on the flipping deck at night with, my wife won't allow me to have a female fishing partner.I think she checks up on me as it is, always asks what lake I am going to fish and then gives me the 20 question treatment when I finally get home ? P N J

[bassintxlady]

I had a great time no matter fish were caught or not.....i see it as an adventure and man what a gorgeous one....that lake was breathtaking.....hope everyone is fishing....

[1FASTLASER]

Originally Posted by bassintom

i would head for areas that look like water i have fished before and been successful on..then use my confidence bait.in my case you know what bait that is....
lesson learned?...when in greece,,,don't bend over.(hic)lol

Would that be a red shad 4" power worm. Damn I can read minds.

[rrw4258]

now you know why some lure company's have a color called RAYBURN RED!!! J/k

rrw4258

[LoneStarAngler07]

Sam Rayburn is so sweet...i wanna go back...although i didnt have the best luck...but i caught two little guys...