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 Night before labor day - Lewisville
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09/07/20 06:13 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 38
fishgrappler
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To avoid the boat traffic, I fished from midnight to 4 am. I am paying for it today, but that south wind was pretty stiff and it stacked the fish up on the wind blown points. Found them on the shallow side of the break Poles would go down as the boat drifted from 30 to 15 feet. That was the hot zone. Conditions were right for a big one, but all I caught was a fish fry. Lots of 2 and 3 pounders. Big fish of the day was 8 pounds. I will be doing CPR for a while ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/09/full-55858-65964-catfish.jpg)
A bad day of fishing is still a great day
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
#13693612
09/07/20 06:18 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,117
Flip-n-go
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Good mess of fish there! 
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
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09/07/20 07:50 PM
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Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 898
Ed-n-eddy
Pro Angler
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good bunch of fish there
1987 Whaler Super Sport 17, Yamaha 90
1981 Whaler Sport 13, Johnson 50
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
#13693857
09/07/20 11:36 PM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 3,435
🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Nice work  Night fishing is the way to go this time of year. It’s become very difficult to fish mornings on Lewisville this time of year anyway. I get swarmed by sandbass fisherman as soon as I set up on a drift run. Cool weather in our forecast should kick off the fall pattern and run most of those yahoos off the water. Fishing is about to get real good with the cooler weather approaching this week!
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: 🍀El Gato Azul🍀]
#13693907
09/08/20 01:03 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 38
fishgrappler
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If I could have anchored I could have caught more. Couldn't hold the boat but just repeated drift over and over. They were stacked in one spot. I need to get some kind of anchor system. The mushroom anchor doesn't cut it in the wind.
A bad day of fishing is still a great day
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
#13693951
09/08/20 01:46 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,759
banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Pumpkin Head
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Nice fish.
![[Linked Image]](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/823/ycku.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/560/ukw3.jpg) IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
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09/08/20 12:38 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,728
Fishin' Nut
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If I could have anchored I could have caught more. Couldn't hold the boat but just repeated drift over and over. They were stacked in one spot. I need to get some kind of anchor system. The mushroom anchor doesn't cut it in the wind. I know they are not cheap, but a trolling motor with a spot lock feature is the way to go. I bit the bullet this year and bought one. Now the only anchor I use is the stern one to keep the back end from fish tailing in the wind. Here are two we caught on a short trip Saturday morning below Guntersville Dam. Never tossed an anchor and never moved off our spot for three hours. The water release from the dam was around 22k per second. Nice easy current to fish in. A 29 and a 23. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/09/full-3327-66034-resized_20200905_112451_3287.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/09/full-3327-66035-resized_20200905_120535_4483.jpeg)
He is truly a sick individual.
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
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09/08/20 02:50 PM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 3,435
🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Nice fish Nut! Looks like your getting that river figured out!
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Re: Night before labor day - Lewisville
[Re: fishgrappler]
#13694341
09/08/20 03:44 PM
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Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 3,842
Osbornfishing
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If I could have anchored I could have caught more. Couldn't hold the boat but just repeated drift over and over. They were stacked in one spot. I need to get some kind of anchor system. The mushroom anchor doesn't cut it in the wind. Nice fish. When it is windy, I have an anchor for the bow and stern. It holds better and keeps your baits still on the bottom.
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