Post by fischer on Mar 24, 2009 8:01:16 GMT -5
Sully and I took our 3rd annual Spring Break fishing trip this past week. This year, we opted for the most legendary bass fishery in our fine state, and possibly the country...Lake Fork.
As usual, we were both extremely excited to hit the water, thinking that big lunker might just be waiting for us.
We hit the water at 7AM thursday morning and idled (over many stumps) out to the boat lane and went on pad. We high tailed it to a spot that we had been told about. I was throwing a combination of a red rattle trap and a 10" Lake Fork Tackle Green Pumpkin worm. Sully was throwing a combination of a White/Chartreuse Spinner bait and a Hag Tornado (that looked like a big turd).
Around 7:45, Sully nabbed the first fish of the trip on the spinner bait, effectively pulling him ahead in the Lonestar Angler of the Year competition.
This nice chunk weighed in at __ lbs and __ oz.
***My apologies to Sully for not having this picture earlier. It was a nice fish, it was just too much info for my email to handle evidently***
Not 20 minutes later, he pulled in his second fish of the day, a small slot fish. Most importantly, however, he pulled to +2 in the LAOY.
Now, let me take this time to congratulate Sully on his resiliance. At one point he was down 4-0 in this thing. Then he came roaring back in one day to make it 5-5. At this point in the trip he is winning 7-5. Anything can happen in the LAOY competition.
I could go on and on about the rest of the day and the rest of the trip, but this is getting long winded so let me fast forward to Friday morning and hit the highlight of the trip.
We hit the water at 7AM again on Friday morning (7am to 7pm on both Thurs and Friday, 7-12:30 on Saturday).
We hit numerous stumps on our way to Birch Creek.
Well, we are fishing for quite some time searching for beds and shallow fish. Sully is throwing the big dukie, and I am throwing the 10" worm. All of a sudden I hear a commotion at the back of the boat. I turn to see a big lunker breach the water and throw Sully's hook back at him. This girl was big. She probably weighed 6-8 lbs. possibly more. Sully was dejected. He let a tear streak down his sunburned cheek and set down on the boat and started shaking. Being thegood friend a hole that I am, I started laughing at him and making fun of him for missing the big fish.
Just kidding about that last part. We worked that water over and over hoping the big girl would come back, but alas, we had to give up to go find new water. We decided to fish out of the cove we were in. Right as we got to the end, I stuck this beauty, weighing __lbs and __oz. (guess the weight). This fish put up a huge fight and was a blast to catch. Sully did an excellent job of netting her.
All in all it was a tough, but fun trip. The LAOY challenge is still neck and neck, and we had a great time learning a legendary (albeit stumpy) lake. We will definitely be back.
As usual, we were both extremely excited to hit the water, thinking that big lunker might just be waiting for us.
We hit the water at 7AM thursday morning and idled (over many stumps) out to the boat lane and went on pad. We high tailed it to a spot that we had been told about. I was throwing a combination of a red rattle trap and a 10" Lake Fork Tackle Green Pumpkin worm. Sully was throwing a combination of a White/Chartreuse Spinner bait and a Hag Tornado (that looked like a big turd).
Around 7:45, Sully nabbed the first fish of the trip on the spinner bait, effectively pulling him ahead in the Lonestar Angler of the Year competition.
This nice chunk weighed in at __ lbs and __ oz.
***My apologies to Sully for not having this picture earlier. It was a nice fish, it was just too much info for my email to handle evidently***
Not 20 minutes later, he pulled in his second fish of the day, a small slot fish. Most importantly, however, he pulled to +2 in the LAOY.
Now, let me take this time to congratulate Sully on his resiliance. At one point he was down 4-0 in this thing. Then he came roaring back in one day to make it 5-5. At this point in the trip he is winning 7-5. Anything can happen in the LAOY competition.
I could go on and on about the rest of the day and the rest of the trip, but this is getting long winded so let me fast forward to Friday morning and hit the highlight of the trip.
We hit the water at 7AM again on Friday morning (7am to 7pm on both Thurs and Friday, 7-12:30 on Saturday).
We hit numerous stumps on our way to Birch Creek.
Well, we are fishing for quite some time searching for beds and shallow fish. Sully is throwing the big dukie, and I am throwing the 10" worm. All of a sudden I hear a commotion at the back of the boat. I turn to see a big lunker breach the water and throw Sully's hook back at him. This girl was big. She probably weighed 6-8 lbs. possibly more. Sully was dejected. He let a tear streak down his sunburned cheek and set down on the boat and started shaking. Being the
Just kidding about that last part. We worked that water over and over hoping the big girl would come back, but alas, we had to give up to go find new water. We decided to fish out of the cove we were in. Right as we got to the end, I stuck this beauty, weighing __lbs and __oz. (guess the weight). This fish put up a huge fight and was a blast to catch. Sully did an excellent job of netting her.
All in all it was a tough, but fun trip. The LAOY challenge is still neck and neck, and we had a great time learning a legendary (albeit stumpy) lake. We will definitely be back.
