The company guidelines indicate that managers should take them out to dinner or to find some way to express appreciation.
Everyone who works for me knows about my love for things aquatic and when I suggested that we visit a local fishing hole as an alternative, they were on it like a duck on a june bug.
Our first attempt got rained out but we finally got it scheduled and headed out to Simonton after a BBQ lunch at Doziers in Fulshear.
Rio Brazos is a hunting preserve in Fort Bend County that specializes in upland game bird hunts, sporting clays, and trophy bass fishing.
The place is big - they have 15 lakes in which to fish and all of them have bass in them. Some of the lakes also have catfish, crappie, sunfish, and spotted gar, but some are pure big-mouth bass lakes.
The manager met us at the gate and was an excellent host.
It was too hot at first. We fished one lake and had a couple of strikes but our guide was the only one who hooked up.
He provided a lot of information about the facility and the lakes. He told me that they had some help from a local biologist in managing the lakes and that they distribute tens of thousands of threadfin shad annually to keep the bass well fed.
Merle found a place to cool off.
I finally got into some fish in this lake near the bunkhouse. There were some nice lily pads and I found some big green sunfish under them.
This is the first sunfish I have seen that could handle a whole Senko Worm.
It was too hot at first. We fished one lake and had a couple of strikes but our guide was the only one who hooked up.
He provided a lot of information about the facility and the lakes. He told me that they had some help from a local biologist in managing the lakes and that they distribute tens of thousands of threadfin shad annually to keep the bass well fed.
Merle found a place to cool off.
I finally got into some fish in this lake near the bunkhouse. There were some nice lily pads and I found some big green sunfish under them.
This is the first sunfish I have seen that could handle a whole Senko Worm.
I got Merle in on this spot and he quickly found the fish.
Here Dr. Bowler performs minor surgery - hook extraction!
The Happy Fisherman.
Ron got into the action with these nice bass.
He did all his damage with a 2" curly-tailed Wild Eyed Shad
As the sun began to set we changed lakes once again and found several small bass. I fished the Zoom Horny Toad.
As twilight fell switched to a topwater Chug Bug.
These bass were not the biggest I've caught,
but they were a lot of fun just the same.
The colors really look nice in the late afternoon sunlight.
This is destined to be a big boy one day.
The expression on Merle's face says it all.
We had a good outing and want to return to Rio Brazos.
Give thanks to the One who made it all.
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