It's raining pretty good down here right now , I just got my camper set up at cedron and its been raining for the last hour here. I feel like a dumb butt also because I didn't check to see if my yac would fit with the camper behinds and guess what it didn't so I am yak less this weekend

I got caught in that storm coming back up river this evening! Oh,they were also releasing at the dam. Fishing was pretty good though. Hope you guys slay them tomorrow!

thanks for the update, Joe. hpefully the weather clears up for tomorrow! Have a great weekend!

I'll let y'all know if we get more rain down here , someone bring an extra yak for me lol just kidding

Wish I had an extra for ya ken. Thanks for the update hope your camping is not a bust cuz of the weather!

Headed down on Saturday to meet up with Rod_763. Got on the river at 9am. We saw a few groups of floaters heading down river, but it was pretty quiet overall. Threat of ran and overcast all morning. First part of the day was a little slow. I hooked up with a couple little largemouths and a nice sized channel cat on a power grub. Made it down to the big gravel sandbar just when the skies unleashed and it rained solid for 20 minutes. Rod_763 and I fished through it, cuz, you know, the fish bite better in the rain

Since fishing was slow and weather wasn't the best, Rod_763 decided to call it a day. I wasn't gonna give up my freedom day that easily, so I stayed to fish it out.

And I was never so glad I did! After the rain, the fish started popping all over. I switched up techniques and netted some big fat minnows.
The minnows were the ticket to success!
Some of the results:



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Sometimes live bait is what it takes!

My First Striped bass from the river!!
About 18-19 inches. My little ruler only went to 16



The colors on these river bass aree Amazinbg. So Pretty!





Overall, it was the best fishing in a day that I've had yet.
At one point while wading around one area, I had 3 lines out, and fish on 2 of them while I was trying to untangle the third.

Uncounted River bass, one big blue (measured 24 inches) several channels, 2 feisty gar, and a drum. Greatness!

Here's the link to the rest of pics:
https://plus.google.com/photos/100534306055982062556/albums/5882147872801398817

Last time I use Black braided line in clear water.

And next time if there's a chance of rain I'll try to at least bring a towel on the yak.

Yeah, I mentioned to you after the fact that I too had an unproductive trip once when I was using braid as the main line.

Water very clear = do not use braided line. Lesson learned

I wanna hit the river again as soon as I can. Good times every time...

Use flouro out there. I love that section of the Brazos. Havent been in a long time.

yep. the river below whitney is pretty darn clear, plus its kind of heavily fished too really. I use mono and live bait when fishing for the bass. but that's just me.

I missed our annual Memorial day trip to the river this year but the other guys did! They had a good time but didn't catch a lot of fish.. I'll make the trip sometime but right now I just can't say when