Big Belly's & Yellow Shorts... big catch!

Big Belly Carp - they are common in Lake Waco!

(not really sure that is what they are called - but for this blog - they are Big Belly Carp)

Standard color shorts for catching 16 pound Big Belly Carp.

Without putting up a big fight this Big Belly Carp went back home to tell stories about her great adventure.

Shad, Sassy - Great Combo!!!!

So, when the Hot Dogs aren't working we resort to the next best thing - Shad... right now there are MILLIONS of these guys swimming around our honey holes...

And there is NO ONE better to search out those honey spots than Sassy!!!!

These are two of the 19 catfish we caught today - 31.04 pounds!!!

Perfect Condition...

Midway Boat ramp where almost 100 shad were caught with two throws of the net!

OK - so what is the PERFECT condition to catch Catfish... I LOVE the early - VERY EARLY - mornings with no wind and hardly no one on the lake... those are great conditions... but, what makes it better... how about great friends - Rick and Sassy.  And one more thing - a perfect fishing hole... We caught 23 keepers at 47.11 pounds.  That did not include the many we threw back!!!!  This spot was about 10 foot deep and had water at 69 degrees.  The trees and submerged logs were surrounded by shad and feeding catfish.  If Rick and Sassy had not wanted to come back so soon - we would still be out there... Sassy and I will head out tomorrow morning eary and give a full report later in the day...

Fishing Reports Start Tomorrow! AND - two things you did not know!!!!

#1 WHAT?  We didn't know you couldn't NOODLE in TEXAS???? 

#2 YOUR KIDDING, I did not know that it really could rain fish...

My good friend Mark Colbath is a Missionary in Honduras, and they have something called the Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fishes) which is a unique phenomenon that has been occurring for more than a century on a yearly basis in the country of Honduras. It occurs in the Departamento de Yoro, between the months of May and July. Witnesses of this phenomenon state that it begins with is a dark cloud in the sky followed by lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain for 2 to 3 hours. Once the rain has stopped, hundreds of living fish are found on the ground. People take the fish home to cook and eat them. Although some experts have tried to explain the Rain of Fishes as a natural meteorological phenomenon, the fish are not sea water fish, but fresh water fish; they are not dead, but alive; they are not blind, they have eyes; they are not big fish, but small; and the type of fish is not found elsewhere in the area. There is no valid scientific explanation for this phenomenon. Many people believe this phenomenon occurs because of Father José Manuel Subirana, a Spanish catholic missionary and considered by many to be a Saint. He visited Honduras from 1856-1864 (one hundred years before my birth), and upon encountering so many poor people, prayed for 3 days and 3 nights asking God for a miracle to help the poor people by providing food. The Rain of Fishes has occurred ever since.  Hopefully, I can get Mark to send pictures!!!