On 4/14/2022 at 12:30 PM, gimruis said:

I'm surprised that a government entity recognizes Good Friday as a "holiday."

 

 

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2022/04/15/6259a25746163fb9998b45b2.html

"A total of 12 states recognize Good Friday as a state holiday, which are Connecticut, Texas, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina and North Dakota."

17 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

 

 

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2022/04/15/6259a25746163fb9998b45b2.html

"A total of 12 states recognize Good Friday as a state holiday, which are Connecticut, Texas, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina and North Dakota."

That is surprising to me. Usually there is separation of church and state.

11 minutes ago, gimruis said:

That is surprising to me. Usually there is separation of church and state.

Doesn't quite work out that way....Christmas is a national holiday after all.

22 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Doesn't quite work out that way....Christmas is a national holiday after all.

But Easter itself isn’t a recognized national holiday, so why is Good Friday?

1 minute ago, gimruis said:

But Easter itself isn’t a recognized national holiday, so why is Good Friday?

Nope - just a dozen states recognize GF - it's not a Federal Holiday, just a State Holiday in those 12.

19 minutes ago, gimruis said:

But Easter itself isn’t a recognized national holiday, so why is Good Friday?

Easter is always on a Sunday. Which is always a day off. Unless you’re a working stuff on shift work with Tues/Wed off lol!!

Some states a weird, I know NM didn’t close schools on Columbus or Veterans Day. I’m a fed employee (fire fighter) we get days off state folks don’t and vice versa. Though I’m hardly home to have summer holidays off do to fire season.

I'm an early person. In the summer I try to be on the water when it's light enough to see. Being a canoe fisherman I avoid the wind, which kicks up as the day heats up. I'm usually off the water by 11am. Later is better this time of year, but it's also more likely to be too windy to launch.

 

 

14 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

I need to learn more about this lake. I only fished a small part (very small), but I liked what I saw. 

This may help give you a start.

 

https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/raven/

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1366/

 

Edit:  I keep saying I am going to pull out the kayak and give that lake a shot.  The nice thing about many of the state park lakes is they do not allow motors so you don’t have to fight the boats (not sure about Raven).  Also, some of them were part of the Operation World Record program and have produced some big fish.  Marine Creek is about the same size (200ish acres) and produced a 14.5 a few years ago.

14 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Easter is always on a Sunday. Which is always a day off. Unless you’re a working stuff on shift work with Tues/Wed off lol!!

Yes, but if it was a nationally recognized holiday, Monday would be the official day off. That doesn’t exist.

2 hours ago, RDB said:

This may help give you a start.

 

https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/raven/

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1366/

 

Edit:  I keep saying I am going to pull out the kayak and give that lake a shot.  The nice thing about many of the state park lakes is they do not allow motors so you don’t have to fight the boats (not sure about Raven).  Also, some of them were part of the Operation World Record program and have produced some big fish.  Marine Creek is about the same size (200ish acres) and produced a 14.5 a few years ago.

They allow boats, but it is a no-wake lake. I saw jon boats and bass boats, but the vast majority were simply running on trolling motors or the engines were at idle. 
 

My inflatable is great for ponds, but a kayak would be much better on Lake Raven. That’s a lot of water to cover in an inflatable. 

In my experience with bass fishing, there's "windows" of opportunity throughout a day. Miss one and there's always the next one around the corner. 

On 4/14/2022 at 9:59 AM, Finessegenics said:

Early morning bite is overrated. So go whenever you can!! I can concede during the hotter months, time of day might have an effect especially in warmer climates. I've seen it myself here come August but I prefer to sleep in  

 

Over the past season I've actually started to prefer the evenings, get there 2 hours before sunset and fish till dark. As soon as the sun dips below the tree line, I usually get a flurry of bites. 

 

 

Me too!