Got to the launch and the usual campers were on each end of the launch, but the night fishermen were already gone. A couple other kayakers were already there, and I proceeded to unload taking my time to make sure I had everything. I then tried to catch some bait but it was slim pickins. I even tried the sure fire pond and came up with only a couple of perch. I finally gave up and had a grand total of four perch and two shad.
There was no wind and the water was pretty much like glass most of the morning was bright sunlight with a little relief in the way of a passing cloud or two but it was bearable when a slight breeze would blow now and then.
I anchored out from the launch in my old faithful hole in about 24' of water and I had one rod with a live perch and the other with my favorite bait Big Marv's.
Didn't take too long and I caught a 2 1/2 pounder which was a blue. Then I landed a small channel. After that channel that's when the fun began. I then caught a blue about four pounds, another that was about a twin, and then I had one about five pounds. The biggest one I caught weighed just under ten and I caught it while I was sitting there looking around with a drink in my hand, just looking around taking in the nice morning and relaxing, and I felt my rod against my leg and looked down at the rod that was bent all the way under my kayak.
I called it a morning about 11:00 a.m. since I hadn't had a bite in over an hour and it was starting to get pretty hot.
The fishing wasn't fast by any means, and the number of fish I caught (8) wasn't that great, but the size of the fish is what made up for it being slow and lack of numbers. Of the eight fish, six were big blues with two channels. Nothing touched the perch, and everything caught was on Big Marv's, fished straight down off the side of the kayak, about a foot off the bottom.
Those fish were allowed to swim away to fight another day. I still have filets from the March trip down the Nueces for those whitebass, so the cats got a pass today.
There were a good number of kayakers that showed up this morning, and best of all, no jet ski's!
It was a great feeling just to get out on the water again, and as always I hated to go in.
Soon as I get my wife on her feet I'm going to the lake. BWWWAAAHHHHHAAAHHHA!!!! 