For this CHRISTMAS BLOG -

I am sharing a TightLine SECRET and sending Pictures of the Grandkids... what a combo! 

You will NOT have to work to find the family pictures! 

BUT, you will have to work to find out what the secret catfish bait is... 

the common question we always get is, "how do guys catch so many Catfish?"

 

FIRST - THE FAMILY...

Harry and KPa! - I have to say - my kids and NOW - Grandkids are gifts beyond compare.

Even though I have to stand on my tippy-toes... he is a GREAT son and buddy!

 

Will, Harper and Ali!  The Chandlers had a wonderful first Christmas with Harper!

Here is my ONE YEAR-OLD Grand-baby Addy getting ready for Christmas in England!!!!

Addy - helping her mom with cookies before Christmas

This picture of Addy is an EXACT replica of My Ashy when she was Addys age!!

Harper enjoying her first Christmas and Nanny and PAPA's house!!!

My dad - PAPA and his great granddaughter Harper!

Here is a picture of two incredible Moms!  Alex and my Mom with Harper

Addy Girl - shopping with her Mum (BTW- that is very English for Mom)

 

AND NOW TIGHTLINE STUFF....

the secret is about to be revealed

This seven pounder was caught Sunday, in 14 feet of water, the day before the cold weather rolled into Central Texas.  We have been waiting for less windy days to hit the lake... hopefully- we'll be out there this week - early in the mornings.

Here is a total of 16 fish Sassy sniffed out. We caught these between the twin bridge pillars on Lake Waco.

The Second PART of the secret was revealed in the previous picture... look close.

The First and most important is making sure Sassy's nose is working...

 

Here is a quick Grandma saying about bait...and I quote, "Even if we fished all day and haven't gotten anything except sunburned - we are much better off than the worm!" 

Simple but true!

TIGHTLINE FISHING IS BACK - but before I show pictures of BIG FISH, SASSY, RICK and the GREAT OUTDOORS - you'll have to indulge me for a minute while I preview the up and coming crew of the USS SASSY....  

 

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS A SERIES OF PICTURES SHOWING FUTURE TIGHTLINE FISHING STARS....

This is Harper (AKA- I see the fish over there KPa) - daughter of Will and Alex Chandler.

This is Harper and Alex...  SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY - Alex was this size!!! 

AND here is ADDY - she is ONE YEAR OLD!!!  She already knows her "SIC'm" sign.

She is a very Happy girl!  This reminds me of Ash when she was a baby.

I am pretty sure this Alex's way of having fun mom and daughter time!!!!

There is something special about those Harper eyes!

Here is Nick, Addy and Ash - Nick is an Officer in the Air Force (Captain) - Nick, Ash and Addy are serving our Country in England. 

I really miss them!
 

OK - and now a few TightLine Pictures...

I had a few friends of TightLine Fishing ask me to send some Sassy pictures and update the status of Tightline Fishing... SO, in an effort to PLEASE

SHES BACK!!!! Sassy is back and her snorter is better than EVER! We started out this morning a little unsure of the spot we were going to fish/attack and then out of nowhere - Sassy let us know we were over a bunch of these 1 and 2 pound cats....

We waited out the evening and FINALLY we hooked into this...

 



A twenty-two pound cat that I am sure was full of eggs - to my surprise it only took 45 minutes and very few tears from Rick to convince him that we had (Tightline rules) to release her.  (Be sure to read the "Positive Quotes" section on the right...)

 

It was GREAT to get back out on the lake with Rick and Sassy. Since the last BLOG we have catered about a dozen Catfish Fry's - our supply was needing to be restocked. 

 

Whether we go out early...

Or Late.... IT NEVER GETS OLD just PRETTIER!!!!

 

For my Tennis Official friends - I have added a "Play On!" section to the Blog... enjoy and let me know your thoughts....