Tuesday October 15^th

I was still tired from the last two days events so we took it easier today and stayed at the resort. We started by finding their walking trail. It wound through the pines. At one point we saw a couple fishing near the calmer part of the lake that I was planning to try that evening. His rod was rigged similar to what I did for Marilou's rod except he wasn't using a bobber. After talking for a while we continued our walk through the pines. Where we exited, we saw a couple trying their skill on the putt putt course. We returned there after lunch and did the 18 holes. It was an interesting layout.

That evening we returned to that part of the lake to fish. Another couple was setting up to fish when we arrived. Their rod was set up similar to ours but they were using chicken hearts and gizzards. We fished for a couple of hours. Marilou was having a little trouble with the casting and missed some bites. I had several bites before I finally landed a sunfish.

We brought our one fish back to the room where I gutted it and Marilou scaled it. We saved it to cook later.

Wednesday - October 16^th

Today we headed to the Sam Houston National Forest with the plan to stop at the Cagle Recreation Area to perhaps hike or fish. There was no one at the entrance to get a better idea of what to do so we went back to Hwy 1375 and parked near the bridge crossing the lake and walked down to the shore to fish. All we did was drown some worms. The other persons fishing there didn't appear to get any bites either. Marilou was really struggling to learn how to cast and I was spending more time coaching than fishing. Eventually she got the hang of it but we still weren't getting any bites so we headed back to Holiday Inn for lunch. On the way back we had to stop at the gas station for something to add to the eggs to make an omelet in the morning.

We rested up and had an earlier dinner to allow for more fishing before darkness set in. I observed several larger black birds on the shore near the boat launch that I didn't recognize but hoped I could identify from the telephotos I took. They looked like turkey viltures, but without the red comb. I believe they were black vultures.

The great blue heron was perched on a podium and eventually approached the water but didn't appear to be fishing so I was concerned on our prospects.

We decided to fish near where I got my catch the evening before, just closer to the main lake. Marilou caught her first and second fish this evening. She kept the first but the second she released to grow a little bigger. Some ducks were gathered near where we started fishing, but they eventually waded off to the other side. We also saw some king fishers and a great heron swooping down.

Thursday - October 17^th

Fished from 9:30 until 11:30. It was cold and windy. Got some bites, but no fish. Although I did reel in a catfish skeleton.

We changed clothes and went to Mama Juanita's Mexican Restaurant for lunch. I got the El Cantor. It is a stuffed poblano pepper. The stuffing is a soft white cheese and it was covered with a mixture of yellow and white cheeses. It was good. The meal also included chicken strips and flour tortillas which I brought back for dinner.

From there we went to view the huge Sam Houston Statue. I bought some Texas cookware there.

We had leftovers for dinner then went fishing again. I switched to smaller hooks that seemed to improve our catching. Marilou kept two sun fish. One was rather small, the other of ok size. I caught two small catfish and a turtle that I returned to the water. We had a very large full moon tonight.

Friday - October 18^th

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