Super User Matt Fly Posted October 14, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 14, 2008 Got any tips for Sam? I'll be camping at Cassell-Boykin Park and launching there next week. Was wondering about any nav hazards that might have shown up since the lake is down 7 ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted October 14, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 14, 2008 Lake level is at 157.17 ft Water temperature: 74 degrees The lake is going thru the fall turn over Carolina & Texas rigs are producing well; the bites as with Toledo Bend has been very light so pay close attention. The bass are grouped up so when you find one drop a buoy marker & circle the wagons. Colors for plastics have been Plum/Apple, Cran/Apple, Red Bug, & Plum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txbass1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Any luck on Rayburn? Can you offer any insight? Hope it went well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User fishfordollars Posted October 21, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 21, 2008 Be careful of the humps on the north side of the 147 bridge between where you are staying and jackson hill. Also the old town of Warsaw is located out on the east end of the long cut. It needs to be watched for as the old high spots are just under the surface in some areas. Be careful if you are running up north if you are not familiar with them. What Catt said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Matt Fly Posted October 22, 2008 Author Super User Share Posted October 22, 2008 Leaving this afternoon. Prefishing two days and then the championship follows. Gonna try to prefish areas that I don't plan on hitting Sat/Sun. I'm gonna start in popular spots, call it defensive fishing, I'll stick all I can in those areas. Friday, I'll try to apply what I figured out the day before in my areas. What I have seen for wind appears to be out of a northernly direction this weekend 2-4 mph. If I get a little chop, may try to find blade pattern, Have frogs, yellow Magic, buzzbait, chatterbait, devil horse and torpedo ready for in the morning. Chris and Rayburn have a knack for catching big chatterbait bass in off the wall areas. Womens luck I guess. Got a few colors of traps as well. This is one lake that can produce 20+ pound sacks on various patterns. I promise that I will not rush into any areas while prefishing. I will take my time and GPs routes in and out of areas of concern. L Train is coming in Friday night. Will give details when we get back. Ya'll hookem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User fishfordollars Posted October 22, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 22, 2008 Good luck. If you see a bird standing in the middle of the lake, SLOW DOWN, he's standing on the bottom not a stump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted October 23, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 23, 2008 Y'all kick some bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Matt Fly Posted October 28, 2008 Author Super User Share Posted October 28, 2008 What pads we saw in Pophers creek were in bad shape due to being 7ft low. Chris and I had fog banks both morning that caused us to creep along to get back there. That kinda hurt finding a good morning bite. We tried blades and top waters with no luck. While running main lake south of 147, we noticed bass busting ever so often out front. We shut down and watched. We sight fished and casted traps to surfacing bass. They weren't schooled up, it was individuals coming up randomly. We boated about 15 in an hour and half. Probably had 12 lbs on our best 5. I was chunkin a chrome trap black back, Chris blue back. Both baits worked. Didn't see any surfacing bass with chop, but when it glassed, they started coming up, just not in big numbers. My better trap fish was allowing it to drop down deeper. We ran to Veach on Sat morning. Veach is loaded with grass. We worked the grass with glassed conditions. No topwater fish to be had. I was fan casting the trap and catching smaller bass. Nothing in the boat until 10am. We saw alittle of every thing being used in the on the grass. We did too. Larry went to a weightless green senko w/gold flake. Didn't take long to boat some fish. We failed to get 3 bass in the boat at the boat that were good solid keepers. We again noticed glassed conditions and randon fish coming up in deep water way out from the grass. Fan casting randomly and making sight casts boated some keepers. WE had 5 for only 10 and change. On Sunday, we again hit grass in Veach, the senko bite didn't happen, small 13 inchers at best. Best pattern on Sunday was sight fishing open water with traps. Larry and I felt if we exicuted on Saturday we should of had over 15 easily putting us in contention. We was 53rd on Sat and only weighed in 3 fish on Sunday for 73rd. We caught alot of small fish. With fall turnover recently, we saw small shad shallow, inch and half at best. What was noted at weigh in with the winning 37 lb sack was in deep timber and brush piles. Day one, Larry and I had the deep water off a point to our selves, day two, guys figured out what we did on Saturday, and they sighted fished the way we did on Saturday, we saw some better fish taken on Sunday. Bankbeaters took to open water on Sunday and beat Larry and I to the punch. Lots of boats went to open water. Anyway, big thanks to BassResource. Less than a year ago, I met Larry, L train, on here after moving from Ark. area to DFW area. Hookem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User fishfordollars Posted October 28, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 28, 2008 If 37 won it for two days the bite was really off. Should have been between 55-60lbs. Glad ya'll made it through ok. At least you caught some fish. Seems others did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted October 28, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 28, 2008 Pretty good job of adjusting to the conditions there Matt; you still owe me a trip Jack we gonna hook up one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing on a String Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I am new here guy's so don't beat me too badly. I watched the weigh in both day's and it seemed the guy's that did well Saturday slumped on Sunday. I had the father and son team that was in second on day one staying their, however they fell to fourth, the other team in the saturday top five fell out badly so it seems the fishing got tougher for just about everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User fishfordollars Posted October 28, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 28, 2008 Pretty good job of adjusting to the conditions there Matt; you still owe me a trip Jack we gonna hook up one I'm booked this coming weekend. How are you for some middle of the week next week if I can swing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted October 28, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 28, 2008 I totally prefer weekdays; no weekend warriors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User fishfordollars Posted October 28, 2008 Super User Share Posted October 28, 2008 Let me see if I can rearrange a couple of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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