Deep Eddy

January 2, 2009: So I convinced Dad to go to Eisenhower State Park on Lake Houston because they were stocking the pond at the park with Rainbow Trout. Never fished em before, never nuthin and plus I really wanted us to go fishing at least one more time during Christmas Break. So we got there and they TPWD fish truck hadn't showed up yet, so we went over and fished in Deep Eddy, which is a back-water tributary of the San Jacinto River, south of the Lake Houston Dam. We found a nice spot near the dam with some standing cypress trees in the water and fished there for a little bit. Dad got a small bass on his 3rd of 4th cast with a white Strike King fluke. I got skunked. We moved on to a spot further down river, and dad scored a pretty decent LMB, in some stumps with the same white fluke.
I got skunked there too. boy he sure looks really excited in those pictures doesn't he? After trudging through the woods on some crappy trails, we called it a day and headed back to the pond, where I tried to catch some trout. The water was incredibly clear, and you could very easily see the bottom and all the fish in it. We watched the small trout chase after my inline spinners a few times but nobody took. Dad got my line stuck in some trees and we both nearly fell in the water trying to untangle that mess. It was a great trip though and was really fun getting to go fish somewhere that was nearby and produced something.