This is the stringer from our 2nd daylight trip to Lone Star Lake. What amazes me is the consistency with which these fish were biting. Every place to which we trolled we caught at least one fish. A truly exciting time!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
3 May 2008 Day Trip, Lone Star Lake
When Ryan and I got to the lake there must've been 20 boats already in the water and the wind was nearly 25 mph. I started to regret making the drive, but we figured we'd give it a try. As the day wore on the wind died down a little. We worked the area down from the dam, along the shoreline.
This is the stringer from our 2nd daylight trip to Lone Star Lake. What amazes me is the consistency with which these fish were biting. Every place to which we trolled we caught at least one fish. A truly exciting time!
This is the stringer from our 2nd daylight trip to Lone Star Lake. What amazes me is the consistency with which these fish were biting. Every place to which we trolled we caught at least one fish. A truly exciting time!
16 May 2008 Night Trip, Lone Star Lake
After a quick drive to the lake we set in the water ~ 730pm. We first tried a shallow grassy area ~ .25 mile from the ramp. My first cast with this new baitcast reel resulted in, you guessed it, B-A-C-K-L-A-S-H !!! BACK TO ACADEMY WITH YOU, SCOURGE OF A REEL!!! I thought we might be in for a slow night, but things picked up after we visited the other side of the lake (see below).
These are the "keepers" from our first night trip. We trolled in the vicinity of our so-called regular spot. the upper-most cat is the fish I caught, the last one of the night before returning to the ramp (~ 12am). On a sidebar here you'll notice I also have little fish on the stringer. This, I believe, is a result of some subconscience belief that if I keep these fish on a stringer until I'm finished I won't re-catch them...
This is your typical above-average teenage boy pretending to look tough and manly. What he DOESN'T want to admit is he's buckling under the tremendous weight of 2 unforgiving pregnant lady catfish with an intense desire to go back from whence they came (just kidding, son)...
These are the "keepers" from our first night trip. We trolled in the vicinity of our so-called regular spot. the upper-most cat is the fish I caught, the last one of the night before returning to the ramp (~ 12am). On a sidebar here you'll notice I also have little fish on the stringer. This, I believe, is a result of some subconscience belief that if I keep these fish on a stringer until I'm finished I won't re-catch them...
This is your typical above-average teenage boy pretending to look tough and manly. What he DOESN'T want to admit is he's buckling under the tremendous weight of 2 unforgiving pregnant lady catfish with an intense desire to go back from whence they came (just kidding, son)...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
26 April 2008 Day Trip, Lone Star Lake
Ryan and I got to the lake ~ 830am to find a breezy/overcast day. We initially trolled to the Lakeview Encampment area to try the shallow grassy areas. We had a few bites and I suggested we move over to the shallow area near the US259 bridge. Instead of going there we began to work the shorelines. It looks like that was a good decision.
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