Nice fish. I would guess 10-12lbs what do you think? That kind of fishing is addictive. Nice report.
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jigin4abigun
My son and I made another trip to Lake Lacygne this morning. This was our 3rd weekend in a row to hit that lake and we continue to have really good luck. I ordered a new 8' Bett's Super Pro Cast Net this week and man it's nice. I had never bought a good cast net nor one over 5 feet in the past. 2 throws and we had our shad for the day. It was worth the extra money.
We were up at 3:30 am...on the water by 5:00 am and fishing by 5:15am. My experience the last three weeks is that the bite really slows down by 10:00 am. Today 90% of our fish were caught by 9:30am. That being said...getting up at 3:30 am every Saturday the last month has been worth it.
We fished Fishtech Double W spoons, 3/4 oz...and of course shad. Basically I am looking for large balls of bait fish...hopefully with the tale-tale missle lines on the depth finder going through the shad schools. We drop down lines with shad and then normally vertically jig a spoon. Today we had better luck fan casting the spoons and working them like you would a texas rigged plastic worm. Most our fish came on spoons...but our big fish came on shad.
This wiper my son caught was a monster!! I really wanted to try and weigh it on a certified scale but knew with the heat and conditions the fish would die for sure. Instead we snapped a quick photo and released it...so I'll let everyone speculate what the fish weighed....and it is swimming to be caught again.
Nice fish. I would guess 10-12lbs what do you think? That kind of fishing is addictive. Nice report.
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jigin4abigun
WTG. A catch like would put a big smile on any fishers face but seeing the smile on that young fishers face puts a big smile on my face. It sure looks like you now have that lake dialed in.
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very nice fish. even better times spend with the son. enjoy it why you can. want to adopt me and take me fishing?
That is a nice fish for sure! Your son will be hooked for life with results like that!
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That fish would eat the size fish I catch, great smile, good times for both of you.
jigin...I would say your weight estimate is really close. My boy loves to fish for sure...not sure that the up at 3:30 am trips on Saturday will last as he get's older though. I know it won't be long before his priorities get out of whack for a while and he thinks girls are more fun than fishing...he'll figure it out again though at some point.
A couple more pictures to post...you can see who got to reel in all the big fish on our down lines!!
awesome wipers really, I would love to hook into some hogs like that, great work!
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Thats great when the kid gets the big one. Any idea what the length was? Looks like a 27" or 28". WTG.
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