Aug 24 2017
Zach Milwood
Fingerling
Pops and I decided to hit Hidden Springs again after being there in June. On that trip, we had missed some nice fish, so we wanted to return and settle the score! We got on the water at 6am, and I caught a decent fish on a Hula Popper. Skies were overcast and we had decent winds to keep us cool. Crossing over to the long pier, I started throwing a white chatterbait, no trailer. Quickly, I caught a 3.96, and then a 6.61, and then a 4.21, all in the span of 15 minutes and all along that long pier.
Working our way along the bank, and this time with my go-to bait, an avocado fire tail fluke, I caught a 5.35.
We broke for lunch and got back on the water around 12:30. Our wind died down to virtually nothing, and the clouds got out of town as well, so it was not as comfortable as it was in the morning! At 2pm, Pops was throwing his go-to bait, a full size brush hog T-rigged. He threw it at the boathouse, and a big girl got on it. When she breached I swore it was bigger than my 6.61, but after weighing it, she was just shy at 6.50 (honestly!).
Thirty minutes later I snagged another nice one that weighed 5.53, again with a chatterbait.
So all in all, we had a great time there fishing together! This trip I ended up with most fish and biggest fish, but I'm sure I'll get smoked next month at the Cody Ranch group trip by him!
Some observations:
1. I love our club. Where else can you go and have a day like this? Two 4lbers, two 5 1/2lbers, and two 6 1/2lbers. That's a fantastic day of fishing!
2. The large fish we caught had huge heads, long bodies, but seemed on the skinny side. When my 6 1/2 breached, I would have sworn she was 8lbs or more.
3. We culled 16, and returned 16.
4. If you have not visited Hidden Springs, you are missing out on the most beautiful property in the club. Dad and I fished it when it first came into the club, but our biggest fish then was 4lbs, and most of our catches were dinks under 12". What a difference harvesting and proper management make!
Zach
Aug 24 2017
Shayne Wallace
Fingerling
Member Since :
2016
Number of Posts :
98
That was an awesome day of catching quality fish. It was an awesome day of fishing because you were fishing with your dad. Laneville has been on my radar since the early spring when the two tanks were caught. Did y'all spend the night in the cabin? Are the boats available or did y'all use your own boat?