Lake El Salto Fishing Reports

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11/27/2010

Ron Richardson & Scott Johnson – AR      Ron & Scott fished white money minnows in 4-6 ft of water.  They had 16 bass with a 7.8 lber as their largest.   Guide Armando, Jr.

Dale Smith & Ethan Patterson – AR     Dale & Ethan fished chrome/blue Rat-L-Traps in 1-3 ft of water.   They had 11 bass for the day.   Guide Oscar

Fishing is still slow at El Salto.

54 degrees at 4:30am warming to 78 at 11:30am.

11/17/2010

Harry Gualco & Ray Taylor – OR & B.C.     Harry & Ray fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 1-10 ft of water.  Ray landed a 10.2 lber.   Guide Armando, Jr.

Terry Mitchell & James Warship – CA      Terry and James had 14 bass for the day.  They fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 10 ft of water.  Their largest weighed in at 6.9 lbs.   Guide Hector

Jim Collins & John Gibbs – CO     Jim & John fished white spinner baits in 5 ft of water.  Their largest weighed 5 lbs.  Guide Victor

Fishing is still slow at El Salto.  Other anglers fished 12″ worms in 1-5 ft of water, and 8″ watermelon, green, and pumkin lizards in water up to 10 ft.

50 degrees at 4:30am.  72 degrees at 6:00pm.

11/16/2010

Tom Thompson & Tony Turr – CA     Tom and Tony had only 5 bass for the day, but their total included a 13.8 lb trophy caught by Tom.  They fished 8″ pumpkin lizards in 8+ ft of water.   Guide Armando, Sr.

Jim Collins & John Gibbs – CO    Fishing white spinner baits in 1-5 ft of water, Jim & John landed 9 bass for the day including a nice 8.8 lber.  Guide Armando, Jr.

Terry Mitchell & James Warship – CA    Terry & James had 18 bass for the day.  They fished 8″ watermelon red lizards in 10 ft of water.  Their largest weighed 6.8 lbs.   Guide J. Manuel

Other anglers fished pumpkin Senkos in 1-5 ft of water, green worms in 1-10 ft of water, and 6″ watermelon worms in 10 ft of water.

54 degrees at 4am.  It was 72 degrees at 6:30pm.

11/14/2010

Al Bunch & James Bundy – CA      Al & James fished 5″ watermelon Senkos in 3-6 ft of water.  Their largest fish weighed in at 7 lbs.   Guide Jorge

Mike Edelstein & Pat McMenamin – CA     Fishing 5″ watermelon Senkos in 10 ft of water, Mike & Pat landed 13 bass for the day.  Their largest bass was 6 lbs.   Guide Victor

Jim Shepard & Ken Buckler – CA     Jim & Ken fished in 6-10 ft of water with white swim baits.  They had 12 bass for the day with their largest weighing in at 6 lbs.    Guide Pedro

Other anglers fished blue/black Senkos in 5-10 ft of water.

54 degrees at 4:30am warming to 78 at 11:30am.  Partly cloudy in the morning with no wind.

11/13/2010

Mike Turck & Peter Grob – CA      Mike and Peter may have only landed 19 bass for the day, but that number included a 10.5 lb trophy.  They fished 5″ green pumpkin Senkos in 4+ ft of water.    Guide Jorge

Lloyd Raheem & Paul Giove – NJ & MD      Fishing green lizards and money minnows in 5-20 ft of water, Lloyd & Paul had 15 bass including a 10 lb trophy.   Guide Armando, Sr.

Nino Correnti & Lonell Merchant – MD     Nino and Lonell fished 8″ Carolina rigged green pumpkin lizards in 15 ft of water.  They had 30 bass including a nice 8.8 lber.   Guide Pedro

Other anglers fished in 15-30 ft of water with silver white swimbaits, and watermelon Senkos in 2-6 ft of water.

54 degrees at 4am warming to 78 at 11:30am.  A clear, sunny day.

11/11/2010

Al Bunch – CA      Al fished shad 5″ Senkos in 2-6 ft of water.  He had 15 fish for the day including an 11 lb. trophy.  Guide German

Lonell Merchant & Paul Giove – MD    Lonell & Paul fished swimbaits and had 21 fish for the day.  Their largest weighed in 6.8 lbs.   Guide Armando, Sr.

Nino Correnti & Lloyd Raheem – MD & NJ      Nino & Lloyd fished white spinner baits in 5-6 ft of water.  They landed only 5 bass.   Guide Hector

52 degrees at 4am.  74 degrees at 6:30pm.  Clear day without strong winds.

11/10/2010

John Gordon – CA     John had 36 bass for the day including a nice 8 lber.  He fished wacky rigged watermelon Senkos in 1-5 ft of water.  Guide Hector

Lonnel Merchant – MD      Lonell landed the big fish of the day with a 9 lb. beauty.  He was fishing in 14-20 ft of water with 8″ green pumpkin lizards.  Guide German

Fred Wood & Al Bunch – CA       Fred & Al fished wacky rigged watermelon Senkos in 2-6 ft of water.  They had 13 bass for the day.   Guide Juan

Fishing remains slow at the lake. 

It was 54 degrees at 4am warming to 78 at 11:30am.  There was no fog, clouds or wind.

11/9/2010

Al Bunch & Fred Wood – CA       Al and Fred fished in 3-4 ft of water with 5″ watermelon Senkos.  They had 35 bass with a 5 lber as their largest.   Guide German

John Gordon – CA      John fished alone and had 13 bass for the day.  He fished in 1-3 ft of water with 5″ watermelon Senkos.  Guide Juan

Lonell Merchant – MD      Fishing in 3+ ft of water with watermelon red Senkos, Lonell had 13 bass for the day.   Guide Hector

Fishing is still slow as the bass are staying schooled up in the vegetation that grew up while the lake was low.

62 degrees at 4am warming to 78 at 11:30am.  A few clouds and no wind.

11/8/2010

Al Bunch & John Gordon – CA      Al & John fished watermelon Senkos in 4-6 ft of water.  They landed 15 bass including 9 and 10 lb beauties.   Guide German

Clay Smith & Heber Barlow – UT      Clay & Heber fished 3-6 ft deep with 8″ watermelon lizards.  They put 15 in the boat with an 8 lber as their largest.    Guide Juan

Fred Wood – CA     Fred fished alone and had 14 bass for the day.  He fished in 2-3 ft of water with watermelon Senkos.   Guide Sanchez

Numbers are still down but some nice sized bass still being caught.  Other anglers used 8″ watermelon seed and pumpkin lizards.  

60 degrees at 5am warming to 82 at 12:30pm.  Clear day with no wind.

Lake level is 94.6% full.

11/6/2010

Bill Godwin & Dennis Schoonover – UT     Bill & Dennis fished in 3-8 ft of water with 8″ watermelon lizards.  They had 13 fish for the day including a 7 lber.  Guide Enrique

Michael Carfalno & Brett Lee – PA & ID      Fishing in 15 ft of water with 8″ watermelon lizards, Michael & Brett landed 5 bass.   Guide Oscar

Clay Smith & Gavin Mathews – UT & ID        Fishing watermelon red lizards in 1-10 ft of water, Clay & Gavin landed 10 bass for the day.  Guide Pedro

With the exception of Michael & Brett, all other anglers fished in shallow water 10 ft or less.  Other anglers fished white spinner baits, white Zara Spooks, green pumpkin Senkos, shad Rat-L-Traps and baby bass Ricky Pops. 

54 degrees at 3:30am.  76 degrees at 6pm.