Xman2000 Report post Posted May 1, 2011 Hi all I just got back home from fishing Apache Lake today and it was awesome to get out there with my fishing Buddy for life my 4 year old son little X and friend Fester we meant to be on the lake at first light but ran into some boat trailer issues my tail lights were out so after trouble shooting them buying new bulbs and fixing a cut harness wire we were back in business and since it took a few hours to get the trailer right we figured there was no sense in rushing any more so we took our time getting to the lake had a nice fast food breakfast and stopped in globe a wall-mart to get some crawlers and fishing odds and ends.We finally got to Apache at about 1:PM and fished till bout 5:PM and the wind there the whole time was brutal about 15 to 20 miles an hour and never let up but we managed to make the most of it .My 4 year old is die hard and he was determined to catch some yellows so I rigged him up with a double jig set up one on the end and an other tied about a foot or so just above it chartreuse 1/16th jig heads one with john deer green grub and the other with a plastic trout worm on it this worked great for him as soon as we moved into a cove he hooked up with yellows right away .He was stoked plus we tried to get out of the worst of the wind I had the same rig most of the time as well and pulled in some yellows too .Then hit a snag and switched to just an eagle claw leader with a gold spinner and night crawler this set up turned out to be just the ticket for smallmouth and largemouth Bass my buddy Fester soon put on this rig too and bang he hooked up as well. For the time we got to spend on the lake and get blown around it was awesome in all we caught 4 small-es 3 large mouth 3 blue gill and 11 yellows my son even had a double on ,of yellows I tried to take a picture of both yellow bass on his pole at the same time but the bottom fish was barely hooked and when he swung them into the boat the bottom fish hopped off but was still in the boat .At that moment you would not find a more excited kid on this lake LOL .We put the smallmouths back as the females still were full of eggs so we wanted them to get in the water asap. I just finished cleaning the gills and yellows my son boated here is some pics of some of the fish we caught today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WadeNAZ Report post Posted May 1, 2011 Right on! Nothing like watching the excitement on a youngsters face after bringing one in! Its good to see the smallies are starting to make a comeback there. Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
standman Report post Posted May 1, 2011 Now that is just awesome! Looks like a great time. Brian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted May 1, 2011 Awesome day on the water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted May 1, 2011 I love it! Great young fishin' buddy you got there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xman2000 Report post Posted May 2, 2011 Thanks everyone it was a great time my son also wanted me to add this picture of his first ever smallmouth a year ago at Apache lake as well.This is his Favorite lake now Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted May 2, 2011 Looks like little X is on his way to becoming the next big X. Apache has always been my favorite lake, Not always the best fishing but the best good times. Thanks for sharing and I hope to get to fish with you guys sonetime. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
