FLW Series East/West Fish Off
Lake Amistad - Texas/Mexico border
Water Temp: 53
Pre Spawn

I haven't figured out how I'm going to get these pictures on my website yet, so I'll try posting them here until I figure it out.


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I barely escaped the storm on Friday. My flight left 30 minutes late and somehow I still managed to make my connecting flight in Baltimore. They held the plane for 40 minutes for me and 2 other passengers on my connecting flight; one of them must have been an important person. I arrived in San Antonio, got my rental car and drove 3 hours to Del Rio. I arrived at Byron Velvicks Amistad Lake Resort about 7pm. I was up until 12 getting all my stuff ready for the first day of practice; I needed to meet Gabe at 6:45am. I actually got a good nights sleep. Gabe has never been out on the lake, so it was new to both of us. We ran about 20 miles West and started fishing on the Mexican side of the lake. I caught my first ever Mexican bass about 15 minutes after we arrived. It was a respectable 3 pounder, caught on a Berkley 1/2oz green pumpkin football jig. The weather has been cold and windy here for the last few weeks, so the bass aren't up in the shallows yet. Gabe and I ended up catching around 20 keepers, with the big fish weighing 5-8; I caught that on the same football jig. I probably had 14lbs today. I was hoping to catch some giants, but I don't know if the timing is quite right. Tomorrow could be the day though, you never know when a 14 pounder might decide to bite.