I got a rare treat this past weekend, I got to fish with an old buddy, Randy Maxwell aka. RMax, we had a blast.
It started out early 6:30 am Saturday morning August 22,
not many boats at the Minnow Bucket ramp at that time.
RMax and I started shallow near the mouth of lil Caney throwing No weight Flukes and Chicken shcitt rigs with Grande Bass MegaTail worms on the edge of pads and over the grass, boat in 8-9 foot throwing to 2-3 foot.
This was half way back in a deep cut working into a very lite North wind, absolutely perfect morning. We got bit immediately, one nice 3-lber and a dink in the first few minutes, it only got better as we moved deeper into the cut.
We got pretty far back in there, decided to let the boat drift with the wind out of the cut and re:fish it again towards the main point. Still fishing the grass edge using light Tx Rigs and the MegaTails, Randy picks up a nice fish over 6-lbs, I'm catching some good tournament fish (under the slot) had one go 15-7/8 inch at 2.7 lbs.
We moved out deeper on the point with the Tx-rig and D/S, the boats in 14-15 throwing to the deep edges of the grass with another 7-8 fish up to 4-lbs.
8:30 am Moved to a point inside lil caney, started up shallow and worked out the point with same baits as before, only caught 4-fish, 2-dinks, 1-4.lber and again RMax hooks another fish over 6-lbs, that's 2-he's up on me..
We had decided to leave the point, as we trolled out of the timber for open water, all the sudden, Big slot bass started schooling around us, we grabbed the flukes and the Chicken Shcitt rigs, quickly hook up on 3-fish, but lose them all on the way to the boat.
It's around 9:00 am now, we decide to move out deeper and head for the outer edges of Chaney creek fishing the timber and a ledge with D/S rigs using Grande Bass 5" inch GRN/PUMP finesse worms.
Found some under size 12"-14" inch fish in abundance holding in 21-23 foot.
9:35 am we make another move to an old road bed between Alligator and Lil Caney fishing in 17-23 foot, same baits as before.
Again, smaller fish under the slot were abundant and Rmax pulls another fish over the 6-lb range for a third time today.
10:15 Move to SRA point for the heck of it, we've caught fish at every stop, let's see if we can keep the streak alive.
It's a contest now between the fish, Me and Rmax. I Had to get some kind of competition going, with the morning we're having.
Sure nuff, we graph fish on top and the sides of the point in 21-24 foot, Randy chunks a buoy out and we circle it.
Randy hooks up first with a nice 2-lber and then I get one at 4.lbs two more dinks fall victim to the D/S and off we go for the final spot of the day.
Told the wives we'd quit by 11:00
10:45 am. another grassy point on the way to the Minner Bucket, we pull up kinda shallow, drop the trolling motor and first cast bang, I catch a 12" inch fish we're thinking its own, NOT.. fished out the rest of our allotted time and loaded up at 11:15 am..
The boat ramp is now almost full of boatless trailers and trucks, we high 5, and do the knuckle bump thing for a great morning on the water.
Over 30-fish, some real nice chunks, and some dinks, but it's all good.
I don't get to fish much for Fun any more, it sure was enjoyable to get out with a good friend and just have some fun on the water..
Fork is fishing better than I've seen in the last month or so, better get out and give it a go. 3-foot to 24 foot, they were bite'n..
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