Going up to Rayburn friday. Got a "T" saturday. Will let you know how I do.

Fishing Report,

We launched Sunday at South Toledo Bend State Park on the Louisiana side. We hit the Texas Island, Mill Creek, Housen, Indian Mounds, and Jessie Low. We threw R-Traps and C-Rigged Flukes (watermelon Magic and Candy). We caught all fish with the C-Rigged Flukes. The fish were caught in depths of 7ft to 20ft of water. We caught 8 total and kept 5. The biggest weighing around 3.5 pounds. The water temp was 47 to 48 degrees. The water was murky/soupy with alot of dead shad floating in certain areas. I attached a pic of our catch. We fished from 8:30 am to 3:30pm. We did not get our first bite until noon.

capierrottie2

Here is the pic

I am a little confused on why you would keep fish this time of year. Anyway, Catt I will be fishing six mile on fri and sat of this week. According to Accuweather.com the forecast for Hemphill is high 50's and low 60's all week and no rain. My question is how is the water clarity? Just want to know what spinnerbait to throw. Colorado or willow, white/chartruese or more natural shad colors. Thanks for the input.

Tose 2 bottom fish are some chunky little Spots! 

I will be there next tues through Sun. 

Sure would like to meet up and have a Cup of Coffee Catt!

First off the are millions of bass in Toledo Bend that size so keeping a few now & then is called Selective Harvesting and will improve overall fishing.

I throw only 3 spinner baits on the Bend

Stanley's Original VibraShaft, Stanley Wedge Plus, & the Rattle HeadTM Spinner Bait

Right now it's a 1/2 oz. Wedge Plus with a white/chartreuse skirt, double gold willow leaf; 5-8' of water slow rolling the bait just off the bottom.

Lake level is at 170.45 and the water is stained but clearing some over the next few days

How much water are they leting Through right now?

Generator 1: Currently shut down

Generator 2: Currently running 24hrs.

Spillway Gates: Closed

Current Waterflow: 6544 CFS

In Paulo Gaucho the water temps are 40-43 degrees, a little further north up by patroon I found some water at 47 degrees. Hopefuly once the temps stop falling below 30 degrees at night the water will warm up some more and get in the 50's.

I am gonna go out this morning and throw some jig's, or t-riged brush hogs. Try to find some staging fish in 10-14 foot of water I hope they havent been pushed further back than that.

Looking at the 15day forecast the temps should start a steady climb and with the Full moon coming next week I bet the bass are going to start making a move.

WoW the bite is tough out there, I zeroed today.  Fished from paulo gaucho up to just north of the pendleton bridge water temps 43 to 49 degrees.  Gonna go out tomorrow and try in 25 foot of water off main lake points and see whats happening there. 

Catt help a brother out and tell me where the fish are!!

my partner and i fished the bassnbucks sat. it was tuff with post cold front cond.,plus snow didn't help,only 1 keeper but we had 1 monster got off would have hepled.not many bite for us.Then left rayburn to fish club open sun. down in marsh by morgan city La.,maniage to win with 12lbs. on a 1/4 oz. spinner bait that i make.fish bit earley there water temp was 46-50.

back to bassnbucks.

we used same pattern as last one in jan.16 and had real good sucess.Water temp dropped to 44-48. this time

Looking forward to fish the LOBI FEB. 26-27 ON T.B. any info would be appr. i fish penndelton area,housen,blue lake.

Well I told y'all someone is catching every day

Water Tempertures: 45-48 degrees.

Water clarity: mostly stained every where

The bass are definitely on the move with several reports coming in of 15-20 lb sacks on spinner baits, jigs, & lipless cranks. Most bites are coming in 4-7' outside grass lines on the south end of the lake which is strange because the north end usually kicks it first. Of the 7 reports only one was from the 1215 area every thing else was Lowe's Creek south both Texas and Louisiana sides.

5 of the 7 reports came from the mouths of major creeks with the other 2 about 1/2 way back into the creeks.

Hot baits were

Oldham's Jig 3/8 oz. black/blue with a 6" Gene Larew Hawg Craw with the tail cut completely off making for a stubby jig.

XCalibur's One Knocker 3/4 oz. Royal Red

Stanley's Original VibraShaft 1/2 oz. with a white/chartreuse skirt, gold/silver double willow leaf

I believe ole Joslin reports catchin fish on a spinnerbait only on days that end in Y. 

The weather is going to be awesome for the next few days with highs in the low to mid 60s during the day & lows at night in the 50s. There is a front approaching but it's coming out of the Gulf which is a warm front.

The bass will be moving from early pre-spawn to pre-spawn so y'all better be cocked, locked, & ready to rock!

I'm ready, just going to be on the lake to the left. Water temp is up a few, so the fish should be on the move.

Kick bass Jack 

Well we caught one measly 4 pounder down in six mile creek it was holding tight to the buck brush in the back of a cove.  Water temps were up to 48-49 this afternoon, hopefuly tomorrow will get them to 50's. 

In two afternoons that 5 bass from that cove for 18+ #s

It's still a struggle out there with no big numbers being caught but decent weights

The upcoming weather should kick it up a notch!

FYI,

I am fishing a club tournament tommorrow. Will let you know how it goes.

capierrottie2

sure hope the action picks up before the 1st of March cuz I'll be headed that way.  ;D

Well I fished a grass bed back in a protected cove, I caught 4 keepers and 1 dink. Weighed in 10 pounds 5 ounces good enough to tie for 26th place and they paid 25 places!

Not bad for my first BFL ever and as a boater at that. And my co-angler placed in the money which made me happy!

good for you Wesley, that's a good show, congrats

Congrats Wesley!!

We will be there tues, Just in time for the  weather to cool off.  :'(