Friday, July 31, 2015

July 2015 Fishing Totals



Here are my fishing totals for July 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 19

Largemouth Bass:   42
Panfish:                  0
Catfish:                  0
Crappie:                 0
Total Fish Caught:   42

Compare with June 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 23

Largemouth Bass:  87
Panfish:                  2
Catfish:                  0
Crappie:                 0
Total Fish Caught:   89

Compare with May 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 22

Largemouth Bass:  58
Panfish:                  5
Catfish:                   1
Crappie:                  0
Total Fish Caught:  64

Compare with April 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 24

Largemouth Bass: 57
Crappie:                 1
Total Fish Caught: 58

Compare with March 2015:

Total Trips Fishing: 18

Largemouth Bass: 21
Crappie:                 1
Total Fish Caught: 22

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2015 YEAR TO DATE TOTALS

Total Trips Fishing:   106

Largemouth Bass:  265
Panfish:                    7
Catfish:                     1
Crappie:                    2
Total Fish Caught:   275

Fishing Trip #106 July 31, 2015 6:15 AM

Went fishing for about 20 minutes on my way to work this morning. Calm and quiet morning. The surface of the lake was like glass. Last fishing trip in July.

Weather conditions: 64 degrees, clear sky and no wind.


  • Caught 1 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.


Catch and release.






Thursday, July 30, 2015

Fishing Trip #105 July 30, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 30 minutes on my way to work this morning. Foggy morning.

Weather conditions: 66 degrees, fog and no wind.


  • Caught 1 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.


Catch and release.




Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Fishing Trip #104 July 29, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 30 minutes on my way to work this morning. Cloudy morning with lower temperatures.

Weather conditions: 70 degrees, cloudy skies with rain coming in and a light breeze from the south.

Caught 1 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.

Catch and release.



Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Fishing Trip #103 July 28, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 35 minutes on my way to work this morning. Nice morning with lower humidity. 

Weather conditions: 79 degrees, clear skies and a light breeze from the south.


  • Caught 3 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.


Catch and release.





Monday, July 27, 2015

Fishing Trip #102 July 27, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work this morning. I had a few bites and caught one. I think the excessive heat is driving the fish into the deeper parts of the lake. 

Weather conditions: 79 degrees, partly cloudy sky and a light breeze from the southwest.


  • Caught 1 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.


Catch and release.




Friday, July 24, 2015

Fishing Trip #101 July 24, 2015 5:40 AM

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work this morning. Nice fishing conditions.

Weather conditions: 73 degrees,clear sky and no wind.


  • Caught 6 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.


Catch and release.

Bass #1

Bass #2

Bass #3

Bass #4

Bass #5

Bass #6




Thursday, July 23, 2015

Fishing Trip #100 July 23, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work with Mary. This was my 100th fishing trip this season. Construction workers were on the scene when we arrived but we were able to catch a few fish before they got into full swing.

Weather conditions: 70 degrees, light mist and no wind.

  • I caught 1 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.
  • Mary caught 3 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm (bringing her season total to 37 bass).

Catch and release.


Bass #1 for Mary

Bass #2 for Mary
Bass #1 for me


Fishing buddies

Scary Faces!


Bass #3 for Mary




Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Fishing Trip #99 July 22, 2015 5:30 AM

Went fishing for about 45 minutes on my way to work this morning. Nice fishing conditions. I missed having Mary with me. 

Weather conditions: 61 degrees, light fog and no wind.


  • Caught 3 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.


Catch and release.









Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Fishing Trip #98 July 21, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing with Mary this morning on my way to work. We were at the lake for about 50 minutes. Nice fishing conditions. I had trouble with my tackle but it was beautiful this morning with mist on the water, cattle lowing, bullfrogs croaking, and a duck quacking—lots of wildlife activity. I had a couple of bites and one on the line but no fish caught. Mary skunked me with 3 nice largemouth bass! Nice job Mary!!

Weather Conditions: 67 degrees, no wind.

Mary caught 3 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm (bringing her season total to 34 bass).

Catch and Release.

Bass #1


Bass #2

Bass #3

Friday, July 17, 2015

Fishing Trip #97 July 17, 2015 5:45 AM

Went fishing for about 30 minutes on my way to work this morning. No construction this morning and the fish were biting. 

Weather conditions: 77 degrees, clear sky and a light breeze from the south.

  • Caught 4 largemouth bass using a Wacky Rigged Plastic Worm.
  • Caught 1 largemouth bass using an H2O XPRESS Shallow Running Jointed Square-Bill Crankbait.

Catch and release.

Catch #1

Catch #2

Catch #3

Catch #4
Catch #5