Chad and I made the drive down to Amistad Sunday morning. It was an uneventful 500 mile drive but the last stretch from Sanora to Del Rio along the Dry Devils River was really pretty. Deer everywhere, turkeys, awsome vistas. Not another car on the road besides us made it even more enjoyable. It was a busy holiday weekend at the lake with lots of tubers and jet skis around. I'd been studying up on the lake but was unprepared for the amount of structure and cover this lake has. We got on the water around lunch time and headed out. It was bright blue bird conditions and what I'd read said to go probe deep grass with heavy jigs which is what we did. Starting in the area North of the dam we hit main lake points with pepper grass on them and worked them over good with the heavy jigs and RTR's. Picked up one fish around 4 lbs. on an Oldham's 1 1/4oz red/black grass jig. Though it was going to be easy but never got another fish all afternoon. Late in the day we hit the railroad tressel and HWY 90 bridge. Hung a DD22 up fishing the riprap and motored over to get it loose. Looked down into the super clear water and saw a huge bass about a foot from my bait just looking at it while I was trying to jerk it loose. Of course she hauled butt when she saw the boat not to be seen again. Had a nice dinner at the local steak place and decided to regroup for the next morning back at the hotel. Reviewed my research and decided the grass was not the right kind, we wanted hydrilla and in deeper water. Awoke Monday morning to a steady rain. Had breakfast at Lakeview lodge and met a local guy about to head out with his daughters. This was a lucky break as he clued us in to where we should start looking. Following his advice we headed for deeper water in places I'd have driven right over and found the needed hydrilla. I stuck with the grass jig while Chad picked up the DD22 and started working the grass. Chad hooked up a couple around 2 lbs each before I could swap rods. We ended up picking up about 5 or 6 each fishing the cranks and a couple on jigs during the day. Nothing real big, 2-4 pounds was about it. Did pick up a few dinks on topwaters during the day and a couple more at dusk on shakey heads. It was a long wet and cool day and the rain had the bilge kicking on all day. We were both soaked to the skin by the time we got off the water, luckily the wind was not too bad. The rain was worse Tuesday morning so decided to cut our losses and haul for home. I can't wait to get back and try Amistad again! big

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Thanks for the info, looks like a neat lake.

Great report, thanks Bert.

GO BIG RED

Thanks for the report bighead. That place looks awesome!