Fishing the West Texas Flood

Here in West Texas, we've had a LOT of rain.  There has been street flooding and some house flooding.  All of our playa lakes have overflowed their banks.  Just look below.

We could have fished from the sidewalk.  Here's another view.

That sign in the distance is the "No Swimming" sign that would normally be at the bank's edge.

Here are some flood photos from another playa lake in town.

So now that the water has mostly receded from the streets, there was only one logical thing to do.  We decided to fish those swollen ponds.  Think about it.  Rainwater re-oxygenates stagnate bodies of water like playas.  It stands to reason that this would elevate fish activity, including feeding.  We were right in a BIG way.

All three pictures are the same carp.  My son reeled it in, and my daughter landed it with the net.  The bait was whole kernel sweet corn out of the can.  I put it on the ever-faithful hair rig.

Tight lines!!