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You have the right approach Dam Yankee - when you get to our age (80's) you never know when your going to draw your last breath. Just hope it is fast and your in the midst of doing what you enjoy. Keep a tight line!!!!!

Way to go Shaneus!!!! With your knowledge of Raburn this should be very interesting. We have a 10 boat club tournament out of the Caney Creek Camp Ground on the 21 and 22 of Sept. We will be staying at Jane's Shady Acres. I will be watching your posts very carefully. Our last tournament of the year will be on Toledo Bend Oct 19 and 20th.

Jack and Catt were allot alike!! Good hearted, loved the sport of bass fishing, willing to help his fellow man and good teachers. May Jack rest in peace.

WOW!! what a nice catch

shaneus: You are getting hooked on T.B. now aren't you?? Have you fished Raburn lately?? We have a 10 boat club tournament on Raburn Sept. 21 and 22. I bet it is difficult standing up on that ladder, looking out at the water and wondering if those big bass are still there. LOL Ya'll have a great holiday weekend. Backwater

WOW!!!!! No activity - sure hate to see this thread die, I have enjoyed it so much. Dutch

Have fished Rayburn and Conroe and have a small club tournament on Livingston on the 18th and 19th. We are only fishing from daylight to 1:00 p/m/ due to the heat. Have not been on the Bend since April. I did see Catt's name on one of the La. forums s maybe he has given up on us. Good luck and keep a tight line. Dutch

I guess all good things have to come to an end. It sure has gotten quite on here. Hope ya'll are getting to spend some quality time on the water. Keep a tight line. Dutch

To Jcfreak Have you been on the lake at Livingston?? Will be at the lake the 18th and 19th.

Bass-Fanatic Congrats on the new addition. Nothing like having a son to fish with. Know from experience!!!!!!

Good job C-rig!!! Don't worry about the length of the post - Very informative keep a tight line

The small club tournament on Sam Raburn was rather unusual. We went up on Friday and launched out of Jackson Hill. We checked out alligator cove, deer stand, Phofer's (sp) creek and Veach. We only managed 3 small fish on a white chatter bait over the hydrilla. We only fish from daylight till 3:00 p.m. on Sat. and till 1:00 on Sun. Sat morning we decided to go to Mud creek. We threw ribbit frogs, pop "R"s, tiny torpedos and lunker lures. Catching only a few small fish. THEN, we lucked into, what I think to be a very unusual pattern for this time of the year, we started throwing weightless flukes up in the thick grass. It's 100 degrees, and the water temp is 90 degrees and here we are sitting in 3 ft. of water throwing into the shallows. Main lake points seemed to be the key. We had 5 fish for a little over 9 lbs. on Sat. and only 3 fish on Sun. that tipped the scales at over 9 lbs., but one was a 5lb. 13 oz. We came in 1st place and won $270.00 plus big bass on Sun. for $100.00, so almost paid for the trip. I can only think that the wave action on the bank aerates the water and increases the oxygen, and the grass provides a little shade. I sure never expected to find them on the bank with the weather conditions we have been having. Keep a tight line

Thanks SkeeterDon - Leaving in the morning - Will give you a report when I get back

Congrats on the PB TxGator!!!!!! Thank you SkeeterDon, Would appreciate that.

Have any of you guys been on Sam Raburn lately???? I have a small club tournament out of Jackson Hill this weekend. Thanks

Is this leach present anywhere besides the mouth???????

I have never seen any worms before, what did they look like??????????? A little tiny grub?? Did they appear to be only in the roof of the mouth?? Were they in more than one fish??

Sounds like a fun time!! I too thank you for the report!!

Has anyone heard from Catt?????? Wondering how is back was doing.

I guess not!!!! I thought we had a couple to the regulars that were fishing it.

Looking forward to the reports on how ya'll done in the Big Mac tournament???

Miss you Catt!!!!! Hope the injection helps - nothing worse than a sore back - keep a tight line. Dutch

Jcfreak: It sure would have been nice to have met up with you a little sooner. A fully rigged triton for having 20lbs would have been great. The winning stringer came from boat docks. My fish came out of Kickapoo. I will sure keep you in mind when we have our small club tournament the 18 and 19th of August. keep a tight line. Dutch

The fish were holding at 5 to 10 ft. on underwater structure. Almost all of our fish were caught on white chatter baits. Keep a tight line Dutch

Fished the TTT (Texas Team Tournament) this past Sat. on Lake Livingston. We had our 5 fish limit, but nothing of any size. There were 140 boats and they paid 21 places. 19+ lbs was the winner, down to 11.87 lbs. We had 11.04. Oh well one good fish would have put us in the money. Good luck to those fishing the Big Mac on the Bend. Looks like ya'll have some good fish located.