I Had Fish For Lunch Today

My dad, some of my brothers and I did some fishing with my wife's stepdad this weekend. He is a professional guide on Lake Texoma. Since I was the one taking the pics, there are none of me. But I got an old one off of Mrs. Mitch's stepdad's website for your enjoyment. I don't really have the "post pictures and talk about that hella cool movie I saw this weekend" kind of blog, but these fish were so great that I had to show them off. Oh, and we saw 5 or 6 pair of bald eagles during the day, which was a huge bonus.















This is Gabriel and one of the fish we had to return to its frigid home.















This is JR and another fish that lived another day (or so).















And this 15 pound monster I caught on September 11, 2004. He was delicious.

Believe it or not, these are fresh-water striped bass. This is an ocean fish that spawns in rivers like salmon. Only at Texoma, they have begun to not only spawn, but to mingle with the fresh-water species "largemouth" or "black" bass. Texoma is one of the only lakes in the country where stripers spawn naturally, since they are outside their normal habitat. Or course, with three rivers running into the lake and over 600 miles of shoreline, they don't have any idea they're not in the ocean.