Lake Fort Phantom Hill

Been a minute but finally took the boat out after having some trolling motor issues. Still not fixed, but still had a good time throwing around 4D Baits squarebills and catching some white bass and a couple largies! Caught them all with the 4D Baits squarebills in the color ditch pickle throwing it on my KastKing MG-TI. Only a few more weeks until the first tournament of the season!

Few recent catches I forgot to log. New PB bullhead, a fun fighting drum on the BFS, and my first hybrid striper in a while. Probably my second favorite species to catch

Been trying for a long time now and can officially say I broke the 6lb mark! First time taking the boat out in 2025 and this tank was waiting on me! Weighed in at 6lbs even. Hard to beat catching your PB with your favorite technique! Great start to 2025 and somehow more pumped for my 2025 season to start than I was before this fish. I think I'm ready to go find a few more of these now lol.

Tough tournament out on the home lake today. Managed to land one keeper for 1.8lbs. Lost a nice one that definitely would’ve helped. Several little fish as well. Huge thanks to all of you that came out and supported me and the West Texas Hooks High School Bass Fishing Team and huge thanks to all of our sponsors! Schuman Equipment Company Hall Air Conditioning Garner Big Country Homes Double Diamond Gun Range Rocking D Cattle Co D&J Holdings - Roofing & Construction Beltway Park Church Arrington Concrete Outdoor Specialties Black Plumbing Heating and Air Action Career Training Kimmel Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty Diamond S Shooting Sports Lawrence Hall Abilene Chevrolet Buick GMC Chick-fil-A Abilene A-Town Pest Control Metal Mart-Merkel, TX Cornerstone Custom Homes Tige Boats Geotex Property Solutions West Techs Chill Water Specialists

Went out Monday afternoon and did some multi species fishing with a buddy of mine. Just little fish but a lot of fun on ultralight! Missed a lot more fish so might need to use smaller hooks next time but will definitely come back to this spot soon. Saw a lot of big carp and buffalo rolling out deeper so we’re gonna try and get some of those next time as well.

Somehow forgot to post about this trip. Had a great time fishing with Jayden and my dad as well as my little brother for white bass and wipers. Caught over 20 for sure in total and I also caught two nice crappie. We went after largemouth later in the day and my dad got a little one on a chatterbait. First time actually targeting white bass. Always end up catching them when fishing for largemouth. Definitely a lot of fun and they put up a crazy fight! Also got Hayden his new PB as well as my little brother but he was too scared to get a picture with any of the fish lol.

The Thursday nighter didn’t go very well last night. Managed a few hybrid striped bass and two pretty nice crappie. One of them being my new PB. Caught him on a wacky rig. Got the other one and the wipers on a squarebill. I have a lot of research to do on this lake. Hopefully gonna go out tomorrow and do some fun fishing.

I caught this gal and about two minutes later, a bass twice that size jumped in my kayak and scared the fire out of me.. I nearly jumped out