[masraum]

Yesterday afternoon, we headed over to the local farm store and bought a little box of worms (that's the only live bait they had). I also went out this morning (literally 5 mins before we left) and caught a handful of crickets. The crickets didn't last long, but definitely caught fish. After that I moved to using the worms. I cut them in half and then used half per hook. They worked just as well as the crickets.

I think we were there about 1.5 hours, and between the boys they must have caught about 40 fish. All were bluegill except one. I think that one was a small largemouth bass. I found a page that says that TPWD stocks the pond pretty much every year. It seems to mostly be rainbow trout or channel catfish.

Last time the older gson caught the only fish, a little bluegill. This time the younger one caught the first fish of the day which was his first fish.

The boys had a great time, and when we got back the older one told me, "this was the best fishing trip of my life," which I thought was pretty cute since it was also only the 3rd.

Thanks for the encouragement

First fish of the day and first fish for the younger one.


simultaneous catch


The one from the simultaneous catch that I think is a largemouth bass