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Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 498
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 6:22 pm: | 
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Or sunny and 75 degrees..... 
 Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Keith
Minnow
Username: Keith
Post Number: 25
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2005 - 6:03 pm: |
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Hopefully I'll be lucky and have that weekend off. If so, we'll be there! I start my new job in the plant tomorrow and will hopefully they'll have my schedule posted soon. |
Dean
Minnow
Username: Dean
Post Number: 83
Registered: 4-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 2:31 pm: |
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THE DAY IS DRAWING NEAR!!!
All In A Days Fun!!!
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Dean
Minnow
Username: Dean
Post Number: 84
Registered: 4-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 2:37 pm: |
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OK - To anyone who knows - How long does it take to get from Sherman to the 377 bridge? Does anyone know of good lodging anywhere around the 377 bridge?
All In A Days Fun!!!
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Texfisher
Minnow
Username: Texfisher
Post Number: 58
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 8:20 pm: |
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It's about a 25 minute drive from Sherman to the Juniper Point ramp which is next to the bridge. I was fishing this past weekend at Big Mineral Marina and I noticed they had some small cabins. Not sure what their rates are but it is only about 5 minutes from the ramp. There are also some other marinas in the area that might have some cabins. I know Cedar Bayou and Cedar Mills are close to the ramp. I'm just not sure what they have. You might also check Whitesboro, it is the closest town(10 min. to ramp). Hope this helps.
I see my rod is longer than yours.
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Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 503
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 10:34 pm: |
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Sorry Dean, I said Big Creek but now that Texfisher has mentioned it I believe it was Big Mineral where we stayed that I was telling you about.
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Texfisher
Minnow
Username: Texfisher
Post Number: 59
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 7:06 am: |
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Here's a link to Cedar Bayou. You can see the bridge in the picture. They have cabins and a hotel according to their webpage.
http://www.cedarbayou.com/
I see my rod is longer than yours.
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Dean
Minnow
Username: Dean
Post Number: 86
Registered: 4-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 10:37 am: |
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I'll check it out - Thanks for the link!
All In A Days Fun!!!
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Big_p
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Username: Big_p
Post Number: 193
Registered: 7-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 11:04 pm: |
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Scratch us. Dad has to work and I have picked up a side job painting a neighbors house. |
Atthewall
Minnow
Username: Atthewall
Post Number: 19
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 8:51 am: |
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I'll go if Wes goes |
Wes
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Username: Wes
Post Number: 38
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 9:10 am: |
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I hate peer pressure :-) |
Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 509
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 3:57 pm: |
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Now this is going to be funny... Rob, the waves on Texoma can come pretty close to the waves on the coast with the right winds... Should make you feel right at home. I think we could scare up a sea gull or two also for audio and visual effects. Just don't throw crackers to them from my boat...
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Wes
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Username: Wes
Post Number: 39
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 4:26 pm: |
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Talked to Rob today Mike. We will be there. |
Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 510
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 4:46 pm: |
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Sweet... I went by my co-worker's office today and he said he will be there also unless the weather is just too crappy. He and Cecil (you know him Wes) will be in a boat together.
I guess I will be getting the batteries for my boat now and have her ready for that weekend. It will be nice to get it on the water again and hopefully get a line stretched. Even considering chasin some bronze backs if the striper fishing just really sucks.
Dean, right now it looks like I can take off Friday and fish with ya'll that day in your boat.
Greg, everything still a go for you?
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 511
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 4:48 pm: |
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Big_p, sorry ya'll won't be able to make it but I completely understand. There will be more trips for sure... Have fun painting
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Atthewall
Minnow
Username: Atthewall
Post Number: 20
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 11:57 pm: |
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We are on big time......SON!
I hope you fresh water fellas can deal with a real saltwater pirate! If I get to setting the hook too hard (like Wes) don't worry, they should be dead by the time they hit us in the face or freeboard AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! |
Atthewall
Minnow
Username: Atthewall
Post Number: 21
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 12:02 am: |
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Picou....I'm used to the little one's being about this size.
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Dean
Minnow
Username: Dean
Post Number: 87
Registered: 4-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 9:05 am: |
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Rob - Even that might be a little small for the norm?? I sure hope them there stripers can make an impression on us salt water anglers!!
So, Have we talked about what ramp we will launch from or is everyone going their own way? According to Ronnie, we will be fishing somewhere south? of the 377 bridge. We will probably be staying near Pottsboro in a cabin I found. I considered the "Front 30 Ranch" but it is a little more expensive than the cabin in Pottsboro (although probably worth it).
A few pics of my daughter with some nice fish.
All In A Days Fun!!!
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Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 515
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 10:21 am: |
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That's pretty little Rob, I hope the fish will be better than that on Texoma...
Not that there is anything wrong with that redfish, just that I think we will be using bait bigger than that... 
Dean... great looking fish.. I anticipate the stripers being larger than that red. I hope we have a problem filling our limits because they are all over the max size...
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Fishinaggie88
Bluegill
Username: Fishinaggie88
Post Number: 165
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 10:29 am: |
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I am looking forward to it. Will need directions etc when we get closer. do I need to book a room in advance or is there generally plenty?
Love to fish and hunt.
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Drifter
Minnow
Username: Drifter
Post Number: 10
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005 - 6:08 pm: |
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•••• I'm missing out on all the good stuff!
http://www.sixoldgeezers.com/ad.htm
The slabs these guys make are what all the texoma guides are using, they sure work well! Also have a good assortment of topwaters, if you happen to find em on top up in a cove...its balls to the wall.And remember, big bait big fish! I had a ball out there last year, wish I could join you guys . Look for the old Falcon trihull guide boats and stay as close as you can to them, they all work together for the most part!
Standards I have its morals I lack
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Texfisher
Minnow
Username: Texfisher
Post Number: 63
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 8, 2005 - 11:40 am: |
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I will be there Friday as well but I may have to leave early due to my daughters birthday is that weekend. I'll try to make it to the lake next week and check on the fish. We had a lot of rain up here last week, so I'm curious to see how muddy the lake is. Hopefully the rain will stay out of here and the water will be half way clear by the 21st.
I see my rod is longer than yours.
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Bigun
Minnow
Username: Bigun
Post Number: 72
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 2:21 pm: |
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Was a date decided on? Am I too Late? Picou what is your wife doing that weekend? Would she entertain mine and kids? |
Audra
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Username: Audra
Post Number: 155
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 2:33 pm: |
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Well, Keith got a new job, so it looks like he'll be off that weekend! I'm glad we're going to get to make it! I'm looking very forward to showing you guys how to catch some fish!
"Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths." - Jimmy D Moore
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Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 529
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 4:06 pm: |
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Great to hear that ya'll are gonna make it Audra & Keith... I too am looking forward to you showing us how to do it...
The date is Jan 22nd Bigun... Ya'll just had a baby... You can't take a 5 week old on a 7 hour trip... Make the next one when it warms up. It would suck to make that trip and be stuck in the house the whole weekend -- my wife would kill me. Boy... the house would be packed though with Rob & Wes staying there also that weekend. We would be rolling blankets out on the floor in every room. Wait till it is warmer so that the kids have a chance of riding horses while we fish. Then we can have a big cookout on Matt's back porch...
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Bigun
Minnow
Username: Bigun
Post Number: 75
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 7:47 pm: |
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I just realized that is the last weekend of duck season anyway. I thought it was over this weekend coming. I have got to go hunt my blind once this season. Plus Picou my fingers type faster than my brain thinks. I was not going to bring the kids anyway. It is not a vacation with all the kids. Meant just entertain my wife. Maybe I'll make it to fish Fork during the spawn!!! |
Keith
Minnow
Username: Keith
Post Number: 26
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 8:38 pm: |
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Fishing Report for TEXOMA
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Jan 5, 2005 Water clear; 48-52 degrees; 0.55' high. Black bass are fair on jigs and soft plastics fished around boat docks in sheltered waters. Smallmouth bass are fair on crawfish pattern crankbaits and jigs in 8-20 feet around lower lake rocky points. Crappie are fair on minnows around boathouses in 20-30 feet. Striped bass are excellent on live shad in 20-40 feet - striper and shad are concentrating along the Red and Washita River channels. The stretch of river from North Island up to the Willis Bridge is also holding concentrations of baitfish and striper. Blue catfish to 45 pounds are excellent on cut shad and live bait in 30-40 feet along the river channels. |
Keith
Minnow
Username: Keith
Post Number: 27
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:03 pm: |
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Keep in mind that the fishing report for Texoma is almost always good. I don't know that we can trust it. |
Atthewall
Minnow
Username: Atthewall
Post Number: 24
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:41 pm: |
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So what's the tackle (lures most specifically) selection?
I've got some lead heads with all kinds of wiggly stuff that tricks them in the salt. I bet it works in the fresh too?
Forgot to add.....I've got the bucktail and feather jigs too (2 - 3 oz). I bet I can find something they like at 20 - 30ft?
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Picou
Crappie
Username: Picou
Post Number: 532
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:07 pm: |
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I am planning on Sassy Shad type baits in the chart & shad colors. Maybe a bucktail with a spinner. I will also have some slabs in the boat. Have a big topwater just in case we get some action where the water boils.
As far as rod, I will be casting a med/heavy 6.5 footer with a curado spooled with 15 lb big game. I have a few different rods that will suffice for this situation. Heck, I might just use my 5.5 foot ultra-light for this action just to keep it fair for everyone else...
Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Texfisher
Minnow
Username: Texfisher
Post Number: 64
Registered: 8-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:10 pm: |
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I know more about the largemouths on texoma than I do the stripers. Most of the reports I see that include artificials talk about using slabs, bucktail jigs and sassy shads. I think all 3 are fishing in similar ways. Find schools of fish and either swim or bounce the bait through until you find out how they want it. Most of my artificial stripers come on topwaters and jerk baits during warmer weather. During the cold months I net some shad and fish the easy way. Plus with shad you'll pull up a catfish every once in a while.
I see my rod is longer than yours.
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Big_p
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Username: Big_p
Post Number: 201
Registered: 7-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:39 pm: |
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We had excellent results on 10" sluggos behind Granbury D@mn in the spring and summer months. I don't know how they will work out in the open waters. Just thought I would throw that out there.
Things have changed a little again. My dad may not have to work. If not when and where are yall congregating. We may run up there for a Saturday on the water. If the weather is fittin. |
Atthewall
Minnow
Username: Atthewall
Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 10:53 pm: |
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That's exactly what I thought and thanks a bunch!
My saltwater rigs are coming along for the ride. They work perfect in jigged deep water and I've got some other goodies that work just as well or better on top too. Old school spoon worked just like a crippled shad fluttered like no one's business.
Old salty can feel it....Wes fetch me another beer Boy! |
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