Lake Austin 07-10-08

Headed back out in the evening to Lake Austin again from 7 to 9 in hopes of catching some more big girls. Decided to hit the spot where the 8lber came from the day before. First cast in the exact same spot, Oscar got slammed by one around the 6-7lb range. After fighting it for a bit though, using very light line, the line snapped right under the boat before I could get the net under her. Bummer! We did manage a few more in this area and moved down just a bit and we got into some fun ones in the 2-3lb range. Caught on worms, flukes, creature baits and a trap. Landed around half a dozen just on a trap. They were hitting it hard as the trap was completely in their mouths every time. One of the fish I hooked into was giant. After fighting it without much luck I realized it was a really big carp that I had snagged on the dorsal fin. Probably 25-30lbs. The lure finally ripped free after a long battle. All the guys on the boat caught fish and it was another fun day on the water.

Lake Austin 07-09-08

There's nothing better than watching a youngster land their biggest fish ever, much less their first. ;-) Here's a nice 8lb-2oz pig Kate caught when I took her family out. She's 1 of triplets and they all had a good time catching their first ever fish. Started out pretty slow but as the sun went down the bass started slamming our baits. Down one stretch we were getting bit on darn near every cast. We were using mostly flukes and creature baits. Let's just say perch colors were a good choice. 8) When Kate caught this bass, it was the 5th one under 1 tree that was hanging out over the water. Nice. Kate didn't want to hold the fish so I talked her mom into it.

Stillhouse Hollow - 03-30-2008

Stillhouse Hollow is fishing pretty good when you can find the fish. I fished the North Central Region BASS Federation tournament today and did pretty decent. I worked my way to a ledge and started catching fish as soon as I reached it. I missed two 3 lb'ers, changed out the hook for a Mr. Blitz Toad Toter, and caught 3 in a row which were two 2 pounders and 1 hawg at 8.01 lbs. If I could catch 1 more like that I thought, things would look really well. After the fish stopped biting there, I headed over to another spot. 1st cast was a small 1.5 and a few casts later caught another little swimmer. After this, I just headed down the bank chunking a crankbait and had 3 solid hits from 3-5 pound fish but could not land any.

With 30 minutes to go, I headed back to where the weigh-in was going to be and started cranking there. Crazy thing happened, I hooked into a fish much bigger than the 8 I caught and it stripped a lot of drag out and right before I got it up enough to net it, it came off and another little 4" bass grabbed my crankbait right under the boat. I'm sure it was laughing at me as I released it. All I can say is...possibilities...LOL.

I did manage big bass of the tournament and finished with 14.41lbs for 5th place. 1st place was over 22.

Lake Travis - 03-05-08

The stripers and whites were out last night. Hit one of my fav lights and they were stacked up. First 5 casts were all stripers and most of the rest were whites. Did have 3 that made my crankbait just stop and after a brief fight just came unbuttoned. Talk about strong. Also lost some bigger ones at the boat when trying to lift them in. Didn't bring the net. These 7 were all around 2lbs. ;-)

Only fished till just after 8 and caught over 30, so about in an hour. ;-)

Lake Buchanan FOM T - 02/23/08

Fished the Fisher's of Men tournament on Lake Buchanan. There was another big field of 71 boats, still biggest in the country here in Central Texas. My partner pre-fished the day before and went to a couple spots that I told him about to check out since he'd never been on the lake before. He found a few in the 3-4 lb range in the first spot and a nice one close to 7 in the second spot so things were looking good.

Tournament morning we started out on a spot that has been producing for me lately and we could not get bit. We then headed over to another spot that I caught 3 nice ones off of during a tournament I fished last month. Still nothing. I then decided to go hit one of my old reliable spots still saving the other spots that my partner caught fish the day before at since he caught them later in the day. We started cranking the outside with no takers so we went into the shallow cut and I picked up my frog and started chunking it. On the 3rd cast, a nice 5.5lber slammed it and we quickly landed her. This was in 53 degree water. Crazy! Nothing else around there though so we fished on down the bank and a few hundred yards later I hooked into another nice one over 4 lbs on a shallow crank. We continued on to a rocky point where I knew some brush piles were in 15-20 foot of water. I pulled 2 little ones off of that with my Mr. Blitz Craw Clicker jigs w/a craw trailer. After fishing this area for a while, we decided to go hit the areas we were saving. We pulled into the first area and caught one around 1.5-2lbs to complete our limit to give us around 14-15lbs. We worked our way into the back of the creek/cut but no takers there. We then headed down to the next cut and Justin caught 2 more in the back of that one, edging our weight up. Right around the bend though was where he caught his big one the day before so we were saving that till last. There was a nice small rocky point though just before so I drug my crankbait along side it and a nice one close to 5 pounds hit it. It felt like I was dragging some brush or something till it started shaking it's head. That fish got us close to 18lbs. We could not get bit on the spot where the big one was caught yesterday so we went looking for similar structure layouts. Going back into another cove I noticed a deep cut going way back into this nothing looking place and a dock came to the edge of it. Nothings better than this setup I thought. I pitched my jig into the end of it and a fish came racing out but I missed the hookset. I pitched right back in just a few feet back and another slammed it. It only felt like a small one as it swam around in a figure 8 it seemed. Luckily it was our biggest fish of the day going 5.87 at the scales. Sweet! I had no idea of the weight but when my partner Justin asked if we had 15-16lbs I told him definitely over that probably over 18 not realizing what they weighed till the weighin and they were 21.88lbs! We were very blessed with this weight and held on for the win.

I want to thank my sponsors, Mr. Blitz for their awesome Craw Clicker jigs which I've been using exclusively to catch awesome fish and their Toad Toter and Fin-'Acky hooks, and Berkley for their awesome Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon. Awesome stuff!

Lake Travis 1/19/08

Hit Lake Travis for some pre-fishing from 7-1 for upcoming tournaments the next few weeks. The bite has been really hot out there but today was few and far between. The nice part though was that the fish I did manage were of the better quality that can be found on Travis. My best 5 went over 18lbs with the biggest 5lbs and were found at a number of different depths. I can give a more detailed report after the tournaments. ;-)

Lake LBJ 01-16-08

Fishing was absolutely fantastic on LBJ today. Caught over 40 fish up to over 7 lbs with best 5 going right at 31 lbs. They consisted of a 7-12, 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 5-1. We never put down our jig and shallow crankbait rods. Another boat had 3 over 6 and 2 over 7. Lake LBJ is one of the top fishing destinations in Texas right now so book your trip soon. ;-)

Choke Canyon 1-12,13

Fished Saturday 7-4pm. The bite was pretty slow all day. Started off throwing a trap and landed a good one in the 6lb range. We also caught a few smaller ones using the same. Later on we switched over to throwing crankbaits and landed a few in the 4lb range. We mostly stayed on main lake points anywhere from 8 feet to 25+ foot depths. Around midday, we landed an 8lb sow after a pretty good fight putting us around 23-24lbs. We headed out to a deep ledge to try to find a big one throwing big plastics, jigs and cranks. After a good fight with a big fish, we soon saw what was not a bass. It was a gaspergoo over 10 lbs. We then left to find some new water and found a nice wind blown multipoint area where we landed a few 2lbers and then another 4lber putting us around 27-28lbs.

Sunday, we just wanted to look around and try to find some new spots. We hit up several areas to try to expand from the day before only to find what seemed to be an even tougher day. We caught less fish and never found a big bite. We ended up with only a few in the 2-3lb range but found some nice areas that should be producing pretty good here soon with the spawn coming up.

Lake Travis 1-10-08

Hit up Lake Travis in the afternoon from 1-6pm. Fishing was nice with a few in the 2-3lb range. Caught mostly on main lake points using dropshots, jigs, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. We landed around a dozen with a few getting away ending with a 10-11lb best 5 sack. The afternoon bite has been good with a few being caught early in the mornings. I expect the bite to only pick up from here throughout the rest of the winter.

Lake Travis - 01-05-08

Fished the Austin Reel Bass Club Tournament from 7am till 3pm. Bite was a little tougher than weeks past probably being we just got out from under the coldest spell of the winter. We caught all of our keepers on shallow crankbaits and jigs, a pattern that's been working pretty well as of late. When time was getting near to running out, I needed one more good keeper, especially after losing a nice one on the CB and then breaking off on a big one under a dock on the same. I decided to go back to our second spot that we started on and immediately hooked up with another nice one right off some steps going down into the water on a deep wind blown ledge. The exact same spot the one in the morning came from. The next cast my partner made to that spot, he hooked into a nice one too but it pulled off his spinnerbait. At weigh-in, I ended up with 11.62 and my partner ended up with 3.65 good enough for 2nd place over all and I got 2nd place individual. Nice day, but a little tough, especially after the wind kicked up and knocked the batteries down on the trolling motor from fighting it.

If you are looking for a great bass club to join, I would highly recommend Austin Reel. It's a great Christian club that's run very nicely.

Choke Canyon 12-30-2007

Fished from 7am till 3pm. Fishing was really slow. Worked mostly plastics all over the lake with no bites except for a missed fish on a dropshot off a deep grass ledge. It peeled off drag before pulling off. We then started catching some on crankbaits so we worked those off main lake points. We soon found a good one casting a deep crank between 2 grass edges. She was pushing 7lbs. We caught a few more up to 4lbs. Best 5 went around 18-19lbs with 6 fish landed out of 9 bites.

Lake Travis - 12-29-07

Fished from 6am - 1pm. Started out really slow but picked up quickly as the sun rose. Found fish from 2ft down to 30 on a variety of baits. Ended the day with over 3 dozen so it was a very good day. Best 5 went around 14-15lbs, with 1 4lber and several 3's.

Sugar / Falcon Lake 12-22,24 2007

With the kids now getting all the toys, my client and I got a few other gifts. ;-) Hit Sugar Lake and Falcon Lake over Christmas time and came up with a few nice ones. Started out on Sugar Lake but wasn't greeted with too many fish and we were hit hard with the wind pushing up to 6 foot rollers across the lake. We were lucky enough though to find one of the larger fish of the day at 9 pounds. I used a Mr. Blitz Craw Clicker jig with a Yum Big Show worm to entice her for a bite. I believe she was bedding in the 65 degree water up in 4 foot on a tree. The only other big bite I had was on a spinnerbait off a wind blown point. She slammed me really hard but broke off quickly around a tree. She felt much larger. The fishing was tough with a front coming through earlier that morning and the bass being Floridas. The fish wanted the big show worm, spinnerbaits, frogs and crankbaits.

The bite on Falcon was a little better. We started off fast with several in the 2-3lb range and a nice 5. The bite slowed up quick though and we had to work hard. About 2 hours later my client hooked up with a nice 6. At the end of the day the bite was on good landing around 8 off a point on main lake. All in all, we had around 20lbs best 5 landing around 18. We caught most on crankbaits with some on finesse worms and senkos.

Lake Travis - 12-15-07

Great day on the water. Started out nice, temps outside in the 50's and water temp 62.7. Worked a shallow crankbait to start out and landed a few keepers in a small cut off mainlake upriver. I worked my way to the back and landed a 3 pounder. I then started working a Craw Clicker Jig and caught some off laydowns. After working the back of the cut, I headed across the lake and hit another cut. I caught a few decent ones up to 2 lbs. There was a couple boat docks on the other side of this cut so I headed to them and started working the jig again. I caught a few largemouths and guadalupes but no good ones. I then headed down just a bit and pulled up on a nice looking dock, just off main lake. I pitched up under the start of the walkout to the dock and my line started heading back at me. I set the hook only to have the fish pull me straight down and it started peeling drag. I knew I had a hawg on! Bad part was it wrapped up in the cable holding the dock and it broke off. What a strong fish though. I continued pitching in and around this dock, landing several good fish up to 3lbs. There were quite a bit holding under this dock and back in the cove behind it. Nice.

I wanted another chance at a big one so I headed up river to another really nice cut. At this time, the wind was really kicking up and there were 4 foot rollers on main lake. I stopped on the outside of this cut to make a few casts before the big waves knocked me into it. I hooked up on a really nice smallmouth that started jumping all over the place but it came unbuttoned just before I got it to the boat. I caught a lot of fish in this cut and I found a nice boat dock in the back. I flipped my jig to the same spot where I broke off on the big one earlier and I got hit right away on this one too. After setting the hook, the fish started peeling drag and really shaking it's head. I knew it was another big one but it found it's way off somehow under the dock after a brief fight. Weird. I've never had a big fish pull off a jig like this one did before. Anyway, I had another good fish pull off of a crankbait right before I finished the day at 1pm. All in all, I landed 40+ fish in 5 hours with the best 5 "landed" bass around 13lbs. I would have loved to have seen just how big those 2 big girls were. Contact me for a trip to Travis. It's been great most of the time lately.

Big Bass RoundUp - Nov. 18

Props to the guys at BSCBC that put on another great tournament!

I didn't have too bad a day. Started out first hour making another weigh in a 4 pounder against my almost 4. Should have made it back to the second weigh-in with that fish to take that last check but who knows what else that guy may have had. It was the only weigh-in I didn't check. DOH! At the end of the day it was tough landing 5 fish right around 4 pounds each and not being able to get a check. I also got on a decent trap/crankbait bite towards the end of the day but most were around 2.5 - 3 pounds so definitely a fun day and hats off to the check getters.

Lake Travis - Nov. 10

Fished the Fisher's of Men Open Team Tournament from 6am till 2pm. Fishing was good for numbers, getting a limit by 8am on crankbaits and senkos, but we only had 1 over 2 pounds. It wasn't until noontime that we found a nice frog bite out on main lake ledges just off the flooded brush. I caught 3 nice ones in just a short amount of time, one being around 3 pounds. I had one more off a crankbait about 2.5 but the hooks got caught on the end of the net and it got off. That would have got us up to about 12.5lbs and a check but we ended up with 11.32, a nice healthy Lake Travis sack putting us in 15th out of 78 boats. That's fishing though. The bite was good all day and was a blast fishing the waters of Travis.

Choke Canyon 10-20,21-2007

Fished a 2-day tournament on Choke this past weekend. Fishing was really slow compared to other trips this time of year. I think it had something to do with a cold front coming through two nights before. I took my sister on this trip to enjoy some time with her for her birthday. The 1st day was slow catching 7 keepers, weighing in only 11.76 pounds, putting us in 3rd place for the day. We had to buckle down on Sunday to try to catch up to the day one leaders who had 15.14lbs, about 3.5 lbs ahead of us.

Starting out, I headed to an area that has been producing in weeks past. I hooked up quick with a 3 pounder and then one close to 6. We scratched out a limit there and I decided to go hit my honey hole that I found last month. It paid off. My sister pitched in a fluke to about a foot of water and hooked up immediately with a nice 2.5lber. We went just down the bank to a small cut and I saw some activity on the edge in about 6 inches of water, threw in my frog and was slammed as soon as it hit the water. I drug the second big 5+ pounder of the day out of the stickups, where it was too shallow to get my boat. That fish brought us up close to 18 pounds, which hopefully was enough. We hit a few more spots on the way back to weigh-in but the few we found weren't big enough to help out. We ended up with 29 pounds for 2 days and it was enough to edge out the day one leaders by .63 of a pound and win the tournament. Nice.

Lake Austin 10-10-2007

Fished Lake Austin from 4pm till 9 in the evening. Started up lake with a few nice keepers in amongst some dinks. We were throwing frogs, flukes and swimbaits. The swimbait produced the most there. We headed down toward twin creeks with not many bites until we finally moved again and hit the last stretch of the day and started getting on a better quality bite catching a few in the 3-4 pound range. All in all we finished with over 2 dozen healthy LA bass and a good time on the water.

Choke Canyon 09-27-2007

Fished from 7am till 2:30pm. The fishing was great, catching over 4 dozen fish mostly in the 2-3+ pound class with a 9 pound kicker ending up with over 22lbs best 5. The day started out though with a rush, hooking up and bringing to the boat a 10 foot alligator. What a fight! After dropping my clients off at 3pm, I headed back out to look at some other water. I found 2 more areas that produced some really nice toads. I caught 3 over 5 and one at 4.5 to push the best 5 of the day over 30 lbs. The total amount of bass caught now well exceeded 5 dozen nice solid fish. What a day!

Choke Canyon 09-17-2007

Fished from 7am till 4pm. Fishing started out a little slow but quickly came to life when bass started schooling off the outside edge of the grassline we were on. They were chasing tiny shad up from the deeper water into the top of the grass. Soft and hard jerkbaits, traps and crankbaits were the most productive baits. We ended up with around a dozen in that area up to 3 lbs having one about 6 lbs throw the bait. We then decided to go check out another area that I found the prior week after a few other boats moved into the area we were at. I was very excited when, on the very first cast, a giant bass blew up on a frog but I couldn't get a hook in her when the frog flew about 10 feet into the air. Next cast, another large bass blew up and again, missed the frog throwing it up in the air. I now knew that the fish were here. And in the next several hours, we proceeded to catch and land several dozen bass all between 2.5 and 4 lbs, breaking off on 1 giant (actually seeing the fish just under the surface sucking in the bait), and having 3-4 8+ pounders throw the bait. When setting the hook on a house with too much power, 20 lb mono tends to break. I used 17lb fluorocarbon and 65lb braid the rest of the day and I never broke off again. ;-)

All in all, one of the most amazing days I've seen out there in a while. If we landed all of our fish, we may have come close or over a 50lb stringer. I'll show you exactly what I mean when you book a trip. I highly encourage a trip RIGHT NOW. It'll blow you away when you experience what I'll show you. Let's go have some fun!

Lake Austin 09-12-2007

Fished from 6:30pm till 10pm. Fished some of the same areas as last friday. Missed a few nice ones around the 3-4 pound class on a Stanley Ribbit Frog. First fish landed was the best one of the evening at 5.46 lbs. After we fished till the end of the area, we headed right back to the tree where I caught the nice 5+ on friday and sure enough, she was there yet again when my partner hooked and landed her. After the sun went down we headed back down lake and started catching them on the grass lines. My parrtner landed a 3 pounder and the others were dinks. We ended up with the 3 fish for 13.68 lbs, good enough for big bass and 2nd place. Nice!

Choke Canyon 09-08,09-2007

Fished Saturday from 7:30am till 2pm. Fishing was a little tougher than I thought but we had fun catching up to over 4 lb fish. Fishing the BassChamps Big Bass Tournament on Sunday was a little different by numbers though because we caught over 4 dozen 2-3 pounders. As soon as I decided to let my weighted fluke drop off the edge of the grass in 25 foot of water, a giant bass slammed my rod. I fought this fish for a while until it shot into the rock/grass ledge we were fishing and it broke off. I would have loved to see this fish because it was probably the strongest bass I've ever had on. That's why it's called fishing though and not catching. Another awesome day on the water. ;-)

Lake Austin 09-07-2007

Fished from 7:30am till 1pm. Fishing was awesome! Caught lots of 3 pounders with some 2's mixed in and one solid one over 5. Stanley Ribbit Frogs were the key and the fishing actually kept getting better as it got hotter. I left them biting at 1pm. Ended with around 19 pounds best 5 and caught several dozen.

Lake LBJ 09-05-2007

Decided to fish the LBJ jackpot tournament on my big 4-0 birthday. Keith came with and we had a little fun and a unique situation happened while out there. 18 boats all took off right at 5:30pm and we headed to an area that has been producing a few fish as of late but small, but I just wanted to try to get on a limit early. There was only 1 fish to be found there though and it was kinda by accident, hitting a fluke while reeling in for the next cast. I did say fluke. We fished a few more areas before heading to one of my old reliables and it was an area we should have started on, landing 3 good ones. At 10 minutes to go, and only 4 fish, we headed in. Since we had a couple minutes to spare, we stopped at the point before the ramp and I took a long cast out with a jig only to see my partner cast over me. I moved the jig maybe a foot when he came across my line. When he did, I slammed a good hookset to mess with him and his line was wrapped up on mine. When he was trying to untangled it, I just felt that the line was a little heavy when I set the hook so I just reeled up the line and low and below, the 5th keeper was on it. LOL We actually had a chance for something and we came awefully close. 4 places were paid and we were barely out of the money at 5th with only 1 pound separating us from 1st place. Close! Maybe next time...

Lake Limestone 08-19-2007

Fished from 7:00am till 2pm. Fishing was nice starting off throwing a frog mostly and getting lots of blowups. 2-3 pound fish were the average with an occassional bigger one tagging the line only to find a way off. Plenty of action and a blast with a frog. One of my better ones came on a Lucky Craft RC1.5 though. Fun day on the water and 3rd place in the BASS NC Region tournament with 12.86 lbs vaulting me into AOY position for 2007. Sweet!

Lake LBJ 08-15-2007

Fished the Wednesday night jackpot on Lake LBJ from 5:30 till 9pm. It was a slow day with few fish but we finally were able to fill a limit with some decent fish at the end to finish with 9.26 pounds. Good enough for the 2nd place cash. Nice. ;-)

Lake Amistad 07-31-2007

Fished the Blue Jewel from 7:30a till 4pm. Fishing wasn't as fast and furious as previous trips but we did end the day with around 45. We didn't get into any big girls but had fun with plenty up to 4 pounds. Our best 5 was around 17-18lbs. Our fish came on frogs, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and a senko. The biggest came on a senko but the most enjoyable action was on the frog. At the end of the trip, we got into them pretty good on deep cranks on top of a shelf on main lake in about 20-25 foot. They were piled up. We stayed and fished on the Mexican side. Fun trip!

Choke Canyon 07-21-2007

Hit Choke for a short time on Saturday afternoon, 4:30-8:30. Bite was slow but 1st fish was 6 lbs on a blade working inside grass lines. After connecting with just a few more small ones, I moved on to a point where I found some feeding activity. Threw a mid crank and landed a 5 lber and several in the 2-3lb class. I then moved up into shallower water and worked a spinnerbait once again along some wind-blown vegetation. First cast, I landed one about 3 and the next cast I was slammed by a big girl, who dropped it twice on the way in. I cast once again there and she slammed it again. The battle was on. This was the longest 10 pounder I've ever seen. She was skinny but was around 28 inches long. My measure stick is only 22. Awesome fish and awesome lake. Just my 3 big fish went over 21 pounds. Call me for some sweet fishing! Choke is picking up and will only get better from here on out.

Choke Canyon 07-12-2007

Fished this awesome lake once again landing the big one. Started off fishing the inside grass lines with flukes and frogs. After a few small ones, had a huge blow up on a frog. This fish was jumping all over the place and she was a beaut. Threw her on the scale and was glad to see another double digit. I can't wait to see the fish coming out of this lake in 3-4 years. With as many 10 pounders being caught lately, there will be a bunch in the 15-16 pound class soon. ;-)

Lake LBJ 07-11-2007

Fished the Wednesday night jackpot on Lake LBJ from 5:30 till 9pm. It started out slow with 1 nice keeper around 30 minutes into the tournament, at 6pm. We caught a lot of shorts before really getting into some nice ones using flukes and jigs in a big grass patch. We ended up with 2 almost 3.5lbs each using a jig and a frog. We weighed in 11.59lbs which was good enough for the win. Great time.

Choke Canyon 05-26/27-2007

Fished Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Bite was slow but some good quality fish was to be had. Saturday, I landed a 10-3 with several other good fish up to 6 lbs. Sunday there wasn't a "giant" to be found but a good one at 7 lbs. Another 6 and a few 4's and 5's were caught as well. Another note of interest was that the gators were out. There was one about 12 feet growling and slashing his tail on the water when I fished too near. Fun. Just down the bank, a female came a swimming that was twice his size. Here is a pic of the male. LOL

Book now. You have to see this lake to believe it's awesomeness. ;-)

Lake LBJ 04-02-2007

Fishing was excellent with lots of fish up to 4 lbs. The forecast was for bad weather but the weather was decent with little wind and a little sunshine to boot. Most fish came on Zoom flukes with some on a Stanley Ribbit frog, jerkbaits and spinnerbaits. I think we caught 40-50 fish. Most of the best fish came on the fluke with a bunch also on the frog. I'd say LBJ is on absolute fire right now.

Choke Canyon 03-29-2007

Fishing was very good with good solid fish up to 6 pounds with only one full of eggs. Best 5 was over 20 lbs. The weather was decent but windy with a few sprinkles mixed in. Most fish came on traps with some on a dropshot, jerkbait and soft plastics. The big girl came on a deep crank. Choke is really turning on now. A great time for a trip. It only gets better from here. ;-)

Lake Travis - Lake Austin 03-26-2007

Fishing was good with plenty of swimmers up to 3.5 lbs on Travis and up to 4 lbs on Austin. We started out on Travis and found fish halfway back in coves and pockets. The weather was decent starting out on Travis but was pretty much raining the whole time on Austin in the afternoon. The best fish on Travis was a nice 3-3.5 lb male that came on a jerkbait. Others came on a trap and dropshots. Lake Austin produced our best fish, several fat females full of eggs. We caught them mostly on spinnerbaits with a few on jerkbaits and traps. We caught fish from 2 feet down to 10-12 feet.

Lake Falcon 03-24-2007

Fishing was good with plenty of 2-3 pound fish. The weather was cloudy and windy. A trap and Stanley Ribbit frog produced the best ones up shallow in 3-5 feet of water early. A whacky-style senko worked great on shallow flats later in the day. I had 2 huge fish pull off my t-rigged Yum Wooly Hawgtail I was pitching in trees. I caught fish from 2 feet down to 15 feet.

Choke Canyon 03-23-2007

Fishing was good with plenty of 2-4 pound fish. The weather was cloudy and windy. Flipping produced the best ones with traps, spinnerbaits, dropshots, c-rigs and swimbaits producing some as well. We caught fish from 2 feet down to 15 feet.

Choke Canyon 03-17,18-2007

Fishing was awesome on Saturday with our best 5 going 26.14. The weather was partly cloudy with a little wind. Flipping produced the biggest ones including the 10.24lb big girl. Traps, spinnerbaits and a c-rig produced some as well. We caught fish from 2 feet down to 14 feet. On Sunday, the fish we were on left our areas and time ran out as we started to fing them again. It was a fun day on the water regardless and we didn't need much to keep the top money spot. ;-)

Choke Canyon 03-10,11-2007

Fishing was good with lots of fish in the 2-4 pound range with the biggest on Saturday going just over 6 pounds and Sunday about 5 pounds. Most of our fish on both days were caught on traps with several on crankbaits and lizards in watermelon/gold flake. We caught around 6 dozen with Saturday getting the most.

Choke Canyon 01-26-2007

Fishing was slow on a partly cloudy day. The weather was nice. We only caught 7 fish today though, mostly in the 2-4lb range. The biggest one was 5.5 pounds. Our best 5 was 19lbs. The best technique was deep crankbaits starting out then medium cranks and traps as the day went on. We caught fish from 2 feet down to 14 feet. On the last cast, I had one that was easy over 9-10 swirl at my lure as I pulled it out of the water. Can't wait to get back. ;-)

Choke Canyon 01-13-2007

Fishing was somewhat slow on a cloudy day with a few showers mixed in. The weather was perfect though for anything related to the outdoors like fishing, duck hunting and deer hunting. We had a good day with 17 fish caught, most all in the 3-4lb range. The biggest one was 4.5 pounds. Our best 5 was 19.25lbs. The best technique was shallow crankbaits starting out then deeper cranks as the day went on. Deep finesse worms worked as well. We caught fish from 2 feet down to 24 feet.