Fish Crack!

One of the many time-wasting hobbies I have is lure making. I use home made lures most of the time I'm wetting a line. This one in particular, is a balsa popper that out catches any store bought popper I have ever used. It is designed to be used with a popping-cork rig. The schooling Stripers, Hybrids, White bass, Spots and Large mouths go crazy over this thing. By far, the best original bait I have created. I am posting this in the middle of the summer because I am really getting the itch for the fall top-water bite.

Summer fishing is not my forte. But come fall, I will be stocked up and ready for battle.

Mark

Weak Knees...

North end of lake Eufaula on the Chattahoochee River - this part of the river is covered up with these guys. Bass fishing can be phenomenal but beaching the boat to take a leak aint gonna happen. Even though they look fat & happy, they are quick to let you know whose house this is. I believe a camera in the boat is bad luck but when I launch in gator land, I always have one with me.

There is a place on the lake called "The Witches Ditch" that is home to a 18ft. monster. Seeing this girl out of a 18 ft. bass boat sure puts things into perspective.

Mark

Impossible Odds

This is a 5 ft. Alligator Gar. Also referred to as trash fish by most respectable Bass anglers. About 20 of these guys were cruising the shallows. The temptation was too much. I threw in the Baby Torpedo top-water plug and faced the fact that I would probably never see that plug again. It took only 3 casts to get a taker.

He came up out of no where and hammered my offering. Took almost 5 minutes to delicately work him to the boat. While holding him on semi-slack line, I also managed a couple of photos. Seconds after this photo was taken, he threw my plug and retreated back into the safety of deeper water.

I won this battle. I got my plug back. I got the shot. On this day, I was da man!

Mark