Ham Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 I was able to carve out 4 days to go take my Dad fishing. He isn't able to go fishing by himself anymore and most of his fishing buddies are in similar situations. Big Cypress Bayou below Lake O the Pines is a Cypress tree lined jewel. I freaking love it. If I got to make a trip there in mid to late October/November EVERY year that would be fine by me. Shallow dingy water that has panfish, catfish, and bass. This year I had a special treat. My daughter was able and willing to make the trip down with me. She has always been close with my Dad. It was important to her to spend some time with him. We didn't get an early start either day, but we fished more than I expected too both days and caught decent numbers of crappie. My numbers were down, but I was playing guide most of the day. I took my trout boat down because it's better for my Dad, but it's harder to control and we a bunch of wind. New truck did great. I put over 1000 miles on the trip. At times, I averaged almost 17 miles to the gallon trailering the trout boat. Dang! My biggest disappointment was failing to catch a Spotted Sunfish. I tried. snagged in outlet 3, MoCarp, Greasy B and 6 others 9 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Ham Posted October 17, 2017 Author Posted October 17, 2017 JestersHK, grizwilson, snagged in outlet 3 and 3 others 6 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Ham Posted October 17, 2017 Author Posted October 17, 2017 JestersHK, bkbying89, grizwilson and 3 others 6 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Ham Posted October 17, 2017 Author Posted October 17, 2017 snagged in outlet 3, JestersHK, bkbying89 and 2 others 5 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
BilletHead Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Fantastic Ham! Three generations Hamming it up , Billethead Ham, Phil Lilley and JestersHK 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Ham Posted October 17, 2017 Author Posted October 17, 2017 2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: What kind of truck? I got a 2017 GMC Sierra Crew Cab SLT 5.3 L V8 snagged in outlet 3 1 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Quillback Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Great trip, glad ya'll had fun and got to spend time together. Ham 1
Johnsfolly Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Ham - Glad to see that you got to have a decent trip with your daughter and dad! Great photos of some nice crappie! I would have loved to have seen another photo of a spotted sunfish, would have been my second (after the one you sent me from a previous trip ). Ham and BilletHead 2
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