Fishing Reports

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black and blue 1 oz. jigs, big swimbaits, and Bill Dance Fat free Shad crankbaits.

watermelon lizzards

watermelon seed senkos

New pavement on the Runway ,,WOW the runway is now in great shape

From Gil Wright's last trip of the season: " The best trip of the year" Gil and his 3 sons caught 8 fish over 10 pounds with his son Carter catching 4 over 10 and his son Trevor catching 3 over 10 and Gil landing 1 over 10 pounds. The best bite was big crankbaits off structure

Dennis Butenhoff also with his son landed 4 over 10 during the same week " Excellent trip" Dennis had our manger and Guide Manual Salazar fishing with him

Over all the all in the lodge caught fish over 10 during the same period. We have seen many different patterns this seasons.

Mike Murawski Group - fishing June 7 thru today - They

report phenomenal Baccarac fishing, with one fish over 14, two fish over 13, and countless fish caught over 10 lbs.  The area in Papachaw is producing the biggest fish. 

We see this every June and we are glad we are seeing it again.  Groups are catching great numbers of fish with good size.The weather is heating up and so is the fishing!   

It's not too late!  We still have openings through the end of this month so don't hesitate to call us up and schedule a trip. 

Friday May 29th 2009

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black and blue jigs were catching some fish but the BIG fish are being caught on swimbaits and super flukes, wacky senkos good for numbers

see lures above

New pavement on the Runway ,,WOW the runway is now in great shape

The Lodge reporting pretty tuff catch rates for most but some reporting very big fish May 24th to May 29th

Joe McDaniel fishing mostly deep inlands with topwater averaged two fish over 10 a day and and had very good numbers running the banks using wacky style 5 inch senkos . Joe reports" just tons of bait fish in the lake this year but the bigger fish are still biting in the clear water"

May 24th Overall the last few days have very tough according to Russ at the Lodge. Numbers can be caught running the banks with Wacky senkos but the bigger fish near structureare not biting that good.

Manual Salazar fishing the deep structure is having some luck with bigger fish using 6 inch swimbaits.

Narlin Salazar likes the river near the the ranch.

Brad Sims reported low numbers but huge fish with 5 biggest fish weighing 49.9 pounds all caught on topwater later afternoon

Big Rain on the 20th at Lake Baccarac...It looks to be starting early

It's been proven that before and after the full moon, the fishing is markedly different. To illustrate, Kent Newsome's report and Earl Rideau's reports are below. They were both at the lodge from May 3 - 10. These reports both prove that fishing before the full moon is quite productive.

After full moon:
Now we get to the full moon and afterwards. The day of the full moon, there were several big fish caught but the numbers were down.

Three days after the full moon, fishing had slowed quite a bit but Gil Wright, making another trip down to the lodge, broke his personal best, landing a 14.5. From May 11 to 17, a week's worth of fishing, Gil boat caught 22 fish over 10 lbs.

Before full moon:
Kent Newsome: I just wanted to give you an update of my recent trip to the fabulous lake baccarac. In the six days that I fished with the Ed LaRose group I caught the following monsters: Day 1 - 8.5 and 6.5; Day 2 - 8.6, 10.1, 11.8, 7.8, 8.6 and a 9.15, Day 3 - 9.10; Day
4 - 11.11, 10.15, 8.0, 7.0, 7.6 and 11.7 and lastly, Day 5 - 10.12 and a
12.8 pound monster.
As you can see I had a FANTSTIC fishing experience and the guides, service and staff were all great. Special thanks to guides Sixto and Pedro. The absolute best bait fo me during the trip was 5” white storm swim bait. With
1 ½ oz rattle trap running a close second. Also my ESOX rods proved to be a great match for those Lake Baccarac monsters. Thanks again for a great trip!

From Earl Rideau

In my email last night I failed to mention that Tachi went out with me in the afternoon three times and he caught a 13.13, 13.4, 13.2, 12.7 and a 10.3.  Just thought you might want to know if you were keeping track of the number of fish over 10.

Earl B. Rideau

Wednesday, May 13th 2009

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black and blue jigs were catching some fish but the BIG fish are being caught on swimbaits and super flukes

see lures above

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May 13 update: Two days after the full moon, fishing has been tough - very little action.  A few big fish but the numbers are down. This is a typical pattern after the full moon. 

May 11 - latest report from the lodge: 

The last five days have been nothing short of phenomenal!  Keep reading below: 

May 3 - 10: 

Earl Rideau -While fishing with Chino for five days, he caught a total of 24 fish over 10 lbs.  His biggest fish was 15.4 (30.5" X 23")  Wow!  His second biggest fish was 14.1 lbs.  Quote:  "I look forward to my next trip to the World's Greatest Big Bass Lake and there is nothing that is even a close second." 

Ed LaRose group from Italy -These guys had a great trip - more 8 - 10lb. fish than they could count.  All big fish were caught in deep structure using weighted flukes. 

Sportswriter Matt Williams from Texas will have a great trip to write about when he gets back into the office.  While fishing with Gil Wright of OKC, he broke his personal best - a 12.1.  The also caught an 11.8 and two fish over 9 lbs. 

OTHER CATCHES OF NOTE:  These guys just arrived May 8th and this is so far:  Tim Boatman of Nacogdoches, TX caught a 10.5.  Ed Spencer pulled in a 10.10 and a 10.9. Jamie Tillman came to the lake to beat his personal best and did so on his FIRST CAST - catching an 8.8 fish. 

DON'T MISS OUT!  THERE ARE MANY DATES STILL OPEN AND DON'T FORGET THE SPECIAL PRICING IN JUNE!!!!

May 7th. Big fish day with Jimbo Bearford catching a total of 44 fish with 17 over 7 pounds and 3 over 10 and 1 over 11, All fish came while fishing up the river using black blue jigs tipped with black frogs

May 6th ..Awesome day on the water..Earl Rideau's five biggest fish weighed 61 pounds..Big Flukes .....

May 4th and 5th   Slow fishing on the 4th but May 5th produced 7 over 10 pounds with Earl Rideau catching 2 over 10 and stating that Lake Baccarac is the best big bass lake in the world!!!! Tom Elliot landed 4 over 10 on Little Sammeys ,,,,fishing in may is just awesome. Manual Salazar is guiding at the Lodge this week!!!!

MAy 1st to 3rd Very slow numbers of fish caught on May 1st but very very good action on May 2nd fishing deep with big crank baits 2 over 12 and 4 over 10 caught

April 25 - 29 - Gil Wright just returned again from the lodge. While fishing Saturday, APril 25 with Bob Childress, he landed a 12.14.  Bob, on his first cast of the day, caught a fish over 10 lbs. - a feat he has never accomplished fishing ten years at El Salto. 

By Sunday, April 26, eight guys out of nine in this group had set their personal best record. 

Paul Adams landed an 11.9 with guide Crispin.  By Tuesday, April 28, 23 fish over 10 lbs. were caught by anglers at the lodge.  Mike Watson, on his first trip to Baccarac after making multiple trips elsewhere in Mexico, caught his first fish over 10.

Hal Smith - this was his 27th trip to Lake Baccarac, which has to be a record in and of itself, rates this trip as an excellent one to the lake!    Overall, very good fishing so don't miss out! 

from Ron Dameron April 11 - 15 : Terry and Cheryl, wanted to give you all a report on our 3 days of fishing trip April 11-15. Larry and I had a slow first day and a half but it picked up the last day and a half. I had an 8.8 and 10.2 the first morning and a 8.75, 9.6 that afternoon, Larry had several 7’s and his largest the first day was an 8.5. Day two I started out with another 10 even and a 9.3 kinda slowed down but we caught numerous 4 to 6’s Larry got a 9.5. On the last day my first two fish was an 8.5 and a 10.4 we moved around after that for awhile and picked up a few more in the 4 to 6 pound range. That evening Jesus found some schooling fish and in consecutive casts I caught a 4.5, 6.5 and a 10.10 several casts later I caught a 9.5. We ended up catching 110 fish for the three days. By the way 3 of the 10’s were caught on flukes the 4th was on a Carolina rigged 8” magnum lizard. The staff did a good job as did the pilot who did a good job landing with the wind we had coming in on Saturday. Hope to do it again soon.

ANNOUCEMENT: ONE OF THE BEST GUIDES IN MEXICO TIGRE FROM BACURATO IS NOW GUIDING AT LAKE BACCARAC LODGE

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,Lizzards, , Must bring 7" super flukes

Swimbaits, big crankbaits

Pro fisherman Gil Wright says use topwater this time of year

senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

April 9th to April 14th...WOW ready get for reports coming in-- Ross Rushing of LUbbock Texas reporting 35 fish over 9 7 over 10 and 1 over 11

Sam Reed of Sayre Ok reporting 44 fish over 5, 22 over 6 1 over 7- 4 over 8  and 10 over 10 in 3 days on the water..Sam says use clear line and fish very, very slow up the rivers......

THe weather is has warm and the wind still not very strong the lake is at 65% pool

April 7th and 8th Full moon Fever Huge fish the past two days ...  Ross Rushing of Lubbock Texas now has caught 7 over 10 since his arrival on Monday and gives credit to his Guide Savano     Shane Ryal has a great afternoon catching 2 over 10 and 4 over 9 pounds fishing up the river near the white cross ( all big fish caught on big crankbait chartuse color )

April 6th report  : The Ross Rushing group from Lubbock Texas, arriving and fishing 1/2 day today had excellent results  Explosion of big numbers of big bass countless numbers of 4 pound bass also 7.3, 7.5, 7.13 8.0, 8.11, 9.7. 10.6, 11.8

JAson Carney from Boston landed a 11.15 and reported excellent numbers with 70 fish caught forthe boat

Jim Etheridge catching 2 over 11 pounds

Shane Ryal catching 3 over 9 and 2 over 10

EXcellent fishing the 6th of April

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, pop'rs, 5 inch senkos, 7 inch watermelon Russdingers OZ JIGS,,Lizzards, Black zaraspooks, Must bring 7" super flukes

Swimbaits

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

MArch 23rd to April 5th

We now have a bigger plane operating out of El Paso direct to the Lodge at Lake Baccarac so on many of the flights we have 2 extra seats. We also have a couple of spots that have been discounted deep

Must bring 7 inch super flukes.

Black Zaraspooks ...recommended by Narlin

April 3rd and 4th   The numbers have slowed down but bigger fish being caught on topwater in Papachaw Bill Doll returning for his 6th trip did catch a 10.2 on topwater yesterday

April 2nd report   more big fish with Tony Mandil catching 3 over 10 this morning and John Lange landing two over 10 this morning. Dr Monachek also getting his personal best after fishing years at El Salto..The Doc says Baccarac is the best in Bass

Tommy Baxter gets a 13.5 and harry Nichelsongets a 12.5

April 1st morning report  NOW READ THIS! Our good friend Tommy Baxter broke the 10 pound mark with 13.10   ..And of course Gil Wright Lands another one over 14 with a 14.5 along 3 more over 10....all on Big Flukes

April 1st afternoon report:  Big fish, big fish with many fish over 9 pounds coming on Big FLukes ( watermelon, bady bass ) recorded 7 more over 10 from the group at the lodge

March 31st from Russ at the Lodge. Russ reporting some very good size today with 7 over 10 pounds withthe group 16 at the Lodge. Suspending swimbaits and topwater working best the big ones and lizzards working best for the numbers.

March 30th   Gil Wright and Bob Gisy have returned to the Lodge. Gil Wright using only topwater plugs yesterday caught a 11.1 and 11.8 while Bob Gist also caught 10.2 on topwater. Numbers good fishing Green Lizzards the weather has been very hot

March 28th   Narlin Salazar very good fishing with several bigger fish being caught. Bill Q has caught several big ones with 24 people at the Lodge this week Narlin said many, many big fish caught

March 26th very low numbers this morning but some good size on swimnbaits and Russdingers ...Pedro has been the top guide this week

March 25th : from Russ_ Harry Scott group of 8 having great succuss with several over 10, 11 , 12

March 25th report   Bill Q from Bills Bait and Tackle caught a 11.8 on a swimbait this morning  Real good numbers and some real good size to report- a full report posted from the Eric ALinger group of 10 later today ..excellent report  with boats catching from 40 to 100 fish a day and many personal best   

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white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

March 5th to March 24th

We now have a bigger plane operating out of El Paso direct to the Lodge at Lake Baccarac so on many of the flights we have 2 extra seats. We also have a couple of spots that have been discounted deep

: overall fishing has slowed later in the week compared to earlier in the week 7 inch Russ dingers working the best

March 24th report  time _ March 18th to 22nd  fishing has slowed some but boats have still managed good numbers fishing in shallows . The bigger fish being caught around the inlands and on the main lake points using swimbaits and russdingers. Harry Scott caught two over 11 yesterday Dan True reported 14 over 7 pounds using Watermelon Russdingers

Today the President of the Lake Baccarac fan  Club is arriving " Bill Q" lets see want he can do!

March 15th, 16th , 17th aand 18th   Russ reports improvement in numbers all over the lake with 7 inch Russdingers working the best. Ham Chatman report an all around great trip with day 1 being slow but day 2 90 fish for the boat and 3 fish 10 pounds and 11 over 8 pounds

MArch 11th and 12th , 13th and the 14th Russ reports excellent results with 12 more fish over 11 caught on the Lake Senkos seem to be the best bite and we are starting to see some very good topwater All boats catching 50 to 80 fish in day with several more over 10 reported Pat Kemf caught his personal best 11.9 and then jumped in the lake- Henry Dotson catch a gaint 12.8 and then on his next cast caught a 12.9

March 10th EXcellent Excellent

Gary Whitehead caught 91 bass today with Guide Ramon

11.2, 9.8, 9.4, 9.2, 8.10, 8.4, 8.2, 7.4 being be the biggest

This report just in from Jack Anslover who just returned from his trip: " Better trip than last year at the same time" reports Jack Jack Anslover's big fish was 12.9 , MIke Smith 11.8 and Jesse Smith 9.8 with boats in his group catching over 100 bass a day using 6 inch Pumpkin Lizzards Mike Smiths best day was 140 fish

The morning of the 9th of March: WOW Mike Hinnekkamp group reported excellent results the first morning on the water with 7 of the 12 in the group catching fish over 10 and breaking their personal best: 7 inch watermelon and pumpkin seed senkos worked best in the shallows

Fishing today is outstanding according to all at the Lodge

March 5th to March 9th report: Russ reporting great big fish action over the weekend. The Lizzard bite is the best  with some really good Zara Spook action early morning it seems that the best boats are catching upward of 80 per day with Gary Whitehead catching 110 the morning of the 8th.

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white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

Feb 27th to March 5

March 3 - update from Russ Johnson at the lodge:

Alan Sharp from Pampa, TX caught three fish over 10 lbs.  Most boats catching 80 fish per day, excellent day on the water at Lake Baccarac Lodge! 

The fish are concentrated in the back of the coves; using watermelon lizards and white spinnerbaits is producing the best numbers, while the big fish are coming on suspending swimbaits.  We look forward to having you down at the lodge!

March 3 - from Terry: Wow! What an incredible big fish day with Greg Riggle catching two fish over 11 lbs.!

Gustavo Alameda and his friend Paco came all of the way from Spain to fish Baccarac and they say that this is the best fishing trip of their lives.  Since arriving last Friday, they have caught six fish over 10 lbs.

James Bradley's group out of Texas also caught two fish over 12 lbs.  I'm sure James, who was not able to come with them, will be mad he could not make the trip! 

Lures:  White spinnerbatits, 1 oz. are will the hot lure.  Many boats are catching 80 fish a day.  

March 2:  The Mike Wilson, whose group fished Feb. 27 - March 1, reports:  "We had another great trip.  Not as many fish as last year, but not bad.  We had 4 fish over 10 and 4 over 9 lbs.  We also had boats that caught up to 80 fish a day. The food and service were fist class.  Hot weather and cold margaritas just go together.  We can't wait until next year.  Thanks for everything."

The weather is HOT!  Close to 100 degrees but a cool front is expected to move in in the the next day or so. 

We have seats on several charters out of El Paso this month that we need to fill.  Call the office if you are interested for dates. 

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white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

Feb 23rd to Feb 27th

Need Two people on direct flight Departing March 4th and returning March 9th

26th early report Narlin reports very slow fishing on the 26th with most boats catching only 20 fish and no grandes the hot weather has really got this fish pushed down

25th Another hot day with 99 degrees being the high  and clear blue skies making the bite very tough according to Narlin. The very early morning bite did produce 2 over 10 with Alonzo's boat  but as the day heated up the bite fell off according to all the boats. Eddie's boat managed a very good late evening bite with fish in the 5 to 7 pound range. . Some boats catching good numbers using weighless lizzards

24th It has been hot the last two days with a high 98 degrees on Monday the 23rd. We have only had two fish over 10 pounds the last 2 days. Some boats are catching good numbers fishing weightless lizzards Narlin found good size fish in the shallows in Papachaw. Black/blue jig bite seems to be getting better and better

23rd As good as fishing was last week the bite took a little break yesterday the 23rd with no fish over 10 pounds to report but we did have some very nice 8 and 9 pound fsh caught in the flats in the ranch area. Pedro boat produced the best numbers fishing a weightless 8 inch watermelon lizzard.  The weather has warmed up since the beginning of the month

...WE have 2 seats available on a couple of direct flights to Lake Baccarac. 

read below report

Terry Hollan- Terry has a Mexican cell number where you can reach him for up-to-the minute fishing reports:  011 52 1 698 106 9417. 

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

Feb 8th to 23rd

FEBRUARY 21ST - Gil Wright gets another big one - 13.7 lbs. on a 1 oz. Black.blue jig  Gil Wright says " This might have been the BEST trip I have ever had to Lake Baccarac "  That is saying a lot Gil makes the trip about 4 times a year

Our guide Alfonzo, who we mentioned below on February 20, gets another three more over 10 lbs. with his guests.  He has made his mark and now is without a dbout putting his clients on the best fishing sports. 

FEBRUARY 20TH - The last three days - February 18 , 19 and 20 - on the lake have been fantastic.  There have been 25 fish over 10 lbs. caught.  The largest was brought in by Bob Gist of Oklahoma City - a 14.12.  This fish beat his personal best by over three lbs. 

Ten minutes later, his buddy Gil Wright, also of Oklahoma City, landed a 12.5 off the same submerged island. 

Jimmy Manley of Marianna, Arkansas who had only been fishing a day and a half, has caught two over 12, two over 11 and four over 9.  Where else but Lake Baccarac? 

Denis Bootenhoff of Oklahoma City, had caught his personal best back at the first of January at Baccarac, now broke his personal best record again by catching a 12.12 this week. 

Peter Riley, who was at Baccarac filiming Aaron's Outdoors TV show, caught an 11.15 and his comment was simple:  "Baccarac is to bass what Churchill Downs is to horses." JUST THIS MORNING, Friday, Feb. 20:  Peter Riley caught two 12 lbers! 

Pete Hollar caught two over 12 and two over 11 and while the fishing was slowe for his trip this timer, said  "Baccarac is unreal." 

Lodge guide Pauli, using a watermelon lizard with no weight, Texas Style, has racked up the numbers - numerous fish over 8 lbs and his boat has been catching over 100 a day. 

Not to be outdone, lodge guide Alfonzo has caught more big fish than any other guide on the water in the last two weeks. 

FEBRUARY 18 - Narlin reports from the lodge that the big fish are moving up and they are seeing more and more big bass. 

FEBRUARY 14:  Fishing is much improved with Troy Wells' group catching several fish over 9 with one over 14.  Terry Rader's group also had excellent results with four over 11 and several over 9.  Full report later! 

Feb 8 - Tom Lane's group of 16 caught 12 fish over 10 lbs. during their stay, with Ralph Reis lucky enough to catch an 11.2 on his first cast using a white spinnerbait and then three 1/2 days later catching a 12.0 on his last cast on a Zara Spook. 

Numbers of fish caught range fro 15 a day to 60 a day per boat.  Most big fish being caught shallow running the banksand obviously, many small fish arebeing caught on the banks.  The majority of the big fish have yet to move shallow which is resulting in very sporadic big fish action. Rancho Padre and up the river are not producing fish like we saw last year, but the areas near Guasama and Papacha are producing the best action this year.  With incredibly cool mornings over the last week, we have seen the water temperature drop two degrees.  Russ and Narlin continue to be out on the lake every day looking for the hot spots.   

...WE have 2 seats available on a couple of direct flights to Lake Baccarac. 

Terry Hollan- Terry has a Mexican cell number where you can reach him for up-to-the minute fishing reports:  011 52 1 698 106 9417.  USA cell number 806 679 4433

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

black/blue worms

Jan. 28 - Feb 6th

FEBRUARY 6th UPDATE -RUSS JOHNSON AT THE LODGE

Fishing has improved steadily, with many more numbers.  The lost 11 lbers showed up on the 4th and the 5th  Big Lake "B" is shaking off the rust and the groups are starting to see several more trophies. The Harold Bade group landed two 11 LBERs and four 10.

Jim Day's first cast of his trip produced a 11.14. Lots of small fish on the banks right now with several big fish starting to show up but I still think it will be a while before the bigger fish up in mass

Narlin Salazars report on Feb 6th It's no problem finding 50 to 70 fish a day right now in the shallows the bite is slower than last year but improving and we starting to see more trophies added to the trophy board at the Lodge. Smaller senkos are working much better than the bigger stuff right now. the Zara Spook bite is starting to pick up. I think the bigger fish are making an attempt to move shallow and when they do.......Baccarac will be BACK

Jan 28th to Jan 3rd Lake Baccarac is known for its big fish and yes, we have caught some fish over 10 lbs. over the last several days.  But fishing has slowed considerably from what it was earlier in the week, with the big fish suspending away from structure, you will only catch big fish if you are in the right place at the right time.  It's not a difficult task to catch from 50 - 70 fish a day, but only if you will target the shallow banks and be happy with catching the smaller male bass.   You will find a big bass shallow from time to time, but they are few and far between.  With both our lodges at Huites and Baccarac full, over the next several weeks, we will provide you with a wide array of fishing reports.   

...WE have 2 seats available on a couple of direct flights to Lake Baccarac. 

Narlin

read report below ending the 25th

Please take a look at the specials page as we have dates that need to be filled and we can offer at a discount... Several groups of TWO needed

No fishermen on the water at Baccarac on Sunday the 25th   full lodge today the 26th will have report laterfor Baccarac and we do have current reports of Lake Huites on the Lake Huites Lodge website

Morning Report Jan 26th fishing very spotty with one boat only catching 7 fish and the best boat catching 33 bass with 2 fish over10 pounds. It is the same story with bass patterns not holding from day to day and many suspended bass in 100 ft of water. White 6 inch senkos and white super flukes produced the bigger bass this morning..Area near Carezo is holding some nice bass

Afternoon of Jan 26th A little up tick in action today with Black /blue worms, watermelon lizzards, 1/2 oz spinnerbaits

THe boys from Basschamps will arriving today the 27th

Jan 11th to Jan 22nd

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Jan 11th to Jan 19th at Lake Baccarac Lodge : Over the last week we have hit both ends of the fishing spectrum at Lake Baccarac. The fishing is great but the catching is very challenging. Myself, I had the best ½ day the water I had in a couple of years catching a 11, 10, 9 the first hour of fishing Tuesday the 13th of January that was only after catching 2 total fish the day before. Mike Price in two days on the water at Lake Baccarac his five biggest fish weighed over 55 pounds but others in his group struggled. Alberto Smith from Reading, PA came down to catch a trophy and went home with an 11.8 after fishing for 6 days. Downsizing and going small was the answer for me a 4 inch rootbeer colored senko worked for my big fish. Mike Price used a mostly 4 inch watermelon flukes. This pattern did not hold the next day and the big fish and actually all the fish became very hard to find. There are just tons of fish suspending in open water (100ft of open water) using electronics you can see the big bass suspending underneath the thick layer of shad.  We have been able to find plenty of smaller fish on the banks and concentrated on the inlands in front of the lodge. Very few big fish are mixed with the smaller fish at this time in the shallow water.

The fishing has been very slow at times....

Report for JAn 20th:  downsizing and fishing shallow did produce better numbers today  boats catching 25 to 30 bass between 2 and 8 pounds with only 1 fish over 11 pounds   Larry Person caught 11.8 on 1/2 oz white spinnerbait

Report from Russ Johnson at the Lodge on Jan 21st: Cool morning but warming very quickly. We have had some cloud cover lasting until midafternoon. Catching 30 bass a up to 9 pounds using mostly 5 inch watermelon senkos, they don't like the 7 inch senko this year. White 1/2 oz spinnerbaits  producing fish on the bank but these bank fish don't have much size. The water level is starting to drop about 6 inchs a da. We are locating many bass suspending in 100ft of water not relating to any structure at al. Topwater is very spotty!!!l

Morning report From Jan 22nd most boats catching 15 fish this morning Dan Peirson caught 2 over 10 pounds fishing the long points. Russ reports a little better bite on the points this morning. THe afternoon of the 22nd

sticking with the morning pattern did find fish once again Long points are holding good numbers of fish. Our Guides Pedro and Sixto have been finding the bestbite. 4 inch Basstrix swimbaits are working very well along with Gary Yamamoto rootbeer senkos

THe JAn 23rd fishing report  the mornings continue to be cool until lunch. The fishing/catching the past two mornings has been much better early morning with senkos, flukes, small swimbaits. A few topwater fish but not many early morning. The afternoon bite has been very slow and no patterns seem to work as the fish move out in deeper water. We are seeing many bass in the 30 ft suspended in with the shad.

From The :Lodge Narlin

JAn 6th to 11th 2009

Early in the week the fishing was good as we had lots of cloud cover. THe high blue skies have really slowed down the fishing. MIke Drain and his group did pull 4 over 10 from the Lake this afternnon the 10th of January. It does seem that the shad in the lake are just much more attractive than the lures. More reports will be coming soon.

We are filming TV shows are both Huites and Baccarac with hook.TV .. this coming week

January 14 - FROM TERRY HOLLAN AT THE LODGE WHILE FILMING:

First day of filming, January 12, fishing was absolutely a bust.  We were fishing with big lures in deep water, looking for the big fish and ended up the day with only four fish caught with four anglers fishing. great fish caught by Perla Azucena Salazar from El Fuerte

The fishing Jan. 13th - much improved as we downsized fishing with 4 inch rootbeer color senkos in shallow water, after realizing the bite is very subtle and almost nonexistent. I caught an 11, a 10 and a 9, which were all caught on camera and will be on the show HookTV, hosted by John Diestch.  We had a phenomenal morning, 50 fish cuaght, many fish between 6 to 11 lbs.   

The fish are the most finicky I have ever seen on Lake Baccarac. Altough our boat had an incredible morning, we did have two boats that struggled with almost no fish.  It is definitely a case of being in the right place at the right time when the fish decide to feed.  If you need further reports, please call us and you can get ahold of me directly in Mexico.   

from the Lodge__ Russ

Dec 28th  2008 to Jan 6th

also hot report from Russ Johnson on Jan 5th

Happy New Year!  Four clients returning to the US from the lodge - Gil Wright, Denis Bootenhoff, Shane Ryal and his son - all caught their personal best!  The numbers are still low but the ones caught are big! 

Gil Wright 13.6, Dennis Booterhoff 11.13 ..The bigger fish are in 25 ft water laying underneath the shad, You can run the banks right now wth Watermelon lizzards and catch the smaller fish in good numbers.....Chino, Sixto and Narlin have all been on the water last several days

Russ Johnson report from he Lodge  " We have had 3 days of improving catch rates. The 5 inch senkos seem to be the ones producing much better than the 7 inch. We have starting picking up the bigger fish in more shallow water mixed with the bank runners. I caught a nice 11.3 on a senko late afternoon and Narlin caught 2 fish over 11 on 5 inch senkos"  The water temp is now below 67 degrees ( I have no idea if that matters ) 

Jan 6th report --half day fishing 5 inch senkos, 1/2 oz spinnerbaits, 4 inck swimbaits, and Rico Poprs.. Numbers are picking up providing you stay after it hard. We are finding alot more fish on the bank now and a few bigger fish mixed in with those smaller fish Overall slow big we did land 4 over 10 on topwater late yesterday fishing off the points near  the rehab area.. Our guide Pedro seems to be on the best bite

Jan 7th the morning   The best 1/2 day report in sometime. John MC while fishing with guide Jesus caught 15 fiish  with a 10.5 and 10.1 being the biggest two ..along with a couple of fish over 9 pounds.. 4 inch shad knockers caught the bigger fish and the smaller fish caught on Rebel POPRS

Another JAn 7th report - Brian Carla just called in a a good report. Taking 7 inch pearl flukes and dipping the tail in Chartuse scent Brian caught 9 fish over 7 pounds within the first hour after lunch and the pattern held the rest of the afternoon. His morning session was slow for size and numbers but the afternoon was much improved .

Brian noted that fishing on Baccarac is world class and he could never go back to any other lake!!!

Jan 8th morning report /// Early morning topwater seem to be good with Leo Osborn hanging a real monster and losing before it reach the boat...5 inch swimbaits produced about 15 more fish for Leo in the back of the coves casting into the schooling bass...

Russ reports slower catchs for himself than the previous days reports

Starting to get lots of busting the surface chasing shad