As everyone knows it's pretty darn hot in texas and I wanted to know if anyone has been getting any fish bites on prespawning bass. Or are they still in the winter phase?

Early pre-spawn has started on some lakes!

 

Read the FLW results from Rayburn ?

The pond we were on last weekend....appeares that they have started. 

The water is still very cold in some places, such as in the Dallas area. I just went out on lake Ray Hubbard yesterday and the water was 47-48 degrees. Some bass may have been in pre-spawn mode but most of the lake is still being affected by a cold winter.

 

The water here is 10-13 degrees colder than Sam Rayburn just to give you a comparison.

I went to Decker (Walter E Long) (Austin area) the last two Saturdays. Last week water temp was 51-53. We caught a half dozen or so including two around 6 pounds.

 

Yesterday water temp was 46-47 at launch. It was cold (low 30s) and rainy with a north wind. My hands were pretty cold until the rain stopped. 

 

The fishing was great. Not for numbers but for bigs. Using a paper length to weight chart, my son gave us a lesson on catching. He won the tournament with 27 pounds. His three biggest were 20, 21 and 23 inches. I believe on a scale, he would have had more than 30 pounds. They were very chunky. Most were caught on lipless cranks.

 

They are full bellied ready to spawn soon.

Are any of you guys fishing Ray Hubbard this weekend by chance?