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Fishing is Back! #12101960 02/20/17 12:19 AM
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Yesterday I waded into the river and the water was perceptibly warmer and I caught 6 nice bluegills. Went back out today and all I can say is WOW!

I checked the weather and we had a high chance of rain, a lowering barometer, overcast sky, and no wind. With the water being a bit warmer on top of all that I thought it was a good time to fish. The barometer would be going back up about 2pm from the looks of it.

I waded into the water at 10am, and the water was chilly but not cold. For once in my life I remembered to bring a thermometer. The water was 65 F. That's pretty good for fishing.

I got to my favorite spot and caught a big bluegill on the second cast. Pretty soon I was catching a big bluegill on every cast. For nearly two hours I was catching either big bluegills or nice size (some big) crappie on every cast. I'm not exaggerating even a tiny little bit when I say I am sure I caught over 100 fish in two hours.

And they were all fighting like champions too! I caught a small bass, a four or five pound drum and so many bluegills and crappie that I literally lost count. It was awesome. It was fantastic. It was like a fever dream. It was transcendental. I have had few better days, probably no better days than today - although I'm sure I've had one or two as good. Maybe. Maybe not. This was extraordinarily outstanding. Way beyond anything I hoped for.

I took a couple of pictures. The bluegill in the picture is about average for what I caught, although I caught bigger ones. The crappie is small for the average I caught, average crappie was about twice as big as this one.

And then the sun broke through the clouds and a breeze came through and the fish slowed way way down. Another hour and they had shut down entirely. The front had passed through. And probably a good thing because I think I had caught and released every fish in that part of the river, I was starving to death, and my back was hurting from so much casting and catching. It was a happy walk home.

Maybe, if the weather is good tomorrow (rain forecast right now) I'll go back with a stringer and try to bring home enough crappie for dinner for two. Had I taken a stringer today I would have filled it up and emptied it and filled it up a dozen times.

That is what fishing is all about on the Brazos in the spring time!


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Re: Fishing is Back! [Re: Lloyd5] #12101999 02/20/17 12:36 AM
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Solid post and solid fish. Good job. thumb


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Re: Fishing is Back! [Re: Lloyd5] #12102456 02/20/17 06:19 AM
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Nice write up bannana2

Re: Fishing is Back! [Re: Lloyd5] #12102459 02/20/17 06:23 AM
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What's that reel? Looks familiar. I think I saw it somewhere on Facebook

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Originally Posted By: Toddddd
What's that reel? Looks familiar. I think I saw it somewhere on Facebook


I suspect you did! That's my little line holder on my 5 wt...


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Re: Fishing is Back! [Re: Lloyd5] #12103861 02/21/17 01:20 AM
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Glad to see you back on the water Lloyd. Looks like a good day.


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Re: Fishing is Back! [Re: Lloyd5] #12104171 02/21/17 04:30 AM
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I have had a similar experience where three of us each caught a similar amount out of a small pool on a creek, they were taking anything that landed on the water. Never happened again. Thoroughly enjoyed your report, the bigger sized fish made it even more enjoyable for us to envision and join in your experience. Thank you.


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Re: Fishing is Back! [Re: Lloyd5] #12104281 02/21/17 07:14 AM
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That century mark in fishing can get there real quick when you catch and land a fish every 30 seconds. People ponder On it especially during the sandbass run. But when it's like that when it all lines out numbers escalate in a real hurry! 100 fish can become a slow day love the color on those Black crappie!


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Nice

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