Looks Like Things Are Heating Up

[Cajunangler]

Ham and I made our annual (or at least mostly annual) trip to Toledo Bend earlier this week. We fished Monday thru Wednesday and caught fair numbers of fish each day. It would have been a lot better if we just could have gotten a few clouds. Down there spring is in full swing and both you and your boat get coated with pollen from the trees. Anyway, I wanted to share a pic of the big one he caught. Even though we were in my rig I try and do the right thing and share time on the front of the boat, and you would know it, the big bite came while I was at the back. As I told him, if I wasn't going to catch the large fish of the week there was only one other person I would be pulling for. She weighed in at 10 lbs 5 ounces. As the picture shows she was about to pop and I believe I remember her measruing 19 inches around the middle. There is a replica porgram sponsored by the Toldeo Bend Lake commission and he will be getting one free of charge for allowing them to release her back into the lake.

Also, as a side note. You may have noticed I was selling my older Cajun bass rig and have now gone to the Bass Cat family. I've included a picture of it as well, so if you see me on the lake stop by and we can compare how we're each doing. Maybe we can help each other find a few more fish. I hope to be posting a few reports soon as the spring fishing kicks in up here.

I guess I should change my user name but since I was born and reared in Louisiana it should still apply. Good Fishing!

[eric1978]

Wow! What a PIG!

[Kc River Ratt]

POW!!! Wow nice fish...

[fozzie.]

Gorgeous fish! The replica program sounds like a great idea, too. Very cool!

[Gone Fishing]

Nice fish. If not for the replica program he may not have caught that fish.

[edwin]

Great fish...fantastic looking BCB too!!!!

[Fishmeister]

Great Fish!!!!!

Welcome to the BCB family.

[tunchi]

Great fish! I have a replica of my 10.62 pounder from Lake Fork. They can really do a great job on them. It should look good a lot longer than a real one in my opinion plus the real one will hopefully be spawning for years to come.

Becky

[Hunter91]

Nice Fish!! What part of the lake were you fishing? I will be going down there in a couple weeks.

[Cajunangler]

We stayed at the Pleasure Bend SRA park and concentrated our efforts on that end of the lake. ie Indian, Six Mile, Pirates Cove, etc. We were seeing surface water temps anywhere from 58 all the way up to 75(late in the day) in areas that were well protected from wind yet still sunny. We both felt that the lake is just about perfect but conditions we had were far less than desirable. Some clouds and even rain would have improved both our numbers and average size but no such luck. Good luck on your trip down. Maybe you will have more favorable weather.

Ans thanks for the comments about my new rig. I am still getting used to it but it should prove to be a very nice fishing boat.