Fishingmickey

Hi Tim, Well I see you got one by the water plant. Fishing the Bird can be rough. It requires a lot of time to learn it and she can be very fickle. In short the Lady is a byatch. Now that we are getting into July. If you feel comfortable leaving your car and trailer unattended. You might try night fishing. It can produce double digit results in Barton Creek. Lady Bird has some very big and very,very smart bass in it. One thing I've thought of but haven't done it trying a large black NZ Crawler underneath the Congress street bridge at dusk. There will be a crowd watching you as they wait for the bats to come out. FM

I'm a Lefty righty (left handed caster, I fish with a right handed bait caster) like MN Fisher. No rod switching hands on the cast. FM

Welcome aboard, Matt. Lots of premier Texas waters sorta close to the Houston area! Fishingmickey

Bacca Burrito, medium sink, lemon lime, Geecrack Supaku swimmer, floating, flash bait color, Xbraid X8 20lb/330yard. 66yrd spool of the Seaguar Grandmax 27lb fluoro leader, Couple of the Queen Tungsten jig heads 1/2oz 5/0 and a 3/8 oz KeitechTee-bone spot remover spinner bait from the 10 & 20 dollar bargain bins. Best, FM

If you feel strongly about and think it was the police responding to a complaint from you neighbor. Go in front of the traffic court judge without a lawyer. Explain the situation, provide photographs of how the vehicle was parked, show proof it had up to date registration and was a running automobile. The police officer that wrote the ticket has to be there too. Ask what law was broken and how many times has it been enforced in your neighborhood. If you lose you lose, pay the ticket and court costs and go on with life. At least you got your two cents in. I beat a parking ticket years ago doing this. I was young and in my early 20's. I had been parking alongside the road at a local swimming hole for several years. It was a very popular place especially in the summer time. This time I went there was new no parking signs posted and all the signs were parallel to the road and the last sign was perpendicular. I parked after the perpendicular one thinking it was the end of the no parking zone. I went swimming and came back and my motorcycle had been towed. I got the ticket and got my bike back from the impound yard. I went to court several months later on my court date. Waited until my case was called and the police officer showed a picture of my motorcycle in front of the sign and I said it was mine and yes it was parked there on that date and time. They looked at me like I was stupidly admitting my guilt. I asked the judge when the ordinance was passed or changed for parking along river road and stated that the signage was brand new and the parallel/perpendicular signage theory. The judge asked the police officer when the no parking law was passed and how recently the signs had been installed (it was a few weeks before). The law cited was 10-15 years prior to my ticket. Judge banged his gavel and said case dismissed. The point being if you can show you were singled out and prejudically ticketed maybe you can get a judge to agree and dismiss it. At least your got your two cents in. FM

There are some pretty good buys on the TW sale. I perused the 5,10,20 dollar bins. Got another tee shirt coming. There are some/majority that just aren't much of a bargain at all. FM

I fish, therefore I am. FM

The Sierra's are a very nice rod. I have a couple of Kaydens and a XP also. The Sierra's do fish lighter then rated IMO. Heavy is more like Medium Heavy on the one I have. FM

I'm in the same camp as MassYak, The cutting point hooks especially Trokar have a tendency to make a bigger hole in the mouth of the bass and can cause problems on a deeply hooked ( gill, gut or tongue hooked bass). I am a fan or the Gamakatsu hybrid or nano coated EWG's. I really like the BKK EWG's too. Flame away that's IMHO. FM

FTG, Not sure if this would work for getting your boat here. I've used U-ship in the past to move a couple of Kayak's. If it's on a trailer, I'll bet you can get a decent deal on shipping it down here. Good luck, FM Find the best rates to ship your large items on uShipuShip makes shipping motorcycles, boats, and other large items fast and affordable by connecting you to our network of carriers who compete for your shipment.

Mine is delivered. Looks like it made it OK. I'll unbox it this evening. It wasn't in a tube. Long skinny undamaged box. FM

I have one that should be here today. FM

You say motor and troll like it is a bad thing to do between spots....;) FM

For whatever reason the weekly lake fishing reports for TPWD are not being posted recently. Not sure why. FM

Very nice bag, Swampy! I see your in a kayak. Best, FM

Yes, It was gang busters when it opened 20 or so years ago. You should be able to go out there and catch some bass and maybe a big'un or two. https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/joe_pool/ FM

When the carp at doing the boogie woogie in the shallows, I think the bass might be close by looking for the food that is getting stirred up from the large fish mating in the grass. There are bad carp and good carp IMHO. The invasive Asian carp and grass carp that will completely eat up all plant growth out of a lake and kill the plant habit will absolutely kill the bass fishing. A case in point Lake Austin in Texas had grass carp introduced to kill off the abundant hydrilla. The carp did their job and the lake went from being one of the lakes that was on the Bassmaster's annual top ten best lakes to fish list in the USA to crap in less then ten years. After the carp had finished eating the Hydrilla they started on the over hanging branches of trees that were close to or touching the water eating the leaves off of the branches. The good carp being the Buffalo and native carp. FM

I agree it is a lost art and it is as challenging as to do it well. Kayak fishing especially in it's early days before trolling motors entered the picture. I'd troll whenever I moved from spot to spot. I troll, it works! FM

You really are a wet blanket with blanket phrases like that. FM

Several of the east Texas lakes have big Bass. Lake Fork is known for them. Lake Fork gets a ton of pressure for being the "it" lake. Sam Rayburn, Ray Roberts and Toledo Bend are a few of other really good large lakes to fish. Are you going to be pulling a boat down with you? There is some other smaller and not so smaller "not so famous" lakes that have good numbers of large Bass in them too. Lake Naconiche, Bois D'ark, Wright Patman, Lake O the Pines. If you really want wild, you need to make a visit to Lake Caddo. OH Ivie may very well produce the next Texas record bass. Good luck, Fishingmickey

A warm south wind will blow the warmed surface water to the north side. If it is sunny and you have rocky bottom that will warm the water too. I fished Nebraska farm ponds in my youth after ice out in April and a Texas rigged 1/8th oz weight black frog (like a ribbit frog) fished on the bottom was the ticket! It really had to be a very slow retrieve and the bites were very light. Good luck and be safe! FM p.s. I'd go in the afternoon or mid-morning at least

It is nearly impossible for me at least, to tell any difference between the newer framed Metanium or the Bantam. Both come with the same frame style that is as solid as a rock. Might be a few Bantams left after AJay bought'em out. FM

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Depends how bad he wants to sell it. To family maybe 1,500, non-family 2,000. I'm assuming it is a four stroke. FM

The USPS has been hurt badly by the advent of technologies. All of the bills and mail that used to be mailed aren't anymore. That's a lot of stamps... That funding has never been made up. I am sure there is a lot of other factors involved too. IMHO the US Postal service is a lot like the military and has been a victim of changing times and lack of support. FM