I had a hall pass from the family, this evening. I was hoping to get over to Forbes lake in Kirkland for some largemouth, but the sun was getting low, so I went with Ballinger due to proximity. As I always say... I really hate lake Ballinger, but it's still a nice time on the water.
I was mostly excited to shoot my first fishing video with the new GoPro Hero2. I put the float tube in at the launch and kicked out along the East shoreline, going South. I really like the SE cornor of the lake. There is a couple of large downed trees and some areas that look SO bassy. Anyways.. I was throwing a white spinner bait for awhile,, no hits. Then went to my large Senko, dark color, wacky rigged, nadda.. Texas rigged... naddah...
Finally went to a drop shot with a sniper bolt. Smaller bait was the ticket. I only caught one very dinkish perch. I did manage a half dozen strikes or so on the drop shot. Fished until after dark, at about dark there were a few fish around me hitting a hatch on the surface. Nobody else fishing on the lake that I could see.