Wild Carp Club of Houston Event #2: Sugarland Buffs 10-13-2012

Our second event for the Wild Carp Club of Houston took place on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Sugarland buff swim.  We call it this swim because it is known for producing only buffalo.  It is very rare that anybody catches a common from this swim.  In fact, I don't know anybody that has.  Also, despite the forthcoming results, most of the fish we catch are over 15lbs. 

Brian S with a 10lb Buffalo

For this session we had five anglers come out to fish.  We started baiting at 7AM and spread out along the bank.  This swim is nice because you can park along side the road and it's not a far walk.   I chose my normal spot by the bridge along with my buddy Justin.  We had a new angler Tom show up and he set up between us as we showed him all about how to spod, make method, and tie hair rigs.  He was up and running in no time!  We were also seeing a lot of buffs surfacing in our swim - a good sign. 

It didn't take long for our friend Brian to start catching on chick peas with sour maize spodded over the top.  In fact, they were falling to this method one after the other and Brian quickly took the lead racking up four buffs 10lbs and under before we even knew what hit us.  He was fishing all the way down the bank to the right where the creek has a small inlet on it.  One thing I noticed is that the creek was much narrower there - say only 60 yards wide.  Maybe that makes it easier for the buffs to find the bait before the turtles, as where we were fishing was roughly 120 yards across. 

Nick J with a 12 lb Buffalo

As Brian continued his onslaught of fish, we were blanking on the left hand side by the bridge.  Quickly after, Nick got on the board with a nice 12 lb buffalo - not too shabby!  He was fishing right next to Brian on the right hand side.  As the day progressed, we could see how the pattern was developing, and it didn't look good for us.  Brian landed an 18lb buffalo and another 10ish lb buffalo to round out the day.  All in all, it was still a really fun day of fishing with some good fish caught. 

Event Results:

1st place - Brian S - 54lbs 7 oz

2nd place - Nick J - 12lbs 4 oz

3rd Place - Nick D, Justin M, Tom C - blanks! 

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