Reel Fishermen of Denton County

Carlos and company headed to the Martinez Ranch few weeks back.

Here is what went down.

Carlos and his Lovely lady friend went back in time and got this bluegill...


Then the reel fishing started with this huge double!!


Then this happened



Then this...


Good times.

Say cheese......good times for sure

Hit a local spot today and did serious fishing. Had two patterns figured out pretty quick. There were fish in the weeds deep. And there were fish in the open water chasing bait on top and just under the surface. All fish caught from my bass hunter.

There is a bass there... This fish came from 25 feet of water and was buried in the hydrilla that deep.


Look close this fish here has no eye: ever wonder what happend to that six inch bass that hit your spinner bait and the hook was through his eye? This is him.


Big fish love big baits! 11 inch worm there


This fish was in open water chasing TINY shad.. Way thinner than the ones that hunker down in the weeds.


Locked and loaded for next time...

Good Stuff Dan and Carlos.

+1

Haha.

So are you saying fishing at my ranch isnt seriuos fishing??

You cut me deep on that one Danny boy

Talking about watching your line close .... did you have to put yer face down on the butt of the rod to get that pic?

Haha.

Well, putting corn on hooks for the ladies is serious business as is stalking the wily brim that haunt the shallows at the Martinez Ranch. So I digress my leather neck friend.

Im pretty sure those bigguns i caught werent on corn and a hoo
But ill let you slide this time my good friend.

When we hitting that new spot?

Did this thread die?

Haha.

Bump.

We battled the rain today and has some success. Got fish on worms and flukes. Lost two fish on big swimbaits...

A solid rain suit, must have item.




I was happy about this fish.


Carlos was even happier about this one he got!


Good times

Nice fish Dan!!!

We caught some today as well but they were all about the size of the ones Carlos caught so we didn't take any pictures. We did get dumped on with rain for about 5 minutes so I got to test out my rain suit today.

This thread has came back from da dead.

FFM, some of us have jobs and cant fish anytime we want brother. We will update when we fish thank you very much.

And thanks for not calling any of our fish "dinks" you rat. ha ha

Hey who among us is working ALL weekend?

That would be me.

FFM did you get a job? Congrats if you did.

Niceness... I'll be checking this thread for action from now on...

Had to fly solo today as my bro had stuff to do.
Had 4 fish on my power drop shot rig. I picked up an A rig
for fish that I have been seeing schooling on shad in open water;
but of course they were not doing that today. No luck on the A rig. The thing is a beast to throw. Its a workout. It gets fouled pretty often too. I am sure I will have a good day on it sometime. It does look good in the water.

well i guess i need to keep updated on this thread FFM i havnt seen you since the last time you and don came down. i have a new place for us to try its down 380 by savanna road next to 7/11 ends at a boat ramp to lake lewisville in cottonwood branch i believe its hardley ever used andd we have a whole cove to put our boats in . carlos,dan this would be close for all of us .FFM maybe we should tell them about my honey hole over here too.

I like the sound of that. We should all have a tourney for braggin rights.

I'm in

I'm in too

Just thought I would throw this in here

And this one from the same place !

Oh and my blue waters on for night fishing

You can see how I mounted my fish finder to the TM and all wires are ran internal to transducer and to power , so I just have one plug also I'm 6'5 and about 260lb so my predator is very stable with 2 people .

Nice job!

I can't see the mounted fish finder because the fat bass is in the way Nice Fish.

Lol that one finished up a week of 9's I caught 4 over 9 in 4 days and finished with this one . It was a great week

Wow 4 9's in a week. I am very jealous. My PB is only a 7 so I can only imagine what it would be like to catch all those. If you ever need someone to come fish with you let me know

I fish a average of 300 days a yr and I'm always trying and testing new products and colors from companies . I have great sponsors and get to work on development . But it comes at a price sometimes . Be glad to take you anytime

Hey that last one was in my back yard well Ok somebody's back yard and got a Finger in it to. Nice fish! looks like a place I have been to Hmmm

Yeah I know what you mean, Thats the reason I stopped fishing the Elite series. It was hell on the family.


Well and also the fact that everytime I went to tournement registration they asked who the hell am I ?

Supposedly I wasnt on the list ??

That's funny right there. Lol

Carlos man lol, you kill me son!

Ok so we did not get any nines. But we got some pics. Sit back relax and enjoy.

Sunrise dink!


Treefish, my man Los loves these, gets them by the barrel full.


We had about 6-7 like this...Jealous much fellas?


I had one good on my own protype lure. HA HA

Respect on those huge fish Tim. I know that lake. Thats where i got this one.

We are not to be allowed to have "honey hole" info. Nor should we be told of any "SSSS" or any spots known as "Spot X" or "Rope lake" or "Wal mart pond" or "luna" or "warehouse pond" or "dog pond" or "Luna II" etc. etc.

Carlos and I are not to be trusted.

Only the guys in the gang get to know the location of the fishing holes.

you guys are to funny lol how do I get to be a gang member?? dans knows where my lake x is we will be there at 5:00 am yall come on

Its hard to get into the gang brother. You dont ask to get in. You get an invite.

I have yet to get mine. ha ha.

Sorry but you guys have put out the information about the lakes the you speak of that most of us know what you speak of.
Me NOT part of the gang LOL

Got on some fish today. Nothing great but catching is better than fishing, Dan got a decent one on his last cast of the day.

I cranked all day, swimming it along submerged trees and timber. All of fish were cuaght shallow and holding tight ot banks or structure. Fun day for sure.

Dan already posted alot of the good pics so mine are just of the lake and strucutre, and of Dans -De-hooking skills at work.

Sometimes the pressure that comes with catching BIG fish is too much. And I like to sit back and just have a dink fest at my local money spot, "Mud Hole Creek" (OK the last one was pretty good! I wear a Size 14 shoe) got him on a 4 inch black worm

Sissy. GO BIG OR GO HOME.

Nice job. Mad love for the dinks.

Carlos did not catch this fish. But it was a team effort.

Respect to FFM. And to the Denton Co. Bass gang!

Fish caught on a six inch black worm in a pond.

We gota have that tourney next Sunday.

Braggin' rights!

Im in.

That's two.

I can do sunday... say the time and place. I suggest the place we fish off 35.

I like that idea.

I'm in. Name the time and place !

we should fish a nuetral ground. A place none of us have fishd or a place we havent fished in a long time. Just my opinion. Im sure it will get over ruled.

I found some new spots on David's home lake today.

We could fish there.

Haha.

I think that is your home lake now. You get to fish it so much

Have you been back to your home lake lately?

It's closer to your crib than mine, so it's now call David's lake.

I have abandoned my home lake until fall.

I found some cool stuff today working with Justin. We spend 6 hours exploring that whole deep water contour/drop off that runs around that lake.

it would be cool if we could all get together sunday morning to fish somewhere

I am thinking we should fish Lake X.

Me I think I will go to lake that has fish!
Had to say it!

Here's a few from today. These are just 2 different fish but 4 pics to show them:

Lake x should be great after the cooler weather this week Too

One pic of the biggest fish would have worked.

Just sayin'.

Nice pics David. More pics the better.

I was thinking we could post all the big fish pics on the Denton ... Big ... Bass thread so they will keep running up the views. It should hit 300,000 by next week.

What do you all think?

Sounds good

And why would MOST of us care about 300,000 buy next week is that what it is all about.
Now back to fishing!

DBE, quit trolling.

I gave you the Denton ... Ponds ... Big fish thread so you could voice your opinion there.

Can you work with us on this?

Thanks.

Nobody fished today while I worked?

I didn't get to fish today. I hit your home lake yesterday and only got a few dinks. Water was looking pretty bad.

I told ya, it's nasty.

Timmha is going to Clear Lake tomorrow.

And you still cant get my name right.
If I don't troll how am I going to get them big fish.
Gave me the Denton Ponds Big fish Sorry but you offer to others as well give me a brake. You gave up on that one dude.
Now go back to doing your Big fish in Denton and get my name right.

Dude ...

Sorry FFM, had too. Now back to leaving y'all Professionals alone.

Haha.

DBE you guys can't even keep that thread alive.

You got nothing.

F this

What does that mean?

I have no idea why the mods let you troll like you do. If I did that they would be sending me a PM telling me to knock it off.

me and my tourney "pawtnur"are going to clearlake tomorrow ,should be fun if it doesnt rain . who's in??? DBE would but he has something wrong with his {BRAKE}!!!!!! lol . whoes really up for some fun wish FFM could go that guy is cool as the flip side of a pillow.

I'd go but no boat yet. Y'all see a guy banking it with a backpack and a spinning set up, wave hey lol.

We were out there kolt till about 2:30 just a bunch of dinks but is a really cool lake

Yo Timmha..... Nice looking boat!!! Finally get it titled?

I am heading out in the morning on a quest to catch another lake record ( I hold it) BIG BASS.

I will have pics.

not yet bad 1 but i will eventually

Stay off my dam lake man, If I told you once I have told you 100 times ha ha.

Good luck. Get a big one. If you find out whats at the bottom of those ropes let me know.

I caught ten ... none were pic worthy.

Sorry guys but there's a reason I have never even been close to winning 2 WGAS championships and a 2011 angler of the year

Those are great pics Carlos!!!

Yeah he almost broken my rod in two. And I felt like the 65 lb braid I was using could snap at any moment. He was a beast. A full 7 inches and weighed in at 0.0000000000834732 oz.

Good fish.

Caught on a sexy shad mini crank bait

What is a WGAS? and how come you never won one? Yeah, you cant be angler of the year with those kinds of catches lol

Love those pics though man. Funny stuff

Who Gives A $hit anglers tournament series. Its only for anglers who are in search of what's called a "reverse lunker". We go and fish for the smallest 5 dink fish limit. the smallest weight wins.

Anyone can catch a DD bass or a sharelunker but it takes true skill to hook of of those reverse monsters.

Had fun today fishing with a bunch of the Denton Bass guys. Me and my buddy decided to forget about going for the big ones and we went on a search for the "reverse lunkers" and we tore it up. Here are a few from our conquests:

William aka Duckman with one of his hawgs:


Me with my huge warmouth:


A few of the bigger fish kept getting in the way of our goal of the smallest fish.





But we definitely won the "reverse lunker" contest with this guy

RSD-

That last pic is awesome. Your a reverse Lunker hunter for sure. !!!

Nice. Sorry I missed it.

Great few days fishing of with the gang.

Much respect to Carlos, Tim, Larry, Sir David, William "The Duck Man", and of course the Rodfather himself FFM.

Fishing was tough but we all got some. No lunkers, but some "Reverse Lunkers" made their way into our plastic boats.

Hope y'all like pics.

Dan.

I see FFM wore his signature pink bikini top.

I got shut out.

FML.

I did get a few fish to within 10' of the boat.

That should count for something.

Did some bank fishing at my local lake. Pulled out a few decent ones on weightless worms and a mini crank bait.

Pulled most of the fish out from under this bridge here.



Can you see the bass??

That's a nice looking fishing hole.

Props!

I take a 30yard walk out my front door and that's what I get. I'm pretty lucky.

That's cool, do you ever toss a pop-r ?

pop-r

No I haven't. But I have thrown a little cricket hopper lure that imitates a stranded grasshopper on top of the water but didn't have any takers. Not even any gills.

But There's alot of stud I want to try but haven't yet. So far small crank baits and weightless worms have been doing the trick.

Get one and go out there at night and pop it around.

You will love it.

Yeah I have a few in different sizes and colors. I'll have to tie one on soon.

Go on a night that there is little moon light and toss it out into the darkness.

The "bite" will almost stop your heart.

Haha.

I guess no one is fishing this week. I can't because one of the "new college students" ran over my truck and few weeks back and it is in the shop gettin' some body work done.

I am going Sunday morning and hit some of a favorite drop offs and ledges.

It's gona be only 85 degrees so I am going to spend the whole day and take my lunch.

Timmha, what did you think of the spots I picked out on that tank we fished last Sunday?

Be honest.

You know the one I like best? The one where I pulled up big fish of the day.

Got this one today

Did you borrow Dans Boonie cover??

Nice fish.

Aee you referring to my sweet hat. No it is mine.

Dan has one just like it.

Giant sombrero hat. Lol

Dam nice fish RSD.........

the creek chanel had a good drop off with structure and shallow water on the side.niiiceanytime you have a wind blown bank like that it should hold bass because of the curent . but that day was tough and im not sure the bass population is there for the size i fish for. im sure there are plenty of unders there but thats not what i fish for . but really like that lake.

I know of a few big fish caught there so I am going to keep on fishing it. I caught that one big one a few weeks ago and she was right on the spot I picked out on the North side.

Both of the points on the south side are prime spots but I haven't caught a decent fish there. You have shallow water within a few tail wags from deep water. Heck that one point has a drainage ditch running into it on the damn side.

That fish David caught today was sitting on a small tree branch that got stuck in a shallow cove. I think the water was 4' deep. We had went over it once earler in the morning but it missed the spinnerbait leaving a big swirl.

I think it was about an hour later when we went back and David got his chance to run over it with a rattle trap type bait. She slammed it this time and put up a pretty good fight before he got her in the boat.

The lake we fished is normaly pretty clear but today you could only see a bait down about 6"-8". I think the fish could find that bait because of the all the noise it makes. The spinnerbait only put out shock waves and I hardly got bit at all. David caught several with that rattle trap.

Gentlemen (and Dan),

It almost my favorite time of the year and I'm not talking about Christmas, I'm talking abut Rattle-trap time..Nothing beats the excitement of a crankbait bite, (well except for a topwater explosion bite)

Rattle trap throwing time is almost here. Better start working out those arms for the chunk and wind part of the season...MY FAVORITE

The "cold" front has just arrived here in Denton.

The wind is blowing and the temps are dropping.

Please bring the rain.

Got .08 this morning

What?

Rain your was talking about rain that is what we got

Hit my local spot for about 45 minutes. Got 3 dinks, 3 bluegills, and this one decent bass all on weightless senkos. I fished the senko a little bit faster than I normally do, kinda like I fish a fluke or slash bait and they inhaled it on each strike.

Got this 15 incher. Not a monster but biggest of the group i caught.

Nice Carlos! That tank of yours seems pretty good. There has to be an 8lb in there if not one pushing DD.... Go find her son!

I don't hunt DD's.

Only reverse lunkers

Good, that leaves more of them for me.

I think with this cooler weather we are all going to start catching a lot more fish. I enjoy catching them all...reverse lunkers included, but I am ready to catch some real lunkers this fall.

Well I for one am ready for the cooler weather sure was a nice day today to start with it.

one of the toughest days ive had i caught one in 6 hrs this morning left at 12 went back at 3 till 7 without a bite . fishing a tourney in tyler tomorrow. wish you guys a safe day and good luck tomorrow.

Go get all that big fishing money son!

Good luck to you.

Carlos and I did some work today. All fish were caught on "power shot" rigs. Variety of plastics were working. Worms, Crawfish, Creature baits, and Carlos had one on a fluke "Power shotted" The sun was high today so the fish were in the middle of the weeds.

When we get cloud cover, they are on the edges of the weeds and even off the weedline, but still relating to the weeds.

Nothing huge at all. But we had fun!

That's not a bad looking fish. Good stuff Dan and Carlos.

We no doubt caught some healthy ones. Just no bigguns!!

we didn't blank and we both caught so that's always a good thing.

good job dan and carlos

Does your wife know you have her kitchen towel?

Hell no!

Thats Carlos towel.

And she (his "wife") did not even know he was fishing untill his sunburn gave him away when he got home lol! He claimed to be at Lowes!

And "she" is not his wife for another 3 weeks ha ha.

Thanks David. Get you some this week and Post the pics!

I am going to catch the next BIG FISH.

You just wait and see.

I will have pics.

Bring it on FFM. Post pics even if its not big. We love "reverse lunkers"

I can feel it. Carlos and I are going to get on a pig....And if we dont, its all good haha. We will fun trying!

When we all meeting up again boys?

Yeah, So I was supposed to be running "wedding errands" all day which meant I was going to meet Dan at the lake. LOL.

I fished most of the day with my shirt off as usual and when I was at home walking around shirtless, my fiance totally called me out and said "how did you get sunburned from running errands??" and then she said "dont even try to lie cause your face just gave you away" LOL.....

I got all the wedding errands done after we fished so my tail was saved anyways and I cooked dinner and cleaned the house before she even got home from work so needless to say I am a man of many trades.....

And yes, Dan and I are about due for a fat nasty bassy...

TEAM DANTINEZ IS TAKING OVER BABY!!!!

I'm gona need pics to confirm the catch.

Dano can't use that trick tape measure either.

So Dan and I will be on one lake and FFM and Tim will be on another lake tomorrow.

Do I dare challenge to a photo tournament??

Only Eagles dare ...

huh??

It was an old movie reference.

Carlos your on photo chalange accepted. Or y'all just get your buts to prosper for a great eve fishing

Carlos and I went today. I had 10 fish on a drop shot rig. The fish were not in the heavy cover. If they were, they were not biting. Went back to my roots and finessed them today.

Biggest one was 19 inches.

Carlos can comment on what he caught today if he wants to. Good times as always.

Lets see what you boys had today! Does the 19inch fish take it!?

Nice!

Word on the street is that Tim had a bigger one than me. And that FFM lost one even bigger than Tim's!

It does not count till we see the pics fellas.

I blanked.

Dan carried me the whole day. I power shotted all day. Not one stinkin bite.

Dan was Putting on a clinic with his drop shot skills.

I was very impressed.

Thats my ninja.

Two can play at that game.

Pics needed.

This is going to be bloody.

Are you sure you want to see her?

She is pretty big.

well go ahead and put the nail in their coffin !!!

not sure i would even take a pic of a 19" bass when you knew i was fishing !!!!!! i had one that hit so hard it broke a 5xd crankbait she was prob pushing 8lb. just to be clear fellas I KINDA KNOW WHAT IM DOING !!

It went 23".

I used my ribbon tape which was inspected by top members of the state AND federal Department of Weights and Measures... to be dead on balls accurate!

On this one hump we had four bites.

This was the only one we got into the boat.

not sure i would even take a pic of a 23" bass when you knew i was fishing !!!!!! i had one that hit so light I didnt even know she was on the line until i reeled it in t re-cast. she was prob pushing .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008oz. just to be clear fellas I KINDA KNOW WHAT IM DOING !!

that fish looks like it has herpes !!! i hope you washed your hands that thing is skinney

carlos you crack me up !

Thanks for the good laugh Carlos...good stuff.

Not sure you would take a pic of a 19" bass?

I will take that pic every chance I get.

I dont know what I am doing...So I will post those all day. I just get lucky sometimes. I dont even have a fishing jersey or anything!

i thought the jersey shore kids were the only guys that worried what about what kinda shirts guys wear .lol..

Is this page loading strange or what?

It is loading that way because of Carlos's post with all the zeros. It is pushing the screen size to the right.

I caught 4 over 22" today but am afraid to post the pics on here because somebody might get offended . But if anyone goes to lake x and finds a rod and reel combo next to the island it's mine and got ripped out of my hand and is worth about $500

Be your own man and Post the pics.

just a few from today

Fine fish Tim. Sorry you lost your $500 rod.

(Carlos, get the SCUBA gear ready, we got you a new combo then you can give me mine back ha ha)

Thanks Dan I had them dialed in on a crankbait yesterday but that one ripped it right out and we could see it it's in 3' of water. But the water got muddy and I couldn't find it.

I would have gone swimming... No way it would still be in there lol!

I can swim deeper than aquaman.

for a $500 rod and 3ft of water id jump in and find it. Wait I dont have $500. 00 rods.
let them swim with the fish on it.

I fished for about an hour at my private lake on the sub division I live in. I got 5 dinks a bluegill and one decent bass. Not bad for an hour of fishing on the drizzling rain.

Must be nice to have a place to fish right where you live. Good stuff Carlos.

Yes that would be nice for fishing I have a small pond close but the bass are very small still fun for the heck of it.

Nice fish Carlos. Glad to see someone got bit today.

Thanks guys. I am very blessed to the living where I do. It's a nice little lake with little to no pressure.

Carlos left out that him and I hit MY home lake today. We had some luck but nothing big. Carlos had one on a crankbait

Carlos...throwing a crankbait? Shocking!

I had a few on the "power shot" and a drop shot, but nothing big.

Then I had the pleasure to meet up with Kolton at my little creek spot. He had a few throw the hook. I had a few dinks.

Spitting rain on a cold front day, not too bad, but its about to get GOOD guys.

Yeah my bad Dan. I didn't mean to diminish out time together.

Lol.

Tim, general location of where that rig went down? We have 2 Marines and an Airmen ready to go find that sucker for ya! Hell, I think we would do it just for fun at this point.

CrankbaitCarlosFishing.

I haven't got serious with a crankbait for some time now. I did use it some last summer and did pretty good with them.

I am going Sunday to this spot to where I can use one but it will have to be deeper than 15 feet. Now I haven't done that in a long long time. Being that deep, you will have to work it like a worm or jig. Let it dig down then float back up and do it again.

I think it takes just as much skill as fishing a worm does.

Yeah. Deep cranking has never been my strength. Like you said it takes lots of patience and perfect timing for it to run run correctly that deep.

My favorite and strength is shallow water cranking and square bill cranking.

Cranking that deep I would almost throw a big swimbait instead of a deep diving crank. But you won't get that digging effect that sometimes triggers the strike.

Dan it's only in 3' of water and should be easy to find if the water is clear and not muddy . Thanks guys Ill look for it again next time I'm there

Thanks guys for the help. I found the rod today and got it back. Dan Carlos thank you for the offers. I'm out here and getting skunked by the way

Glad you got your rig back. Cleaning the reel will be tons of fun lol.

At that price of the rig Timmha Glad you got it back....

well i have 14 in my garage that are the same$$$ and another 12 in the boat but that could be one i could give to somebody that doesnt have one no way was it going to sit at the bottom of a lake.fixing to take it apart and clean it now.

And where do you Live??
Just joking.

Went out today to my home lake and landed a few dinks and two solid ones. One was 17inches the other 19inches. The 17incher was sickly. It was long and very skinny.

17inch crackhead bass




19inch healthy bass.




All caught on a 3inch rubber Crawdad.

Nice that skinny one well needs some help after plastic and not real food LOL
Looks like the pond has a fountain that should help them.
Good stuff.

nice work Carlos! it looks like the crackhead bass has a broken jaw.

that's an interesting bait is it pre rigged?

Yeah its pre rigged. It's made by YUM and it's pretty light and flutters down on the sink. That's when they both hit it.

They come in packs of three 3 and 5 inches. I was using a 3inch. Natural craw color. .

Went out tonight for about 30 minutes at sunset. Caught 3 solid ones and the biggest went for 20inches. Caught those fatties stitching a black worm. Picture quality not the best. It was dark and taken from a iPhone

They are getting bigger all the time, you must be getting that place figured out.

Props!

I am on my way to your place dude! solid Work Carlos!

I told you those big ones would get going after dark!

top water action?

Nice fish Carlos, and FFM.

FFM.

No top water action yet. They seem to be biting more on the finesse action right now but I'm sure when they turn on and get a bit more aggressive they'll be biting on top. And I can't wait for that.

stitching a black worm ... props

Yessir. The bite is a lot more ninja like. I was stitching it real slow and it just stopped. I thought I was caught up on a log so I jerked it real hard and then my line started swimming hard left. And it was on!!!!

All of my bites were very suttle

Where are you hooking the fish at?

In the jaw, the skin inside the mouth or the throat?

Two of them bottom lip. And once on that tounge thingy they have.

Most of the fish I catch they are hooked in the throat. They must swallow the bait and the hook snags the throat when I set it on the way out. Sometimes I catch the skin inside their mouths, rarely does the hook make it back to the jaw.

This is just my observation since I learned how to stitch.

Yeah. I was really trying to focus on the bite.

Today I was crawin' a worm over some little rocks (or sticks) and I felt a small tap. I reeled in the extra line and swept the rod. That fish make three runs and didn't come up until it was next to the boat. It took drag all three runs.

I expected it to be bigger than it was.

I was really trying to focus on the bite.

That is the key to all of it.

I have set the hook on a hunch before and caught a BIG one.

They are tricky like that.

+100! I just can't say that my past BIG ones are on the same level as FFM's BIG ones. Not yet at least, but I will get there. Looks like Daddy has been missing out in this thread. lol. Nice work, Carlos! Stitching with a black worm as well. FFM style... lol I've been focusing on the bite lately as well and when I suspect a bite, I simply apply slight tension to the line like Mr. Murphy recommended and the fish will usually get a firmer hold of the bait or swallow it then take off at a decent pace. I just make sure to be ready to free the spool/open the bail ASAP at the first sign of movement. From there, you should be able to set the hook either pretty quickly or wait it out if you're skin hooking a soft plastic. I've had A LOT of bites like this lately. My problem is I keep going back to wacky rigging with the O rings and completely exposed hooks while using a baitcaster because I can't seem to get it right. While the tension tactic works the same, they tend to feel the hook pretty quickly and expel the bait if you don't react within the small window of time with the proper hook setting action/power. I don't have this issue with the spinning reel though as I normally don't use the tension trick while wacky rigging with it. Guess it's a comfort level issue. On another note, I think I may switch back to all fluoro like FFM was stating the day we met as I am paranoid that my hi vis line may be scaring away line-shy fish, especially those smart lunkers, when I cast beyond my target as the line must sink and travel through the location first. Even with the marker trick or using low vis braid, it just doesn't make me feel as comfortable as I did with fluoro. While the hi vis helps ALOT in seeing those subtle bites, I have come to rely on feeling the bites more anyway along with instinct from recent experiences. Will be giving it a shot tomorrow morning. Wish me luck, gents.

I use flourcarbon on most of applications (epecially crankbaits and finesse fishing) unless fishing heavy cover or topwater.

Flouro's sensitivty coupled with a sensitive rod tip is the way to go when using the stitching technique. I use 17lb bass pro XPS flouro for most of my finesse fishing.

The reel i caught those three on was spooled with 17lb bass pro XPS flouro

Went to my dads ranch today an fished for about 30min. I used ultra light tackle and live grasshoppers. Caught two.

Nice Carlos, nothing like getting back to the basics.

Yeah man it was fun. That little pond is where I learned to fish. It's pretty cool after all these years that little pond still produces. Lots of memories from that spot.

Carlos you took whatever little rig was out in the shed there with whatever hook it had on it and found some hoppers huh?

AWESOME! ha ha. Nice fish brother.

Thats how we do it.

Yeah pretty much. I didn't bring my gear cause I didn't plan on fishing. So grabbed and old half rusted spin combo with really old half rotten line that had a treble hook tied on and went to grab some hoppers. Lol.

The live top water bite is pretty fun.

Tough bite today. I started by drop shotting with only two nibbles and no solid bites. Switched to a 1/8oz blue and chrome rattle trap and got two on back to back casts. After that nothing.





I didn't bust out the measuring tape but they were around 15-16inches.

Is that out your back door again?

You are such a lucky dog.

Props!

Nice fish Carlos.

And that back door works!

Word on the street is Kolton got a nice one on hoppers.

Hey Carlos, how's these for some Grassshopper Bass?
They were both around 3-4#, your turn.

Those look good. Not bad not bad.

I see that pond is down to is it just me but do the ponds seem lower this year then last when we was so short of water?

I guess I need to catch a fish on a grasshopper and get in on this "hopper" fish off.

Dan. The fish off is off limits to you. It's for marines only.

Well this year has had Hoppers and my chickens like them and I see fish do to.
Them chickens run hard for them Hoppers.

We will see who gets the best fish tommrrow Marine. When we have the showdown at Lake X. Stay tuned for pics tommrrow!

(I actually have some Marine jokes but I dont want to get killed in my sleep so I am keeping them to myself)

Yeah, the pond fluctuates about 4-6 ft normally (the past 10 years at least). It's only about a 1acre pond but it's a deep bowl (approx 20 ft when pond is full, we've ha it since the 40's and it's never gone dry). The grass is the only cover in there for now.

Wish I could get out with y'all tomorrow, but I've missed enough work as it is. Grab some pics while y'all are out there would ya.

We will have pics for sure.

If you need help planting some cover in your tank let me know. You saw my cover planting skills at Target Creek ha ha!

Good luck guys!'

Make me proud.

Haha.

we will bring honor as disciples of the legendary fish fear me haha. too bad you have to work.

Alllllllllll friggggggen day.

But I am off Sunday.

Carlos is bringing a new guy... new guy says he wants to fish professionally. maybe we should hook him up with Timmy?

You guys up and rolling?

That's a big 10-4.

We are about to put in an launch.

Where are you guys fishing ????

On the water update :

We have found the school of sandies.

Have you found anything else yet?

We found that good rain suits come in handy, lake X sucks and my truck can get stuck in mud pretty easy ha ha.

We spent a lot of time working where the fish should be. The only place they could be really since the water is WAY low...and nada from the bass.

We caught some silly striped fish...that was it. We have brought shame to the Denton Co. Bass gang ha ha. Next time.

And the new guy flaked out.

If he wants to go pro he needs to stop being scared of a little rain and getting up early. ha ha.

Still sounds like fun. I'll go next time if I dont have work. Wife says I can fish again, no longer grounded!

The cold front blues ...

Went out today and found them biting on the shallow running crank baits. Square bills did the trick and that's good cause that's one of my strengths. All fish were caught holding close to cover and the banks and ambushing the bait as it swam by. Caught a lot of dinks and a few nice ones.

I may have to move to that place Carlos

Looks like good fun Carlos.

It's been slow the last couple weeks. It finally turned Back on. They've been hitting worms in the past bit I think they are finally starting to get more active and feed on moving baits.

you da man!

I went out today and some had luck on a recon mission. Had 3 in 20 mins.

We have to take the buster there...eat your wheaties, its a hump and its steep, but looks like a great spot.

New water, you have to be insane to get down there, but worth it I bet.

You know you don't need to question my insanity. You know I'm Insane and a few hills won't scare me.

I've been called back to work so there is no fishing for me until next week.

I knew this job [censored] was going to back fire on me.

fml.

You can borrow my mainpack if your that motivated Carlos.

Kolton -

Thanks for the offer but i still have my flak jacket, SAPI plates and Kevlar when I feel like getting really crazy

He makes Dano wear it when he's zigging big crankbaits all over the place.

Haha.

I request it! Marines throw crankbaits like bullets. I am getting hooked someday soon. I will post pics for sure lol.

This work [censored] blows, I have been exposed and now they want me there all the friggen time.

This is a serious hit on my fishing time.

I might have to quit.

Well if you was a real Fisherman of Denton County would you not work?
Me I am not working and I live in Denton County and I fish. Hmm Am I a real "Denton County Fishermem?"
Dont turn down work dude fish later.

What a clever retort.

Props!

Went back out to rope pond tonight. Caught the smallest Frog fish I've ever gotten tonight around 23:00. I had one that smashed my Bps Kermy big time, missed the first hook set, then she nailed it again but she got off about half way back. I'm not sure how I like the double hooks in these frogs, seems harder for them to get.
My little frog bass


Carlos, may have to remember my flak and throat pro for when the fish arent biting, makes it so much easier to sleep while sitting up.

Went out for about 3 hours today. The bite was real slow and i couldnt buy a bite. I fished crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and even the weightless senko wasnt getting any hits. So I went to FFM's bag of tricks and tied on some stitching gear. I started getting bluegills bumps which was better than what I was getting before.

I finally nailed a good one but she broke my heart as she was about 10 feet from the bank and she came up ouit of the water and spit it at me and swam off to the depths. I know she was a good one because I saw the size of her head when she spit it.

Not too long after that I lost another one, not sure of the size as it came off before I got a look at her. I am super pissed by now. Again I finally get on another one and i connect good one this one. The pics are below. I am really beginning to get a knack for this stitching thing. I am nowhere near "good" at it but eachg time I use the technique I get a little better at it.

The stitching rig I was using.

The fish.

Good stuff Carlos.

Props!

Good fish for sure! I will be there tomorrow.

Good fish Carlos. You got a nice little place there.

It catches bigger fish when it fished in the right spot.

I thought for a while that I had picked out THE RIGHT color and worm to catch them with but now that I have been sitching for a while I have figured out some other stuff.

Try a smaill brush hog.

And here is how I rig it.

FFM you thought about using those baitholder hooks like Murphy did?

I think that might be a good idea. I would fear when you do get that DD she might straighten out a light wire hook.

That last 7 you caught jacked that hook up pretty bad if I recall.

I might have to try that, just see how it works.

I have yet to lose a fish rigging it like that with them hooks.

I am gona stick with it until further notice.

Dan and I hit my home lake. We caught some fish. Alotta dinks and a few decents. All fish caught on worms.

Good goin guys.
I'm going to check out "grandy's pond" (or that's what I'm going to call it) here in lewisville. Probably nothing big in there but I've never seen it dry in my life, so well see how it goes.

Good deal looks like fun and so close to home.

Haha ..... you guys suck.

Well, still at "grandy's pond". Couple of bass so far, nothing over 2#. It'd be good to get a buster in for sure

Kolton

I'd raher be with you than watching this god awful ranger game. It's effing ridiculous.

Haha.

I am from KC.

I'll let ya know ahead of time next time. Found fish in both the ponds we went to. Saw like 5 different beavers. Had to put away the topwater frogs because of the damn things.

hey we are the kings of catching reverse lunkers... I live for that little tap when I know I have a very small fish on.

Well, were back from fishing the third pond of the night. Found a few small ones, but this pond looks better for catfish. I was fishing some fallen timber with a black spinnerbait and I felt a hit, So I set the hook (real hard this time Dan lol) and I watched my bait fly towards me and land at the bank. All I could think of was Damn! I lost him. So I start to reel in the slack, only to notice the line start swimming away. The little guy held on for a good 15 foot flight through the air on my hook set haha! Smallest one of the night, but the most fun. Better than the rangers game at least.

Looks like it had a good night last night before the cold blew in.

Fish are still biting today, finicky, but still biting.

Look what Carlos did today... He knew the fishing would be slow. So he decided to get married!



Congrats to you and Amanda bro.

Thanks man. It was a blast. Thanks for being there.

Congratulations Carlos, wish yall the best!

Congrats Carlos

Props!

She is way too pretty for him lol. He married up!

Me and the other Groomsman set the over under at 13 months before there is a baby CarlosMartinezFishing lol.

I am taking the under.

Carlitos!

Congratulations Carlos!!!

y'all are missin out! Started at 10 and already have three on the bank. Best two so far.

Props!

Good stuff Kolton...night fishing seems to be where it is at.

Kolton is a machine...Thats all there is too it.

Ride em cowboy!!!!

It's weird looking at a sideways picture.

Haha.

I went to my Super secret spot today. To find some guys there fishing with minnows. They proudly showed me their cooler full of nice sized crappie and many undersized ones and a few small bass...

There were on the way out or else I would have tried to Narc on them. I mentioned there is a size limit and they acted like I had two heads. Some fools from the nearby ghetto apartments..Idiot poachers!

Anyways got a few small bass and this just under 14 inch Crappie on small spinner baits.

Just got back in from a night of fishing in a new town. Must say, they have some very promising ponds down there. I can't wait to get back. Caught a few, biggest was about 3#. Even got to see some wild life. (gonna make a new hat band out of him)




When you turn your light on to get the moss off of your lure, only to realize your fishing in the wrong spot apparently.

Damn copperheads.

Kolton showed me some new places today. We caught some fish. Nothing big but had a good time.

For the record Kolton is equally as unafraid of Cottonmouth snakes as he is of Copperheads.

Check out the 6 foot long Crappie I got today!







4/5 of the Denton Co. Bass gang will be out tommrrow. Wish you guys luck. Sorry I cant make it. Post some pics!

Greetings gents! Looks like I've been missing out big time... Try to remember Daddy on your next Denton Co. trip... lol Looks like ya'll have been having a blast... I went out earlier today had some decent action. Look at the tail in the last two pics... Bass were definitely active early in the morning. Can't wait for the crappie action to pick back up at the barge.

@Dan, next time you encounter the poachers, just hit their bucket with a front thrust kick directly into the water and tell them Daddy told you to do it... lol

Nice fish DWOD. I guess there are still some good fish in that place

Nice fish Mr. Wilson. What did you get them on? We have been catching on worms and senkos mostly and I have been having some luck with spinnerbaits... Kolton had one on jerk bait today.

The crappie cant stay off my spinnerbaits the last few days.

Thank you, gentlemen... Definitely still has quality fish, RSD. They constantly breach the surface all around me with a cocky, taunting appeal. lol

@Dan, junebug senko... I can't stay away from the soft plastics... I think it's time to admit I have a problem... Na, seriously though, I had a lot of action on the junebug, where I had absolutely no action the time before where I tried every color BUT junebug. It was also a different time of day, but who knows. I never have luck with spinnerbaits. Perhaps I need to take notes from you and DPJ in order to boost my confidence in them at least. Jerkbait eh? Nice! Now I will admit that I am a complete novice in that category, but would love to learn as I'm sure the bites are electrifying! Crappie spinners? Interesting... I must assume that you're using smaller spinnerbaits. What colors if you don't mind me asking.

White skirts Silver blades. They are smaller spinnerbaits.

Spinnerbaits and grass are like peas and carrots. Fish them around and in grass. Rip them free when they get stuck just like you would do a rattle trap. Changing the rotation of the blade is key. That draws stikes like banging a crankbait off a stump.

You can burn them just under the surface, let the blade break the surface from time to time and when it does pause the bait for just a second. Looks like a shad on top flicking like they do when they are chased.

Short arm single colorado blades are great as drop baits. Reel them to a target and stop, let them helicopter down.

Slow rolling big colorados in deep water in winter can get your arm torn off.

Dark colors at night. As Kolton can attest to.

Other than plastics a spinnerbait is my go to lure.

Preach on brotha !?!?!??

You know I love spinnerbaits like you love cranks! And with only the one hook...Its much safer for your fishing partner lol.

You should switch to spinnerbaits Carlos. All those treble hooks you zing around make me nervous ha ha.

Funny story from today. The spot Kolton and I fished today was occupied by a cottonmouth when we showed up. Kolton hit him with his rod to scare him off.

I kept my eyes on the spot where he had been hanging out. At one point Kolton goes "Dude holy [censored]!" And points to my feet. I think I jumped 8 feet in one leap. He laughed.

I told him if he does that again I am pushing him in. And I mean it.

Haha.

Me and RSD did some power drop shotting in the heavy cover known as hydrilla.
We both had some good fish with this one being my best. It was around 20 inches and real fat.

Nice work guys! Sorry I could not make it out. Next time. What lures where you working?

How did FFM and Kolt make out?

I got shut out.

Went out today for an hour at my home lake. Fished with weightless senkos in black. Only caught some dinks and one fifteen inches.

Nice Carlos. Stay on that pond, I know you'll pull one of those big ones out soon.

Try any wooly bugger type pattern right now. Haven't been skunked yet. They are really pushing up on the shallows and banks. Caught 1 in maybe 6 inches of water.

Fly fishing huh? Isn't that for trout? I saw your pic of that fatty. Maybe I need to break out my old DVD of "A River Runs Through It" and get onto some fly fishing.

Welcome to TFF, and to the best thread on here (expect FFMs, cause his has the pic of your huge bass now ha ha)

[quote=CarlosMartinezFishing]Went out today for an hour at my home lake. Fished with weightless senkos in black. Only caught some dinks and one fifteen inches.



Nice Carlos. I caught about 20 like that one in that pond in about an hour... I know its catch and release but we got to thin the heard there some man lol. Way too many dinks.

I only fly fish for trout and when the Bass start making there way up into the shallows.Also hit a striper and limited out on white bass at some place called goat mans bridge with a fly rod about a day ago.It was pooring rain but i saw a nice fish boil Ya, thanks im new to the area and im what you would call a fishing bum. I love the area so many places to go fishing. Still learning the area and finding people to go with though.

Kolton went out with the legend FFM today. Fished my home lake. Which by the way you two are no longer welcome on ha ha. Good fish here.



Did you get it on your homemade rig Kolt? I still need one of those to test for you. I have some ideas on that rig too.

Good work guys!

That's what he caught her on.

Nice fish Kolton...how big did she go?

Who knows .... he tossed her back after the pic.

She wasn't what we were looking for.

So I went out to my Dad's ranch yesterday. Got out there around 5pm and started fishing. I wasnt sure how it was gonna go cause the water levels in the ponds were so low but i gave it a shot. I started with a bourbon colored Pop-R and when the top water bite died I switched to a blurple colored ( blue/purple) senko rigged weightless. Here's the results. No dinks caught. All solid fish in about a 2 hour span.

To make a long story short, my wife calls me while at work on Saturday afternoon and says, "lets go to the ranch and have family time" I was really suprised cause she is not a outdoors type gal, but i was all for some ranch time. Anyways, heres a picture of our so called "family time". Her sitting in the truck looking at facebook on her phone, my stepson (not pictured) at the house playing on his Playstation 3, and me fishing. Is this "family time" for anyone else.

LOL.....

ha ha you and Amanda and your other love, the bass. Nice Carlos!

Looks like fun. The water is low man. Some nice fish there. A few of them looked thin but overall they looked good.

I told Monica next you all go for a night out there we are going with. She was cool with that (as long as you have dish Tv lol)

Yeah man. Direct tv is all hooked up. Ill grill some fajitas. And it's on brother.

We need to fire up that little back hoe and dig it out a little over by the reeds since its low like this.

Make a couple deep holes and some ditches for them to sit in. Go back into the thickets and cut down a few smaller trees, tie them down running over the ditch.

And some beer thats NOT from 2008!! ha ha. Bring some weapons for little target practice... Its on man. End of season bash at the Martinez ranch!!

You are all invited! ha ha.

Good stuff Carlos

Sure. Everyone is invited. As long as you can find it WITHOUT directions or GPS. But If you show up. You can stay. Lol.

I have the GPS cords right to the gate that the pond is behind... I was going to post them out of excitment right now but thought twice lol.

Good call Dan.

Lol

I am smart, not like they say... I can do stuff. ha ha. (Godfather)

Y'all are nuts haha. Nice fish Carlos!

Went fishing for about an hour today. Trying to get some fish before the front comes thru. Got a couple of dinks and one barely "decent" fish. It was about 15 inches. All fish were caught stitching a white zoom finesse worm.

Well, at least you got fish... I have not been in two weeks.

I like white plastic worms! Cant find them alot of times. Where did you get those?

Wait...did you get those from my tackle bag?? You no good son of gun.

I didn't steal your carppy tackle or worms. I don't need your help to catch fish. Wel effort maybe the front seat of your boat. Lol.

I got some bags of goodies at Dicks Sporting goods on super clearance. I got all these bags for $1.60 per bag. Got alot of creature baits for flipping at "rope lake".

I haven't got to fish all week so I thought I would share the only descent fish I caught last Friday:

Nice one RSD, and good finds there Carlos, especially the Flipper "crawfish" ones.
Dan, we have hundred of white trick works and the like at work, your just not looking in the right place lol.

Dan I was at Bass Pro today and found white worms in several brands.

Nice fish David!

I went to "target" creek today for about 20 mintues till I could not feel my hands. I forgot what cold felt like. It sucks!

Kolton I am going to be up at BPS soon. I got $100 Gift card my team got me for "bosses day" buring a hole in my pocket!

Anyone fishing tommrrow? I am thinking about it. Hoping this cold has not shut them down to where its a waste of time.

David where you been fishing? At the place near you or the one near FFM?

How about that place that Carlos and I "chickened out" of fishing earlier this year do to concerns about getting towed? Have you been back there?

Hey Dan,

That fish was from last Friday when I hit rope lake for the first part of the day and then one near FFM in the afternoon and got that fish in the afternoon. I have not fished the place you and Carlos chickened out of, but I plan to go soon.

Dan, get with me when you decide to go to BPS, if I'm working I'll get you my discount.
I need to get out and catch something. The cold and just lack of energy has been getting to me.

Carlos and I were going to tear it up at warehouse pond today..But he had to work... Guarding the Giants.

LOL..yeah right. Inside joke guys. He is all mad cause I wont give him Eli Manning or Martellues Bennet in our fantasy league. So he says "I'm their security"

Nice.

Proving that we do more than talk junk on this thread...Fishing pictures!

Had 5 fish in a few hours. Not lights out but an awesome day to be on the water. I fished a giant swimbait and a split shot worm. Carlos did the same. No luck on the swimbaits. All worm fish.

That's how we roll

Well I have seen you guys do better but I cant even come close to what you guys have in size of bass. But me I am finding the crappie and good ones. Two weeks ago I got 11 bass and 4 crappie. the bass was in the dink size and the crappie was +10 to 13. Last week got 2 12in bass and 2 crappie +10in. All of the fish are on cranks or jigs Most on jigs them bass like them too.

Today, I went to where DBE went two weeks ago. Fished small cranks, jigs, an spinners... Not a single bite. Fished for a good 4 hours. I guess they were all eaten.

Maybe DBE will help you catch fish I bet you could find him on this thead maybe
Good stuff

I for one have not taken any fish home in some time. And for that matter I may need DBE's help.
Do you need to open this can of worms?

Veterans Day Weekend at the Martinez Ranch! You will find no great fishing tips here. But we had fun!

Carlos and his lovely wife!




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King of the reverse Lunkers!

Horse Whisper!



Big fish of the trip. 21 Inches and 3 lbs. Carlos knows her by name!





DOUBLE! (we hold them WAY far out, like the pros on here do!)



Carlos rejoices our double by wildly riding the tractor!!

And the ladies go wild!





Happy Veterans Day to all you out there!!

Haha.

Happy Veterans day to all!

Good stuff guys. Happy Veterans Day to both of you.

Never a dull moment at the MR.

Happy vets day to all!?!??!

Nice hat Dan!
Wish I could have made it guys! Looks like a lot more fun than waiting in a C130... And happy belated veterans day to you guys. Glad to see y'all got some fish as well!

If you were lookin for real fishing tips here you have found them! ha ha. Big fish are activley feeding now!

Carlos and I locked into a big fish today despite the wind that made it hard to hold on key spots. I caught a chunky fish from a place that no one thought held any fish at all.

Have at it boys!





This is a "KL Rig" Made by Kolton Loomis. Been catching nice fish on it. Great for heavy cover!

What did it weight and how did you catch it?

I know better than to post a weight on here without a picture of it on a scale ha ha. Its was over 5lb.

Caught on that rig pictured above. Fish was in heavy cover (grass) in about 10 feet of water.

Got out this afternoon to enjoy the great Texas weather. Nothing big but nice to get out.

Nice stuff David! At least you got some today. I got blanked.

Me and the ghost known as "FFM" are going out early for some pre turkey/football fishing.

Looking for BIG fish buried in deep water offshore grass. Hopefully will have pics.

Good luck tomorrow Dan and FFM. Maybe you'll get a giant fish to be thankful for

FFM had three small ones. Other than a nice crappie that shook off my crankbait I had nothing...So I had nothing.

Nice to get out though before the feasting and fish with a true gentleman like FFM.

His fish were all in the weeds, he had them on power shotted Whoo Daddys.

FINALLY-- I got out and did some fishing today. First time in about 3 weeks and the last 2 times I did go I got blanked. Did some banking at my subdivision lake and tried out my new KVD reel and Falcon Buccoo "trapcaster' rod. It a sweet set-up.

I landed 5 keepers in about 45 minutes. All fish were caught on rattle traps. The crankbait bite was on. I caught 5 and missed 2 more. Not bad for 45 minutes of fishing. Anyways, here are the pictures. I love this time of year. Its crankbait time!!!!

Well done Carlos!!!

You look so serious ...

Crank bait fishing is serious business.

Do you know how to tell if you are "stitching" correctly?
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You keep falling asleep.

Hit the rope pond today. I could not equal my man Carlos in his feat of the other day.

Water was 61 degrees. Still gills in the shallows.

Had three dink on crankbaits. King me! ha ha.

And if you wanna know where rope pond is....Follow the signs.

Had a "headshaker" get off. It was a big fish. I got her to "color" so I knew it was a bass. She shook her head twice hard, and came off.

Then she looked stunned and looked at the bait as it slowley floated up, like she wanted to hit it again, then she thought better of it...One flick of the tail and she was gone.

Just another fish story, but a true one.

I wish I could find one.

Good stuff Dan

Were you showing off when reeling it in like FFM does??

Uh .... I am just giving the fish one more chance for freedom.

Went out today and caught a few dinks. Nothing to write home about unless your Dan702 who is lucky to even catch bluegills.

The pic is of my biggest of the day. about 15 minches.

crankbaits in sexy shad color and tequila sunrise worms were the trick today.

Nice work Carlos!

I know that many of you get tired of catching lunkers and want to get better at catching those coveted "Reverse Lunkers" Well your in luck! In pictures, here is the best way to catch many reverse lunkers! I had a ton of them today!

First motor your little Hunter around untill you see this.



Then go ahead and drop down this...And shake it just a little.



Then get ready for lots of this!!



Oh the joy of early winter Reverse lunkers!! Ha ha

The old RL drop shot rig. It never fails for those Wiley reverse lunkers.

Big fish are overrated.

No reverse lunkers for me today. Just had one bite and it was a descent one. Just over 20 inches



Another pic of the same fish.

David you're doing it all wrong! Lol

Nice fish there brother. Respect!

Just to show I can still bring in the reverse lunkers...here's one from Thursday:



AND...............

The sexy shad catches the not so sexy shad:

Sexy shad gets not so sexy shad ha ha. Good one!

Wanted to go to rope pond today but only had an hour I stayed near by. Had a small dink on drop shot.

Met "pondbass" from TFF who is a carp/buffalo guy. He taught me alot about what they do. Fancy stuff. Very educational!

Pics...of course.

KING of the Reverse lunkers!



Buffalo/Carp stuff





This one was "twenty easy" but "not worth putting on the scale" lol thats whats up!

So when are we pulling buffalo/carp out of rope pond? Count me in, I am dying to catch one on fly rod.

I bet that sucker fought pretty good.

What is the sling shot for?

What is a sling shot not for? Personal protection. Seagulls. Turtles. Snakes. Bigfoots!

In this case he used it to throw out the chum. To bait the area. Its hard to throw handfuls of corn/flake mix 50 yards. But you can ball it up and sling it a mile!

That's it, I'm installing rod holders on my buster and I'm gonna put my jigs and such in a sling shot. Less effort and twice the fun.

How the heck would I have known that?

Did ya leave that nasty fish on the bank to die?

FFM-

Carp and Carp fisherman are all God'd creatures. It was released with the utmost care.

Rodfather speak of these things only amongst the family...The carp mafia is powerful! More so than the yak family even!

Ha ha

Cuck Farp.

Come at me bro.

^^^^^^^^I love this guy

It's just a carp ... wth?

Dan and I made the drive out to rope pond and tried to get on some bass. We did okay with the bass but did better with the crappie. Sexy shad as usual did the damage. Dan nailed a good 14 1/2 inch fat crappie. Hit the crank HARD!!!

I will take that crappie at 15 inches all day! ha ha.

Nice to fish with my long time pal and "The Enforcer" for the Denton County Bass Gang on this X-mas eve eve.

I think we figured something out today thats going to keep us on fish all winter.

And I see that that bass buster has a stereo system too.

I got out solo today. Santa brought me a few bass, a another BIG crappie and some sort of little striped fish!

Might be onto something with these big crappie.





The bass were about 16 inches, got them on plastics. No pics of those guys.

Keep fishing fellas, the big ones are out there to be caught even in the cold!

Nice fish Dan. Representing the DBG!!

Carlos and I fished New years and got Carlos got this bad boy!

Solid Luna catch!



Went the other day and I got my first fish of the year. A really BIG crappie. We were bass fishing, but I will take it. Weather was brutal but at least we did not get blanked.

Nice catch Carlos and Dan good crappie. I have yet to fish this year and I am feeling the need to go soon.

Well well, If its not RSD! Thanks David. Hope you had a great new years.

Go get some fish buddy! For your safety dont let Duckman throw cranks in your Bass Hunter.

Prepare for a BIG year boys !!

Nice

Props!

Oh yeah? Well I caught a 14# on a chatterbait about 30 mins ago. I wasn't allowed to tale pics.

Dang it... Your killin me smalls!

^^^^ your killing me smalls !!!!! The great bambino.
Kolt BPS doesn't have a bass that big in there but see what they will pay for one of my big girls . Yes FFM 8-9

Those are 3 diff fish top one came today B/B LFT craw little over 9 , second was a a-rig from lake x , 3rd was on my lake yesterday about 8

Timha,

You file assualt charges on K-loom for the jig to the head incident? That melon of your is pretty valuable.

That would clearly be a violation of my boat rules.

He would have had to swim to shore for that one.

Now now guys this doesn't need to be brought up lol. Apparently it was just enough of a bump to get him into another catching streak...

Nothing to see here, move a long.

Dano would let you beat him with your fishing rod for ten minutes if it meant that he would catch a 9 pounder.

Carlos ... 20 minutes or more.

Nah. Dans a better man than that. He'd just start beatin me back.

you guys are funny lucky it wasnt a 1oz jig !!!! i have been hit so many times for so many years it doesnt even phase me ,just keep on fishing.i did have a 5/0 wide gap on a c-rig get drove in my back that pulled me off the deck !!!!!

Lake X still sucks ha ha.

I only catch reverse lunkers myself, so I stay away from that place.

true dat

I'm only targeting reverse Lunker blue gills for the 2013 season.

I wonder how many blue gills I can catch on the new 10XD's

Why was Kolton fishing a tree up on the bank to begin with?

I was meaning to cast up the bank and let the jig fall into the water, one of my casts got away from me and got hung in some brush. We were back in the creek. ( Thankfully Timmha has a sense of humor. But it wouldn't have been a far swim if he had booted me out lol)

FFM, did you ever get a new TM or Prop? I still have one you can have.

No, I can't justify buying a $200 TM when the one I have now works.

I want to push Dano around but not for $200.

Tell Dano to lay off of you and he is not wort $200 bucks!
And I don't know the guy LOL

It been a tough January for me. First few fishing trips got blanked. Finally got on some fish today. Senko with the smallest bullet weight I could find did the trick. Only fished for about an hour bit was able to break into the 2013 fishing scorecard.

Good stuff Carlos.

Nice! About time you got some fish on the board this year.

I bet that senko deal would work at target creek now too!

Yeah. I had to go old school to get a bite. Watermelon senko and a light weight.

Props.

Nice catch, Carlos! I'm finally getting on the water Saturday for the first time in a month and can't wait.

Got out for about 30min today and only managed 1 dinkster.

A nice reverse lunker Carlos! Way to go!

yeah, when the bite is so light you dont realize you have one, thats what I live for

I persoally like it better when they hit it like a rented mule but to each his own. Way to pull one out.

OTB-

Ive never had a rented mule, I usually own the mules I like, So not sure how a rented one would hit.

Im more of a mule owner type than the renter type

Sorry Carlos, figure of speech. How bout this; I like it when they pull drag faster than a scalded dog chasing an ice truck.

haha

2 dinks today out at Luna.

Carlos had a Sweet Luna catch the other day. Check this bad boy out!

hahaha.

Thats some solid dumped trash fish action.

I hope you practiced CPR. I hope to catch her one day.

Somehing for our local "stitching" experts to chime in on. Or not. Let them keep guessing.

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbt...g_a_worm#UNREAD

Let them keep guessing.

Not an ideal trip but did manage to catch a few. This one was a lot fatter than he looked. I thought it was a female full of eggs but it was just really healthy. Both came from the lake with no fish in it.

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This one wasn't much but fought like a tiger.



That made the trip bearable. I had to dive for a rod and reel, busted a seat, fell on the floor and smashed my head on the battery, and bent the handle on my trolling motor. It still works if anyone wants a 30lb Minn Kota Endura C2. Free.

Haha.

Props on the fish from the dead pool.

OTB- ill take that TM if your serious about giving It away. I'll make it work

It's all yours Carlos. It still works fine but the handle is bent which won't allow it to telescope out which is a must for me when fishing alone. Let me know when you can come pick it up and I will PM you my address. Both my wife and I are traveling for work this week after Tuesday but I will be home around 10 tonight and 7 tomorrow. After that it will be the middle of next week before I am in town again.

I figured that since someone was kind enough to give me two seats last year the least I could do is pay it forward. Haha...

I was really surprised at the water clarity. It didn't have its usual anti-freeze green color. All of the creek chanels were as clear as any fresh water I have fished. The two the the left of the cut through to the back were crystal clear and full. I didn't realize before how deep they are as I assumed they were the usual 2 foot depth. I could see the bottom at a little less than 5 foot of water.

OTB-

This is a busy week for me also so I can hook up with you next week for sure for the pick up

Did some work on the boat today. Took off all the old rod holders. I don't plan to troll or use them. Replaced some blown fuses for the live well and lights. Installed one of he new seats. Just some basic cosmetic stuff to make sure it's ready for when the weather turn nice.

No worries Carlos. I'll Motel Six it for you. Hit me up when you can swing by. I'm in North Dallas at Coit/Campbell.

Cool. I'll be in touch with you.

What is the length of that Carlos? I like the 360 degree swivel on the seats. I may need a trade in if it will fit in my truck and I can lift it.

OTB- The model is a Bass Tender 10.2 (10 feet 2 inches). It fits in the bed of my truck easily and I dont have a full size truck. I have a 2007 Dodge Dakota. As for the 2nd part of the question. Can you lift it alone? I can do it but its a struggle. With two people, no problems at all.

I'm thinking of getting a trailer for it but havent made up my mind

The dead lake is alive!? Nice work OTB.

Boats looking good Carlos. We have to take it out and do some night fishing on the "illegal" lake thats north of rope pond.

That thing has some TOADS in it, and being illegal to fish and all, it does not see alot of pressure.

Dan-

dont go get all the private waters people all riled up this early in the morning about our Ninja ways.

^ why not Carlos? Getting soft on us?

Soft? hahah!?!?! Never.

I'm all for ruffling feathers and disturbing the peace, just let me get some Monster in me before we get started. I like to participate on all cylinders. I dont like to half-arse it when busting balls.

If it is 200 or less I should be able to lift it that with no trouble. Over that and it would be dicey.

it weighs 160lbs empty. So as long as you unload it, then load up your battery, anchor, tackle, etc...

you should be fine

That's what I do with my prowler now so no change there. I am getting tired of all of the loading and unloading. A trailer is in my future.

The boat is ready for the water. Finished mounting all the seats and other small things.

If anyone wants my old seats they are free to anyone who needs them. One grey egg shell style seat and one brown folding seat. Will fit any buster or 2man boat that uses the square swivel. I'm in Addison and work in Grapevine. PM me if you want them

OTB-

You don't drive a black dodge ram 4 door, do you ?

Negative. I am in an '11 GMC Sierra TX edition. You can't miss it. When it is clean you will go blind from the chrome. It is black though. There will most likely be an empty coffee cup, beer, or glass of Jameson in the console.
If you ever see it at Luna please let me know if it is being broken in to. Haha.

It is a 4 door, yes.

Haha. Okay. Dan and I were thinking we might have met you once before.

You would remember if you had. Haha.

Yeah me too. Me and Dan are pretty unforgettable.

So I hear. Haha.

Whenever you see a 6ft white guy and a 5ft Mexican together fishing. It's 100% chance it's Team Dantinez terrorizing the local bass populations.

It's funny. Cuz the 6ft white guy is afraid of Mexican painters.

Hey Carlos u still have the seats I'll take them if u do. I just got a pelican Bass raider and I have No seats I have the brackets though. Just pm me I'm in ftw maybe we could meet half way or something. Thanks Lloyd.

PM replied back to you basstastic

Seats are spoken for by basstastic

Thanks Carlos for the seats. Thanks to you I'm that much closer to getting on the water. I'll see u Fri Eve.

Haha! Is that like a hybrid chupacabra?

get a room will ya?

In my line of work, I can arrange that quite easily

U guys are crazy haha

This is only somewhat true.

Being a San Fernando Valley California boy, you would think Dan is comfortable with Mexican painters, mexican landscapers, Chicle salesmen, the local Paleta man, and Mexicans of all walks of life.

Oh I am, and I have been to more Quinceaneras than you!

This "painter" just appeared behind us in the woods, mumbling and looking like half chupacabra. I was not scared...more confused ha ha.

I highly doubt that. You may have drank more Coronas in your life than me, but not been to more Quince's than me. Ive actuallly particiapted in 3, and I've been too over 2,489 Quince's in my life. And those are just my cousins I'm counting.

Haha.

Where's the best spot for the maiden voyage of my buster this weekend? I finally got everything squared away just need to add the seats. BTW I'm in ftw thanks

I heard a place called echo lake is good. But pretty sketchy. Never been.

Yea Ive heard of that place I was actually kicking around the idea of hitting clear lake or black creek. I've done pretty decent out there in the summer. anyone heard anything about either?

Clear lake would be a nice lake to start on.

Nice ramp.

Two creeks.

Timber lined banks.

Long drive.

Greetings gentlemen. Even tho I haven't joined the tube club yet, I figured I wouldn't be assassinated if I posted here as well. I heard Echo Lake was full of bass as well, but I wouldn't recommend the area to anyone who isn't familiar with some sort of "hood" exposure lol. Doubt anyone would bother you personally but your vehicle may get broken into or you may become a victim of circumstances if certain "transactions" go wrong. Plus there is just something that bothers me about coming in contact with water that's contaminated enough to require a possession ban.

D-Wilson-

your always welcome on this thread, as long as you dont ever disagree with what is said by the DBG.

haha!!

I don't mind a little drive. Anyone been out lately?

Rofl! I know... I know... That leads to waking up with my fishing rods "decapitated" next to me in the morning.

Congrats on the boat, Carlos! I need to step my game up. I'm pretty sure I'm the only boatless Denton fisherman left on the forum.

D-Wilson-

nah, theres a few bankers on here. We have to start somewhere.
I'll invite you out on mine once I see how it handles and get a few trips in it. Part of being good fisherman is knowing your equipment and thats not just rods reels, lures, that includes your boat and graphs and trolling motor, etc.... I'll see how it handles and learn the do's and dont's for that style of boat and your free to join me anytime.

Just dont outfish me if you want a 2nd invite.

You got to be a craiglist stalker to find the good deals. The good deals dont last too long. So you usually have to be the 1st reply, I got mine out of luck. I'll tell you that story another time.

It's kinda far, but you can try "South Lake" in Farmersville. Nice and quiet.

Got this one and a few others today.

Did ya get a water temp?

@Carlos, Awesomeness! I hear ya about learning your equipment and oh so true about bank fishing roots. I'll bank it any day over not fishing at all. I'll certainly take you up on that offer, sir. I'll try not to outfish you (by much) lol. Plus I think I'll let my girl stalk craigslist for me. She's addicted already.

@RSD, Nice! Gotta love that belly.

Yes, the temp was about 55 when I got there and 57 when I left. Most fish were caught close to shore.

Dan and I did some night fishing and launched my boat for the first time. Fish were caught and the boat is solid and comfortable. A win/win in my book.

yall suck...

Gentlemen (and Dan) -

Its time to start chunking traps and swimbaits. The big mothers will be getting real agressive soon with the wetaher getting nice. And with the time change we will have an extra hour of daylight. The window to catching your DD is now open

It's gonna be nice this weekend in the 80s .

nice fish.

I agree I think that last storm we had triggered it.

It's time to hit the banks again.

I am going out this weekend to try out the new TM. I got a new 45 lb thrust Minn Kota C2 and a new battery. If you see a bass buster with a rooster tail coming off the back that is me. Waive hi......
I am going to hit the dead pool on Saturday and Whiterock on Sunday.

OTB-

What time you hitting the dead pool on Saturday. I work until 2pm but might try and swing out there also.

I was planning to get there around 9:30 or so to give the water a little time to warm up but will probably still be there by 2:00 fishing the North banks. I hope to see the new rig.

The north banks huh? Interesting. Good luck!

Thats what I was thinking. There is for sure no fish on the northern banks of that place!! haha!!

just busting your nuts OTB. When the reeds get nice and thick there on the north bank side they go crazy for a weightless fluke. OOPS!!
Gave away one of my tricks

Actually Carlos, that whole mud puddle goes nuts for a weightless fluke. That's one of my go to baits out there. Ooopps. I gave away one of your tricks too, LOL! I think it will be pretty close to lights out so I was planning on trying a few new baits out. If I only catch 20 instead of 25 and learn something new it is worth it.

I know that my suggestion may shock some of you however as a general rule, shallow, protected coves with dingy water on the north side of the lake generally warm up the quickest. The exceptions are of course going to be determined by bottom density.

Went out for a quick session today and landed this one. 16-17inches on a baby bass rattle trap. He really whacked it too. The bites are gettin more and more aggressive. It's on!!!

Nice haul Carlos

Niiccee

Thanks guys

Must be nice ...

Good stuff Carlos

I hate waking up to calm winds and have to go to work! But u bett ur butt I'll be fishing all weekend!

I am watching people already at happy hour on the restaurant patios outside of my office and all I can think about is going fishing. I'm seriously trying to convince myself not to hit the slide today. It is way to nice out to be cooped up pushing paper.

Agreed! I work outside which is even worse! I'm about ready to shoot the mockingbird( not really ) that's been following me around all day singing Lol

I think I got y'all beat. I have a lake attached to where I work. Everytime I step outside I see it. And I'm the idiot that never brings his rods to work

Two questions Carlos:
1. Where do you work?
2. Are they hiring?

With a lake out back I'm not guaranteeing any work gets done but I'm always on time. Haha!

Haha mine would have a special place if I worked that close to a fishing hole lol

I'm going to fight the 101 fever and hit the water tomorrow. My plan is to start off with a topwater before the wind kicks up then switch to a spinnerbait/buzz bait as the sun comes up. If that doesn't produce then it will be a jig/fluke day. Maybe a little later in the day I will throw a trap. What am I missing?

I'd add a chatterbait somewhere in that lineup. I know for a fact that has been producing lately.

And throw in a Monster or RedBull (or be like Dan and do 4-locos) and your set.

I picked up a chatter bait the other day to try. sside from the already insane amount of tackle I have I don't know why I didn't give em a try sooner. Fish it like a spinnerbait, right? More like a jig? Both?

Haha. I only drink RedBull when there is vodka in it and even then I leave out the Red Bull. Never tried 4 Loco but I'm not a fan of energy drinks. I'm an old fashioned coffee guy.

I will be dusting off my chatterbait tonight if I'm still alive. Hope to see you on the dead pool tomorrow, Carlos.

Yeah work has screwed me up and I'm worknig all weekend. but I'm off on Monday and Tuesday. So I plan to get my fishing is on those two days.

And dont try 4-locos. They are gross. But I'll drink a Monster all day!! it actually ups my fishing skills. haha!

No wrong way to fish a chatterbait really. Just vary it up on its presentation and see what they like. The simple chunk and wined usually works pretty successfully though.

Did some banking today. Nailed some good quality males being protective over Thier bed. Can't get no females when your bed gets jacked. Baby bass swimbait and a Pear green rattle trap did all my catching.

Nice job Carlos!

Good stuff Carlos. Sure must be nice to have a pond like that right outside your door.

I hit rope pond today. The wind was bad, bad. Never had the Hunter in waves that big. Got into some fun wave riding.

Started slow with just one dink. Then I recalled what Carlos said..."Sexy shad,its always sexy shad time" Then I got a few.





Hit Target Creek on the way home and got this dude on a 6inch Castaic Catch 22 Swimbait.



Ended up with about 10 fish. Nothing huge. I tangled with a monster twice. She was 8# no chit! But she won.

Water was 63 at target creek and 60 at rope pond. Bass on beds all over the place. Good times.

Nice Dan!!!

Nice going Dan.

Swimbaits are the ticket right now

That swimbait is half as big as that fish.

Dano is your arm worn out?

Haha.

I saw a guy in a hunter today on Fork and he was going to cross a cove and the waves started bouncing him and he just turned right back around and went to shore.

Anyone brave the wind? I'm headed out in the am to bank it for a little bit. My truck is getting some transmission work done: /

Dan and I got out today. Fish were caught. And a monster was missed... Typical

I hit the dead pool again on Saturday. Fished for about 2 hours without even a hint of a bite. I switched over to a black/blue jig and WHAM! game on.

This was the first fish of the day-

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3 casts later, fish on-

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I also caught the first black lipped fish I have ever seen-

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I had 9 total for the day. Not lights out but a much better outing than my last. Things are picking up for sure. The jig and a chatter bait did all the catching.

Nice fish otb

Anyone been out. I know some of u guys get a day off during the week. Unfortunately I don't..

Props on the fish from the dead pool!

I am going out tomorrow to give it a shot.

Lucky dog. Good luck

FFM,
If the wind permits spend some time hitting the brushy cover on both sides before you get to the back cut through. I caught a few decent ones there 2 trips ago but couldn't last time because of the wind. The back creek channel (back half) was loaded up pretty good. Good luck and leave a few for the rest of us wannabes. Haha.

The cut through to the back pond, not the creek. You know what I mean, sheesh.

I have been fishing spots on the main lake that should hold fish at one time or another. If I catch it at the right time, it will be a awesome day.

I have been working these spots since last year and my biggest fish was pretty big.

You all are talking about two diff places.

FFM does not fish the dead pool. He said it contaminated his boat last time he was there.

Carlos and I fished the dead pool on monday and Bogarts on Tues. Caught fish at both.

Will post some pics later. Since I know you all love my pics ha ha

So THAT'S why my boat glows in the dark now... I knew that water was sketchy but.......Haha...

Yes, FFM said the EPA called him...Carlos was offended since he likes to swim in the dead pool, true story.

I thought it may have been a neck tattoo but after Dan clarified it I now know what I really saw was gills last week when I saw Carlos. That water will turn you into the creature from the black lagoon.....Haha!

Greetings gents,

Just curious, but has anyone (most likely FFM) done any detailed research on custom rods/blanks currently available for stitching per Bill Murphy's specs?

I have been doing some fishing with DBG boys the last few weeks. Some pics for your viewing enjoyment.

I am claiming Big fish year to date for the DBG with this 21.5 I caught today at Target Creek.



Lets see those big fish boys! Where you at FFM?!

Great pics!

Props!

Nice Dan. Hopefully I'll get that one at rope pond to bite gain... Then the tides will change real quick!

This is the best one I caught that I got pics of.

you know as well as I do Kolton, that fish is long gone. like a young Marine in the night, she dropped her load and she is out.

It's surprising how accurate that statement is...

Lol....class one download.

Swimbait fish two weeks back. The new Photobucket sucks. Took me two weeks to find this



Another Random Pic from weeks ago that I just found. We are class.

Carlos and I hit a brand new spot today. Hard to access, even harder to get the boat down there. We spent the first 3 hours wasting our time on the West bank.

As soon as we moved to the east side it picked up. We had several decent bass. I lost a BIG one. All fish came on jigs with craw trailers.



I caught this deal... Flathead cat. Fought as hard as it is ugly.



Now that we have learned the place some. We will be back. Like any water, takes some time to figure out. I have high expectations of this place..we will get some good ones from here!

HMM that flathead looks kind of like FF... nevermind ha ha

Yep Yep....good times. Dan had big fish of the trip with the Trinity river Toxic catfish.

Also another important note from the trip, we met a very intersesting man fishing for elusive Gar. He even gave us his family recipe for cooking and eating them.

PM me for this highly secrettive recipe.

I declare that I have the reverse lunker of 2013 as of this moment.
Any disagreements must be stated promptly with proof. Otherwise, I don't care.

reverse lunker titles only apply to bass, large mouth bass. also based on the lifelessness of the pictured bluegill I would suggest this photo is staged!! upon further review that lure is not even tired to anything...

how dare you Sir attempt to fraudulently claim the title of reverse lunker King

Haha. The bluegill was alive and well. And was caught on that lure but foul hooked. I didn't know that it only applied to LMB my friend. The line was cut off because when I reeled in that guy I decided that it was time to change baits. Then I took the pic.

The hook is actually through its right eye and buried in its little fishy brains.

only on this thread will there be an argument about who caught the smaller fish... Haha. that's why people love this thread!!

I still love lamp.

Who wants to hit the water on Sunday? I'm looking for a new place to fish. I'll drive.

Super duper ninja style classfied PM sent to you

Let's go to Clear Lake!

Didn't get to go to a good spot. Just hit the local community lake. I was fishing light line and small panfish lures. Nothing big or special. I did catch one decent 17 incher. But as I was gettng my camera for a pic some idiot asks if he can have it to take home. So I quickly unhooked it and put it back.




Caught 5 in about 1hr of fishing.

A fish every ten mins. That will work. Someone wanted to eat your bass from the community lake? Does he not see the signs that say catch and release only?

I guess he can't read.

I'm targeting the late spawners at my local community lake. There are still a few females sitting on beds right now and I know one of them is 7-8 for sure. The last two days Ive thrown everything in my box at her. She wont take anything. She's not spooked at all though. She doest leave the bed when I drag something across it, she just doesnt hit anything. The thing that has gotten her attention is a BIG A$$ 7 inch swimbait I swam across her bed. She chased it but never actually attacked it. I even paused it right in the middle of her bed. Int helast two days I've probably pitched to her over 500 times. I think today I might give her a day off. And re-try tomorrow after work
I'm going to get her. You can believe that.

Carlos, any gills around there yet? I know how you can get that bass!

I would not rest her dude, she will be gone any day now! Hit her 5 times a day. Be patient, let plastics sit on her nest along time, see if she gets mad after a while.

No gillies yet...well no live ones yet.

But that big swimbait I threw at her was in Bluegill pattern...

Got out for an hour today. Sudden cold front means jerk baits for me. I fished a jointed jerk bait for an hour. Got two hits. They look like the same fish but they are not.

Ha. I had a LC pointer 100 tied on and ready to go bud didn't make it out. That is one spawned out looking fish. Good pull, Carlos.

Got one yesterday. That's it.

In Kansas that would be a keeper.

Here are a few of the fish I got today. Fish were biting...got 26 total.








And this guy

David, you sir are killin it!

I been out the last few days. Fished "Rope Pond" and "Dead Pond". Had a great day on Rope pond with 14 bass and some other odd fish. Biggest was 19.5.

Met up with "On the Bank" and Mrs. On the Bank at Dead Pond Today. Beautiful people..

I was fishing all wrong most the day, trying something new. FAIL! Once I moved into the creeks I figured it out. Nothing big but it was fun!

First Topwater fish of the year for me.


Proof that I catch all kinds of Fish!


WTF is this chit?










I hate the new Photo Bucket. Cant find half of good pics from the last few days. Anyone got tips ha ha.

Good Fishing fellas!

Nice fish and great variety Dan.

Glad that the Mrs and I could make it out to meet you on Sunday, Dan. I told you those fish would be back in that first creek. You put the screws to em' with that jig.

Two things that stand out for me that morning are the fly over fish on the hookset and dumping a bait out of the other like water from a rubber boot. Classic....

This is the worst start of fishing season for me. You guys are killing it. And I go out and get blanked.

I need to get out of this slump

Went out and hit the banks with light tackle. I'll let the pics do the talking.

Thats a fattie Bluegill Nice work!

One way to get the stink off your fishing game when your in slump, get you some small jigs and go to work!

Good stuff

Got out today and the fish were biting. Here are some of the ones I got today.

















And this guy...

Your on fire RSD... What do you think of this one I got today ?
I'm claiming big fish of the year so far.......

Very nice Carlos. How big was she?

it was 22.5 inches

Got out today with fellow TFFer "DWOD" today and here are a few of the ones we got:

Carlos takes the lead.

Props!

you cant catch anything from them little boats

Yep it is true just stay away from them little boats.

Yeah, that is true if your morbidly overweight. There's not enough storage for spam burgers and fat sauce on our boats so it makes it difficult for such people. The fishing barge is more suitable.

WTG

Are you directing this at me?
If not directed to me Do you think this something that you should say on a public forum. Whats this say about You?
You sir need to clarify this Hated statement.

Gonna ignore the idea of yours that you have the privelage to tell me what I "need" to do.

Did you get your feelings hurt? I wasnt just directing the so called "hated satement" at you DBE. Just elaborating from all of your great wisdom that you previously posted. If ya don't fit in the boat, it's probably hard to catch any fish from them. The fishing bardge is perfect for those sort of people. Maybe a big v bottom Lund would be better, with rod holders and coolers to put your limits of "big" fish into?

If you happen to fit into the catagory of people that I was originally talking about then that sucks to be you I guess. It doesn't really say much about myself for making the so called "hated statement". Only that I can accept the fact that "them little boats" aren't for the large bodied fellows. And I don't see why any part of this shouldn't be on a public forum, the key word is public. So that the larger bodied public will know not to buy "them little boats" because you can't catch no fish in dem anyway. So I pointed out a few other options of fishing, heck I even pointed out some reasons for those option! Just here to help the GP!

This is just the tip of the spear my friend. The hate keeps me warm...

Easy fellas. I was kidding and yes these little boats are great. sold my bh2 to Dan and still enjoy fishing from a hunk of styrafoam kickboat. feel like i can sneak up on them compared to a big boat. be kind to one another please

They are just having some fun, boys will be boys.

Yup, Mister Sirs old boat has been good to me! Love those small boats... Also if you need your carpets cleaned check out his link!

Always good to support a local small business and a TFFer.

Went out this morning for a few. Got some small ones but saw alot of bass holdin near the banks still.

Wow Carlos, that's great! We're you on your buster or banking it?

Just banked it for an hour at my home lake. You know the spot.

Jealous man. Wish I had water in my back yard!

That is some clear water dude!

Nice Carlos.

Justin and I got into them on Rope Pond today. Good day to be fishing. Justin got the good one of the day, right at 19".

Good stuff Kolton.

Props!

I broke off twice today and lost a giant fish right next to the boat.

No pics from me.

Good stuff Kolton.

FFM---The fish didnt know it was you, or else it would have just jumped in the boat for you.

I am gunning for BIG FISH Carlos.

You are going down.

Before the fish broke off FFM did you say "Watch This"?

i lived in Denton for twelve years and really enjoyed it and still consider Denton "home". I spent most of my fishing time in that area at Ray Roberts or Lewisville but tried North Lakes a few times and never caught anything.

Do you folks ever have any luck there?

Im leaving for Lake Austin this weekend. Even though it won't be from a Denton/DFW area pond, by Sunday evening I am hoping to claim BIG FISH on this thread.

Get after it bro. Lake Austin is o nfire right now and has produced several DD's in recent weeks.

Yeah, my brother-in-law and his wife live on the lake. His next door neighbor caught an 8+ and a 9+ on the same trip along with a bunch of 4-5 pound dinks. I hope to whack em'.

You and I have very differing opinions on the term "dinks"
LOL.

Haha. Yeah, so do me and my bil's next door neighbor. I should have said "dinks". Compared to an 8 and a 9 in the same trip the 4 pounder would have been a let down. Or, so I hear LOL......

Look back over this thread...Ponder has done well there.

The WHOLE thread? LOL

Thanks for the heads up.

Yeah. The whole thread actually. That's the funny part

Went fishing from 6:30 till until dark. Nailed a $hitload of dinks. Fished nothing but a weightless black finesse worm. Here's some pics. Caught 18 total. None of the big mommas were biting tonight. At least not my line.