Texas Fish & Game Reported 1st: Joey Johnson noticed the waters were high while fishing Toledo Bend Saturday – and the rain throughout the day made it seem like levels were rising by the minute. Nevertheless, the Vidor, Texas angler and his teammate, Brian Lohr, launched into the waters near the Texas Six Mile boat ramp to compete in a club tournament with members from Beaumont and Port Arthur.
Johnson was casting a Z-Man chatterbait with a watermelon-red Zoom Speed Craw trailer tied to 15-pound Seaguar Red Label fluorocarbon. His line was spooled to a Shimano Curado reel on a medium 7-foot All Star rod.
“It happened after the first five casts,” Johnson said. “Brian was running the trolling motor and he told me he saved a spot for me to cast to.
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