We went back to Dam b the other night, Ashlyn,myself,Brett and Gabe. We started to early and had run the trolling motor down by the time the fishing got good. I only have a 40lb thrust on a 20ft boat and it doesnt take long to run the 12volt battery down. I plan to replace this very soon with a 65-80lb thrust and 24 volt system. Should go really fast in high gear and save the battery while moving plenty good enough at the slower speeds.

We did manage to shoot a few fish and seen lots of alligators up close. We will be puttting in for gator tags next month and will hopefully get drawn again. This lake is loaded with gators. Backt o the fish, we shot as drum that went close to 35lbs with some smaller carp in the 15-20lb range. Gabe stuck on huge one that bent the barbs around backwards on the fish head and let him escape.

While slowly motoring in we saw tons of fish and now know to wait a little later in the night,( I knew this but couldnt resist) if the motor would have just held out.

We will be holding another bowfishing tournament out of our shop on Aug 4, it will be from 6pm to 12 midnight. 3 man teams with $75 entry with a cash payback for  most fish and biggest gar and carp or drum.

 The trinity should be good right now, but my trolling motor will not hold me with them letting out 70,000 cubic feet of water out of the livingston dam. Hopefully the rain will stop and we can get back there and get back to work before we starve from lost time due to all the rain we have been getting. You can go up river from the lake but be very carefull with all the floaters and high water coming down from Dalla.

I need to go to rayburn as it should be really good right now and fairly clear. Toledo should be about the same, though this is the highest the lake level has been in years. There is lots of grass and habitat on the bend just waiting to be explored with bow in hand. There should be a monster or two hanging out somewhere along that grass and the river.