Haven't posted my reports here because I've been too busy catching!
Joking, school has started back up and I've been slammed. Trying to do my best to get some fishing time in though!
Here's my year so far:
First catch of the New Year! Not what I was going for but a great size nonetheless.
First Black Bullhead (on rod and reel) at a special spot. I'd picked up babies from small pools after floods but hadn't caught one
Not mine but got to witness this gorgeous 18lb Koi! What a fish!
Not the biggest fish but any catch from this pond is an accomplishment! I blank here roughly 2/3 of the time, it's a tough place to catch
This is why I stick it out through all those blanks though! What a beaut! She looks massive but she's "only" 23lb 4oz
Top view of the same fish. I love the looks of the fish here, I've yet to find another place in Texas with such perfect looking Carp
Check out this chunk! My first ever football, 22in girth and 25in length. Almost completely round, lol.
Yellow Bullhead to round out the day.
Went on an exploratory mission and didn't find any Carp but found tons of massive Bullheads!
Another from the fat Bullhead water. I caught somewhere in between 40-50 of these guys that day.
Was contacted by an old friend from church, his son wanted to go fishing but he had no clue where to start. Took 'em out to my ol' faithful spot and hauled! It snowed on us and it was crazy cold but it was well worth it. Thank goodness I brought my bivvy and a space heater! Here I'm showing him how to hold his first ever fish, a tiny Common Carp!
Here's Owen's second fish and his first ever Ghost Carp!
His dad got to get in on the action as well, his first Carp ever happened to be this gorgeous Ghostie
Owen's first ever Smallmouth Buffalo! Just a hair over 20
Another Buffalo for Owen
His dad Tim's first ever Buffalo!
Action shot!
Quadruple take! I had a fish chilling out in the water.
And here she is! My new PB for this lake at 28lbs even. I'd been passing fish all day and I guess I had built up some good karma
Here's a double, with an interesting fish!
This is one of the coolest Carp I've ever seen, such an interesting pattern and coloration on this guy
My buddy Andres with a decent Carp
Owen with a nice one!
They had already gotten into the mindset of releasing the "little ones" without photos. Lol! Spoiled 'em I guess. We released several fish without pics
Tripled up! Action was so fast this day it was ridiculous - I was the only one able to man the rods so most times we didn't have but two or three rods in at once, if any at all! If my dad hadn't have gotten sick and stayed home I'm sure we would've had one of the best fishing days of my career.