Ray Roberts 11-6-10

Took Frank and Johnny to Ray Roberts this afternoon on  mixed white bass/catfish trip.  With this recent cold front the water temp was down to 64.6 and the fish were working humps/drop offs and points from 18-35ft.  Some birds would point you in the right direction, but were not a consistent helper today.  Electronics were the key.  I can't say enough about the game change experience of having and learning how to use side image.  Today the white bass wanted the slab on a much slower raise and drop.  Some bites felt like a little tick on the line and some others hammered it.  All fish were caught on Ol'Uglies and yarn flies.  Johnny tried his new white and gold slab, I had on white and silver and Frank had on white and chartruese.  All produced well. 
After catching a good mess of whites and about an hour left we decided to try for some blue cats.  Frank had never fished for them and was eager to see a pull down.  We started out drifting a ridge with one old green shirt, a large stick, and a tree caught.  Not really what we were after, so we headed to a point they have been good on the past couple Novembers to graph it and see what was there.  On a drop from 12 to 20 ft I spotted a pack of 4 catfish.  We anchored up above them and tossed the baits back towards them.  It wasn't 5 minutes and the back pole went down.  Frank was busy casting out catching whites and didn't see it, so I reeled down on it and handed him the pole.  A solid in the box.  This continued and Frank managed to put four fish between 6 and 9 pounds in the box and one teenager to be released for another day.  With the sun setting on a beautiful fall day and great fishing we decided to head in and clean our catch.