2011, and Still Going

I said I did not think I would write again but the start of 2011 has been the beginning of a good year so I just had to share with everyone. Carol and I are going to do some things in 2011 that we have always wanted to do and we are going to enjoy 2011 day by day. As you can see we are prepared to fish a little more this year than last. Carol put on her traveling clothes for moving fast across the water on a cold morning

And that is exactly what we did down south at Lake Falcon. The early morning was very cool moving across the lake at a high speed. The results were good. This was my first fish of the day. An eight pound bass. As you can see I was protected from the weather too.WOW! IT WAS FUN!

On the way , we past the HEB foundation and we had to stop and look at this pretty country. Carol and I have worked at camps in this area at one time or another. The River is so pretty and clear.

The view is awesome. Some day we may get another chance to work there in the summer time.

Our guide Robert and his wife. They own Robert's Fish and Tackle in Zapata, Texas. Very nice people. Robert worked very hard to put us in a position to catch fish. After the early morning fishing the wind got up to 25-30 mph and made it impossible to go out on the big part of the lake. He took care of us and did his best to show us a good time and a safe time. Thanks Robert.

South Texas has lots of cactus so you might find it growing any where. This was growing on the side of a bridge that we were fishing under. Just after Carol took this picture a man in a small boat tried to cross a part of the lake in a smaller boat into the wind and high waves and Carol noticed that his boat was getting smaller and smaller. Soon the boat was gone and the man was in the water. Robert cranked up his big boat and we had him out of the water in no time and on the shore with his friend wrapped up in dry clothes. Glad we were where we could help.

Carol caught some very big crappie. She and Robert got in on the action under that same bridge. The crappie were 2 pounds plus.

This was a great trip. Even though the weather turned bad for us and we did not catch many fish we had some great experiences. We look forward to some new experiences in 2011. I was really proud of Carol because of her fishing the whole time we were on the water and not taking time out to read a book. There will be fun things to share in 2011.

God bless and get out and enjoy the outdoors. That is why God made it as pretty as he did for us to enjoy. Have a great day.