Moved Offshore

[No Excuses]

The shallow bite bit me in the rear this past Thursday night. I knew it should be winding down, but I didn't expect it to just die! It was slick calm and fairly sunny. We only managed 3 for 3 and some change. Another team caught a whopping 23lbs 3oz in a 2hr and 45 min evening derby!!! They had a 9-5 kicker. And that was on the lake that is NOT trophy managed! They lost another one that was bigger than the 9 that would have put them over 30lbs.

So, Friday me and Pop went to the Lower lake to start beating brushpiles. He managed a spawned out long skinny big headed female that weighed 4-12, and a couple smaller ones. I caught one 12" fish.... I did however clean a pile of broken line and 3 crank baits out of one top! I decided to redeem myself Saturday and go fish while listening to the Hogs and Aggies play baseball. Let's just say the fishing was better than the game.... I caught 4 out of the first top I fished. Went to the second spot which is just an offshore hump with some stumps on it. Caught one around 3 and a 6-6 and lost another good one. Hit one more spot for a 2.5 and headed in. Real nice couple hrs. Caught 9 I think and the best 5 was 17ish. My ElectroSamsom scales crapped out and I bought a cheapie from WM while waiting on my Rapala touch screen to come in. They didn't record all the weights. Hope y'all enjoy!


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[Donald Garner]

Mark congrats to you and your dad on a great trip.  Tks for putting the video together for us also.  Those Big Headed Long Skinny bodied fish sure look bigger than what they weigh post spawn  

What do you think that fished would've weighed Pre-Spawn?

I don't remember but do you pour you're own plastic worms also?  I know you do 'The Truth' 

[No Excuses]

Thanks Donald!

Just going by length and head size, I figure she would have been 6-7lbs.

I do pour a few. I made a couple molds for fun and just copied the Googan trick worm. I don't sell them and really I don't use them. I am a ZMan ElazTech purist lol, I have fished Zman in the front and two guys in the back throwing zoom, all 7" JuneBug, fishing the same brushpiles, and outfished them 5-1. There is just something about that worm. And you can fish most of the day with one worm. They just don't hardly tear up. 

I did also experiment with The Truth yesterday on a Carolina Rig and caught a 4-1. It's the first fish I have ever caught on a C-Rig. I'm going to have to do some studying on it! Took my wife out for a couple hrs Sunday after church and she caught a nice one that was just under 4lbs. It was a great weekend!!

[Donald Garner]

Mark, congrats to you and the wife on the big fish catching    Tks for sharing those pictures with us also.