Texas Roadhouse

Adventures in Mexico - 2010

Oh, I love the winter!  Not because it’s cold throughout most of the country but because it means my annual trip to Mexico for some bass fishing action. For years now I have been going down to Lake Guerrero to a certain little lodge a good friend of mine owns called Lago Vista (Lake view). It’s nessled in east central Mexico about 200 miles from McAllen, TX and boasts incredible scenic sights and some great bass fishing as well.

This year was an especially fantastic trip, not only for the great fishing and weather, but for the fact that I got to spend some time with some great friends, met some new ones and got to fish with Texas Roadhouse ManagingPartner, Mark Hymes, from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Ever since I met Mark several years ago we have shared our passion for bass fishing in the telling of many stories but have never gotten a chance to share the water together. Well that all changed for a week on Lake Gurrero. I got to kick back and spend some quality time fishing with Mark and watched him catch bass after bass. No telling how many we caught but I can say that Mark held nothing back catching the first bass every time we would move to a new spot!

On this trip we were joined by several members of the Phoenix Boats team, including Larry Sharp and his wife, Kim, Ronnie, Susan and Corey Barker, Chris Abbott, and Frank and Donna Freeman.   Donna caught her biggest bass ever  - 8 and 10 pounders while Ronnie caught the biggest of our trip -  an 11.5 pound trophy!

It was certainly four days worth of great food, great service, and plenty of bass fishing action.  Each day started off with a huge breakfast followed by some fishing and then in for lunch and more fishing and then dinner and you get the picture! By the end of the trip I could not eat anything more or catch another bass….well maybe a couple more!

The only bad part of the whole trip was leaving and heading back to reality. Everyone is still talking about the trip and talking about going back and making it an annual event. I am so glad everyone had a great time, caught more and bigger fish than they ever had, and got to spend some time on the water with great friends.

Until next time

véale en el agua – see you on the water!

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