wylie tuesday night
after a little looking last night me and tool found us a good lookin hole and crawled in. we went north of the bridge this time instead of our usual haunts in big allison and nearby areas hoping to find some hungry fish. after the anchors was set, the lanterns lit, lights put out, butts scratched and snot blowed out we settled down and right off the bat tool had one on, asking for the net. Before the night was over i was to hear that phrase many times, "Rango, i need the net" so i was the official net boy for the beast last night. tool had nine fish in the cooler before i caught my first one and had me in a sweat nettin fish for him. after only catching two fish off the back i moved my operation to mid boat beside tool and my catch increased considerably. I dont know what it is about mid boat of the beast, but the seats there seem to almost always pay off for whoever gets em. I fished off one side and tool off the other. the water was dingy and 95% of all fish was caught around 2 to four ft below the boat. the long poles i usually use was not doing nothing so i abandoned em for some of the short ultralites and my bite increased. the fish was hittin in the bright lights, just under the surface. we also caught some really nice slabs out in the dark water under lit corks. the fish bit really good up till about one and from one till we quit at three thirty or so, we only caught a half dozen if that many. i figgered the bite would be good when i heard the water on wylie was being pulled. falling water is good water to fish in.by the time it was all said and done, we had caught 44 keepers, of which 14 was fairly nice slabs of a pound or better. the rest was good chunky lifters and we dint pick one tater chip, which was different from the past few outings when we took in a lot of em.. tool also caught a nice gar which give him a decent run for his money before the net was slid under him. the final tally for the night was 44 crappie, 14 of em slabs, one gar, three thugs and one white perch. im estimating tool caught three fish to my one last night. He done a fantastic job in keeping on top the the critters thats for sure... the waters cooling and the fish are starting to hit so theres better days ahead.
listen with your eyes---its the only way to beleive what you hear...