jtexas
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Re: The liars contest...
I *SWEAR* this is a true story.
I like to go camping once a year on at Lake Fairfield State Park, it's on a powerplant cooling lake, where the water never drops lower than the 70's, and it's usually over 90 year-round at the warm water discharge.
Because of the water temp, this lake supports a stocked population of freshwater red drum, which I haven't really figured out -- never really had more than moderate success, but I keep going back anyway.
Apart from the redfish, there's always good channel cats, bluegills, and there's always bass spawning somewhere on that lake. And tillapia, although they don't bite a hook on account of being vegetarians. But I always manage to get a few nice sized ones in the cast net. I netted a 4 lb largemouth last summer, but that's not what I wanted to tell you about. Had to release it of course, gamefish have to be caught on hook & line.
This past summer my nephew Jake, age 9, came along. When we got tired of not catching redfish, we starting hitting the banks with soft plastics for bass. The boat drifted up against a thick hydrilla mat while we fished the opposite side of the slough we were in. Love that hydrilla -- show me the grass, I'll show you the bass.
Suddenly a 3lb bass came up out the hydrilla and just barely cleared the gunnel, flopping around in the splashwell. My jaw hit the floor a the boat, startled the heck outta Jake, he screamed "What is it?" Dusty was caught completely off guard, but in his defense, I believe he was napping.
Anyways, this particular bass released herself without any human or canine intervention. Jake and I just looked at each other, and said in unison, "the fish jumped IN THE BOAT!"
Two cats were all we caught with a hook that trip, both on live baby bluegills.
I *SWEAR* this is a true story.
I like to go camping once a year on at Lake Fairfield State Park, it's on a powerplant cooling lake, where the water never drops lower than the 70's, and it's usually over 90 year-round at the warm water discharge.
Because of the water temp, this lake supports a stocked population of freshwater red drum, which I haven't really figured out -- never really had more than moderate success, but I keep going back anyway.
Apart from the redfish, there's always good channel cats, bluegills, and there's always bass spawning somewhere on that lake. And tillapia, although they don't bite a hook on account of being vegetarians. But I always manage to get a few nice sized ones in the cast net. I netted a 4 lb largemouth last summer, but that's not what I wanted to tell you about. Had to release it of course, gamefish have to be caught on hook & line.
This past summer my nephew Jake, age 9, came along. When we got tired of not catching redfish, we starting hitting the banks with soft plastics for bass. The boat drifted up against a thick hydrilla mat while we fished the opposite side of the slough we were in. Love that hydrilla -- show me the grass, I'll show you the bass.
Suddenly a 3lb bass came up out the hydrilla and just barely cleared the gunnel, flopping around in the splashwell. My jaw hit the floor a the boat, startled the heck outta Jake, he screamed "What is it?" Dusty was caught completely off guard, but in his defense, I believe he was napping.
Anyways, this particular bass released herself without any human or canine intervention. Jake and I just looked at each other, and said in unison, "the fish jumped IN THE BOAT!"
Two cats were all we caught with a hook that trip, both on live baby bluegills.
