The day was gorgeous, but as is typical for west Texas weather it turns on a dime. Still made for a great outing!
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
6-17-09: Lake Nasworthy
I had the chance to head on out with Wendel Ramsey on Nasworthy so of course I jumped at it.
After helping a lady and her son load up their new boat, we went over to the reeds just south of the dam. Wind was blowing pretty steadily at 15 mph and the water was pretty stained. Water was about 86 degrees. Temperature was hot, but with the wind the 96 degrees wasn't too bad.
We fished the area for a good bit with neither getting a strike so we went over to the skiing lanes to try our luck. Both of us were using creature baits; me with a 4" ringworm and then a 6" pumpkin with chartreuse tail Yum Dinger and Wendel using a black with blue fleck Ultra Vibe Crawfish and again no luck although he did manage to get a bite. Wendel then thought it might be getting late enough in the day to go back to our first spot as the wind had been laying down a bit and maybe work our way to a lilly pad area he knew about.
We did with no luck until we worked our way to the pads. From there, we both tied on Ribbits and worked the area over pretty good. I managed a cast and saw a disturbance about 5' from my bait. I got excited. I jiggled my Ribbit a little and a big commotion in the pads was now 2' away. I got REALLY excited. I barely wiggled the ribbit when SWOOSH a black movement jumped my bait. I thought I had a good 'un for sure when Wendel said, "Frog". I was thinking, "Yep, I'm fishing a frog" when I realized what he meant. It was indeed a big, ol' bullfrog. I laughed myself silly reeling it in. It had hooked itself good, but we got it back out into the water.
The visiting was great, but neither of us caught anything. We got skunked, but it was still a great day on the lake.
Take care and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in plastic boats."
After helping a lady and her son load up their new boat, we went over to the reeds just south of the dam. Wind was blowing pretty steadily at 15 mph and the water was pretty stained. Water was about 86 degrees. Temperature was hot, but with the wind the 96 degrees wasn't too bad.
We fished the area for a good bit with neither getting a strike so we went over to the skiing lanes to try our luck. Both of us were using creature baits; me with a 4" ringworm and then a 6" pumpkin with chartreuse tail Yum Dinger and Wendel using a black with blue fleck Ultra Vibe Crawfish and again no luck although he did manage to get a bite. Wendel then thought it might be getting late enough in the day to go back to our first spot as the wind had been laying down a bit and maybe work our way to a lilly pad area he knew about.
We did with no luck until we worked our way to the pads. From there, we both tied on Ribbits and worked the area over pretty good. I managed a cast and saw a disturbance about 5' from my bait. I got excited. I jiggled my Ribbit a little and a big commotion in the pads was now 2' away. I got REALLY excited. I barely wiggled the ribbit when SWOOSH a black movement jumped my bait. I thought I had a good 'un for sure when Wendel said, "Frog". I was thinking, "Yep, I'm fishing a frog" when I realized what he meant. It was indeed a big, ol' bullfrog. I laughed myself silly reeling it in. It had hooked itself good, but we got it back out into the water.
The visiting was great, but neither of us caught anything. We got skunked, but it was still a great day on the lake.
Take care and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in plastic boats."
Sunday, June 14, 2009
6-13-09: PABC Monthly Tourney Lake Ivie
The PABC held its monthly tourney at OH Ivie Reservoir on 6-13-09. Due to the 100+ degree weather, we started at Safe Light until 12 PM. I got a great intro to the lake as I followed Tad Box's advice and caught everything on a white topwater just north of Concho Park. It was great for 2 guys in a plastic boat.
Scott Gagliano and I got there very early in the AM.
As mentioned in the video clip, our attention was drawn to some activity going on over at a large tent nearby in Concho Park. Being naturally curious, I went to investigate and met Mike "Stubby" Arnold out of Midland who was kind enough to visit with me about their organization.
Dawn broke and we got started. We fished and I got a hit on my 3rd cast on the little topwater. I even managed to catch the 2.7 on my 5th cast (I've really got to get a hat cam).
We were expecting 15-20 MPH winds, but they never developed. Wind was nice as the big barges made large wakes for us to handle. I can honestly say that I had no problems as it was for the kids and it was cool seeing them waving to us in their orange shirts as they passed on by. Water was really clear (about 4-5 feet visibility) and 80 degrees climbing to 82 by noon.
Ivie was pretty good to us. Just an interesting note on the lake. you can have 2 fish under 14" on a stringer so long as the rest are over 18". I imagine that they do this to cull the smaller fish population as to help the big fish get bigger.
I caught about 6 fish while Scott caught 1 and lost a monster on a worm.
We wrapped it up and reported to weigh in.
We had a funny event occur. Scott and I knew that with the water being 80+ degrees we couldn't keep fish on a stringer and expect them to survive so we obtained an aerator and cooler and made a live well. We had 2 fish in the live well when we accidentally jostled the live well and I noted water in the boat; we had knocked open the spout on the cooler. Thinking quickly, we went to shore and sealed the spout, but we had taken on a good amount of water and with the live well, we were cramped. I decided to chance quickly opening the live well to get the aerator out and use it as a bilge on the water. We moved quickly, but the bass were quicker. Both got out and Scott managed to get the 3 pounder back in, but the little one made it. I can blame no one but myself. We've all heard stories like this, but I got to live it. Gee, lucky me!
Point of interest as I will be stepping down as record keeper of the PABC and focusing on the reporting aspect.
We had a blast on the lake!
Results are below.
1. Morris, Jeff 2 14/16, 2 14/16, and 6 for a total of 11 12/16 (Big Bass)
2. Cavaness, Roy 3 1/16, 5 3/16, and 2 1/16 for a total of 10 5/16
3. Miner, Scott 2 7/16, 2 7/16, and 3 13/16 for a total of 8 11/16
4. Leeper, Jay 3 10/16 and 2 7/16 for a total of 6 1/16
5. Witt, Bob 2 1/16 and 2 15/16 for a total of 5
6. Dorman, Mike 2 9/16 and 2 5/16 for a total of 4 14/16
7. Dorman, Brian 2 9/16 and 1 15/16 for a total of 4 8/16
8. Searsy, Drew 2 10/16 and 1 6/16 for a total of 4
9. Brumley, Noah 2 3/16 and 1 12/16 for a total of 3 15/16
10. Fuessel, Jason 1 8/16 and 2 5/16 for a total of 3 13/16
11. Brumley, Justin 2 6/16 and 1 4/16 for a total of 3 10/16
12. Day, Jim 2 and 1 1/16 for a total of 3 1/16
13. Palko, Chip 1 6/16 and 1 9/16 for a total of 2 15/16
14. Brumley, Josh 1 9/16 and 14/16 for a total of 2 7/16
15. Cavaness, Stephen 1 2/16 for a total of 1 2/16
16. Palko, Justus 0
17. Gagliano, Scott 0
Special thanks to Scott and the guys of the PABC for putting up with me. It's always a hoot. Also, Stubby and the guys and gals over at the Make A Fish Foundation are great people! We caught them wrapping things up.
Take care, all and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in plastic boats!"
Scott Gagliano and I got there very early in the AM.
As mentioned in the video clip, our attention was drawn to some activity going on over at a large tent nearby in Concho Park. Being naturally curious, I went to investigate and met Mike "Stubby" Arnold out of Midland who was kind enough to visit with me about their organization.
Dawn broke and we got started. We fished and I got a hit on my 3rd cast on the little topwater. I even managed to catch the 2.7 on my 5th cast (I've really got to get a hat cam).
We were expecting 15-20 MPH winds, but they never developed. Wind was nice as the big barges made large wakes for us to handle. I can honestly say that I had no problems as it was for the kids and it was cool seeing them waving to us in their orange shirts as they passed on by. Water was really clear (about 4-5 feet visibility) and 80 degrees climbing to 82 by noon.
Ivie was pretty good to us. Just an interesting note on the lake. you can have 2 fish under 14" on a stringer so long as the rest are over 18". I imagine that they do this to cull the smaller fish population as to help the big fish get bigger.
I caught about 6 fish while Scott caught 1 and lost a monster on a worm.
We wrapped it up and reported to weigh in.
We had a funny event occur. Scott and I knew that with the water being 80+ degrees we couldn't keep fish on a stringer and expect them to survive so we obtained an aerator and cooler and made a live well. We had 2 fish in the live well when we accidentally jostled the live well and I noted water in the boat; we had knocked open the spout on the cooler. Thinking quickly, we went to shore and sealed the spout, but we had taken on a good amount of water and with the live well, we were cramped. I decided to chance quickly opening the live well to get the aerator out and use it as a bilge on the water. We moved quickly, but the bass were quicker. Both got out and Scott managed to get the 3 pounder back in, but the little one made it. I can blame no one but myself. We've all heard stories like this, but I got to live it. Gee, lucky me!
Point of interest as I will be stepping down as record keeper of the PABC and focusing on the reporting aspect.
We had a blast on the lake!
Results are below.
1. Morris, Jeff 2 14/16, 2 14/16, and 6 for a total of 11 12/16 (Big Bass)
2. Cavaness, Roy 3 1/16, 5 3/16, and 2 1/16 for a total of 10 5/16
3. Miner, Scott 2 7/16, 2 7/16, and 3 13/16 for a total of 8 11/16
4. Leeper, Jay 3 10/16 and 2 7/16 for a total of 6 1/16
5. Witt, Bob 2 1/16 and 2 15/16 for a total of 5
6. Dorman, Mike 2 9/16 and 2 5/16 for a total of 4 14/16
7. Dorman, Brian 2 9/16 and 1 15/16 for a total of 4 8/16
8. Searsy, Drew 2 10/16 and 1 6/16 for a total of 4
9. Brumley, Noah 2 3/16 and 1 12/16 for a total of 3 15/16
10. Fuessel, Jason 1 8/16 and 2 5/16 for a total of 3 13/16
11. Brumley, Justin 2 6/16 and 1 4/16 for a total of 3 10/16
12. Day, Jim 2 and 1 1/16 for a total of 3 1/16
13. Palko, Chip 1 6/16 and 1 9/16 for a total of 2 15/16
14. Brumley, Josh 1 9/16 and 14/16 for a total of 2 7/16
15. Cavaness, Stephen 1 2/16 for a total of 1 2/16
16. Palko, Justus 0
17. Gagliano, Scott 0
Special thanks to Scott and the guys of the PABC for putting up with me. It's always a hoot. Also, Stubby and the guys and gals over at the Make A Fish Foundation are great people! We caught them wrapping things up.
Take care, all and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in plastic boats!"
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Webisode 7: Twin Buttes TNT 6-4-09
Hi folks!
I had the good fortune to cover the TNT at Twin Buttes 6-4-09. It was a memorable one for me!
I got lucky and now have an intro and music. Let me now what you think!
The results were:
1. Wendel Ramsey with 20.86
2. JR Page with 18.18
3. Josh Mirel with 10.12
4. Alan Ashley with 9.32
Big Bass was Wendel Ramsey with a 5.76 pig.
My thanks and gratitude to Wendel, Steve, Zak, and the guys who took the time to talk to me!
Thanks for taking the time to check this out and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in the plastic boats."
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
PABC Standings 6-2-09
The Current Standings as of 6-1-09 for the Paul Ann Bass Club are:
1. Roy Cavness 122.71
2. Mike Dorman 120.57
3. Brian Dorman 108.83
4. Jeff Morris 97.78
5. Chip Palko 67.50
6. Garrett Day 58.25
7. Jay Leeper 57.70
8. Jesse Lucas 56.82
9. Jim Day 54.41
10. Scott Miner 44.45
11. Bob Whitt 33.25
12. Scott Gagliano 14.56
13. Stephen Cavaness 14.24
14. Brandon Halfmann 6.75
15. Travis Lucas 6.57
16. Justin Houk 6.00
17. Drew Searsy 5.50
18. Justin Brumley 4.69
19. Westley Wyatt 4.06
20. Joshua Brumley 3.88
21. Noah Brumley 3.63
22. Kevin Johnson 1.94
23. Justin Eady 1.88
24. Wes Hayes 1.88
Compared to last years totals at this point, the members have really improved.
Way to go, gents!
1. Roy Cavness 122.71
2. Mike Dorman 120.57
3. Brian Dorman 108.83
4. Jeff Morris 97.78
5. Chip Palko 67.50
6. Garrett Day 58.25
7. Jay Leeper 57.70
8. Jesse Lucas 56.82
9. Jim Day 54.41
10. Scott Miner 44.45
11. Bob Whitt 33.25
12. Scott Gagliano 14.56
13. Stephen Cavaness 14.24
14. Brandon Halfmann 6.75
15. Travis Lucas 6.57
16. Justin Houk 6.00
17. Drew Searsy 5.50
18. Justin Brumley 4.69
19. Westley Wyatt 4.06
20. Joshua Brumley 3.88
21. Noah Brumley 3.63
22. Kevin Johnson 1.94
23. Justin Eady 1.88
24. Wes Hayes 1.88
Compared to last years totals at this point, the members have really improved.
Way to go, gents!
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