Yes Sir,many,many times
Even CCity was top on the list till the fallout
There are MANY lakes in West Texas most know nothing of muchless bother to fish

I a i n t t e l l i n . . . . .

Son and i used to catch crappie at lake sweetwater in the spring back in the 80's
Had some pretty good days at lake Coleman as well

Yes. I grew up in Sweetwater. My Grandfather lived off Firemans-Point.
For 40 yrs.
Oak-Creek. Trammel.
You BET!!!.
Hated to hear about the Golden-Algae Bloom on Sweetwater.

catboss do you mind sharing what kind of bait your using?

Not at all
Shad,Perch,Carp,I never offer something they do not naturally eat
Im not desperate nor greedy and I get skunked plenty
I target big cats and big cats dont eat stink baits,West Texas lakes dont offer to many really lunker size cats.
Every season does allow for a few 40-50lb that suits me plenty

I use alot of two hook rigs on 8" or larger shad and perch
Perch I keep as wiggly as possible,seldom cut unless frozen/thawed(winter)
Dead shad get the tails docked for scenting,over all size is retained with all my baits.
Stinger hooks are what got the smaller fish in the pics back up the thread fwiw.
I changed my perspective on fishing 20+yrs ago and it hasnt failed me since

We'll be on The HILL tonight till . . . . ?
Ya'll dont sing it,BRING IT!! there's fish to be caught

Went out this morning from 730-230 and didnt have a single bite one till right at 12 when the ol sun popped out and it was honestly like a light switch. Pretty crazy seeing it really but once it hit it was on!! Couldnt keep 4 poles n the holders on the yak caught 6 fish from 1202 to 1220 and it nvr slowed down finally headed home to come up here to texoma

Slow day
22.83

Nice one 33.67

Congrats on a couple of nice flatties!

Had a real nice one hit on a 12-13" drum and the swivel failed(broke) just before
we got a first look.
Only speculation . . . . . .but it had to been upwards of 50lb
Events like that keep us coming back,always next time

Nice flats.

Cool pics!!

Thanks catboss for the great info. i usually try and use shad if i can find them but if not i resort to chicken liver but like you said i have never caught anything bigger than about 8lbs on it. one more question Catboss where do you get carp from? once again thanks for the info

I found hundreds of Bowfin fry today. Prolly 2-3" long. I wonder if flats would eat them once they grow a little. I thought about throwing some in the bait tank to let them grow a little.

The HILL has been very busy the last two weeks
5-7 fish over 25lb any day of the week
8"+ gizzards are getting smashed hard,mudcats are bringing the 40+lb females
Big fish this week(Wed) was 47.86,plenty of eater blue cats under the shad schools