Right on TC your well on your way to becoming a well seasoned angler. You'll have a double digit fish before you know it. I fished the lake last week one small bass- 10" 8(. it was dead which is what I had expected from the fullmoon. I would get picked up once in awhile and they would spit my plastic instantly. Good job on that buzzbait fish too. That's with out a doubt got to be one of the biggest rushes in freshwater fishing.

During the week I fished Legg after work. It bit real good for 2 days until the colder weather rolled in. I'm kicking my self because on Tuesday evening we had a good bite going and after catching 4 fish within about 20 minutes all 12" to 2 lb stuff. I thought to myself I should probably retie my hook then I'll just catch one more first. I cast right into a branch and after a couple quick shakes my line was free. I take one look at my 6lb line and notice a few small frays. Should I re-tie, hmmm against my better, anxious to back out I'll re-tie after the next fish. What the hell was I thinking! I threw it out and of course hook a much larger fish instantly. I'm standing there getting frieght trained asking the man above for some help on getting this fish. Come on I even brought the camera today. I never even got one crank the mo as he lit up and jumped completely of the water my friends and I all let out a woooooooowwwww! As he landed he shook his one time and SNAP! Ouch F^8( that hurt.

Oh well it's better to have hooked and lost then to have never hooked at all. I caught 4 big fish this season including a 12lber which is my personal best so I can't complain.

I started fishing jigs on Friday. I fished it for an hour and I got 1 jig fish so far. It looks promising. I give it another three weeks and they will be going off on the crawdaddy. I know bait fishing sucks but it will produce when nothing esle is worth the time investement and it brings the big fish out to play.

JerryG

Oh yeah on the lions. I used to fish the area your talking about quit a bit. Never saw a lion but I was talking to one of the regulars at the time and he told me saw one the night before in that area. A few days later I was talking to a couple guys and they told me that they were fishing the same area at night and had a run in with a couger. I'm not to interested in having an encounter myself. I did see a huge taranchula in that area once. This thing was huge with lots of fur. I felt very lucky that I was watching my step that day.

JerryG