I took this week off in sheer despair and after roughly out boards for a Mission style table, took the boys fishing at Lake Texoma. We had great weather and a passable catch. Next off to Taos and Colorado for some days away from the heat.

We arrived in the evening, did some fishing off the pier for brim and sand bass...



and got to bed early so we could be out by 5:30 am. The boys finally saw sunrise



Fishing was decent but Ben had a cold rod until after 9 am.


We saw lots of herons and ergets, including several Great Gray Herons. One swooped the boat a few times.


Some of the stripers were decent sized but we got no bass or catfish this time.



We headed in about noon when it got finally got hot.


Nobody limited out but we still came home with ten pounds of fillets. The boys would not let me boil the skins and heads for stock. Sigh. I don't know where I went wrong.