The temps here in North Texas are finally cooling off. Had a cold front blow through last Friday that knocked the high down to about 50 all weekend. We got out Sunday morning under cloudy skies and high winds and absolutely tore em' up!!

Startd out throwing a 1.5 in Gizzard Shad in some shallow, wind blown water with plenty of shad visible. Hooked up with the one in the pic right off the bat. Im guessing 5? She had a big mouth and head but not much of a belly. She might go 7 or so a little later in the year I bet.

After a good 15 fish on the same lure, I broke off on a fish and watched her flop away with it in her lip. Check your line folks! I forget to remember to do this until this happens.

Tied on a chart/ blk black 1.5 and went right back to work catching fish. After a few more fish the bill chipped on the corner from all of the rocks I was banging it off of. It wasnt running true anymore and wasnt really catching water and staying under so I made one more cast before I planned on re-tieing. I was watching it twirl in circles on top of the water and go under and come back up. Right as I got it to the boat and went to lift it out of the water a huge fish comes out of nowhere and misses it by an inch. It might sound like a fishermans lie but im not kidding, this fish was close to 10#, if not 10. I was shocked that such a big bass would follow it ALL the way to the boat like that. Sandies do it all day long, just never had a largemouth do it.

Tied on a trap after that craziness happened and hooked up with a couple more nice ones but didnt land them.

All in all we had about 30 Bass including some smallies, guadalupes and of course sandies which hit everything moving.

My Father in law landed this decent Smallie which according to TPW doesnt exist in Grapevine Lake. All smallies were caught on a Craw trap.

Fall is here and the big girls are shallow! Good luck yall!

-JP

Awesome fish man. Glad you had a good day.

Sounds like a great day on the water. Nice fish.

Tied on a chart/ blk black 1.5 and went right back to work catching fish. After a few more fish the bill chipped on the corner from all of the rocks I was banging it off of. It wasnt running true anymore and wasnt really catching water and staying under so I made one more cast before I planned on re-tieing. I was watching it twirl in circles on top of the water and go under and come back up. Right as I got it to the boat and went to lift it out of the water a huge fish comes out of nowhere and misses it by an inch. It might sound like a fishermans lie but im not kidding, this fish was close to 10#, if not 10. I was shocked that such a big bass would follow it ALL the way to the boat like that. Sandies do it all day long, just never had a largemouth do it.

-JP

Read somewhere that bass consider the boat at times to be no different than regular structure and will use the blockade of the boat as a wall and will run the baitfish into it like it would a wall and attack at the last second when there is no more room for the baitfish to go. This would explain why we get so many heart attack bites right next to the boat or the shore when we are fishing.