Riding around the lake now will let you see some new brush that washed in or was put in by fishermen. Some of the brush that was put in the lake last year is also showing here and there.
Tuesday I finally got Charlie in my boat. We started on Goober’s Point; this was the first time I hadn’t caught a fish on it and Charlie couldn’t run one out either. After two more stops with nothing to show, we went into the back of a Creek Cove where the water was shallow.
Now one of us is getting fancy with his fishing tackle. Charlie pulled out a fly rod; I snickered because the last time I used a fly rod was when I was working at Fire Station 3 in Sherman. Charlie and I had found a fly rod apiece; we also had got some of those little cork and feather flies.
Now we had watched some fishing shows where the fly rod was catching fish. It looked easy. It was fun as we started out tossing the flies. We were doing well when the line wasn’t around our necks or over our backs or hung up in the fence around the water tower. I think we caught everything catchable around the fire station.
Finally getting up enough nerve to really make a long cast, we looked like two mule drivers popping the rods and lines. Remembering how those fishermen had easily picked up the line and fly and threw it way out, we started stripping line and waving it back and forth. I had a considerable lot of line out. I picked it up with my rod, let it go way back behind me and popped the line like it was a whip.
I started forward, we heard the pop and stood there watching as my flies, feathers and cork pieces fell to the ground. I give up then on fly fishing. Now Charlie kept trying over time and got semi-good but I was done.
Well Tuesday Charlie bought his fly rod up as he and I went fishing. After several stops where we only played with small fish, we decided to go to the back of a big cove. It was shallow with a lot of trees in it. As I was fishing with my lures, he picked up his fly rod, shook it out and hit me; he didn’t set the hook. The next few tries saw his line over his back. I could hear the swoosh sound as the fly would pass my ear.
After his fair job swooshing, I commented on his skill and we were both laughing. It’s a lot more fun fishing with someone. He caught a bass on it. Some of the next places we fished were almost dead to hard lures but Charlie would strike a fish. He was doing pretty well with that fly fishing.
I finally found some smallmouth on a shallow rocky point. I was using a lure not used much on Texoma this time of year. The friend I had fished the Future Bass Tournament with had given me a couple of those solid metal fishing lures that worked for him; I even borrowed one of his.
Getting home I found a similar lure in the Pradco Outdoor Brands Cotton Cordell Baits. I found what I needed: a Cotton Cordell Gay Blade. I also found a similar bait in the Heddon lures and bought some right after the tournament.
Now don’t get cozy with them because they do hang up. I caught three bass and missed one on that windy point on that bait. Charlie hadn’t got fly fishing in a high wind down. Our next stop was a big rock that was starting to show from the low lake. I picked up my Shaky Head Rod with a War Eagle Foot Ball Head Jig and a Yum Kill Shot. I caught a fish and let it go. A few casts later I saw my line swimming off; I set the hook and cried for the net.
About that time a big bass both Charlie and I saw made a jump and went under the boat. I got it turned and almost in netting range before the fish made a straight run down and took my Pradco Lure with it as my line broke.
While we didn’t load the boat, just being on the water with Charlie again made it a really great day. The banks are starting to change colors looks like a beautiful fall ahead of us.
The Little Dixie Bass Club’s 41st Jerry Tonubbee Open Bass Tournament October 15-16 is going out of Catfish Bay. Tournament headquarters is the Lake Texoma State Park Pavilion. Good beans Friday night for anyone who signs up.
Entry fee is $140 per team, side pot $20 paid each day to the person who catches or get closest to a 3.33-pound fish. A BBQ meal is on Saturday night for tournament fishermen.
Little Dixie Bass Club fished Pine Creek in Oklahoma last week. Eight teams caught 35 fish. First was Charlie Keene and Brad Tolbert with 12.72 pounds, second was John Washer and Ron Gesler at 12.21 pounds, third was Jack Mills and Larry Wills totaling 10.52 pounds, fourth was Mark and Mrs. Bisson at 10.08 pounds and fifth was Mike Murphy and Dokota Woodruff with 9.12 pounds. Jack Mills had big bass, a 3.38-pounder.
After a little scare playing Bells last week, the Tigers will make it tough on Bulldogs. Dave Campbell’s is showing Gunter beating Howe by 35. I’m agreeing on the win but I’m saying by 20 at Homecoming for Gunter.
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