Never a better day than Catfishing with Owen and Wilder!

The USS Sassy is big enough for DaBoyz!!!!

These guys are so much fun... we had a great time - more to come!

YES - look closely that's a pillow floating behind them!

Lake Waco rose over 10 feet in less than a week - stuff is all over the place!

I say - less XBox and more Tackle Boxes!

I am blessed!

Let it Rain, Let it Rain, Let it Rain...

The Catfish AND the TightLine Catfishing Crew appreciate the NEEDED RAIN!

Half full to completely full in one week!

Twin Bridges (Oct 29th)

Boat Ramp Midway Park

This picture was taken around the first of September (last month)... 

Notice how low the water is in relation to the Ramp and the Twin Bridges...!!!  

The lake was 54% full one week ago and 100% today! 

Side view of Midway Park and Fishing Dock...

 

Looks Like Catfishing Time!!!! 

 

CHURCH UNDER THE BRIDGE!!!!

One of our favorite TightLine Catfish Fry Events

WHAT BLESSING!!! ALL DaGrandkids!!! Helping serve catfish - Church Under the Bridge 

Harper, Addelyn, Maisie, Owen and Wilder

Church Under the Bridge (CUB) is actually a CHURCH UNDER a Bridge at I35 and 4th Street in Waco!  Jimmy and Janet Dorrell started the Church back in 1992.  

Jimmy likes to say in over 30 years, we grew from a single bridge Church to a multi-billion dollar Two Bridge church! 

(with help from taxpayers!) 

The Dorrells are a blessing to the Waco Community!

Black, White, and Brown, rich and poor, educated in the streets or the university, all serving the same God, who makes us one... EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Servers in the Front...

Thats my Mom, Leni (holding our granddaughter) Maisie, 

and our granddaughters: Harper and Addelyn

Fryers in the back!

That's Rick, Carl Bowen (Cindy's husband!!!), Bob Cervenka, and a TightLine Fan inspecting the Catfish

Best day ever - Mom, Leni with our grandaughter Maisie  

So much fun, this is my Mom, behind her is Cindy (aka. INCREDIBLE Catfish fry organizer/helper and keeper of Carl!), and my Leni w/assistant to the assistants - granddaughter Maisie

This is my Alex posing for a quick pic!  

On her right are Addelyn and her daughter Harper 

and on her left are Owen and her son Wilder. 

What a blessing to have the family and friends out helping!

Two of the best (grandsons) Boys EVER - Wilder and Owen are helping serve!

DaFryers (Police line up left to right):

Bob Cervenka, me, Rick King, and Mike Charette

The congregation varies from Sunday to Sunday - but, this one had a little over 100+

TIGHTLINE ADDITION:

The newest dog addition to the Foster Family - DazyDoodleDug... 

she'll be on the TightLine Catfish boat soon! 

 

FUNNY THING ABOUT MEMORIES...!

Sometimes you do not realize you're making them...

Seems like yesterday my grandson's Mom (Alex) accidentally backed our Dodge Ram into Lake Waco after I had the great idea of asking her to back it up a little so that I could launch the boat... after I got the kids and Sassy out of the back wet seat I swore id never let something like that happen again... Here is Wilder (8-yr-old grandson) and I reenacting the fun times 20+ years later!!! 

NOT EVERYONE gets to skipper the USS Sassy.

Here is Wilder searching out a Catfish spot on a cloudy Lake Belton catfishing Friday. 

The real teachers had a student-free day at school - so, I am the lucky teacher today!

He has the catfishing-hunting gene - so does his dad!  

So much fun!  We caught a mess of them (10 Channel and Blues) weighing in at 26lbs!

Speaking of memory - I knew that I had forgotten something and as I topped the lonnnnng boat ramp at Roger Park - I heard someone yelling... KPA! KPA! KPA!

 

Whats better than a smile...?

Here is brother Rick holding on to a 8.8 lbs Blue Cat

This is a mess of Cats we caught on Lake Belton Sep. 12 

Total of 13 Cats 49.5 pounds - on Hot Dogs!

25 feet of 83 degree water

Yours truely and Captain of the USS Sassy - 

Sporting a TightLine Cap and Horizon Aviation work shirt provided by A&P Harry Foster

This a 7.11 lbs Blue Cat...

SIDE NOTE: The BTN (By The Numbers) column is showing the Cats are BIG THIS YEAR!!!

 Catfishing Lake Belton - on a COOL September morning!

This is just another GREAT EARLY MORNING at Lake Belton!

EVERY MORNING is a picture from GOD!!!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT - the weather was COOL this morning!

Caught these Cats (Blue and Channel) out of Lake Belton in 25-30 feet of water... 

18 total with a combined weight of 57 lbs... 

We are getting ready for our annual Church Under the Bridge Fish Fry. 

What bait you ask... our SUPER SECRET bait - HOTDOGS (the cheapest ones).  

This is a 17.5 lbs BlueCat... I call this a Cervenka-Me-Cry Cat  - 

TightLineCatishing policy -we throw back ALL Cats over 15lbs... 

It makes my fishing buddy Bobbert Cervenka cry EVERY TIME!

LUCKIEST KPa EVER!!!

I am the luckiest KPa EVER!!!!!

Here is Maizie Sager!  

Our FIFTH Grandkid - we are VERY BLESSED!

Here's Ashley (my daughter) and Maizie's Mom!

It's been said, "Never have children, only grandchildren"  

I have to disagree - I am so blessed with the best three kids and five grandkids a guy could EVER have!

Lake Waco on a 2023 Summer night!

I could never in a hundred Summers get tired of sunsets like this!