BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!!!!

Not too sure why - but, the catfish really love to bite during and shortly after a rain shower... We have been very fortunate with the rain and SOMEWHAT cooler temps.


Here is the last of our most resent fish fry. This one was a benefit for a Church near our house - they were raising money for a Summer Youth Camp trip... We had planned for 75 participates and LUCKLY we were ready for 107!!! This one was a great success!!!

Belton Mornings

Belton is a GREAT lake and a Texas Secret!!! This is a Gray Egret watching us take off this morning. Over the past few mornings i have had the opportunity to fish this lake with my buddy's Barnie and Rick. They must be good luck because we caught almost 60 pounds of fish in a very short time...
For some reason the Fish are consistently bigger in Belton.

This morning's view!

Well, this is the last picture from Lake Waco for a while - I am pretty sure Sassy and I fished out all of the Catfish from our favorite spots. Now we are headed to Lake Belton...to conquer the Cats!!! Reports will be coming soon.

HOT! HOT! HOT!

It is WAY TOO HOT... this Sun Perch was bigger than many of the Catfish Sassy and I caught this morning!!! We had only 3 keeper size and about 20 under a pound! Night fishing is starting to be the way to go! If you are interested in a Night Charter - let me know!!!

Not too sure why I would post such a beautiful picture??? However....
I did let him go... this was 4.5 pounder!
Now this is more like it - 7 keepers
Somebody has to ride in the Captains seat...!

Sunrise to Sunset - new painting from God everyday!!!

There is a real benefit from getting up early to go fishing - this is one of them...
After a long day of work - here is a great reason to go night fishing...

Sunday Church Fish Fry...

Besides the fishing - we love the cookin and friendships we gain from our TightLine adventures... Today (Sunday 7/11/10), Leni, Rick and I got to take part in a church celebration for our friend Joyce Heckmanm and 40 of her friends... We set up our tent and cookers outside the Church. Here are some of the people enjoying the morning and lunch after the service. This is Chris (on the left) and his sister and brother. Chris was a BIG help today. You can tell they love their Church and the wonderful congregation. Thanks for your help today Chris!!! Here are a few more members taking part in the Sunday celebration...
And Finally, this is a photo of Pastor Paul and Joyce and me. When all was said and done we had a super party of about 40-50 people.

I will not lie to you...

This is the SAME bass ...
We caught it on a Perch and it looks much larger in Ricks picture... SEVEN POUNDS!!!!
Thanks has to go out to Harry - he suggested fishing this spot - SOOOOO - there you go - we caught 4 catfish at 2.5 pounds each and this large mouth bass at 7+ pounds... FUN!!!!

This is Sassy and me on the way to a "Not-So Hot Spot" - it is hard to see it but there is a big Crane flying in front of the boat about 50 yards...Believe it or not - we only caught ONE keeper size... so we took a picture and threw it back. I told this fish that Sas and I would be back tomorrow morning and for him to bring his friends... we will see what happens!

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT...

My dad has always told me... "hard work = lots of luck" - We have been baiting out the right spots lately and 'as luck would have it' it been paying off...
This is one of the bigger catfish we caught this past weekend... Rick is a proud 'TightLiner' of this 7.5 pound Blue Cat.
I try not to advertise my personal boat motor too much... so, I will draw your attention to the 3.5 pound Blue Cat.