Canyon Lake, TX 1-10-07

[Rebbasser]

It was a day of wind and a couple of firsts. Flyrod and I hit the lake about 10:30 and tried to find some fishable water. The wind was supposed to really pick up in the PM(it did), so we figured we would work the wind as much as we could. We headed to the NE corner of the lake and on the third or fourth cast I hooked my biggest smallie to date:

Probably 2-2 1/2 pounds-it hit on a wacky rigged glimmer blue Yum Dinger. We worked the dam until we were sufficiently beat up by the wind, and moved over to the SE corner of the lake. Caught a few dinks,and then the trolling motor lost power. Same thing happened a couple of trips back, so we ran back to the dock where we could tie up and 10 minutes later we were fishing again-wire came loose in the upper unit-I'll fix that for good later. Anyway, we started working down the bank and Flyrod tied on a Kalin's Grub on a jighead and pitched it into a tangle of flooded timber and caught the fish of the day-a LM that weighed a good 2 1/2 pounds:


We worked over to a shelf with a lot of flooded timber on it and ran the boat up next to a couple of flooded trees. By this time the wind was gusting over 20 and we let the flooded trees hold us in place. One thing I had no confidence in was a tube-thrown them a bunch but never caught a fish on one. So, I was determined to catch one on a tube. Tied on a smoke/red flake Mizmo tube(Thanks, PnJ!) and threw into a gap in the trees. Felt a thump and set the hook. Didn't get it in the boat-it wrapped up in the trees and we couldn't get to it, but we did see it-looked to be a largemouth around 2 lbs. Finisned up there without another hit and went to a little cove with a big flooded tree in it. Nothing came off the tree, but I threw the tube up on a small point and started dragging the tube back and it got heavy, so I set the hook. This one I got in the boat-a smallie about pound. So, the first fish of the new year was a personal best smallie and I also caught my first fish on a tube. Even with the wind it was a good day on the water!