Posted By: Liebers Dad
Decker (Walter E Long) update 1-19-20 - 01/22/20 10:12 PM
Took my wife's cousin's oldest son out for his first time lake fishing. He does lots of creek/tank fishing for LM and even more salt water fishing, but this was his first trip to a lake to fish from a boat.
I pretty much just guided for him although I did boat a few fish while using shallow diving square bill and watermelon/red soft plastics I gave him free reign over the boat and the water.
I put him in an area where he could fish 2-12' depth, most fish came from 3-5 near a main lake point and we'd fish into whatever cove we were at for a few hundred feet. I told him to put on a shad colored lipless crank and pull it over and through the hydrilla. He hooked up right away (3rd or 4th cast) and never looked back. He finally hooked into a good Decker fish about 9am that weighed in roughly 7lbs. He was so excited only four words came out of this mouth the entire fight, during netting, hook removal, weighing....you get the idea. Of those four words only one are repeatable here and that word was "Holy". You can guess the rest. He followed that fish up with a 6lber and totaled the day with about 20 fish. Off the water by noon and a very happy young man ready to go again!
We did double up once. He mad sure to let me know his was bigger.
Most fish caught were males readying beds, but a few ladies were up checking things out.
Pics of the larger fish attached
The lake is full, actually a little past full at this point, higher than I've seen it in a long time.
On the water Sunday at 7:45am
Pretty chilly air temp to start (34F) and very windy (10-15mph) from the north.
Water temp 53-55F
No generating.
Saw more boats than I expected, but not crowded by any means. Didn't see other boats catching anything, but wasn't paying much attention either.
I'd say first two weeks of Feb is gonna be excellent on Decker IF the weather cooperates.
Y'all don't bunch it up too much though. I don't wanna hafta fight to get on the water!
I pretty much just guided for him although I did boat a few fish while using shallow diving square bill and watermelon/red soft plastics I gave him free reign over the boat and the water.
I put him in an area where he could fish 2-12' depth, most fish came from 3-5 near a main lake point and we'd fish into whatever cove we were at for a few hundred feet. I told him to put on a shad colored lipless crank and pull it over and through the hydrilla. He hooked up right away (3rd or 4th cast) and never looked back. He finally hooked into a good Decker fish about 9am that weighed in roughly 7lbs. He was so excited only four words came out of this mouth the entire fight, during netting, hook removal, weighing....you get the idea. Of those four words only one are repeatable here and that word was "Holy". You can guess the rest. He followed that fish up with a 6lber and totaled the day with about 20 fish. Off the water by noon and a very happy young man ready to go again!
We did double up once. He mad sure to let me know his was bigger.
Most fish caught were males readying beds, but a few ladies were up checking things out.
Pics of the larger fish attached
The lake is full, actually a little past full at this point, higher than I've seen it in a long time.
On the water Sunday at 7:45am
Pretty chilly air temp to start (34F) and very windy (10-15mph) from the north.
Water temp 53-55F
No generating.
Saw more boats than I expected, but not crowded by any means. Didn't see other boats catching anything, but wasn't paying much attention either.
I'd say first two weeks of Feb is gonna be excellent on Decker IF the weather cooperates.
Y'all don't bunch it up too much though. I don't wanna hafta fight to get on the water!