Posted By: photofishin
5 1/2 hours of driving- 2 hours of fishing - 04/09/18 04:31 PM
Nobody ever confused me with a weatherman. I had committed to the family to take them camping at Possum Kingdom. Loaded up early Thursday morning and made it to the hotel in Mineral Wells around 3:00pm. (plan was to camp Friday and Saturday) Got to Possum Kingdom State Park about 11:30 the next morning and chose a pretty site right on the water and set up one of the tents. Opened the 2nd tent we had just purchased and no tent stakes were found. Went to the camp store and they were out getting firewood and due back at 2:30 so we decided to grab a sandwich and fish. I figured fish would be getting close to spawning so I targeted the backs of creek channels. The first creek I chose was loaded with carp, but no bass. As we left the cove, I drove over what appeared to be a big school of stripers...but after a couple of drifts, we got no bites on jigging spoons so I headed to the next creek. This creek proved to be more promising as I had 5-6 fish come unbuttoned on a white superfluke. I finally got a 2lb fish in the boat and then my wife noticed something in the water...I looked over at about an 8lb fish cruising the shoreline. I made a perfect cast out in front of her but couldn't get her to eat. My wife tried the same with her swimbait to no avail. We fished our way out of the creek and as it now about 4:00, we decided to head back to camp to get the other tent put up. By the time she came back with the tent stakes, the front had come in full force. Our tent was laying flat with 45mph winds blowing it to the ground. After a few attempts to tie it down, it became obvious that it wasn't happening. We packed everything back in the truck and headed back to Mineral Wells for dinner and another night's stay at Holiday Inn Express. PK definitely is a place I'll try again, however I'll keep a better eye on the weather before I make the trek again!