A while back I'd picked up a flat screen TV and had kept it in my shop since we didn't have anyplace to put it in the house. So once Summer started cooling down, I got to thinking, I'd put it on our patio, so we could watch the then Rangers play. Well, everything about it was great, I'd put it out when we were out and take it in when we were done. Then, one night I forgot to put it up and the next afternoon when I went out, it was gone. And heres the dumb part, who ever got it, didn't unhook anything, just ripped it down and broke the little male screw the cable plugs into and left the power cord.
The thing about this whole ordeal that made me the most mad is that someone was on my back patio, no more than a foot from my back door and could have just as easily kicked it in came in and robbed us. So after telling some people, I learned of these slugs. Made about a dozen and boy are they bad to the bone.
Here are some 3" Black Clouds I made. I used #2&4 Steel, Black Cloud Flightstopper & Flightcontrol Steel, and #7&9 Lead BB's. The 2 3/4" shells did some work so I can only imagine what these will do.
Finally got out of the house, and had a successful day. Went out with three others and almost everyone got a limit. There for a little while, the dove were thick in these parts but we had a big cold front and it pushed most of the birds out. Since then in certain areas it's been lights out. I finally broke down and picked up a mojo dove after everyone else I hunted one having one and hogging all the birds. Well here a picture of what we ended up with after the first day.
Made it down to Riviera Maya a few weeks ago and got to jump into some serious fishing. Besides having cut my hand and having a long night the night before the fishing trip it was awesome. And from my experience, that part of Mexico seemed pretty safe, there were times it felt sketchy, but never in danger.
As for the fishing, it was great. We went out on a 30'+ boat and within 10 min of leaving the dock, we were hooked up on two Mahi Mahi, the one I caught took what felt like 20 min to fight in and was about 4 foot. All the fish we caught were on tolling some big ass lures with Ballyhoo wired onto the hook, and for the most part were on top. Between my buddy and I, we caught 5 or so Mahi Mahis and he caught a trophy Sail Fish. I try to not call it a once in a lifetime trip because I can't wait to go back. Here's several pictures of the trip as well as some video.
Well a few weeks go I went out an on mountain bike ride and took quite the spill! Ended up with a broken left collar bone, right elbow, and shattered my right wrist. A week or so after breaking all that I had surgery on my wrist and they stuck a big ol' screw in it. It hurt like nothing I've ever felt!!! This weekend all my friends are on the Brazos doing a big trip. I thought about going but decided I'd better not. I went out earlier and tried pitching some jigs and it didn't hurt like I thought it would so maybe here before too long we'll be back in the saddle. Here's some pictures, enjoy.
Well, I started the month with high hopes! Even fished some real productive places that I've done awesome in the past. But, between the curse of trying to get a fish on camera, and the several BIG rains we got have this'ol boys fishing screwed up. We headed out east about 50 miles to a big ranch that has several lakes we usually catch LOTS of numbers and several big ones, when we pulled up, it looked like chocolate milk. Ended that day catching 3 little dinks. Thats the way the fishings been every time, either gail force winds or lots of rain, sucks... Hopefully April will turn out to be alittle better, it usually is.
Well I finally got a free weekend so I asked a buddy if he'd care to join me at our place on Lake Nocona. So we got out there Friday night and spent the evening respooling and rigging up rods with big plans of catching the bass. Well morning came around, we cooked breakfast and then about the time we were going to head out the wind picked up as a front was blowing in and so we decided we'd load up and move around to another place. Well the wind was blowing hard there so we decided we'd stop back at the cabin before we headed on around the lake.
It was perfect timing because just as we got there the wind died down to just alittle puff. So we put in and everything was great, clear water, a slight breeze and some good cloud cover. A few minutes went by and I was thinking "man, why don't I come out here more often, it's awesome." Well anyways, we fished for about an hour before it started raining and then we fished about another in the rain. We ended up catching one little dink on dead shad while trying to catfish. This is also the first trip with my Playsport and I got to learn a thing or two about it. Anyways, I shot some video and put this together, granted theres no fish being caught, but you can see how nice it was and some neat places.
When Bassmaster Elite pro Paul Elias won a tournament on Lake Guntersville back in October, with a lure not known to the bass fishing world, he opened a whole new way of fishing nobody ever thought could happen. He was using the now famous Alabama Rig. Since his win, B.A.S.S has now banned it in the Classic and Elite Series because people feel its fish catching abilities put everyone not using it at a disadvantage. Anyways, since all of this hype I have ordered mine and have also tried my hand at making some and the lure I have come up with, is some what of a hybrid between a Jig and a Alabama Rig. I think if this thing can catch fish, it could have the potential of being something pretty wild. The thinking with this rig is that being smaller than the normal Alabama Rig, you'll still be able to fish it with your normal 6'6" or 7' rod and wont have the need for the serious braids and heavy duty outfits like you do with the A-Rig. Once we get some nice weather, and I can get a chance to go out, I'm going to give these a try and hopefully, catch a few fish while I'm at it.
