Ray Roberts 11-27-10

Decided to take Larry and John today to do some scouting for new areas on Ray Roberts.  It took way to long to catch bait this morning in an area of the lake I had never been to, but after about 80 throws we had enough to fish.  One was a 17inch gizzard....more on that later.
Marked a few fish on a deep channel and got set up.  Threw most of the poles out in the channel and a few up on the flat.  A few minutes later John got the first blue of the day on the shallow flat.  Rebaited threw it out and bam Larry got this one of the shallow flat.  Baited up and down it goes again.  We decided to move out in the shallow flat, but after moving we didn't get another bite in the area.
We decided to try another area where two creeks join with a shallow flat nearby.....nada.
Decided to go with the shallow bite and fish a windblown point with the creek nearby.  I decided to put the head of that 17 inch Gizzard on a pole and throw it off the end of the point just as it tapers off before heading into the creek.  John and Larry asked what in the world we were fishing for that could eat a bait that size.  We sat there for about 10 minutes and the pole with the head on it goes down.  Larry reels down on it and has a 17 pounder work him over.  Judging by the bait size and fight of that fish I would have thought it to be at least a 30 pounder.  Larry was all smiles.  We decided to call it a day and get home to our families.   Had a great time guys and found a few more areas to fish.  Good times!