Pleasant surprise.......

Got a phone call late afternoon yesterday from Adam wanting to going fishing today. One more trip before the calendar turns to August. I had a great time with Adam today. At times we caught the heck out of em, but we also had hours, yes hours without so much as a bite. I made a few poor decisions today. I got the opportunity to run South to an area that had been loaded full of fish. Well guess what? It wasn't loaded today and I spent 4.5 hrs in that area. I had to really scramble after that error in judgement. Adam did some serious work with a blade and square bill the second half of the day. All in all a fun day to be on Falcon Lake.

Total fish: 26
Best 5: about 25 lbs
Kicker: Adams 7 even

Tiiiiiiiiiiiiimberrrrrrrrrr!!!

Pauley Bunion had nothing on us today. I have been fishing with Steve most of the week with his nephews, friends, employees, etc etc. We have stayed deep pretty much the entire time. We rolled up our sleeves today. We hammered the heck out of em for 4 hrs. Damn it was fun. Did we catch a 10 lb'er?.... 40 lb sack? No and no, heck we didnt catch a 6 lb'er and we didn't even have a 30 lb sack. Falcon is getting a lot of play on the internet about being a shadow of its former self, washed up, dried up, yada, yada, yada. You won't hear that crap on this blog. Back in 2009 My dad and I went out with arguably the best guide this lake has ever seen and we fished until 11 o'clock and we caught 2 fish. Turn the page to 2012 and catching a 30 lb sack with a 9 lb kicker is a terrible day on the water! Yes i read that on the net. Lol. Let's not forget what put this beautiful lake on the countries radar. The 2008 elite series blew the lid off of Falcon and people like me have dedicated their lives to fishing it ever since. People couldn't believe the 4 day total that the top 5 amassed. Let me guess, in order to make the top five in an "elite" series tournament you needed a 40 lb stringer each day right? I mean after all Falcon was in its hay day and those were the best fishermen on the planet. Sorry doomsayers it took about 31 lbs over 4 days to crack the top 5. Trust me folks, Falcon is doing just fine. Have we had some tough days of late? Sure. Has the wind been 30 plus for most of the week? Yep. Here is the bottom line folks....It's fishing and mother nature will do her thing. Falcon is no magical fairy land where everybody catches DD's and nobody takes pictures of 8 lbers. Falcon gives you the best opportunity for that magical day than any other lake in the country. People always ask me for advice and best the best advice I can give is to not let the hunt for that trophy fish ruin your trip. Come and enjoy Falcon for what it is..... A wonderful fishery. Luckily every single one of my clients has had a great attitude and many have found their fish of a lifetime.... Some will be back down to give it another shot with me and that's all ya can do. Ok......step awaaaaaaayyy from the soapbox and nobody gets hurt... Lol. Steve has already booked 20 more days between now and April of 2013. Pretty cool to say the least. Thanks Steve! Check out my neighbor doing some work with his friends!!! 10's? Yep.... 40 lb stringer? Yep! 2 days ago in a hurricane. Lol

And let's all pray for some south and west Texas rain.

Total fish: 27
Best 5: around 23 lbs
Kicker: we didn't have one... Lol

3 princesses?.....eh more like 3....

sleeping beauties....lol.  I could not blow them out of bed with a stick of dynomite this morning.  Soooo we went out this evening, but 15 minutes in a lil Ztown storm blew in.  Luckily I saw it coming a good ways off and we got the heck off the water.  Last trip of the month is on the docket for tomorrow.  Half day.....hope we can get on em quick.

The weekend....

Looks like I will be guiding 3 princesses tomorrow and then Steve for his final day on Sunday.  I believe we are only going to do a half day because he wants to get on the road and head back home.  Of course he has been saying that for the last 5 days......lol.  I think Falcon has her hooks in him prrrrrrrreeeetttttyyy deep.  I know the feeling.

Unexpected day off......

Well Got up this morning ready to go do a lil walrus hunting.  I checked my phone and noticed a message from my client.  He had been driving all night and got to Laredo and his trailer barrings went out on em.  I feel terrible for him and he is still in Laredo I believe trying to get his trailer fixed.  I can tell you it ain't going to be easy on a Friday with short notice around here.  The wind looked menacing again today, so maybe he didnt miss much and hopefully he will be back on the road soon.  The wind looks better over the weekend and I might be booked too.  (fingers crossed)  Steve, my client the last couple of days, decided to stick around.  Soooooo we might just have to go give em heck again and catch a few bigguns on the Hudd.

Fast and furious......

.....30 minutes. Steve and I opted to fish a few hours in the morning and call it a day. The wind was supposed to be rocking and it did not disappoint. We caught around 10 fish with all but one being between 3 and 7 lbs. (I caught a 3 inch fish on a crank.....lol). Problem is we caught most of those fish on the first hole we stopped at. All in all I had a great time with Steve and he is already lining up dates to come back Feb through April. Check out the swimbait he was chunking....remember what I said yesterday? He wanted one big bite. Didn't happen today.

Total fish: 11
Best five: around 27
Kicker: my 7

It ain't over till its over.....

Thanks Yogi. Been a while since I had a full day it seems. Luckily today was not a half day. We caught a fish here and a fish there for most of the day with the biggest being a 4 lb'er which I snapped a pic of Steve with that one because the wind was howling and time was running out. Then around noon we finally hit Paydirt. We ran probably 10 holes today and trust me that certainly wasn't the plan going in. I knew the wind was going to be a factor and it didn't disappoint. My neck can't handle too many of these days. Good news is that Steve caught around 20 fish in under three hours and most were between 4-6 lbs with one 7 mixed in. Bad news is.... He had two of the biggest fish I have seen in a month get away from him. He told me he only wanted to target a big bite and that is easier said than done, especially with falcon being boom or bust of late. He didn't get one big bite though. He got two...... 0-2. Got him again tomorrow and it's supposed to be reeeeeeally windy. I already told him I can't beat myself like that two days in a row. We will stay protected and hope for the best.

Total fish: around 30
Best five: 31 and change
Kicker: 7-6

The sun burnt kids, two 7's and 4 slow hours

Well we put a half day in. I took out Jason's two kids today. The one had never caught a bass before. He is more into the video game thing and who doesn't like a lil call of duty? Or madden football? Jason and his uncle ran the follow boat. The fishing was terrible minus the two 7's that Tyler and josh caught. Heck I didn't boat a fish. The follow boat did better on numbers than us but we had the 7's at least :)

Looks like I'm booked again tomorrow. Gotta love the power of the web.

Total fish: 3 (4 hrs)
Best 5: we didn't catch 5.... Lol
Kicker: two 7's (6-14 and 7-1)

No half day magic....

Well, took Steve and Jason on a falcon lake bass guide trip this morning. They fished yesterday and got burnt and I do mean burnt. They were gonna run a follow boat, but Jason's two kids wanted to take a day off to recover. Soooo we stayed north and banged trees with bills, blades and plastics with mixed results. The biggest fish boated was a 7 that I caught. We certainly had some quality fish on, but just could not finish the deal today. They want to do another half day tomorrow, which is cool because I have it off and I reeeeeaaally want them to boat a few of those big girls. We will have more lines in the water as well. Looks as though the follow boat will be up and running.

Total fish: 13 (4 hours)
Best five: 21lbs
Kicker: my 7


Noooooo pics :(

After......

.... A lil shampoo, some elbow grease and wax we are ready to hit em hard tomorrow.

Before.......

.....6 hrs tlc

Boat detailing day

Its been over two months since I stripped and waxed the boat.  Been crazy around here. (in a very good way)  Soooooo the boat is going to get some major TLC on my day off.  Looks as though I have a client from Kistler Rods coming in tomorrow.  An unexpected trip, but word traveled fast that I had a few days off.  I am certainly not complaining.  I will have to make sure my z-bone is on the deck when I pick em up.....lol.  I will show some before and after pics of the ole girl later on.  Might have to put my 8 year old to work.


Jay

Wind

10 mph today.....x2. These dang meteorologist have not been helping with my preparation. Goodness that makes for a fun ride back to the county. We stayed a little more dry today though. We went deep today, all day. T-rigs, c/rigs, ball n chains, and deep diving crankbaits. The big girls did not bite, at least for us. We boated a couple 6's and 5's, but the rest was in the 1-3 lb category. Still was a fun day. They have 2 more days of fishing left on their own. Gene did catch the longest 6 lb bass I have ever seen. That bass had also just recently been attacked by an alligator gar. Check out the pics!

Total bass: 23
Best 5: about 25 lbs
Kicker: about 6 lbs (Genes two)

Day off

Not much to report. I stayed off the water and did some maintenance on the boat, wrote a report for bassboatcentral.com and texasfishingforum.com (will post it tonight) and did some yard work. I am back to work tomorrow. Then it's 6 days off. If you want a day or two over the next couple of weeks call or email me. There is a good chance I can get you in.

Jay

Marvelous Makayla, The Walrus Hunter

Well we went walrus hunting today and wow did we get into some big ole bass. Did we get all of em? Nah..... But Makayla put her hard hat on and went to work. She caught not one, but yes two 9 lbers today. We caught 19 fish today in about 4 hrs of action. We stayed deep all day and threw shaky heads, c-rigs and deep diving cranks at em. I really enjoyed my time with the three of them and look forward to doing it again in the not so distant future. Sure is refreshing seeing an 11 year old girl so into fishing and wanting to hang with her ole man. I can only hope and pray that my lil angels go down that same path. Well done Josh and April.

Total fish: 19 (half day)
Best five: about 38 lbs
Kicker: 9-7

Parkas......

.....yes parkas. As you read yesterday the wind was howling and we had quite the wild ride in. Wet? Um yeah.....we had baitfish swimming in our boat. Sooooooooo I go to pick up the crew today at the sunbridge and they all come out wearing?...... You guessed it. Parkas. Very funny and great way to start the day. We went mid lake and fished timber and we caught 15 fish and decided to just fish half a day due to the wind kicking up again. None of us were too eager to have another Finding Nemo experience. No monsters today like we had yesterday, but quite a few chunky fun fish. Makayla and i jumped out to the early 3-1-1 lead, but we got a little cocky and before we knew it her dad switched to a spinnerbait and the rest was history. Our biggest was caught by April today. None of us knew how big she was and I was caught with my um eh..... Socks down. No net and tried to lip her. FAIL. I had tomorrow off, but they want to do another half day with me. I'm pumped and very appreciative as well. We are launching from the park and will be walrus hunting. Stay tuned.

Total fish: 15 (half day)
Best 5: around 21lbs counting April's fish
Kicker: April's 5 lb'er

3 personal bests and a wet wild ride....

Forecasted wind for today? 14 mph. Actual wind speed? 24 to 30.....easy. I love it when the weather man swwwwwwings and misses like that. Guess where we were today? Yep, we ran south and fished deep allllllllll day. The ride back was a new personal best for the boat in the most speared waves category. We trimmed the motor down and plowed through em as apposed to smacking through em. Wet? Um yeah, Sea World had nothing on us today. We did not catch very many fish today. We did manage to get both Josh and his wife April new personal bests, but other than that it was slow for us. We will be hitting timber tomorrow and I hope I can do a better job with getting makayla on some fish. She boated the first fish of the day and it was seeeeeelow for her the rest of the way.


Total fish: 11
Best five: about 24 lbs
Kicker: 9-5

In the classroom and repair shop

Late blog entry.... Been veeeeeerrrry busy today. Had the day off today and hit the water early with my neighbor and did a lot of scouting. We had a great time today and when I go out with him it's not about catching fish, it's about fellowship. Did we catch fish you ask? Why certainly. We got off the water early so that I could spend quality time with the family and rip apart the front of my boat. The U bolt that the winch hook attaches to broke on me about a month ago. Ranger sent me a new one and I finally got around to throwing it on there. See pics. Back to work tomorrow. I have two days on the books with parents who brought their 11 year daughter with them to experience falcon lake. They are certainly in the running for cool parents of the year award. Taking families fishing is something that I take great pride in being successful at. I will have a full report on how we fare tomorrow.

Jay