I never know what to expect on any fishing trip, especially one where I have no idea what the place looks like or what I'll find. Whatever expectations I had, this trip exceeded them!

Weather was mild for August - high in the mid 90s, sunny, light breeze. We easily navigated to the launch area, launched right at dawn and threw topwaters as usual. Only got two strikes and none of them in the boat. 

I switched to one of my favorite lures, Z-Man's Sledgehammer Chatterbait and it was game on! Caught what was to be the biggest of the day, the fattest bass I've ever seen. Almost 5.5 pounds and 21.25".

We fished around the whole lake twice catching one here and there and took a break about 11 for lunch. Took off again and covered areas where we had caught fish earlier. My buddy caught his biggest of the year (so far) also about 5 pounds:

Steve told me the lake has lots of 8" gizzard shad, so I tried a big lure that has caught some big ones at Lake Fork but never tried it on a PWF lake. Caught this on the fifth cast of my AC Plug:

Caught a few more nice ones:

Caught three nice crappie and lost two others.

Just before a storm moved in we found a honey hole between the little dock and the large cove southeast of it. The Chatterbait did the trick but we also caught them on silver Rattletraps and crawdad crankbaits. None on Senko which surprised me. Caught 5 over 21"! My buddy lost one at the boat that looked to be over 6 pounds - broke his newly spooled 14 lb line. Man, we both hated to miss that one! But we know where they live now and we'll be back!!!

The south end looks fishy but we didn't catch anything there. Much of the lake so shallow so all of the fish we caught were in or near deeper water (8-11 ft.). The water clarity was low so noisy flashy lures worked best. Ended around 3 with about 18 bass caught and 3 crappie. All bass returned and 3 crappie removed. Bass ranged from 10" to 21.25". Water clarity was 16-18". Lake seems about 12-18" low but the owner said it was about normal for this time of year. Very nice fellow by the way. He really wants everything to be great for the PWF members who go there. He's working on the launch area adding rock to the ramp and removing more trees. The main road in to the cabin, was all weather rock and the road down to the lake is well established through two pastures. Shade trees at the launch site provide a welcome respite from the heat.

I had a chance to check out the cabin. It's very clean, comfortable and quaint with antique decor, a nice parlor, two bedrooms and a nicely shaded patio with a fire ring. We will definitely be back soon, probably with the wives.