Happy Belated Father’s Day to all you who qualify - Work has been in the way of getting out lately so Momma got a rental place for us to stay. Sounds like a dream until I found out my FIL was coming along too for his Father’s Day. She choose a place up near Stillhouse Lake so I loaded up the...

Happy Juneteenth! I overslept and was horrified by the time on the clock. It was five til five! Not only was I NOT going to be first, I’d be lucky to find a parking space. I hightailed it to the lake. I bypassed a long line of trailers and quickly dropped the Uncle Buck’s Pond Prowler and...

Happy Father’s Day! I quietly rigged out the Pond Prowler in the pre-dawn hour of this last day of Spring. After today, y’all won’t have to get up so early to beat me to the lake as the days shorten up after Summer Solstice. No challengers this morning, I launched first from Holiday Inn with...

Belated Happy Father's Day. I had family and other obligations that have kept me off the water. It was great to get back on, if for just a couple of hours. I launched from the Austin high ramp just before 7am. Water had a light stain, clarity was almost back to normal, slight breeze. Even...

Got out early and joined several others who were already fishing. Caught about a dozen little ones, and then a ~2.5lb fish (didn't think I'd need my scale out there!). Hooked one on a 3" swimbait, the rest on a tiny Texas rig/weedless Ned rig (pegged 1/16oz weight, size 1 ewg hook, 2.5" worm)...