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1/29/2011

Timothy Bierdon & Todd Melson – IL   Timothy & Todd landed 58 fish with a nice 8.5 lber as their largest.  They fished wacky rigged green pumpkin/chartreuse Senkos in 1-8 ft of water in the morning and switched to 8″ watermelon red lizards in 8+ ft of water in the afternoon.  The largest fish was caught in the afternoon.   Guide Sanchez

Graham Morgan – NC    Graham had 49 bass for the day.  He fished green pumpkin Senkos, and watermelon lizards in 1-10 ft of water.   Guide Armando, Sr.

Ron Clark & Rex Brooks – GA & Al    Ron & Rex fished together in the morning with watermelon green lizards in 17-20 ft of water.  They had 35 fish with an 8.2 lber as their largest.  Guide Victor

Other anglers fished using green Brush Hogs in 2-15 ft of water; and wacky rigged green pumpkin/chartreuse Senkos in 1-8 ft of water.

56 degrees at 4:30am warming to 78 at 12:15pm.

1/28/2011

Ronny Campbell & George Hammer – AL    Ronny & George fished together in the morning and had a total of 30 bass with a 7.7 lber as their largest.  They fished wacky rigged watermelon red Senkos in 10 ft of water.  Guide Sanchez

David Hallmark & David Whitten – AL    David & David teamed up for the morning fishing session.  They fished in 10-15 ft of water with 8″ watermelon lizards.  They had a 7.4 lber as their largest bass for the day.  Guide Armando, Sr.

David Hallmark & Steve Whitten – AL    David & Steve teamed up for the afternoon fishing session.  They fished wacky rigged watermelon Senkos in 2-12 ft of water.  They landed 31 bass including 7.5 & 7.3 lbers.   Guide Armando, Sr.

Other anglers fished Carolina rigged 8″ watermelon lizards in 5 ft of wter; Texas rigged watermelon seed Senkos in 10-12 ft of water; green pumpkin Senkos in 8-12 ft of water, and purple/white Rat-L-Traps in 8+ ft of water.  

56 degrees at 4am warming to 76 at 11:30am.  Cloudy day with strong winds in the morning.

1/28/2011

As of lunch time today our anglers were up to 852 peacock bass.  They have 44 over 10 lbs, 25 over 15 lbs and 8 that were 20 lbs or more.  The largest weighed in at 24 lbs.

1/27/2011

Graham Morgan – NC    Graham fished green pumpkin Senkos in 3-4 ft of water and watermelon seed lizards in 8-10 ft of water.  He had a total of 38 bass with two between 5-6 lbs.   Guide Victor

Todd Melson & Tim Biedron – IL     Todd & Tim had 44 bass for the day.  They fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 5-8 ft of water.  Guide J. Manuel

Chris Campbell & George Hammer – AL    Fishing in 15+ ft of water, Chris & George managed to land 40 bass with a 6 lber as their largest.  Their baits of choice were 8″ watermelon and 8″ green pumpkin lizards.  Guide German

Other anglers fished Carolina rigged watermelon red lizards and chartreuse/white spinner baits in 20 ft of water; wacky rigged watermelon red, chartreuse and watermelon Senkos in 2-8 ft of water.  Some anglers swithched fishing partners after lunch and some anglers only fished in the morning so it is hard to figure boat totals for the day.

50 degrees at 4am warming to 74 at 12:30pm.  Cloudy day with no wind.

1/27/2011

Group 3 continues to have great fishing.  Gilberto called after lunch and reported that they were up to 755 peacock bass landed.  They now have 7 that are 20 lbs or larger.  The largest weighed 24 lbs.  They have 37 over 10 lbs., and 23 over 15 lbs.

1/26/2011

George Hammer & Barry Holt – AL    George & Barry fished 8″ watermelon lizards in 10-15 ft of water and also fished white spinner baits.  They landed a 9.3 lber & an 8.3 lber on the white spinner baits.  They had a total of 41 bass for the day.  Guide Oscar

Todd Melson & Tim Biedron – IL     Todd & Tim fished watermelon brush hogs and 8″ green pumpkin lizards in 10 ft of water.  Their largest 3 fish weighed in at 8.0, 7.7 and 6.5 lbs.  They had 44 bass for the day.  Guide German

Ron Clark & Barry Holt & Dave Hallmark – AL    Fishing watermelon red lizards in 10-15 ft of water, these 3 anglers landed 32 bass including an 8.2 lber and a 7 lber.   Guide Jorge

Other anglers fished chartreuse/white spinner baits in 8 ft of water, and blue/chrome/silver Yozuris in 1-10 ft of water.

48 degrees at 4am, 70 degrees at 7pm.

1/25/2011

Ronnie Campbell & Chris Campbell – AL    Ronnie & Chris fished 8″ watermelon lizards in 15 ft of water.  They landed 50 bass with a 6.6 lber as their largest.  Guide Oscar

Ron Clark & Barry Holt – AL    Ron & Barry also fished watermelon red lizards but in 10+ ft of water.  They had 52 bass for the day.  Their largest was 4.8 lbs.   Guide Armando, Jr.

Ray Rikard & George Hammer – AL    Fishing chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps in 10-12 ft of water, Ray & George had 32 bass.  Their largest weighed 5.8 lbs.  Guide J. Manuel

Other anglers fished Sexy Shad spinner baits in 1-10 ft of water; and 8″ watermelon/chartreuse lizards in 10+ ft of water.  The lizards were rigged both Texas and Carolina style.

46 degrees at 4am, warming to 78 at 12:30pm.

1/24/2011

Lee Huey & Vernon Humphrey – AL   Lee & Vernon both landed 9.1 lbers today.  They fished 8″ watermelon red lizards.  They had a total of 30 bass.   Guide Armando Sr.

Terry Russell & Sandy Russell – TX    Terry & Sandy fished Carolina rigged 8″ watermelon seed lizards in 8 ft of water.  They had 45 bass for the day with their largest weighing in at 7.14 lbs.  Guide German

Chris Paisley & Jim Prosser – IL   Chris & Jim fished Texas rigged 8″ watermelon candy lizards in 6+ ft of water.  Their largest bass landed weighed 6 lbs.  Guide Felipe

Other anglers fished chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps; watermelon red Senkos in 10+ ft of water; and watermelon with red flakes lizards in 10-15 ft of water.   Boat totals ranged from 17-55.

46 degrees at 4am warming to 76 at 1pm.

1/26/2011

Fishing has definitely improved for our anglers.  As of lunch today Group 3 has landed 526 peacocks.  They have 26 over 10 lbs, 13 over 15 lbs, and 5 that are 20 lbs and over.  The largest weighed in at 22 lbs.  It was caught by John Billy Koonsman.

1/25/2011

Last week’s group ended up with 225 peacocks landed.  They had 24 over 10 lbs., 4 over 15 lbs. and the largest weighed 19 lbs.

This week’s group that began fishing Sunday afternoon have a total of 208 peacocks as of lunch time.  They have 11 over 10 lbs., 5 over 15 lbs., with the largest weighing 20 lbs.