Posted By: BillyVanWard
Ray Hubbard Thursday - 10/23/20 01:57 PM
We wanted to hit the Brazos, perhaps my favorite TX fishery, but my injured bum knee didn't wanna make the haul, so RH it was.
Started with schooling sandies at the boat ramp, about 30 caught before even starting the gas motor. My girlfriend had somehow never seen schooling in the almost 20 years we've been fishing together.
Her eyes got big as saucers upon seeing the surface commotion, and it was pretty lukewarm schooling. I'll have to get her on the real deal on Texoma or the like soon if we can tear ourselves away from the smallies. Replace those yearling sandies with stripers and she'll freak.
The bite was pretty good, 13 largemouth in a few hours, nothing over 3 lb. Best action was along riprap NOT involving roadways and the hump or roadbed or whatever it is (very abrupt rise to 10' from about 20') south of the third power pole below 66 counting eastward from, obviously, the west bank.
The outing was significant in that I used a square bill, a Bomber, for the first time. Dang thing had been in my box for years and I never threw it. The ability of that thing to avoid snags was awe-inspiring, and most of the time it did hang up, a bit of slack would set it free. WOW! I've been sorely remiss in not using that bait more. It caught 5, all under 2 lb.
The game-changer for the day was my BPS Tornado spinner bait, puzzlingly discontinued long ago and one of my favorite lures ever. Slow rolling it near the base of riprap and that aforementioned structure right below 66 was the ticket Thanks, Shoestring! R.I.P.
![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/10/full-91715-70949-tornado.jpg)
For the third time in a row, we had a nice meal packed, yet fished too hard to bother with it, so we had another after-fishin' picnic on the sofa while howling with laughter watching Trailer Park Boys.
All in all, a nice day. Tight lines!
Started with schooling sandies at the boat ramp, about 30 caught before even starting the gas motor. My girlfriend had somehow never seen schooling in the almost 20 years we've been fishing together.
Her eyes got big as saucers upon seeing the surface commotion, and it was pretty lukewarm schooling. I'll have to get her on the real deal on Texoma or the like soon if we can tear ourselves away from the smallies. Replace those yearling sandies with stripers and she'll freak.
The bite was pretty good, 13 largemouth in a few hours, nothing over 3 lb. Best action was along riprap NOT involving roadways and the hump or roadbed or whatever it is (very abrupt rise to 10' from about 20') south of the third power pole below 66 counting eastward from, obviously, the west bank.
The outing was significant in that I used a square bill, a Bomber, for the first time. Dang thing had been in my box for years and I never threw it. The ability of that thing to avoid snags was awe-inspiring, and most of the time it did hang up, a bit of slack would set it free. WOW! I've been sorely remiss in not using that bait more. It caught 5, all under 2 lb.
The game-changer for the day was my BPS Tornado spinner bait, puzzlingly discontinued long ago and one of my favorite lures ever. Slow rolling it near the base of riprap and that aforementioned structure right below 66 was the ticket Thanks, Shoestring! R.I.P.
For the third time in a row, we had a nice meal packed, yet fished too hard to bother with it, so we had another after-fishin' picnic on the sofa while howling with laughter watching Trailer Park Boys.
All in all, a nice day. Tight lines!
![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/10/full-34948-71053-44b0b187_22cd_46e9_94e7_ad3fc94a5fd2.png)
