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[Bass_Fanatic]

Well, I went Wednesday and there are still fish on the spot.  I noticed early that I wasnt seeing nearly as many fish on my graph but there were still a few schools.  I ended up catching 40, all bass.  Apparently all the whites moved off, but the black bass were still hanging around.  I would go an hour without a fish and then I would find a small school on top of the hump in 15 FOW and throw a marker bouy on em and catch em.  Caught all fish on a Strike King 6XD and a A-Rig.  Ended up with two 3lb fish and one 5lber.  The key is to find a school that has moved up on the hump willing to bite.  I found em in 40FOW all day long, but couldnt catch em, but once they moved up, they bit.

[fishnla]

I've been on a spot like Bass-Fanatic is talking about for about a month now (a spot on a spot and catching anywhere from 17 to 35 FOW).  Went saturday but didn't spend all day there I ran around because the wind finally allowed for it.  I ended up not catching the size that I had been, but never really got the schools fired up either.  I caught 50 to 60 fish (50% largemouth and 50% whites).  Majority was on drop-shot in 24 to 33 FOW.  But I have to add something to what someone on here mentioned a few days ago, fish STILL have eggs.  I decided to keep six fish to fry up today and five of them had eggs the other was a kentucky.  Had fun but just getting more and more confused as to what these fish are thinking this year.

[back water]

Fished the TTT (Texas Team Tournament) this past Sat. on Lake Livingston. We had our 5 fish limit, but nothing of any size.  There were 140 boats and they paid 21 places.  19+ lbs was the winner, down to 11.87 lbs.  We had 11.04.  Oh well one good fish would have put us in the money.

Good luck to those fishing the Big Mac on the Bend.  Looks like ya'll have some good fish located.

[SkeeterDon]

Congrats on the 5 fish limit,  what was your pattern on livingston?

[back water]

The fish were holding at 5 to 10 ft. on underwater structure.  Almost all of our fish were caught on white chatter baits.  Keep a tight line Dutch

[Jcfreak]

Back Water:  I wish I knew you were going to fish Livingston....I live on the lake and could have put you on some fish.  My team partner won the Thurday night big bass with a 5.25.  He had another just under 5, a 4 and several 2-3.  Not bad for 5:30-8:30 tourney.  After the 2 5's.  I told him to get off the spot.  He went and sat in the shade and found some more fish.   I was working and couldn't get home for either tourney.

I was on TB on Wed.  Launched at 8:30 close to Pirates.  I ran new water and didnt find anything to get excited about.  My buddy was in Housen, so i headed over about 11:00.   I fished the south side and found fish in 16-20 fow.  They were feeding on shad.  Caught 2 on med diver then 4-5 on trap, then several on flukes and sencos.  I keep slowing down and it increased my bites.  Most fun was on a WR/White Ribbit.  Man they hammered that thing!!!  Biggest fish was 2.5lb, a couple around 2 then pretty much 20 dinks.  All in about 1.5hrs.   Wind was blowing across a point and helped the bite quiet a bit.   Moved around the rest of the day with just a few short strikes.  After 2:30, zero wind and blazing hot.  I was done at 4:00 and was happy to be in the A/C.  Buddy caught fish on sparse pencil grass that was in more open water.  He said he caught fish all day and stayed till dark.  Lots of fish, no size.  biggest about 2.5.  Talked to a guy that said he was catching the as far back into the grass as he could cast.  All small fish.

I went out today down by the generators.   I found some offshore fish on a hump/drop off.  I had 10-12, biggest about 3lbs. on a TR fluke.  I caught several on sencos and chugbug.  Most guys were beating the banks.  Moved over to mouth of Indian after gen shutdown and had several bites on one dock.  Missed a fish and caught short, one hung up.  

Threw a chugbug on another main lake point.  Had several swirls but no hookups.   Mosquitos ran me off the water sooner than I had hoped.

I think the deeper fish are using the "old" grass and hydrilla that is out deeper.   I have found them stacked up in two places with both being in the 14-20 fow with lots of dying (brown) hydrilla.

I'll be out again tomorrow.  I think i'll head to housen to see if i can find some bigger fish in the area from Wed.

[alwayslooking]

caught my fish saturday, on mcgee flats,,up to 3lbs,,lots of pepper grass in the 10 fow range, lots of fish to be had but all smaller, i fished from ice box cove to hickory ridge, watching my electronics fairly close and never did see a school of fish in the 20-25 fow range, checked several points and a couple of humps i know about and couldn't not mark 'em, any less depth and you're in the hydrilla, i have a feeling i'm going to get a pretty good flipping bite in the pepper grass this year, we'll see

[back water]

Jcfreak:  It sure would have been nice to have met up with you a little sooner.  A fully rigged triton for having 20lbs would have been great.

The winning stringer came from boat docks.  My fish came out of Kickapoo.

I will sure keep you in mind when we have our small club tournament the 18 and 19th of August.

keep a tight line.              Dutch

[Catt]

Sorry for not being around lately but things are keeping me away

Y'all got me reading to keep intouch, love it!

I'm having a spinal injection Tuesday so maybe I can get up to the laike

[alwayslooking]

Catt, I hope it helps, be good for us to have you back

[back water]

Miss you Catt!!!!!  Hope the injection helps - nothing worse than a sore back  -  keep a tight line.    Dutch

[Wesley]

Well,

We fished BassNbucks Saturday and caught a lot of fish.  We caught White bass, Gaspergu, Gar, and Black bass.  We weighed in 17 pounds and finished in 15th place.  We had a big bass of 6.4.

27 pounds won and it took about 22 pounds to get in the money!

[SkeeterDon]

That is a decent sack Wesley.  What was your primary pattern?

Good luck Catt

[Triton21]

I know what you are going through Catt, been there done that.  Helps for a while.
Kelley

[Wesley]

SkeeterDon, on May 15 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

That is a decent sack Wesley.  What was your primary pattern?

Good luck Catt

Main lake ridges and humps, deep diving crank baits.