Joe you're on of the best congrats happy customers there

Well Sunday was another good day on Tawakoni...not many big fish only one 10 lb striper but alot of 6 to 7 lb hybrids...fishing was fast to steady till the wind got to high to fish the spots we wanted to...but still managed to but 50 to 60 fish in the boat...not many boats on the water yesterday we only saw one man with his son fishing for stripers in the same area and two catfish guides...my wife works for the Post Office and has today off MLK Holiday we had planned on going to a movie and dinner but she got a bug of some kind and has been sick for a few days now...the atmosphere a round my house is not to good and it's to windy to go fishing...hoping for a speedy recovery!!

Congratulations Joe! Amazing fish. Also great article in the paper Sunday. I posted about the article on the Forum also. Something occurred to me just now. We all know how a Hybrid is created. I wonder what would happen if someone rented you and Matt and went out with both of you together in the same boat? Now that would be an experiment I'd like to make! May have to run that by Todd, Terry, Jackson, Mike etc... That would be a once in a lifetime deal...

Hey Frank I'm always looking to go fishing! and I probably have known Matt longer than most of you...I knew him before he started guiding from bass tournments and seeing him on the lake...he comes from a very good family I know his dad also...I've seen Matt grow from a boy to a man!...from a fisherman to a superstar!...Matts a very fine man!!

Just don't tell him...his head will swell!!

Then we would all be in the same boat!! Duh!

Sorry cant help it, Frank!! hehehe
Its possbile but that would have to be a BIG boat!

Good stuff Joe! Heard your fishing report on the Outdoor Show while driving to the lake Saturday AM

Joe I agree 100%. In fishing with him found out my wife's cousin taught Matt in school in Wills Point I think it was. Was her cousin's first teaching job. You may know her cousin- Casey Kindle. He has put me on a ton of fish down there over the past 25+ years. Now I'm dating myself. Seriously would love to fish with you both some time- that would be amazing. I'll figure this one out with the boys up here on Hubbard and set it up.

Todd I wish I had an egg roll for every time you made me laugh! BTW one night up at the funeral we ordered about 30-orders of Chinese take out. I thought about you. The egg rolls were like small logs! Have never seen ones that big...

That fish is HUGE!

My buddy and I are fishing w Joe next Monday.

Can't wait!

Will post a report!

WOW! nice work Joe!

Awesome!!! really good teaser Joe! You caught me
If coming from Dallas, what boat ramp is best to access these fish?

Just wanted you all to re-Read this

Joe gave me some of my very first guide trips for hybrid and stripes. That was back in the early 90's when I used to think I was a bass fisherman. I'll never forget Joe asking me to help him out the first time. We were standing in the Minnow Bucket over at lake Fork and I told him I've never guided for hybrid before, what do you do? I wasn't even 20 years old. He looked at me funny and said "You just take 'em fishing." Thats how I got my start.

Yes young grasshopper Matt you remember rule #1 very well

#1 Take people fishing...catch lots of fish...gets you more trips...makes you money...pay bills on time...makes little woman happy...then little woman makes Matt happy!!

This week has been tougher than last week but still managing to catch a good mess of fish...chartruse soft plastics on a 1oz jig head drifting very slow...IF POSSABLE...20 to 30 feet deep in water 30 feet and deeper...mostly deeper.

John and his Dad on Wednesday it was slow but a steady slow we did manage 20 to 30 fish and one 10 lb striper that we released!



Thursday had out first time customers brothers Ed and Jerry still not a great day but it was windy all morning...the wind slowed down in the afternoon and we really started catching fish but a round 1:00 pm Ed decided they better get on the road he had a 6 hour drive.


Today was brutal the wind blew and then it blew some more...drifting way to fast and could not fish many spots...we still managed to catch a good box of fish and this 13.2 Beauty!!
sorry about the hazy pic had fish slime on my phone.

That is one NICE striper Joe!!! The hazy pic even made it look better like a scene from the Deadliest Catch!

...but I bet you were trying to blur out the background and not enough photoshopping, doh!

oops, Greg just told me in East Texas, they use fish slime to photoshop pics?? Thats how they do it!!

Awesome