Endless Possibilities: ICE FISHING IN TEXAS

My fishing partner scouts out possible fire wood from the fallen pecan trees that used to flourish along the Concho River.

Our trustee little lone star boat is well covered with ice from the previous three nights of frozen precipitation. It is ready to go and retrieve the waiting catfish from the line. Actually we have already taken off a 5 pound channel cat before we took the pictures. We had to move fast before the wind got up because that would have made the mission of fish removal from the line impossible.

Notice the ice just out from the shore. The little ice deposits formed at the bottom of the trees as the waves from the water would wash up on the trees and then freeze.

There was about eight inches of water frozen in the back of the boat from the rain we got before we got the frozen stuff. This is a great boat even if it is about 60 years old.

Are you seeing double again? Sometimes COLD PICTURES WILL MAKE YOU DO THAT. Can't you just imagine seining for bait and having to take the deep end of the seine? I always had to take the deep end of the seine.

NOTICE THE LITTLE ICE DEPOSITS AT THE BASE OF THE TREES.

In just three weeks this area will be covered with crappie. They will start their migration up the river to spawn.

February 18 will be the next full moon. That usually marks the time of migration for most game fish to move up to shallow water to make more fish for next year.

SHOULD IT BE IN GOD'S WILL TO GET BIG RAINS AND REPLENISH THE LAKE LEVELS, THEN THESE PICTURES AND OTHERS I WILL TAKE WILL HELP ME TO REMEMBER THE LAY OUT OF THE BRUSH AND KNOW WHAT THE BOTTOM LOOKS LIKE AND KNOW WHERE THE FISH HIDE.

HERE IS MY OLD RELIABLE CRAPPIE BOAT. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF CRAPPIE I HAVE CAUGHT FROM THIS BOAT. GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO PROVIDE A PLACE TO LIVE, A PLACE TO FISH, A PLACE TO ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS AND PEOPLE TO SHARE ALL THIS WITH.