Great Day for Middle of July

Jul 18 2025

Chris Casner

Slot Fish

Member Since :
2012
Number of Posts :
235

Member Randy Groves and I fished from 6:30 to 1:00. Morning was very pleasant with a nice breeze and somewhat overcast.  Water temp ranged from 86 to 90 with the perfect water color.  Not much structure in the lake except a one small group of trees and a beavers nest, shoreline has overhanging trees, some pencil grass and other structures. Caught mostly culls (20) and bass just over the cut line (20) with one at 3 that Randy caught. All the fish fought hard. Most fish were caught on a weightless worm, Tx rigged creature, swimbait or lipless crank. Then lighting strucked around 11:00 when an 8.8 hit my swinbait near the beavers nest. Fish had a hugh head and mouth with a good size tail sticking out of its gullet, you can see the other end of the fish in the vertical pic. Probably added nearly a pound to its weight. The gravel ramp down to the lake is steep and with all the rain recently pretty mushy and now with a numberof truck ruts. Recommend 4 wheel drive until ramp gets packed down. Randy had to tow my pickup without 4 whell drive out – good thing he had a tow rope.  Very quiet and picturesq lake. Great day on the water in the middle of July in Texas.