I took my son and his friend to fish the west lake at Ben Wheeler on the afternoon of 11/25.  It was pretty slow.  We got a few hits on the shallow end on plastic worms, but there's a lot of hydrilla that frequently hung us up.   We worked our way along the far bank toward the dam with not so much as a bite.  Finally toward sunset things picked up a bit.  My son's friend landed a 7 1/2 lb. bass which measured 24".  I caught a  4 1/2 lb. catfish on a medium diving crank bait, and my son caught a 12" bass on a plastic worm.  Usually I can pick up a few fish around sunset on a fly rod using poppers, but no luck this time.  All in all it was a slow but very memorable day due to the 7 1/2 lb. brute.   I've only caught one fish that big on a club lake which I landed at the east lake.  We celebrated Tyler's catch over beers and pizza while listening to live music in town at The Forge.

Posted By: Paul Jarzemsky