Early Valentine present on O.H. Ivie

Feb. 13th on Ivie was a welcome relief from some frustrating days of fishing on Lake Belton the last couple of weeks.
My long time fishing partner, Ronnie Wallace, and I headed for the lake around 8 a.m. with our sites set on big bass and enjoying some decent weekend weather for a change.
Ronnie and and another talented fisherman, Chris Nock (Lubbock), are just coming off a big win on Lake Brownwood in the Media Team West Circuit where they braved the elements to catch over 13 lbs and a big bass of 8.05 adding $2000.00 to there wallets.
We launched at Concho Park and roared across the calm waters to the Leday area of the lake and alternated beween here and the cemetary area. Ronnie picked up 3- 3 lbers on a RED/BLACKBACK DD-22 crankbait in about 12 to 18ft of water near drop and steep ledges. I left my carry-on tackle bag in the pickup so I sifted through Ronnies arsenal and tied on a 3/8th oz. green pumkin jig with Rage craw trailer. I lost a fish in a deep tree then caught a decent fish in about 12ft. deep.
After about an hour, the wind showed its ugly face at about 20 to 25 mph so we decided to head up the Colorado. Once up there, we decided the runoff that had come down had the water too stained to fish so we headed to some mid-lake pockets that had some deeper water in them and that's where we hit pay dirt.
Pitching the same jig as before along a rocky bluff bank in 4 to 10ft of water my bait was inhaled by a fat 8-lber.
Then 10 minutes later, another fish that could have been his twin sucked down the jig and was not happy to see the boat. What a fight and we took another picture and a quick release.
Ronnie quickly joined in on the action with a fat 5-lb plus fish that munched on his jig and we knew the pattern was going to work well.
We started hopping around in these pockets and though we caught one or 2 fish in each one, none would compare to the first pocket we fished.
These fish were hitting the jig as it fell on the 1st drop and every one of then sucked the jig down in the mouth. It was around 2 PM when we really found the pattern. Water temp was 48 degrees and warming along the rocky bank with a wind blowing into them seemed to be the trick.
We had around 15 bass this day with our best 5 around 34 lbs.
I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as Ronnie and I enjoyed catching them. Boy, we needed a day like this to get the blood going again!!! Headed to Lake Falcon this weekend for some Hawg catching (Hopefully) for the 2nd Basschamps event in the south division. See Ya on the Water.