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1/23/2011

Brandon Cornell & Clark Cornell – OH & TX   Brandon & Clark fished 8″ watermelon red flaked lizards in 15-20 ft of water.  Their largest bass was a nice 9.6 lber.   Guide Sanchez

J.W. Peterson & Richie Slack – TX   J.W. & Richie had 44 bass for the day including a nice 9.2 lber.  They fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 20 ft of water.   Guide Enrique

David Strahan & Dave Albert – TX & AR    David & Dave landed 70 fish.  Their largest weighed in at 8.8 lbs.  They fished 8″ watermelon lizards in 12+ ft of water.  Guide Victor

Other anglers fished mullet swim baits in 25 ft of water; Sexy Shad Rat-L-Traps in 3-4 ft of water; 6″ watermelon red Senkos in 5+ ft of water; and 8″ watermelon see lizards in 15+ ft of water. 

Cold mornings with warm afternoons.  Windy & cool in the evenings.

Lake level is 73% full.  Water is still slightly stained.

1/22/2011

Vernon Humphrey & Lee Huey – AL    Vernon & Lee fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 15-20 ft of water.  They had 45 bass including a 10 lb trophy.  Guide Armando, Sr.

Terry Russell & Sandy Russell – TX    Terry & Sandy fished Carolina rigged watermelon red lizards in 5+ ft of water.  They had 34 bass with a 9.4 lb beauty as their largest.   Guide Enrique

Richie Slack -TX    Richie had 57 bass with a 6.8 lber as his biggest catch.  He used watermelon red Senkos in 5-20 ft of water.   Guide Victor

Other anglers fished white/chartreuse spinner baits in 6 ft of water; Sexy Shad Rat-L-Traps in 10+ ft of water; and watermelon Senkos in 10-12 ft of water.

50 degrees at 4:30am warming to 80 at 12:30pm.

1/21/2011

Billy Ray Johnson & Danny Shaw – TX    Billy Ray & Danny fished Tennessee shad Rat-L-Traps in 12 ft of water.  They landed 65 fish including a nice 8 lber.   Guide J. Manuel

Rick McRae & Chuck Williamson – TX     Fishing 8″ watermelon lizards in 5+ ft of water, Rick & Chuck had 31 bass with an 8.14 beauty as their largest.  Guide Enrique

J.W. Peterson & Richie Slack – TX     J.W. & Richie had 103 bass for the day.  They fished 5″ Senkos, chrome/blue Rat-L-Taps and 8″ watermelon lizards in 5+ ft of water.   Guide Juan

Other anglers fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 10+ ft of water; Carolina rigged wateremlon lizards in 12-14 ft of water; and watermelon candy lizards in 8+ ft of water.

47 degrees at 5am, warming to 80 at 12:30pm.

1/20/2011

Terry Tholen & Dave Johnson – KS & TX   Terry & Dave fished 8″ watermelon lizards in 10-15 ft of water.  They landed 40 bass including a 9 lb beauty.   Guide Oscar

Frank Occhitnti & Geoff Laird – Canada   Frank & Geoff fished Carolina rigged watermelon lizards in 12-14 ft of water.  Frank landed a nice 9.13 lber.   Guide Jorge

David Strahan & Dave Albert – TX & AR    David & Dave landed the most fish for the day with a total of 56.  They fished 5-6 ft deep with 8″ watermelon red lizards.  Guide Juan

Other anglers fished blue/white crank baits in 20 ft of water; wacky rigged 6″ watermelon red Senkos in 3-5 ft of water; chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps in 1-5 ft of water; Texas rigged 8″ watermelon seed lizards; Tennessee Shad Pop R’s; and Carolina rigged 8″ pumpkin lizards in 12-20 ft of water.  Boat totals ranged from 17-56.

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

1/19/2011

Terry Tholen & Dave Johnson – KS & TX    A good day of fishing for Terry & Dave as the landed 49 bass and each catching one over 9 lbs. — 9.10 & 9.3.  They fished in 12-15 ft of water with watermelon red lizards.   Guide Sanchez

Chris Taylor & Frank Occhitnti – Canada    Chris and Frank also had a 9 lber along with a nice 7.8 lber.  They fished Carolina rigged 8″ pumpkin lizards in 16 ft of water.   Guide Pedro

Rick McRae & Chuck Williamson – TX    Rick & Chuck had the third 9 lber of the day.  They fished in 3+ ft of water with watermelon red Senkos.   Guide Hector

Boat totals ranged from 16-65 bass for the day.  Other anglers fished red shad Rat-L-Traps in 1-8 ft of water; Tennessee shad crankbaits in 4-10 ft of water; chrome/blue crank baits in 1-10 ft of water; and 8″ watermelon candy lizards in 10+ ft of water.

46 degrees at 4 am warming to 70 at 11:30am.

1/18/2011

Billy Ray Johnson & Danny Shaw – TX    Billy Ray & Danny fished crawfish colored crankbaits in 12 ft of water.  They had 35 fish for the day including a 10 lb trophy and also a 9 lb beauty.   GuideArmando, Sr.

J.W. Peterson & Richie Slack – TX    J.W. & Richie fished 8″ watermelon red and watermelon lizards in 5-8 ft of water.  They also had a total of 35 fish but their largest weighed in at 10.1 lbs.  Guide Victor

Rich McRae & Chuck Williamson – TX    Fishing 8″ watermelon lizards in 10 ft of water, Rich & Chuck had 33 bass for the day with an 8.3 lber as their largest.   Guide   Armando, Jr.

Boat totals ranged from 15-57 bass for the day.  Other anglers fished Carolina rigged green pumpkin Brush Hogs in 12 ft of water; white flukes in 10-12 ft of water; wacky rigged watermelon Senkos in 6 ft of water; and 8″ watermelon candy lizards in 15-20 ft of water.

48 degrees at 4am warming to 76 at 12:30pm.

1/18/2011

As of their lunch break today, group 2 was up to 103 fish.  That is half as many as the first group had for their entire trip which means that fishing is slowly improving.  Right now they have 10 over 10 lbs. and 2 over 15 lbs.  The largest is still 19 lbs.  Water level is still good.

1/15/2011

Mark Smitow – AZ      Mark landed 20 fish including a nice 7.9 lber.  He fished chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps and pumpkinseed worms in 8-10 ft of water.   Guide Hector

Jim Thomas & Robert Corley – CA     Jim & Robert had 30 bass.  They fished watermelon Senkos and white Pop R’s in 5-15 ft of water.   Gude Oscar

46 degrees at 4:30am warming to 74 at 3pm.

1/17/2011

Group 2 is currently fishing.  As of lunch time today they had 56 fish.  Dianna Johnston has the largest fish, landing a 19 lber.  Fishing is still slow although the water is good.  The Otter is slowly moving upstream.

1/14/2011

Ric Younkin & Mike Delveglio – WA    Ric and Mike had a total of 50 bass for the day.  They fished wacky rigged green pumpkin Senkos in 4-10 ft of water.  Their largest weighed 4 lbs.   Guide Pedro

Mark Smitow – AZ     Mark fished chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps in 8-10 ft of water.  He landed 25 bass.  Guide Armando, Jr.

Jim Thomas & Robert Corley – CA    Jim & Robert fished Texas rigged watermelon Senkos in 1-7 ft of water.  They had 42 bass with a 4.8 as their largest.

50 degrees at 4:30am warming to 80 at 12:30pm.