Stringer
06-29-2005, 12:34 PM
Pulled up to the Cagle boat ramp around 7:30am. TPWD was just heading out in an airboat.
http://txcoach.com/PHOTOS/FISH/tpwdairboat.jpg
Talked to a couple down from kansas for a while. They were really interested in the kayak fishing idea. Paddled across a dead calm lake to a group of islands. Fished 6-10' of water early with little action. Paddled out to about 15' of water and dropped 3 jugs, baited with liver, live perch, and some cut shad I caught in the cast net that morning. I then headed for a visible tree in about 15' of water and dropped some catfish chum and a marker. Headed out to some other spots really just exploring while my chum disolved. Returned to the baited tree and caught a few small cats around 13" right way. Looked over at my jugs and one was about 100 yards away from the others. Chased it down and put a nice 3lb blue on the stringer. Headed back to my tree and caught a couple of 2lb channel cats. Saw another jug going crazy. I start heading for it and notice a fish thrashing around on the surface. I was about 20' away and could see that it was about 3.5' gar. A couple seconds later it was gone. Not sure what I would of done with it when I got to it. Decided to pull that jug in and mainly fish rod n reel, since the action was pretty steady. After baiting a couple of different holes and a few hours later I was done. Ended up catching 8 cats from the yak and another 3 on the jugs. Only brought home 4 in the 2-4lb range and had them for supper last night!
http://txcoach.com/PHOTOS/FISH/Conroe_Catblue001.jpg
http://txcoach.com/PHOTOS/FISH/Conroe_Friedfish001.jpg
http://txcoach.com/PHOTOS/FISH/tpwdairboat.jpg
Talked to a couple down from kansas for a while. They were really interested in the kayak fishing idea. Paddled across a dead calm lake to a group of islands. Fished 6-10' of water early with little action. Paddled out to about 15' of water and dropped 3 jugs, baited with liver, live perch, and some cut shad I caught in the cast net that morning. I then headed for a visible tree in about 15' of water and dropped some catfish chum and a marker. Headed out to some other spots really just exploring while my chum disolved. Returned to the baited tree and caught a few small cats around 13" right way. Looked over at my jugs and one was about 100 yards away from the others. Chased it down and put a nice 3lb blue on the stringer. Headed back to my tree and caught a couple of 2lb channel cats. Saw another jug going crazy. I start heading for it and notice a fish thrashing around on the surface. I was about 20' away and could see that it was about 3.5' gar. A couple seconds later it was gone. Not sure what I would of done with it when I got to it. Decided to pull that jug in and mainly fish rod n reel, since the action was pretty steady. After baiting a couple of different holes and a few hours later I was done. Ended up catching 8 cats from the yak and another 3 on the jugs. Only brought home 4 in the 2-4lb range and had them for supper last night!
http://txcoach.com/PHOTOS/FISH/Conroe_Catblue001.jpg
http://txcoach.com/PHOTOS/FISH/Conroe_Friedfish001.jpg