Had the pleasure of fishing with Chuck Dewey again this friday at Calaveras, as luck would have it he bested one of his good buds Mark Mason for the Water Body record channel cat at calaveras with a beautiful 6.2 pd channel cat going 25 inches. Not known for an abudance of larger channels, this was an exceptional channel cat coming from Calaveras and ol' Chuck played her pretty on the light tackle. Always a blast Chuck and congrats on the catch! We cut the trip short once we caught her to get it certified but still had 21 in the box for the morning. All fish caught on Danny Kings fishing 3-6 ft of water. Fish was released to be caught again.

Braunig Saturday 22nd
Gale force winds kept us limited to areas we could fish. Fished Best bud Eric Sadler's family for an X Mas gift. Fished form 9-1200 before we had enough of the wind. Managed 26 good sized cats up to 6 pds fishing shallow. All fish on Danny Kings. Heck of time and enjoyed watching "uncle dave" catch his first kitty ever.



Just wanted to say thanks to everyone. With the year winding down, it has been an awesome year. We have set and broken 4 water body records, Caught over 4,526 fish this year and shared alot of laughs and high fives. I feel truly blessed to have helped and particpated in each one of the outings and thank all of ya who have helped make it possible.
Thanks again
Cliff Hill

Nice haul and congrats.

Way to go Cliff!
Merry Christmas! see you the 12th!

Thanks Gents and Merry Christmas B.Terry...looking forward to the 12th seeing you and Nathan again...hopefully Grapevine will treat us all better...lol

Nice catch, Cliff! Just shot you an email.
Steven

Cliff,
nice fish, and happy holidays.

Good catch

Those are some nice cats, thinking about heading to Calaveras or Braunig on Thursday where about were you fishing? Any GPS coordinates?

man joe you sure you have a big enough moter on that jewel how many hp, and how fast will it run

I think it says 250 on it (?). That is a huge motor!
Steven

Gentlemen,
It's only a 200hp. I haven’t WOT yet. She will run 68-71 still playing with her. Going to Braunig tomorrow.

Joe Barrera

DANG! I've got a 225 and I don't ever gun it. I wonder what mine would do!
Nice rig, Joe!

Fished with Uncle Jess today at Braunig. Had a rogu time out there with the winds. Just couldn't stay put about anywhere.
Was a true pleasure getting to meet ya Jess and we got another day of fishing coming soon.
Off the lake by 1030am with that strong NE wind that rocked too much for our likings. Left Braunig with 3 good channels before we got blown off...:)
Seriously. thanks Jess and I had good time and looking forward to the next time but wihtout the adventure portion of the trip.

CLiff

Braunig 12/27
Chuck Dewey joined me this morning around 1000am. Complete 180 from yesterday, nice SSE wind 10-12 mph and fish jumping in the boat. Awesome day on the water. Fished for about 2.5 hrs before calling it quits with Chuck's limit and some for me for a fry this weekend. Fish up to 5.8 lbs fishing Danny Kings under a slip bobber in about 3 ft of water.
Ran into Big Marv & Unlce Jess and we exhanged laughs, they got into some fish as well. Beautiful day in South Texas!!
Have some openings between now and the 10th of January for those interesred, fishing is hot as long as 30 mph N/winds lay....lol.
Thanks Chuck and enjoyed it as always!

Wicked catch!
I smell peanut oil!

Hey Joe, how did you do today?
Steven

Braunig 12/28
Rick (SA,TX) and Chris (Glendale,Arizona) fished with me this afternoon. Started off slow with 3 fish but a couple of moves later on we were on some quality fish. Finished the day with a nice 50 fish limit ranging from 3 -6.5 lbs. Quality of fish today was superb and fishing was excellent. Had a boat record 6 "doubles" today...fun all around. All fish were caught in 4-6 ft of water with danny kings. What started slow ended with a bang. Thanks Gents!

One double


Ran into Big Marv as well. Had a good time fishing along side of Marv and his family. What a day!

Did'nt go Steven. Sat. or Sun for sure. Nice catch Cliff.

Joe Barrera

Well, I'm pathetically broke after spending unGodly amounts of money on Christmas as well as lots of gas to get to work. I worked a lot of hours through the holidays, so my paycheck in two weeks will be sweet enough to get me back out on the lake. Weather should be nice this weekend, so good luck! See ya'll on the lake in two weeks!

If you caught all of those yesterday, that would explain all of the carcasses at the table today at 1pm. I guess they have decided not to clean the buckets again. When I pulled up to the table today, there must have been 30 buzzards all around them. Fish heads were everywhere.

Great job Cliff. I guess I need to book a trip with you to learn your secret.

Also, it is good to see you have an ALABAMA fan as one of your guest.

BRAUNIG REPORT FOR 12-27-07 AND 12-28-07
FISHED THURSDAY WITH MY SON-IN-LAW WHO IS IN THE ARMY. CAUGHT 50 FISH FROM TWO TO FIVE POUNDS. RAN INTO CLIFF WITH HIS CUSTOMER. HE ALSO CAUGHT A LIMIT OF FISH. FISHED FRIDAY WITH MY SON AND MY SON-IN-LAW AND THEIR SONS. CAUGHT 51 FISH FRIDAY BUT BETTER AVERAGE FISH LIKE CLIFF DID ON FRIDAY. CAUGHT ALL 101 FISH ON BIG MARV'S CHEESE BAIT FISHING ON THE BOTTOM IN TWO TO EIGHT FOOT OF WATER. FIRST TIME FOR MY SON-IN-LAW TO REALLY GET INTO THE FISH LIKE THIS. HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THE FAMILY WHILE THEY WERE HERE FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THEY LEFT THIS MORNING WILL MISS THEM.
BIG MARV

nice! how do u fish your danny kings?

nice catch there Cliff...look forward to the catfish fry for all your previous clients,,,,let me know....
Gary K & Ed look forward to it..

Got skunked at Braunig today.

Joe B.

I got skunked at Calaveras today but I was only able to stay out a couple of hours. I may have to go out with Cliff sometime to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I just can't catch cats consistently. I don't usually fish Calaveras on the weekends but the lake was very busy today. That probably didn't help catch any fish.

I hear you ChrisSA, I fished for 7hrs. today. It's been awhile since I've gotten skunked, guess that's why we call it FISHING. Looks like I'm going to have to hook up with Cliff soon.

Joe Barrera

I'm telling ya! Cliff is a class act and it's the way to go if you want to know how to attack the lake. PLUG, PLUG, PLUG!! I think he has some special winter rates going on right now, but don't quote me. Even paying full price is well worth it. Check out my myspace page in my profile and take a look at the toads I have pulled out. Hit me up privately, if you want to hear a first hand account of my experiences with Cliff.
Steven

"nice catch there Cliff...look forward to the catfish fry for all your previous clients,,,,let me know....
Gary K & Ed look forward to it..
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Circle hooks...live to catch again...and again. "

Catfish fry for all of your previous clients?!?!!?!?! Who, what, where, when, and does that mean that I'm on the list! I can bring some extra supplies!!!!!!

I was out at braunig today from 12-dark and caught a red and a small kitty while bass fishing near the hot water discharge along the rip rap with a 5" t-rigged senko..

Buck, to answer your question, check out Cliff's tip's on his F.A.Q. Page.

good info on the site but what about depths and types of areas and are you just anchored?

Buck, depth varies but I try to stay shallow most of the year if I can ( about 6 ft or less).
Slip bobberin' is pretty easy to pick up on and the beauty of it is you can fish any depth desired by simply sliding the knot to the desired depth you want to fish, I tend to like it suspended off the bottom.
MIke, I saw you out at Braunig Saturday and yelled at ya at the cleaning station as we were pulling in. We were having a rough day at calaveras and I made the move to Braunig in hopes of putting clients on some fish.
Saturday 12/29 Fished with The Wells of SA, Tx today. Rough day, beautiful weather, rough fishing. Still had a blast with the boys ;watching them fish. Fished both Lakes today for about 7 hrs total with 8 fish for our efforts. We fsihed hard all day deep and shallow but them fish had lock jaw. The boys are planning to come back out soon to get another shot at Mr. Whiskers'.
Rough day but the smiles at the end made it defifentely worthwhile.

Calaveras 12/31
Fished with Family from WI from 2-430. Fishin' pretty darn good and the bite was steady. Ended with 50 fish for our New Year's fish Fry. Good fishin' and good eatin! Nathan caught most of them and pulled some good fish outta some new "mudholes"


Have some openings between now the 10th for those interested.
Thanks
Cliff

Like to book the 11th and 12th can you make it happen?

LOL.B.Terry, I'll be there...hahhaa..Also thank you for the X mas card. Really appreciated it.
See ya in a week my friend

Your welcome!
Cliff how is it every time I want to book you ,your busy???LoL
my wife made the cards..
I talked to Bobby I think we are going to meet up Friday night and eat together ...Do you know if you guys are prefishing yet?
lets have a little pre fishing tourney of our own... losing team buys dinner!
you guys win we treat you to Taco Bell we win..you guys treat us to Outback steak house!LoL well we are the underdogs....

Jan 4,5,6th Calaveras & Braunig
Friday fished with Chuck Dewey at Calaveras ...fishing was steady then got hot as the day went on. Ending up catchign 25 fish limit fishing shallow with Danny Kings. Had alot of fun as always Chuck!

Saturday Braunig
Fished with Mr. John Levi of SA ,Tx. Started around 1000am with the heavy fog and went from there. Fishing was slow. Only a handful of places we had bites after fishing most of the morning. Went back to those areas and decided to take the occasional bite over nada. Ended up with 15 good sized channels by 330 before calling it a day. Had a great listening to Mr. Levi's expierences in SE Asia during the 60's. Pretty darn good day but had to work hard for our fish!


Calaveras Sunday
Fished with Albert Smith, Katie and Del of Floresville,Tx. Fishing was steady in the morning then the wind got really outta control up to 25-30mph. Ended up "calling it" with a few fish in the box to return next week and give it a try again. Just too rough out there, but it didn't hurt their spirits and we got a little more adventure than we bargained for. Hopefully, this week will cooperate.

Ran into StikSHooter and SOuthern boy on different days. Was good to see yall out and thanks as always!
Cliff

I enjoyed the article Cliff in the Catfish Gold magazine. Keep it up

Thanks Catfishalot, That means a bunch and I appreciate it. Truly do. Thank you
Cliff