New "Little House"

Well actually its a Casita. But it is our little "house on wheels". After a season of camping in the pop up we decided at our age we needed a real travel trailer. We have wanted a Casita for years and just never bought one. Last week I found one that was too good a deal to pass up and now we have one.

I'm off to the Brazos in her this weekend and then Patty, Toosie, Sami, and I are off to Junction next week for Oktoberfisch.

TOOTSIE

As most of you know our little girl "Mocha" died on Sept. 6th due to an infection she got after having surgery. She was a precious little girl and we have several years of very fond memories of her in our hearts.



In order to help the healing process I found us a new little girl who we named "Tootsie". She is a 6 week old Chiweenie and she has already grabbed hold of our hearts.







More soon...

FINALLY RECORDED A STATE RECORD FISH

Recording a state record fish can be a real pain in the neck. The easiest way to do it is via the Catch & Release method. Well, last week I caught a State Catch & Release Record black crappie.
It was 15 3/8 inches long making it 3/8 of an inch over the minimum length.





Additionally, I have fished 28 bodies of water this year breaking my old record of 25.
And, I still have 4 months to go.

Latest adventures

I've been really busy and maybe a little lazy also. Things have been kinda hectic both at home and at work. So... here are a few recent happenings.

FOOTBALL

Jacobs team "The Coyotes" have started practice and are looking forward to their first game on the 22nd!!!





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FISHING

Earl and I went to Texoma on the 5th and fished with Scott Bridges.
We had a fun day on the water and caught some nice stripers on the fly.





I now have a new 2wt rod and reel. The rod only weighs 1.2 ounces and is 5 feet long.
It is very sweet.









Jacob and I took the canoe to Waterloo last week and did a little fishing.
Well, I did a little. He did a lot. I did a lot of paddling. :-)



Stay tuned for more...

MONSTER TRUCKS INVADE Fort Worth Texas...

and we were there!!!

Friday night Jacob and I went to Texas Motor Speedway for the monster truck races. He had never been so it was quite an experience for him. When we got there they had all the trucks, quad runners, and tough trucks on the track by the finish line. We were able to go down on the track and see them all up close.













Here's Jacob trying out one of the jumps.





He got a little air going the other way. Whoops!!!

Then the "wheelie contest" started...















Then quads and tough trucks.

And then... MONSTER TRUCK RACES

Two trucks racing against each other over jumps and crushed cars.









And then there was Dirty Dingus McGee who walked around with a live chicken on his head, drove his little monster truck "Pond Scum", rode a little motorcycle, skied on the dirt behind a four wheeler, and then came out in a little car which started smoking like it was on fire. He bent over to put out the fire and his drawers fell down.



It was a really good time for both of us.

KID FISH @ ESP July 11, 2009

On Saturday, July 11th Eisenhower State Park along with the Red River Fly Fishers sponsored a Kid Fish event on beautiful Lake Texoma. Approximately 60 kids were in attendance and a good time was had by all.

Big Bass Friday...

I went to Prosper Lake on friday with Don and some friends to do a little yak fishing.
I fished with my fly rods and did real well on the 2wt but only got a few "pecks" on the 5wt fishing a 4"lizard or a 4" metal flake worm. So, I decided to just fish the 2wt and catch some gills and redears until I wound up catching a 2 1/2 inch bluegill. Then I got the bright idea to hook the bluegill with the worm hook on my 5wt and cast it out. I paddled around the lake for a while with the bluegill swimming and tossing my 2wt when BAM !!! The 5wt bent double and the fight was on. I fought it for approximately 8 to 10 minutes before it took a jump so I could see what I had on. It then sounded for a while and I was finally able to get her to the top and lip her. She measured a little over 22 inches and we guesstimated her to be right at 5 pounds.

RIVER MONSTERS

People keep asking me if I watch the TV show "River Monsters" and I keep telling them "no, I catch river monsters, why would I need to watch that show?"

Well this week was no exception to that statement. I fished The Red River Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and slaughtered the stripers. The biggest I landed was in the 26 inch range. I also caught a blue cat in the 6 pound range, a small channel cat, and a couple of gizzard shad.









Thursday I hooked into a fish (that I never saw) and it took off like a rocket. It was stripping my line off the reel and the reel was singing. When it got into the backing I decided that I better try to turn the bad boy. When I put pressure on the line it snapped at the connection to the backing. I could still see the floating portion of the fly line so I'm running (in 2 1/2 foot of water on slippery rocks) after that fly line. I would run a few feet and fall, run a few feet and fall, and then I lost sight of the fly line.

Bye bye Mr. River Monster.
I'll hook you again one day.