Fayette 8/24/20-Records-Made to be Broken

Fished Fayette yesterday with Doc (my good luck charm). Weather was totally awesome...cloudy most of the day with light winds/high around 90. Water temp was 91-92...down a few degrees from last week. Launched from Oak Thicket & observed all the improvements being made to the park...very nice...met TomRom in the parking lot...very few boats on the water this day. Like they say...records are made to be broken. We fished from 7:00 am until a little after 5 pm & ended up with 577 fish, surpassing out mark of 512 set earlier this year. The breakdown was 3 small tilapia, 1 small bass & 573 varieties of sunfish. Had several just shy of a pound. We fished mainly 6 different areas & found active fish everywhere. We did find one brand new bluegill colony that was holding a good amount of fish. I used Gulp Alive minnows (Smelt color) all day & Doc was using Gulp Alive Waxies (Chartreuse color) with a live maggot or 2 added on...both got bit equally well. We talked about the possibility of a 700 fish day & think it could be doable with a good game plan & a lot of discipline...so stay tuned...

Congrats vogey and doc on breaking your own record Fayette is an amazing big gill factory!
Are your arms sore after catching that many fish?

Awesome pictures Vogey, and congrats to you and Doc It would be so awesome to catch 700 gills! Cant wait to see that! I know yall can do it

I think this luck you speak about goes both ways. I maybe caught a dozen small perch at LBJ last week.

Yesterday was a fabulous day. Everything went our way. The perch were ravenous. The weather was much more
moderate than forecast. I got to meet TomRom yesterday. I caught a Yuuge female bluegill that was close to a pound (14oz).
Great fellowship on the water. All in all a day to be thankful for !

Yeah I left those two guys about 2:00 or 2:30. We were catching them like crazy. I fished for bass at first light and caught several quality fish for the first 1hr 1/2. Then I switched over to the bluegills. My monthly gulp alive bill has even been noticed by the wife haha. I got into them as well and had a good day. I did not keep count but most of the time it was every cast I had action. Cant beat catching quality bass and a ton of bluegills. When I got home I found that my brake caliber bolts had busted and wiped out the brakes on my boat trailer. The only reason I noticed it was had that wheel lock up when I started to back up the trailer into the driveway/garage. I thought the brakes had locked up but it was the caliper that was jammed up against the tire. To add insult to injury it flattened the tire as well. Glad it did not happen when I driving back to Katy on the interstate. Spent the day tracking down parts and a shop that can repair it.

Great post and plenty of SLABS! Great job guys!

Tom...With boats & trailers it's always something...Hope you get it all worked out.

Thanks Curt, Gitter, Gar & Pot Licker for the kind replies...

Great post and some GREAT SLABS! Good job guys!

577 Bluegill Slabs. Great job guys.



Side Note: Is there a Gulp Alive Minnow commercial in the making?

I would think so!

Another great trip! Must have been your's and Tom's trucks in the parking lot when I left.

Great pics!

Thanks Chuck, Hunter & Gitter...

Bill...Didn't see you out there...you must have been hanging out at the intake area exclusively ?

Curtis...No commercials in the making for the minnow...plus half the fish were caught on the Waxies...

What an amazing day. I think you would have a shot at the Guinness World Record for the most fish caught in 24 hours. The current record is 2,649 fish. You can do it.

Osborn...ok...that's pushing it just a bit

Commercials or not those SLABS speak for themselves. Again super job guys.