Lake LBJ - Hangin' with the fam...

We had a blast hanging out with the family earlier this month. Karyn and Steve came in from Kansas, and we had a great time at the lake. Keith and I were very happy to get Grandpa out on the boat. I was hoping like crazy for him to catch a fish, and he put the first one of the day in the boat! He got it on a green pumpkin hula grub. The first thing he did after putting it in the boat was to talk trash to us young 'uns about letting an old man show us how it's done!!

Here's a shot of Dylan driving the pontoon boat... Won't be long before he's behind the wheel of the Cobra!!

Bass Champs Belton

No pics for this one, but I fished the last event on the Bass Champs Central Trail with Bryan Cotter on saturday. I caught four keeper fish for 8.32lbs including a 2lb smallmouth with about 5 minutes left in the tournament. That got us 11th place out of 128 teams and a check for $550!!

http://www.basschamps.com/basschamps/results.cfm?tournament_id=161&type=team&yearSelected=2012

May Tourney Report

Rachel and I teamed up on Sunday for the Big Sandy Creek bass club tournament on Lake Travis. It was a pretty tough day of fishing, but we put together a limit that was anchored by this 6lb 12oz kicker. I caught it on a green pumpkin Reins bubble shaker on a spot remover. This fish was good enough for big bass of the tourney and got us the win!

I also made a little money with Chris Hale last tuesday night. We fished the TTZ working mans tournament on Travis and finished second for $160. We caught our fish on crankbaits and jigs. Travis has been pretty good to me lately!



Blown away on Falcon

Here's a few fish from Falcon the last week of April. I had the opportunity to fish down there a little longer than expected, and ended up spending 5 days on the water. Keith came out on friday afternoon and fished the club tourney with me for the weekend. The wind was absolutely brutal, especially on saturday and sunday. We caught alot of fish, especially when we could get into the trees. They were biting blackberry and Cali 420 brush hogs really good.  The biggest of these was a little over 7lbs. We ended up in 3rd for the tourney. We needed one more fish for the win, but after smashing my trolling motor in the trees, spearing a huge wave, ripping my skeg off, and losing my forward gear, we were lucky just to get back to the ramp, much less get that last fish! It was a fun trip... I got to play with my new side imaging, and got to explore lots of new spots on the Mexican side of the lake. Can't wait to get back down there minus the wind!!

Big Swimbait Rod

Here's a swimbait rod I finished a while back that I've been meaning to post up...
Phenix Ultra Swimbait Series USB-711MH-B
7’11” Mod Fast Tip rated for up to 5oz baits
Spiral Wrapped REC Recoil Guides
CastAway Fully Exposed Reel Seat
Custom Prickly Pear Butt Cap
7” of Tiger Wrap in blue/gun metal

Lake Travis 4/16

Today I took Jason Rice and Louie out for a little sunset cruise. I stopped at a spot where I saw a big fish on sunday and started throwing a Bandit 250 crankbait. On my 4th cast, my crankbait stopped, and up came this 7lb beauty!! I think Louie liked this fish a little too much....

Todos Big Trout!!

Here's a couple of trout that were caught recently on Coastal Bend rods... These came from the Port Mansfield area on topwaters. Matt Klostermann caught this 10lb+ giant while pre-fishing for the Todos Locos tournament...

And James Andreatos caught this one in the final minutes of the tournament to put his team in the money!

Nice fish boys!!!!!!!