Thank You Lord Jesus for keeping us safe out there today. With my 3/8oz H2O Express foxy shad spinnerbait with a green pumpkin Strike King Rage Swimmer trailer tied on my 6'10" Lew's baitcaster and an 1/8oz black bullet weight unpegged with a 4/O H2O Express EWG offset hook and 10.5" black red glitter Ol' Monster tied on my 6'6" Lew's spinning rod, my ex brother-in-law, nephew and I headed for Toledo Bend Louisiana side at approximately 6:20am this morning. Had to stop at Wally World to pick up a battery for the trolling motor and fuel up the boat. Took longer than expected so we didn't go to the Cypress Branch area as planned. We entered at the northernmost boat launch at Oak Ridge. With overcast skies, wind and waves galore we launched in search of a nice cove to fish. The water level was dangerously low and there was a minefield of stumps out there. Had a few mishaps along the way, nothing serious, and found a little cove roughly 4 miles south of our launch site. My second or third cast into the salad like vegetation along the bank produced my first bass of the day weighing in at 1lb 10oz compliments of the Ol' Monster. I was excited! Made a few more casts to no avail then picked up my baitcaster and began tossing out my spinnerbait. Nothing happening there either. My nephew had gotten a few bites on his chatterbait with none landed. So I decided to tie my 1/2oz Project Z breaking bream chatterbait on with the green pumpkin Rage Swimmer trailer. Four casts later I'm reeling in my second bass of the day also weighing in at 1lb 10oz. Really excited now I cast a few more times with no luck and changed out the EZSkirt on the chatterbait to black and blue same trailer. Three casts later I'm hauling in my third and final bass of the day weighing in at 1lb 4oz. Really really excited now. Made lots more casts but our luck had run out. It was time to head on back to the launch, load up and go home. So that's what we did. Unfortunately neither my ex brother-in-law or my nephew caught anything, although my nephew came close but lost it at the boat. It woulda been a nice keeper about the same size as my first two. I have to say that today was the most dangerously fun day I have ever had. Thank you to all who took the time to read all of this and a special thank you to @Catt for your short notice advice. Next time we plan to get to the Cypress Branch area. Not sure when that'll be. Got plans for Caddo Lake next weekend. Have a great evening everyone and God Bless! He sure Blessed us today! ?
