We went out for a morning trip on Saturday. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day
Cooler than normal temps and light winds
Tim, Glen & Brady had met us and we were fishing within sight of each other for the most part





We idled out from the boat ramp to a stump/submerged tree top and instantly Belinda announces FISH ON



Belinda stuck this fish on a Sapphire Sparkle Slab Bug
The fishing was kinda slow and I didn't do worth a darn to begin with, and then I realized I had left my lucky "MOJO" fishing hat in the back of the truck
Back to the ramp we went and Belinda retrieved my hat for me - COOL BEANS, I'm ready now

From the we idled over to a large laydown and instantly started sticking fish. Mostly 9 7/8" fish with an 1 hitting the box now and then.
I was having a blast just watching her stick some fish. She's about to get the art of finesse fishing down pat

Then I was watching her rod, saw the line jump, she set the hook and instantly the line started peeling out
After a brief battle, I netted a nice ditch pickle for her and you'd of thought she had just set the Lake Record



Tim and Glen had moved to Mustang and they missed the show

After a bit she hooked into the best fish of the day



I'm positive I had the best # count, but as usual, she was the MVP, stealing the glory with her nice slabs.
Although the bite wasn't what it had been on my last trips out, we managed to have a very good morning scaling down, fishing Lil' Frys in Zombie Juice and Go-To greenie

We spent some time looking around at the graph, but decided to quit early, rest for a bit and then go get a bite to eat.
We left out heading to East Fork to get some of their yummy yardbird wings, but saw that Bros was open, turned around and both had a plate full of lightly breaded fresh shrimp, boiled corn on the cob, potatoes and cole slaw
Needless to say, I waddled back to the car with a full belly and a content feeling, knowing my Gal had a great day!

It was great to see and visit with Tim again and finally meet Glen. Good luck on Palestine Guys

WTG dunno about those ditch pickles but those Fork crappie are beautiful.

Awesome !! Doesn't get any better !!
Man that bass is huge !! Kaboom !!

Looks like a good day to me. I enjoy fishing with my wife, especially if we are catching fish!

A big cat or bass always wakes everybody up when your fishing with crappie gear. It's what most will remember the most after the trip is over.

Glad you had some cooler weather to fish in. maybe the lake temp. Will start dropping & the crappie bite will pick up!

Very nice Job!!

Sounds like a great day with some good looking fish!

congrats to the Box's! glad she got to get out of the building and get a few....

Always good times, when on the lake!


Good fishin'

Yeah Todd, we had a blast. It was very nice to meet you and Belinda finally! Those are some sweet baits you have there too sir! I've never really fished much with a creature style bait, but I must say that they work great. I really like the Slab Bugs and the Mr. Fry's. I caught good fish on Go-to-Greenie, Billy's Backup, and Zombie Juice. I left my phone in the truck or I would have took some pictures! Once I realized I left it in the truck, I never thought to ask Tim to stop fishing and take a pic. Next time for sure. I sure do love that lake fork. We left there and it turns out it only cost us $40 to drag the boat out there. I predict that we're out there a lot more in the near future.

Glen aka Bigskippy

Nice going Todd and Belinda

Good times on the water! Nice fish.

We moved on a little further down lake. We may have missed seein' the show, but we heard it!!
She was hollering and we could hear her 500 yards away! Too funny!
It's always nice when your wife steals the show. Gives her bragging rights for another week.
She did good!

I've challenged her to a rematch
Couple more days of recouping and we'll be back out again

Got my $$$$ on Belinda...
Way to go ya'll...
Jigum

great job!!!!!

I've had a lot of great fishing partners in the past, met and fished with quite a few fellow TFF'ers and hope to be able to continue to meet & fish with more, but she still is and always will be the ONE I'd prefer to have in the boat with me.
Sorry boys, but there's a reason we've been together for 34yrs!
I'm still head over heels about her

Excellent catchn trip & pics taken that's "wall mount" worthy!!!

Looks like you had a great day fishing!

the ole sapphire sparkle KABOOOM
bin there dun that as well
very nice yawl

Bring it on! You know I always catch the biggest!!!!!!!

That sure seems to be true. It must be the woman's touch. WTG!

Sure was fun hearing you yelling from across the lake! lol