Richard & Jim Slack–TX
35 bass with a 10 & 7.8lb on 8″ watermelon lizards & Chartruse Crankbaits in 1-20′ of water
Lavetta Harmon & Dan Myres–NC
44 bass to 8.4lbs on watermelon/red flukes in 10+’ of water
JW Peterson & Jimmy Beach–TX
85 bass with a 9.1 & 10.4lb on white crankbaits in 9=’ of water
Low 58 High 82
Joe Earney & Charles Van Pelt–NC
44 bass with an 8.2 & 7.9lb on 8″ watermelon lizards in 5-15′ of water.
Jimmy Beach & Mike Cooper–TX
45 bass to 8.8lbs on watermelon & watermelon/red lizards in 1-10′ of water
Larry McDaniel & Tim Haliburton–TX
55 bass to 6.8lbs on watermelon worms & Flukes in 2-10′ of water
Low 57 High 84
15 Anglers on the Otter and after 1 and a half days they have boated 214 peacocks with 9 over 10lbs.
This group of 12 Angler had a pretty good week catching a total of 410 peacocks with 34 over 10lbs,11 over 15lbs and 2 over 20lbs. Water level is steady.
Wyatt Boston & Bill Hughan–TN/AR 112 bass with 8 & 9.5 lb on Shad color flukes in 1-10′ of water.
Drew Dawson & Tony Santini –AR/TN 150 bass to 8lbs on watermelon flukes & Senkos in 1-10′ of water.
Greg Floyd & Mac Old –TN 71 bass to 10.2lbs on 10 Motor Oil color worms in 4-10′ of water.
Mac Old from TN was the top dog with a nice 10.2lb trophy for the day
JOSH POLK & Greg Floyd–TN 59 bass to 6.8lbs on Shad/Chrome Crank baits in 4-10′ of water
Bill Hughan & Drew Dawson– AR 96 bass to 8lbs on watermelon flukes, brush hogs and swim baits in 3-8′ of water
Wyatt Boston & Mac Old–TN 40 bass to 8.7lbs on Watermelon lizards in 8-15′ of water
Morning temps in the upper 50s and highs in the lower 70s
We had 6 fishermen in camp for this 3 day trip. The morning bite was a little slow but picked up in the afternoon.on Dec 9th Colby Miller and Shilo Garnier from Texas both landed a nice 9+ lber on a baby bass Super Fluke & 8″ watermelon Lizard fishing in 1-10′ of water.
Dec. 10th William Kimber & Shilo Garnier had a 9.8 & 10 respectivly fishing with Silver/Black Pop R’s (topwater) & 8″ watermelon lizard in 1-6′ of water.
Other baits the produced nice fish were spinner baits and crank baits in fairly shallow water (1-10 feet)
For 4 days of fishing this group of 8 anglers average around 30 bass per boat.Though the number were a little low the big fish were plenty Robert Stephenson from Sheffield Al. had 3 bass 9lbs are better with guides Armando and Hector Frederick Logan also from Sheffield had a 9lb,Kevin and Harold Pace had a 9.2 & 9,3 respectivly with guides Victor & Hector In total there were 7 fish over 9lbs and 5 fish from 8 to 8.7 lbs. Top baits were Top waters,Spinners,& Watermelon lizards fished both Texas and Carolina rigged in depths from 1 to 12 feet.
This group averaged about 30 fish per boat with the average size fish being 3 1/2lbs with 2-9lbs,3-7+lbs being the largest. Top baits were Pop R’s,Spinnerbaits, & Watermelon Lizards in 1-15′ of water.
Danny O,Bannon –FL / Guide Oscar
20 fish to 10lbs on white buzz baits and spinner baits in 10′ of water
Tom Craig & Gary Weisenberger – NC/ Guide Victor
66 bass to 7.12lbs on Watermelon Lizards and FF Shad Crankbaits in 1-20′ of water
Butch Franson & David Grohosky- CA/ Guide Enreque