Wish I could be out there to help ya Nick. Good luck to you and your group. Sometimes when things aren't going perfect you just have to zone out on everything, zone in on whats first and take it step by step. Bust out the good jams and dig down deep. There's times you will win and times you will lose, but the best part about the whole deal is your out there in the elements doing it and with friends. You are chasing a species of fish that only a small amount of people can find and catch consistently and your roundin em up by rod and reel using electronics. Sometimes I lay in bed at night all beat up and worn down with the alarm set at 4:00 in the mornin or earlier, and as I start to rub my chewed up sand paper like hands together I ask myself " what the hell are you doing Rick "? The answer always comes the next morning or evening as soon as the poles start going down and I'm rollin around on the boat with Toad Bluecat. Get em man!!!!!

Bait was very easy to get at Twok. Fishing was SLOW!!!!!

We had a great time though and I would highly recommend Shoestring Farms to anyone that is considering staying near Tawakoni. Their breakfast is out of this world! Plus if you are lucky like I was, you might get to pick Tom Gravely's brain if you invite him to dinner. That guy is a wealth of knowledge and a pleasure to be around.

We caught nothing but eaters Friday and Saturday while I talked to several that got skunked. We went back for a few hours this morning and managed one more eater, a 43 lber, and had another approximately that size come unbuttoned 10' from the boat. Overall is was a great trip. Explored areas that I'd never been to before since it was only my second time on the main lake. Marked tons of scattered fish including some real toads, but they weren't hungry. Every eater that we cleaned had a completely empty stomach. I can't wait to go back and redeem myself when the fishing turns on.

I understand what you mean about sandpaper hands, Rick. When I bend my fingers, my knuckles start bleeding. I forgot to bring some O'Keefe's with me this weekend.

What happened to February being the best month for catfish?

Mother nature happened. It's gonna be great as soon as the fish decide to start eating again.

Nice fish Nick, we had a fairly slow day Friday, 36,24 were the big fish and several teens with about 1/2 a dozen eaters to boot. Wish I would have seen ya to compare notes.

Thats a big shad. Youre fishing that whole or cut?

You wouldn't have benefited much from my notes. We only caught 7 eaters Friday. I'll PM you my phone number next time so we can be in touch.




Cut. We couldn't catch a fish on anything bigger than a small piece of fillet.

Cut. We couldn't catch a fish on anything bigger than a small piece of fillet.[/quote]

Though I wasn't at twok, this here is what all but one of the fish I caught Saturday wanted, small shad filets.

Nice Shad and Bluecat Nick!!!!

That is a nice shad and blue! Good to hear you guys had a great time! I kept telling myself and Vess I need to make another trip up there but just haven't been able to make my schedule work.

i was one of the skunked! nice fish txmedic, ive never had such a hard time finding fish like i have these past few months. Props on staying with it, it was nice to meet you even by text

Nothing changed for me all weekend. I kept going back to the same spot that I told you I found them on Friday and couldn't get them to bite. Sat there for 4 hours w/o moving Sunday and finally started getting bit after 3 hours.

thats no lie and that hole in-front of 751 has something huge in there that likes to eat nets