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[mike11]

nice fish turbo

[Turbodog]

Thanks Mike11 they all came from spot X

[mamohr686]

I just got back from choke canyon texas. It was an unreal trip. I would estimate we caught over 500 bass in 7 days fishing.

My dad caught the biggest of the trip. 9lbs

A deeper fish that was really pale colored.

The suprise catch of the trip was this catfish. It slammed a spinnerbait in 5ft of water.

This was a 6 or 7lb fish, but we didn't check it on a scale.

This fish was 7lbs 11 oz.

This one was 7lbs 2 oz

8lbs 2 oz that my dad caught

My brother and I with a nice double on swimbaits.

12-14 ft alligator that liked to watch us.

My dad flipping next to an alligator.

[Lunker]

Unreal

[MN BassFisher]

Man that makes me jealous!!!

[Duffman]

Man.......that's just cruel for us guys still staring out at the frozen tundra.

[Cecil]

Good stuff! How did you catch most of them? Assuming they were pre-spawn?

[bassfshin24]

Wow that looked like an awesome trip. How far is the trip down there?

[TR21HP]

It's a solid 16-18 hours of driving time but it looked like it was well worth it - Ooh, soft water!

[Larson15]

Great pics! Jealous

[mamohr686]

Thanks for all the kind words. I've been fishing texas for over 10 yrs now and this was the best trip ever. We hit it just right when the male fish were everywhere and the big females were just moving up shallow to think about starting to spawn. Surface temps on the water were in the mid to high 60's. The 7lb fish I'm holding has a bloody tail, so I must have put my bait on a bed that I don't know was there. It takes us 22 hours to get there from alexandria, and we drove it straight through both ways. We rotate drivers so someone is sleeping while another is behind the wheel. We caught fish using almost every method in 7 days. The majority of the fish were in the hydrilla (sp?) weeds that are as thick as milfoil. Early we used spinnerbaits, then we switched to swimbaits like the yum money minnow and shadalicious. We caught so many 4-6lb fish on swimbaits it ws crazy. Weightless senkos next to the timber in the center of the creek channels pulled the majority of big fish 6lbs and over. We caught a lot of spotted bass deep on the points. flipping creature/beaver baits in the matted hydrilla worked well for a lot of solid fish. Basically you could catch fish however you wanted, but the smarter/big fish required a more realistic presentation.

[TonkaBass]

mamohr686 Very nice! I bet that helps the winter go by a little faster!!!

[MidwestArcher]

Here's a memorable 5+ pounder on a little tiny lake in the Ely area.

[reinhard1]

nice fish, beautiful area. good luck.

[EBass]

Thanks for sharing - Cool you let you dad catch the bigguns

[mamohr686]

The old man is a good stick. But I still own the 10 lb family record from lake amistad. He did school me on big fish last week. He even had one that we estimated at 10 lbs or bigger that came off when it jumped out of the water and threw his swimbait. It was almost a relief, but I really wanted to put a scale on it.

Here is one of my favote pics.

sunrise on lake amistad.

we are usually the first on the water and the last ones off.

[mamohr686]

I got a old funny pic that you guys might get a kick out off.

If you have ever wondered what your face looks like when your holding a 9lb bass and it starts thrashing, this is it.

[IBFishin2]

What a beast! Now I really can't wait til bass opener

[fishuhalik]

Wow, awesome trip, thanks for posting those!!! I think you're killing all of us. I got tired of catching 4-8" crappies about 3 days after the lakes froze. Man am I ready to hit the soft water!

BTW, that last pic you posted, what's up with the eyes bulging out of it's head? Was it a deep water fish?

[itchmesir]

wow! that's a hawg

[reinhard1]

that is a trophy! good luck.

[Greg Clusiau]

Boy, that 9 pound largemouth was something. Nice fish. Here's the largest smallie of the day, taken last weekend while crappie fishing in Ontario. We caught quite a few bass. In the pic is Blake Liend with a smallie in the 20" range. Maybe a little smaller? We didn't measure. And me with one of mine. I did catch a larger one a little later.

[Fever]

Beautiful Smallmouth pictures. Wow. I bet that's a fun fight. I haven't had the pleasure to get into a good smallie bite through the ice. Especially since you said you were targeting Crappies. Quality of the photography is impressive. Congrats.

[Jig Master]

Nice brownies!! Where was that thrashing 9 pounder from? I know it's not amistad.

[mamohr686]

The 9lb fish was from lake quitman TX. He caught it in mid march about 5 years ago. We were exploring lakes near lake fork because we had a tough bite going on. It is one of our favorite lakes for big fish.