My Friend Kevin Krumm and other stuff - NOT FOR THE WEAK STOMACH PEOPLE...

Sassy and I met up with my friend - Kevin Krumm - Kevin and I went to school together STARTING IN KINDERGARDEN at WestLake in Austin!  We all have close friends but, would have to say - Kevin is like my brother from another mother (different dad too!).  He is one of the funniest guys I have ever been around and I could not have picked anyone better to grow up with. So when Kev told me that he would go out fishing with me - I knew we would have a great time.  We did.  The Lake is a GREAT place to catch up on old times and talk about stuff in general.  The Bald Eagles were out and the weather was great - except, it got a little cold after about an hour of fishing...  I was checking the water temp on my depth finder and nothing was registering on the screen - it was dead - no signal!   I figured that I would work on the electrical stuff when Sas and I got home...  

Kevin Krumm with the two of the four Cats we caught - we threw them back.

OK - WARNING - if you have a weak stomach or are NOT in the mood to see anything bloody - do NOT SCROLL DOWN ANY MORE... just stop reading and come back another day...

YOU WERE WARNED....

Anyone that knows me - knows that it is very seldom that I work on anything mechanical without ending up in the Doc's office... today was no different... I was stripping the casing off a wire on the USS SASSY (trying to fix the depth/fish finder) when I decided to see how sharp my knife actually was... and how close I could come to cutting off my knuckle...

Last Chance to turn back - very graphic...

This is not a big cut but just deep enough to see the bone and get five stitches...

It was kinda weird - because I was not hurting at all - UNTIL this morning - WOW! 

The following video was taken by Leni in the Doc's Office... pretty intense...

Merry Christmas!!!!

We have so much to be thankful for and most of all it is to God for his gift(s) to you and me.

Before I head back to "fish stuff" with this TightLine Fishing Blog - I wanted to throw in one more KPa picture... (I am POSITIVE there will be more....)

Talk about Christmas Gifts (Addelyn Kate Sager)!!!!!

OK - back to CatFishing stuff....

Here is Sassy and my "TightLine CatFishing" version of the "The Night Before Christmas..."

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the lake,

all the fish were real happy cause TightLine Fishing was taking a break.

The rods were all hung in the Man Cave with care,

in hopes that the catfish soon would be there.

Sassy, Kev and Dad were nestled, all snug in their beds,

while visions of Blue’s and Channel Cats swam in their heads.

The USS Sassy was tied up all tight,

and settled in the garage for a long winter’s night.

When out on the Brazos there arose such a clatter,

I ran to the dock to see what was the matter?

When what to my wandering eyes should appear,

but one giant splash the biggest Catfish this year!!!

The Grand Dad of Catfish I saw in the night,

I just had to know how hard he would fight?

Sassy and I jumped off the dock and ran through the sod,

grabbed a net, grandpas's tackle box, and my favorite old rod.

Dashed back to the dock threw open my box,

tried so many baits – the whole situation put my stomach in knots.

Tried Sivle’s Stink then Brian's different frog's from big ones to small,

put on Rick’s Super Secret bait but, this Catfish would not bite at all.

When down in my box I saw something squirm,

I reached down and grabbed a Killer Worm!

It barely hit water my line got real tight,

I set the hook and then on with the fight.

The rod bent double the drag steady bellowed,

Sassy and I fought it three hours our muscles were jello’d.

Finally landed, Sassy and I looked at the prize,

but just couldn’t keep it you have to realize,

Fishing’s a sport we enjoy most everyday,

so catch and release is the only way.

As we released the fish, believe it you might,

he said to all the TightLine Fishing fans....,

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND

TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

Fishing 'frog' Story

Slipped in a GREAT - (BUT COLD) - morning to fish and I got to meet up with my old friend Clifton.  He was about to launch his boat - when I said how about we just take out mine.  That was a GREAT idea for me.  I got to know even more about lake Waco and he had a few stories to tell.... including this one:

According to Clifton - his friend Audie went fishing one day. He looked over the side of his boat and saw a snake with a frog in its mouth. Feeling sorry for the frog, Audie reached down, gently took the frog from the snake, and set the frog free. But then he felt sorry for the snake. He looked around the boat, but he had no food. All he had was a Coors Lite. So he opened the can and gave the snake a few swigs. The snake went off happy, the frog was happy, and Audie was happy to have performed such good deeds. He thought everything was great until about ten minutes passed and he heard something knock against the side of the boat. With stunned disbelief, Clifton's friend looked down and saw the snake was back with two frogs!

I found this picture on the web... pretty cool...



We got lucky today - GREAT conversation and six catfish total of 23 pounds!

This one weighed in at 12 pounds.

Sassy is a good judge of Character - she likes Clifton.  I think that he slipped her a few Hot Dog piece while I was not looking!

Anyway - we caught these guys in 6-10 foot of water near the Ridgewood Marina.  We use Hot Dogs and some of Cliftons stink bait... WOW! I am still smelling it as I write this!!