East TX fishing
Disposable camera with no flash picture (was only camera).
Didn't donate to share lunker, I have found thru the years, that big fish are territorial and stay in same general vacinity pretty much every year, and my goal has been to beat 18.18 # for state record.
Caddo is unique that the only time of year that the really large fish are accessible is during the early spring, prespawn (before aquatic plant growth) but before the heavy rains muddies up water.
Also to fish Caddo correctly need small boat, Caddo is a maze of 30,000 acres of basically just a flooded cypress swamp. Lots of places that have to portage boat to get into deeper depressions. Jigger poles is my favorite way to hook them, as can keep lure in strike zone (around cypress tree) and also not spook fish by splashing lure on top of them. Lose alot of fish however with Jigger pole.
The trip where the 14.6 was caught, I didn't have my 164 qt. cooler / livewell (with pump of course) with me, matter fact still had my dress clothes on.
Bed fishing shows inexperienced fisherman, as the very largest and therefore smartest fish spawn in deeper water. I have seen fish spawn in top of an underwater stump away from shoreline.
Yes, Giant Salvania is spreading rapidly, it doubles growth every day. Don Henley has become involved and there is a grass roots campaign to chemical spray and they have built a green house to overwinter a tropical insect from way South America that feeds on GS.
The picture of D&C's tea room is directly across from Johnson's Marina. Henery & Peanut are old time fishing guides from there. They have never even been a large town. 50 bucks and they paddle U around in stealth mode (no trolling motor). Buy them plenty of smokes
as when they run out, it's time to quit.
Group of us had a mobile home in back of Birch Creek at Lake Fork in early 90's. Back then a good fisherman could catch 5 over 10# almost every trip. I can run the entire lake at night and we used to dominate every night tournament which had constant weigh in's.
Largemouth Bass Virus that some say was introduced to the lake from live bait totally ruined Lake Fork.
