Texas hill country and coast flats

[bulldog1935]

Slow getting to this page, been playing on the rods and reels page a few days with new and old tackle.  

Grew up bass fishing with my dad, but hill country limestone creeks and endemic bass on fly rod - Texas brook trout - took over my attention.  

My first love is coast kayak fishing.  

My best bass, sight-fished on fly rod on the Sabinal River was a shocking 28" and about 10 lbs.  They don't get too fat eating nickel-sized crayfish.  Not really showing off here, just trying to get my cats whisker.  

a pretty good yellow belly from the Pedernales headwaters - she's not alone here

a red-ear hen with shoulders bottom-bounced on the Guadalupe with Teeny line and, of course, cats whisker

Here's what we do at the coast, table-fare slot redfish

and a pretty good sow trout

I won't be contributing much to the bass fishing topics, other than our overlap of gear, but may get in an occasional hill country report, or better, coast flats report. 

[bulldog1935]

forgot to add, the sunfish in the pool with my PB bass were really shy.  

But I did manage a nice native cichlid in the same pool.  

Also have a story about the big yellow belly hen I have to tell.  

I was sight-fishing a 5-lb bass on an oxbow on the Pedernales headwater. She was creeping around my cats whisker in a yawn.
Just before she got there, the massive 14" redbreast sunfish shot out and grabbed the fly.
The whole time I was fighting the yellow belly, so was the bass hen. She settled at my feet while I was handling the sunny to photograph and release it. I daubed the fly in front of my feet and the bass shot up and snagged it.
There aren't too many times you get a 5-lb bass waiting in line to eat your fly.  

[GaryH]

Belated welcome aboard Bulldog. Great pics. Thanks for sharing

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ 

A-Jay

[soflabasser]

Welcome to the forum

[whitwolf]

Welcome!

[Log Catcher]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

[Bluebasser86]

Welcome!

 

Plenty of us here appreciate the other fish in our lives as well as our beloved bass. Feel free to share your pictures and stories.

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

 

First pic indicates you have really small hands. Just kidding. ?

 

Nice, multi-species pix! 

[Glenn]

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.