On 5/13/2021 at 10:22 AM, CRosh said:

Good morning to all!  I've finally read the entire thread over the last several months.  I want to thank all for making this an enjoyable read.  It has peaked my interest even more for the big pond!  We are taking my dad for a long weekend the dates of June 10th-13th.  Coming from Pineville, LA and staying at the North Toledo Bend State Park.  He hasn't been on TB in many years.  He's getting up in age, so my brother and I wanted to take him camping and fishing.  We will be chasing mainly bass, and I guess fishing close around the 1215/Blue Lake area.  He's a top water and T-rig guy, so we'll try and find some grass and wood and brush to target.  Any suggestions will be gladly accepted and appreciated?

 

On a separate note, My camper trailer generally sits at house during the spring and summer months and only gets used during hunting season.  After reading through this thread, I think for next year I would like to park it somewhere on the lake for several months and get some use out of it during the year besides just hunting season.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a good safe area with full hookups?

 

Thanks....Chris

Check Gracies landing. It's just before north Toledo bend park and I think they do long term slots.

 

Edit to add.

 

Catt is right San miguel would be a good place to call as well. Its located between Gracie's and North Toledo Bend park on the san miguel finger.

1 hour ago, A5BLASTER said:

Check Gracies landing. It's just before north Toledo bend park and I think they do long term slots.

 

Edit to add.

 

Catt is right San miguel would be a good place to call as well. Its located between Gracie's and North Toledo Bend park on the san miguel finger.

Blaster,

 

Would Gracie's Landing have a different name?  I just googled it and nothing comes up.  

https://www.toledo-bend.com/toledo-bend/launch/

18 minutes ago, Catt said:

https://www.toledo-bend.com/toledo-bend/launch/

Thanks Catt.  

I don't have permission to open this on my work computer!?  I will take a look on phone

1 hour ago, CRosh said:

Blaster,

 

Would Gracie's Landing have a different name?  I just googled it and nothing comes up.  

No its gracies landing.

 

Not sure if they are still in buisness for camping really. I just use their boat ramp whenever it's to wet for me to put my boat in, in the back yard.

 

Honestly San Miguel or Toledo bend park would be the better choice but the time frame for yall coming up you can expect wherever yall go to probably be packed with people camping. So book your spots early dont wait.

Yeah if you got reservations keep em!

Sometimes you just got to put your head down and grind out that monster lizard and the Crig lol

 

Home made Crig setup. Useing a home made green pumpikin monster lizard with the tail tip dipped high vis florescent blue.

 

Was on a river swing.

Catt.

 

Is there a soft plastic color that would work to catch bass 24/7/365 on the big pond?

 

And what color would you think it would be?

Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminate!

 

In a Ringworm ?

1 hour ago, Catt said:

Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminate!

 

In a Ringworm ?

Intrasante lol

 

I would put my money on watermelon red flake.

50 minutes ago, A5BLASTER said:

Intrasante lol

 

I would put my money on watermelon red flake.

 

If you can find Ringworms no matter who makes em they'll work...atleast for me!

 

The first bass I caught on Toledo Bend was on a Ringworm & the first 15 bass limit I caught on Toledo Bend was on Ringworms.

 

50 years later I'm still catching em on Ringworms.

 

Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminate = Camouflage 

 

That has produced year round both day & night.

4 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

If you can find Ringworms no matter who makes em they'll work...atleast for me!

 

The first bass I caught on Toledo Bend was on a Ringworm & the first 15 bass limit I caught on Toledo Bend was on Ringworms.

 

50 years later I'm still catching em on Ringworms.

 

Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminate = Camouflage 

 

That has produced year round both day & night.

It really doesnt seem to matter for me what size and shape the lure is but watermelon red seems to work day in and day out.

 

Now some colors do work better some days, but watermelon red just seems to work every day, for me anyways.

@A5BLASTER Two things I keep close at hand, a sack of 30 watermelon red Speed Worms & a bottle of Dip-N-Glo Chartreuse Garlic!

 

5 hours ago, Catt said:

@A5BLASTER Two things I keep close at hand, a sack of 30 watermelon red Speed Worms & a bottle of Dip-N-Glo Chartreuse Garlic!

 

I'm a huge baby brush hog fan and I love the garlic chartreuse as well but they have been really liking the blue lately.

Yall dont be afraid to get in on the conversation now.

 

What's everybody's go to soft plastic color for the big pond?

Have 2. Watermelon red and black

Black-n-blue, Red Bug, Plum, Plum Apple, Plum Crazy, Black Neon 

Still hard for me not to keep a pack of ribbon tail worms in tequila sunrise, ready to go.

2 hours ago, A5BLASTER said:

Still hard for me not to keep a pack of ribbon tail worms in tequila sunrise, ready to go.

 

 

On 5/21/2021 at 8:43 PM, Catt said:

 

 

Lol. 

For the ring worms, what size 4" or larger?  And, I assume Texas rigged?

 

If I had to pick one color it would be watermelon candy red.  But I really like junebig red and red bug too!

2 hours ago, Bass_Fanatic said:

If I had to pick one color it would be watermelon candy red.  But I really like junebig red and red bug too!

I agree with all three of these colors plus watermelon red magic. Watermelon seed flukes with chartreuse tails on a Carolina rig is always on my deck too. 

How's the bite on the big pond?  I haven't been there since I sold the place a couple of years ago.  Might make a trip in the next couple of weeks. 

JC we sold our place a couple years ago also and hadn't been up as much lately. Did make it up  last week the 19th - 23rd. Pretty much fished mid lake north of bridge and did pretty decent on the bass. The weather was overcast and off and on light rain most of the days. I found a decent pattern fishing shallow wind blown secondary points with cypress trees and grass but it really helped if you found the points with the white birds on them. Biggest was 5.77 and a couple more 4's and several 3's. Best bite was first 3 hours and last 2 hours of daylight. White V&M swim jig w/ white j-bug trailer, lunker hunt compact frog blue gill color and a little deeper off some points with a big ole  bone colored one  knocker spook. Would have been close to a check Sat. morning had we fished Bass Champs. Me and the family went out with Josh (Bent Rods Guide Service) for crappie on Friday the 21st. In less than ideal conditions he still put us on them and we came back with a box full of slabs. Highly recommend Josh and his crew. First class folks right there. Definitely a fun few days with the family. Looking for another place if yall hear about anything. I miss the big pond so much!

 

Denny