And now for something completely different…
In rare form, I unplugged from most of the world for a change and headed down to Lake Alan Henry this weekend when Steve Miller called me up on a spur-of-the-moment fishing trip. This was the first trip to this lake for both of us. He has summed up the trip well in his blog so you can read more about that there. Steve is a great fisherman with plenty of experience. Me on the other hand, I am lucky if I ever catch anything, I just like to get out there for the peace and quiet and feed the fish expensive bait. This was a chance for Steve to teach me a thing or two about artificial bait fishing. I caught my first ever bass fish (2 smaller ones) and a couple of crazy perch, but it was fun! Steve did quite a bit better on the bass than I did however.
We also got in a lot of great hiking and exploring some back roads and hiking trails and found some really cool hidden away spots. One of our favorites was this huge cliff that dropped almost straight down into the water. I don’t know how high it was, but it was definitely HIGH! This is a view of it from the side…
And this was the view…STRAIGHT DOWN! Would have gotten a nasty scratch from falling off that!
We also saw a good sized rattle snake Steve has pics of over on his blog and in general had a nice relaxing time, despite the 300+ boats coming and going resulting in a huge traffic jam at the boat dock requiring Lubbock Police to sort it out. Despite the huge crowd, almost everyone was well behaved and we were able to hike back in to some area where most people didn’t tread. The nice thing too was we were able to scout out some great fishing spots from the shore that we want to take advantage of on a weekend that isn’t a holiday and less people around. There are also some GREAT primitive camping sites that are spaced out enough among the ample vegetation to give you plenty of privacy. I am looking forward to another trip there despite my attempted recovery today from Ultra Violet Radiation Poisoning!
Wow, that was a HUGE fish Miller TX caught!
Looks like you guys had a good time. Maybe the Tulsa gang will get down that way on one of our extended camping trips. Great looking lake!
How very nice… and sweet.
That fish was so huge, I had to jump in and wrestle him for an hour until he tired out before I could drag him to shore. 😉
This really is a great lake all the way around for the fisherman to the boater to the water skier. Throw in some great campsites and hiking trails as well as some great places near the boat ramp to “bikini watch” and it’s about as utopian as you can get. 🙂 Also, the bugs weren’t bad either unlike the lakes further east with hoardes of hungry mosquitos constantly assaulting you.
So, you Tulsa guys holler at us when you want to make an extended camping trip.
I heard the fish was so large that when Steve pulled it out of the water the lake level dropped 5 feet and boats were stranded until he put it back. 😉 Great pics David!
Rick! LOL!! That is definitely a great fish tale! 🙂 how about “That fish was so big, I pried his mouth open and Jonah himself walked out!”