good job on that C&R!!!

i think i saw u there..where u fishing with this other younger dude????

I was fishing with a buddy

I was fishing with my wife and daughter that day. I will head out to Samuel Farm on Friday as well. I'll be lookin to get a bigger bass. Wish me luck.

Oneeighty, that is an awesome fish! Did you use live bait?

small white spinnerbaits work well for bass.

ccbal...i was using a fluke with a 1/2 oz. painted jighead.Talk about luck.I be that fish got that big munching on baby duckys

Your a good man for releasing that big boy back. Not many people would.

I would have had that damn thing mounted. lol

I am headed to Samuel Farms in the morning. (9am)

Oh yeah another thing about Samuel Farm... there is a lot of moss in the water the just catches on everything you cast. I am constantly cleaning off my lures. Any suggestions?

I'm Thinking about heading out to Samuell farm never been there so i am gonna try to give it a shot so is it still free to get in

still free the only thing is you must sign in when you arrive. That's all. You must have a license or at least they would prefer that you did.

The catch limits are enforced.

There is an event going on today so I stayed away.

Yeah i never made out out there i just went to Hubbard and did some bank fishing

Went back to my fishing pond near my house. caught three cats all were filled with eggs so I placed them back.

There is a pond somewhat hidden at the Bruton Soccer complex. (actually two ponds) I am going to try and hit those today.

If your coming from the east off of Cartwright, turn right then a left on Riggs Circle and follow around bend and you should run into pond. Not sure on parking yet.

call me crazy but i cant stand fishing places that have moss like that !

I just got back from fishing at the ponds behind the soccer complex.

There are no catfish but there are bass (nice size). The moss is a factor but you can move it with a tree limb or a rake. There is a bad thing though and that are the turtles! These damn things are bait robbing sons of b!tche5. Four time they took my worms and livers.

Parking is a bitch. The best thing I can suggest is to park at the soccer complex and jump the river to get to the pond. I'll hit it again tomorrow and this time bring a rake to move the moss. lol

Alright, not much chatter lately. Must be a lot of fishing and not much catching. Today I will be trying a new spot off of Northwest Hwy between Oats and 30. Don't know anything about it. I will let you know. If no luck there I will head to Samuel Farm. Hopefully I will have a good fish story later.

I checked out the spot on Northwest Hwy. The water didn't seem clean enough to fish and the mosquitos were out of control, so I left and fished the Palos Verdes Park. Had real good luck there. Caught 2 catfish, 1 perch, and a LMB in about an hour and a half. I also hit Samuel Farm at 4pm and fished till 5. Didn't even get a nible. Good Day!

Is nobody fishin in Mesquite anymore? I was just out at Palos Verdes Lake Park again on Tuesday evening between 6 and 7 and landed this nice LMB. A real nice sized one at that. I was out this past Sunday as well and saw a guy pull out the biggest catfish I've ever seen come out of that body of water. There are some big ones in there. Just gatta go get'em. Well, I hope to see some more chatter on this forum.

Well, I took my daughter fishing at the Palos Verdes Park yesterday and she pulled an awesome LMB out of there. Was a beauty! Would love to hear more chatter about people fishing these Mesquite ponds.

man...i wet there not to long ago and got skunked..i was just rooster tailing it though...what did she catch than on????i might just give it another shot!

She was using a 4 1/2" watermelon red plastic worm, texas rigged.

I fished the big pond at Valley Creek Park this morning from 8am-11am. Was going after bass only, but got skunked. No bites or anything. The water clarity was very poor so I think it will be tough fishing there right now. We were throwing spinnerbaits and plastic worms.

Afterwards, we stopped by the Mesquite City Pond and got similar results. Very murky water, and no signs of life as far as bass goes right now. Spoke to some catfishermen while there, and they weren't having much luck either.

went to velley creek yesterday and got nothin!!!!!!!the smaller pond is way way way low by the way...

Doesn't the hours that Samuell Farms operate pretty much eliminate it from being any use this time of year? I didn't know about the operating hours (9a-5p) before me and my son went out there the other day, we showed up around 3:30 and it was hotter than &#@*! Had not even one bite the whole time. I couldn't help but think what a shame it was that the evening fishing was an impossibility. I'd like to go again, but I suppose we'll have to wait for the first cool front to try again. Can someone verify something for me though... my son and I found the big pond (apprx 2 acres I think) way to the left of the entrance... but is there any others that are worth fishing? We also found 2 small ponds east of the red barn but one had really low water level and the other was totally scummed over the surface (couldn't be fished at all). There were som gates with "authorized personel only", so I assume there are no more ponds further back. Anybody have any tip for this place? TIA.

Doug C