Big Lake 8/28/09.....eel jr time
 

Chris Reed and I were trying to go offshore until we hit a wall of rain @ 5:30am....SO tried the channel picked up some trout....Told Chris its honey hold time...Payed off....Caught this trout on a sand eel jr...glow/cht.... Official weight was 7lbs 7oz 26inchs long..... I tried to release her but I messed up a gill ..... we ended up with 29 trout....All nice size fish!!!!

Between runing from stroms...WE MEET RAY....@ Heberts landing....Ray brings us all this bad weather!!!:pissed:

that thing is a toad!!!!!! goodness its fat!

Really nice looking Trout..........congradulation.

The water looks like glass.

Congrats W....thats one hell of a fish!!!!

nice fish !! check out the grill on that thing!!

wow, that is one hell of a fish. headed to hopedale in the morning lets hope I can get one half that size

nice arse feesh w, great ta hear that ya got a good un. she goin on the wall??????

Thats Guys.....I think I will put her on the wall... Had to keep her:( so I might as well hang her up.....

Dat be 1 dang big fich.

Looks like twins,


nice fish.




Witnesses?

Daiimnnnnnn!!! That's a haus!!!! Good work!

Nice fish W

Thats one heck of a fish. She is fat.

nice trout, i wish all 26 inchers had that belly

Good fish, Jeremy! Did Fontenot tell you where to catch it?? :)

Nice Fish
 

Damn nice fish! Looks like a football.

:*****::*****::*****:

now dats a trout
 

i would have to hang it up too.i would then in return also have to fight the wife.you win some you lose some but this i will win if i ever catch one that big

I would for sure put her on the wall. Congrats on the outstanding catch:dance:

Great catch W! Persistance and patience will always over come the odd's.
Congratulation's.

Nice fish W. Congrats

Dang W, that fish had some girth! - Congrats on a beauty and make sure you bring it to Steve Germain in Westlake. I use him for trout cause their is nobody better! Nice fish bro!

nice trout W heading off-shore in da morning

Jordan didn't do so good. We had 6 Reds and 3 Specks, then the weather hit. We couldn't catch crap after the rain.
We did a lot of running after the rain stopped. We found garfish heaven just to the West of Lambert Bayou weirs where the sheet pilings are located. That little bay was full of gar.
We hit the channel at several places after the rain. Nothing anywhere. But we persisted. I don't know why, but we did.

Watch out for that weather...it got Ugly today....Ill be looking for your report tomorrow afternoon;)

Ray don't give up...The weather station for your house is in the mail!!;)

"W" nice frickin fish man!!! hmmm hmmm got to love it!!!!!!!!!!!! Drinking a cold one for YA!! :grinpimp:

good fish W..i caught one same size to the inch and ounce earlier this summer...and was proud to keep it to hang on the wall..aint nothing wrong with that...then the next day i hung another 7.2 lbr.....nice fish though man congrats..shes a hawg.

nice
 

Nice fish man. Im still working on catching one that big. If you dont mind me asking, how do you fish that sand eel? Ive tried a couple of ways but nothing feels right.

Nice fish...... Congards

Most often the sand eel is work with a slow bounce off the bottom or to suppend the bait.

If that does not work.......start varing how you work the rod tip. Try picking up faster or pull the rod up higher and let the bait fall.

Sometimes a quicker faster retrieve is what the trout want.

Using a 1/8 oz jig head or 1/4 oz is usually best. Maybe 3/8 oz on windy days or to let the bait fall faster to get under the lady fish.

thanks
 

Any particular kind of Jighead? I noticed W had a round one. I have never seen those.

if he was throwing a glow and chartreuse Dudley that fish woulda been 9lbs. instead of 7...hahaha

nice fish

Nice fish....I will be in my kayak looking for one like that tomorrow.

W that is one FAT fish......Good one. Myself, uncle and a buddy ran out of fresh water city this morning and picked up 55 trout mostly on Tsunami Swim baits....Purple Haze color. The rain did not hit us until 12:30/1:00. Gulf was very calm until the rain came.

Awesome fish W,that one been eatin good.

Great lookin' fish!!

that sucker has a belly like a bass. It will look good on the wall

Thats a good fish for this time of year, they few and far between right now but i tell u what for 26inchs thats a fat a>>s fish we've had several up to 29inchs that didnt even weight close to that reasonly. Had one that was 28.5 that barley broke 7lbs. Nice fish

thats a freakin pig!...congrats!

I hate to admit it but that's pretty fat trout there w!! Good job!!

Nice fish W!
What's up Chris? W won't let you take any pics with fish?

W,
Nice fish and sounds like in all you and Chris had a ball.

Keep the reports coming.

Reelman

We saved the honey hole coordinates on my GPS. Thanks.
:grinpimp:

Look at that GUT!!!!! wish mine woulda had a gut like that!!!!

I have a gut like that. Just wish the fish I catch would too.

Damm nice fish, it'll look good on the wall... SK

nice fish, It's about time now back give me 50 ft

very nice trout

nice trout W