Its Hot - But... the Fish are Biting!!!!

Lake Waco is full of Catfish!  We catch a lot of catfish early in the mornings!  These were caught on an Open Reel -10 lb test line this morning.  We've been fishing with cut-shad and hot dogs at about 8-10 feet.

 This one we let go but, WOW! It was fun to catch - I only wish I could of gotten a picture of Rick's face when it almost took his pole in the water!!!!  This one was caught on a hot dog, off the bottom at about 7am this morning near the twin bridges.

Happy Father's Day!

TIGHTLINE FISHING - wants to wish ALL YOU DAD's out there HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!

I have NEVER had a better teacher.....  Happy Fathers Day Dad - Love you Kev

Just Thinkin'

Sometimes I wonder what she is thinking... I find that I can read her pretty good sometimes and this morning she is for sure thinking about the school of Channel Cats she is going to lead us too... Or maybe she was thinking about the time Alex and Harry backed the truck and boat down this very ramp....a day we will all remember....  (that is another story)...!

These are just a few of the ones we caught with HOT DOGS this morning.  We were fishing in 9 foot of water near the Midway dock.

Random picture of my beautiful daughter Alex and her "little" brother Harry who is taller than her now! 

WHAT?! - BASS and CALM WINDS!!!!!

I was asked a bunch of times over the last few days about fishing trips and if we tried to catch anything else besides catish... FIRST of all I did not know there was anything else but catfish - but I was wrong...  Here is a nice little bass caught next to the twin bridges with live shad - we were only fishing 10-12 foot deep.

Some of you guys out there will remember Vera Lee - she was the backbone to the Charlie McCleary Tennis Center for close to twenty years - I am not really sure how she maintain control of Ronnie, Ed, Brian, Adam, Tyrone, Bernie, Carol, Dale, Drew, Rick and MANY MANY others...  She is special and doing GREAT and this is her son Tommy.  Tommy is holding a five pound Bass caught off a live shad while we were drift fishing in 8 foot of water - for catfish!!!! 

This what the water looked like about 8:30 pm... not bad for 102 degree day!

Lets Go Fishing!!!!

Summer Nights...

This has got to be one of the BEST reasons to come out on Lake Waco - even it the Catfish are biting...

As you may know by now - Sassy has a way of sniffing out the big ones... this one was 5.5 pounds...

(FYI - that is Sassy's Summer cut)

This one is 18 pounds and YES we released it - and YES Rick was upset.....

This little gar is DANGEROUS!  They are fast and everyone of those teeth are SHARP!

Waco's - Habitat for Humanity AND Ash, Nick, Mom and Dad!

This past Thursday - Wes, Rick and I got to fry up some Catfish for about 50 of Waco's Cornerstone Building Partners for the Waco Habitat for Humanity.  This is a non-denominational Christian housing ministry helping to eliminate substandard and poverty housing in Waco - since 1986, Waco Habitat for Humanity has built over 130 simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with low-income families in need.  This is TightLines second year sponsoring this event...

The Fish Fry went GREAT!  Emily and John helped make the event smooth and easy!  If you ever want to do something special for our community - go and volunteer to help build a house - the people at Habitat are super.   My wife Leni is a volunteer along with many of our Little Caesars staff members.  They will all tell you - the feeling of helping others is nothing short of awesome!

This is my daughter Ashley - Ash and Nick are expecting my Grandchild about December 9th!!!  They joined us for the fish fry.  By the way - Nick and I tricked about 44.5 lbs of fish into the boat this morning!!!  That equaled almost 14 lbs of filets 100 lbs of fun!

Here is Nick with a Bass we caught near the Waco Dam.  Take note of the nice smile... Nick just graduated from Dental School - he and Ash are moving to Florida - where they will live while Nick is serving our Country in the Air Force.  We are very proud of them! 

On a side note... Dr. Sager was very careful to remove the hook from each fish with precision and compassion!

My Dad and Mom with Ash and Nick... Proud Grandparents!