hunterfishes

anybody been around housen and 6 mile how is the mud line in those creeks

If your just fishing for numbers and decent keepers ( you will get a good one from time to time) yes Rayburn can be fished shallow year round (Hydrilla Bite), but since the drought a few years ago a lot of the quality fish are caught on brush in 15 to 25 foot of water except for a short time in the late winter spring when they all come shallow for the prespawn and spawn. Now having said that this year may be different because we have the most Hydrilla I have seen in several years. Will this change rayburn back to a predominantly grass pattern lake? I don't know myself some of the other guys on here would probably be able to answer that better than me. But like Bass_Fanatic said a good graph on the points will help you locate the brush piles but be careful some of the folks who put them out get a little upset with guys raiding them.

Good evening everyone wanted to give a quick report from the weekend. Hunter fished the Ignition bass Youth fishing league championship this weekend. we fished Fri, Sat, and Sunday. Bite was great Friday with schooling fish back up the creeks. we caught fish in both housen and Lowes creek on topwater and texas rig worms our best went 5lbs. fish were on flats in the back of the creeks in 8 to 10 foot of water. Top water baits that imitated wounded bait fish seemed to do better than popper type baits, and TR riged worms (mag II camo color) with 1/8 to 3/16 oz weight. The front came through Friday night and the wind and cloud cover on Saturday changed everything, Schooling fish abounded, but due to the wind we elected to stay in Housen and not run. Caught around 20 fish on Rattle trap and TR worm same color but wind required the 3/16 weight only one of the fish was over 14 inches seemed the big fish just settled down in the grass and refused to bite. Sunday it was again cold and windy, we again elected to Stay in the back of Housen due to rough conditions. started on the hydrilla/ lilly pads in the back of creeks with top water and had several bites most were small only one keeper. we again moved to the grass flat around 9 am 8' to 10 foot near a small drain. Hunter changed to a plum colored ole monster worm on the light TR and it got really interesting for a few minutes. between 9am and 12:30 pm he caught 10 bass with the biggest being almost 6 1/2 lb and culled a limit that weighed in at 18lbs. His personal best (he's 13) There are still deep bass and schoolers are on nearly all major points in the large feeder creeks, but the bigger fish were off the creeks and drains in the scattered grass. The rattle trap in bone color was best for us on schoolers.

Hope everyone got to fish this weekend. We were on the bend out of fin and feather. It was a tough weekend, and my son and I could not get a limit both days. We had 3 fish Saturday and only managed a couple of short fish Sunday. I basically went to drive the boat as I failed to put a keeper in the boat either day, however my son bailed ole dad out he managed 3 fish Saturday. 2 were decent fish, but his 3rd was a 7.63 lber that won big bass. all fish were caught in 4 to 7 foot of water around the hay grass and pepper grass inside the hydrilla line. we started with wacky worms and were able to get bit until around 10:30 in the morning. When the wind got up he switched to a shakey head with the same zoom mag trick worm and caught the big fish off an isolated patch of hydrilla color was watermelon candy red. Sunday the bigger fish seemed to gone from the shallow grass but the wind was also a lot higher. The fish came from 6 mile and Housen. good luck to everyone hope y'all catch them

Well There the one's who are crazy that's a fish to freak out over LOL. Again congratulations and thanks for the report. good luck on getting another like that.

hey Sacalait_38 that is outstanding i would love to have that bite. I didn't get to fish this weekend but got out at daylight this morning still no shallow or early top water bite. I fished 6 mile and the main lake points from there to housen then Indian mounds on the deep edge of the ridge. Throwing Texas rigged ole monster worms. but never got the hook into a fish had several small ones bump it but that was all. there was a lot of schooling activity at 6 mile but all were small. hate to ask but are the humps your fishing bare or is there grass on them I have been fishing the outside grass line in about 17 to 20

Well I wish you better luck than us we managed to get to fin and feather twice this week. We have thrown everything but the tackle box from 5 feet to 35 feet and have managed 2 short fish and got nothing this morning. there seems to be no top water bite early at all. I am really at a loss to explain it. have thrown Carolina rig and texas rig and manged to lose 2 10XD crankbaits. I think I will just stay home till the water temp falls below 80 LOL Actually my son has two tournaments on Toledo in the next month, but from what I have done we ain't gonna do too well. Anyway good luck to all this weekend the lake is in great shape water level is good and lake is clear around Housen.

Not too well Henry Livingston was very muddy from the rain and all we caught we a bunch of white bass. The 0 put him 2 points out of the AOY lead with the last tournament on Rayburn on June 21st. I'm hoping we can have a good tournament there and maybe get back to first, but its gonna be tough. Thanks for checking though. hope we can find a big bite out on the breaks I think you can get a small limit shallow but not sure the big weights are up in the grass.

Rambo and his partner won I think a 9 something was big bass took over 19 pounds for 2 days to get a check. Hunter and Chase never got their top water bite Sunday Morning and only picked up three on the flats on Carolina rig. Had 15.09 total and ended up in 70 place. they were in the top 50% of the field in their first year and only 7th graders So I am Really Proud of them. And Thanks to Chase's Uncle, Tom Webb for covering for me and being their Boat Captain. Now its off to Livingston for the next YFL event on May 31st Hunter is leading the division for angler of the year and hope we can get on a bite there. Looks like it may be a summer pattern by then.

Thanks Henry I am working and they are fishing with Chase's uncle. They had a limit today but it was small (around 10lbs) last I heard they were in about 40th place but still had a good many to weigh in.

we fish Livingston May 31 just in time for a summer pattern LOL

Well sounds like your on the right track the first thing to do is to study the maps and become familiar with the lake. Also check with the locals or internet sites that have information or fishing reports on the lake. We don't necessarily want someone to tell us an exxact spot. what we look to learn is depth the fish are in and colors they are biting. From this you can learn what stage the fish are in (prespawn, post spawn ect.) also if tournaments have been held on the lake what weight is it taking to win (gives you an idea what size to fish for) . once we get on the water we use the map study and dpeth to locate areas on the water that fit what were looking for. We start with moving baits (these will differ depending on water temp) lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jerk baits any bait you can cover water with. Once we get bit we will slow down and work those areas with shakey heads, senkos or carolina rigs and jigs. From you location I assume you will be fishing for smallmouth bass and probably prespawn or spawning fish. tube baits are great for spawning smallmouth as well as drop shot and finess woms. The best advise I can give is Practice, Practice, Practice with your equipment and on the water too, dont be afraid to just go fishing to learn you will be surprised when you just go to have fun how well you do.

Hi Bassboy107 This is Hunterfishes dad Hunter is 13 and is fishing a youth series and High school region here in East Texas I saw Catt told you about us. So what would you like to know we'll help all we can.

Thanks If anyone has some ideas for Livingston we would appreciate it we have done real good on Livingston and we have done real bad, Livingston in May does worry me. Hunter is currently in the lead for angler of the year in YFL major league division so he needs to at least catch a few fish there and at Rayburn in June.

Sorry to hear that Henry, The region is planning on being even bigger next year so I'm sure you can take what you learned this year and do well next year. We didn't do to well at Fayette either. It's a slot limit lake so they had a board tournament (where you mark the lenght of the fish you catch on a board they then convert to weight) hunter had 7 but couldn't get over about 17 inches for the biggest. converted to 11 pounds, but on Fayette if you don't have 15 lbs plus you end up like he did 6th place. Thats why they call it fishing. We move on to Livingston on May 31 so hopefully he can do better there. Good luck to you and stay in touch

Morning Henry Yes Hunter and Chase did make the finals, they ended up 13th overall. The limits they were able to catch in the last 2 tournaments helped move them up into top 15. How did you do? they should be posting the overall standing in the next few days on the Setex web site. Hunter is off to fayette County lake for a YFL youth tournament tomorrow. didn't get to practice but hoping the bite will be similar to last year. He is leading the angler of the year standing in the 13 to 15 yoa division so needs a good limit to hold on. Are you fishing McBass. Good Luck if so and be careful there will be lots of boats on Rayburn this weekend.

Well it could be the area they were in they were up lake near the 147 bridge so the spawn could be in different stage in your area down south. I also make that assessment due to the location of the fish they were about halfway back in the coves along flat banks with a little secondary point or bar. the fish seemed to be moving out not into the coves, also they caught lots of small bass in the backs of coves that appeared to be male bass guarding nest. I'm no biologist and could be totally wrong but that was the impression I got form their waypoints and their description of how the fish were caught.

Good Morning everyone want to give a Rayburn update and Bragg a little too. Hunter and Chase fished the High school Regional Tournament help on Sam Rayburn Sunday. While they did not get as big a bites as they had gotten in practice, Chase did have one close to 4 and Hunter put 4 more in the livewell for 12.10 lbs it was good enough to finish 23rd out of 234 teams (not bad for seventh graders) The finish should put them around 15th place in the overall standings the region averaged around 240 teams per tournament so I'm very proud of top 15. I also want to thank Chase's dad Eddie for stepping in to boat Capt. this weekend (I couldn't be there due to work) he did an outstanding job of putting the boys on fish. As for the update they did get a few hits on a frog, but all keepers came on senko, Fluke, & trick worm (shakey head and wacky) in watermelon colors with the tail dipped. They actually would have had close to 19lbs Saturday and then had another 12 Sunday the fish were shallow 1 to 5 feet, and were clearly post spawners that were moving out of spawning coves and holding on secondary points They also caught 30 to 40 fish a day but most were 13 to 13 1/2. Good fishing everyone

Back water sent you a PM

I actually sent you a PM with our email address back in march and did not hear from you figured you were like us Very Busy. We were actually getting worried he only had a small keeper at noon and they were to check in at 1pm. we went back to a cove that we had caught small ones in a mile or so above peach creek and got lucky we had been fishing the coffee bean plants, but as we approached the secondary point he threw out away from the bean plants in a little deeper water, and caught a 3.5 as I was putting it in the livewell he threw back to the same area and the 7.46 took off with it. He was throwing unweighted flukes and had to just dead stick it, but that little cool front had backed the bigger fish off the bushes to the first drop approx 2 to 3 foot down to 4 to 5 foot. I wished we had figured that out a little sooner We were late adjusting but he still won big bass big stinger and the Major league Division so we'll take it lol we probably caught 10 fish in the bushes but only one was a keeper. Thanks for the offer too, give us a shout if we can help up this way

Good Morning Everyone I wanted bragg on Hunter this morning he fished the YFL tournament on Conroe this weekend and posed a new personal best 7.46lb bass which won him Big bass and big stringer. He and his partner Chase will be on Rayburn this weekend for the High School event, but due to my work schedule we aren't getting to get on the water this week. We did have a pattern in the last tournament shallow, but it was small keepers. Hoping some bigger ones have moved into those areas for this event.

thats a new one on me too must be up the lake I nerver heard it mentioned on the south end. Unless like you say we have been calling it something else.

we had good fish in there too the weekend before but too many others did also. To Shaneus point I spent Saturday trying some old coves that are off the beaten path but didn't have any luck. Caught a decent keeper in caney finally, but had several boats in there. Caught short fish in the shallows. had to back out to 8' to catch the keeper. Hunter has a YFL youth tournament this weekend, but with the weather making another swing this week, not sure the fish will be moving back shallow by the weekend. Don't know what were gonna do at the moment. Plan to watch the weather and hopefully get on the water Friday to check things out. Water temp Saturday in the mid lake area was 52 to 53 on my lowrance, Its been years since I saw water that cold the second weekend of March. I also looked pretty hard this weekend and did not see any evidence of beds even started in the shallow water. Looks to me like the males haven't started to prepare for the females yet. Maybe someone else has seen something I haven't but looks like a late spawn this year to me.

back water sorry for the slow response have been without a computer just got the PM