Fishing Reports

Big Bill Dance Crankbaits, Super spooks, 1 oz Rattletraps, RussFlukes 1 oz Jig, swimbaits

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The Ranch area doing the best for numbers and also big fish. Kerry Adair from Amarillo caught a 11.6 while Chris Scharbauer also caught a 10.5..Perry Williams caught a 9.5 . The last afternoon on the water Kerry, Chris and Perry found a honey hole that produced a 100 bass without even moving the boat…RED HOT action!

Dan Johns caught a 12.2 on a pearl swimbait

Mark Mabe caught 11.0 on a black jig

Mel Hanson called after returning from his trip. 20 bass from 8 to 11 pounds caught…

Mike Mcgowen called…had excellent results with fish up to 11 pounds caught on 6″ pearl swimbaits

Tons of big bass caught this week…The lake is only getting better and better

The best action is being produced throwing the Big Bill Dance Crankbaits.

Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes) rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater…also Bone Superspooks BIG Black JIgs

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Overall excellent with some boats catching over 100 fish per session

THe Fred Dawson Group: Fred Dawson caught a 9.8, 8.2, 8.3, 8.8 8.1 and 3 over 7 pounds – Kevin Byrne ( first BAss Trip ever ) 8.0 and a 8.25 – Chet Cowsan 9.1, 9.2, 9.13, 10.3, 10.1, 10.12 – John Garrsion 8.2, 8.14 9.2 and 10.4 Steve Berg 8.2, 9.0 and the ” The Elf” Andy Joiner caught 10.0, 10.11, 11.3, 11.6 and 12.4

Joe Annae group of 2 from In caught an amazing 22 bass 10 pounds including 3 over 12 pounds

Bill Q group of one from Bills Bait and Tackle 4 over 10 pounds with 25 over 8 pounds all 10 pounders caught on topwater using a Zara SPook

Gil Wright fishing with Bob Gist 10.0, 10.5, 11.14, 12.0 and a 13.3,,,,did not count anything in the pound range

Steve Gilcreast and Paul Kenndy 12.14, 12.1, and 11.3

huge numbers caught

The Coach! The Bobby Knight group: Coach Knight caught 10.13 using his Fly Rod along with oustanding numbers of bass caught on the surface Ross Jones caught a 9.5, 9.7 amd 10.11 Randy Farley10.1 and a 10.6

Mike Haxton reported 4 fish over 10 and 6 over 9 with 150 fish days

Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes) rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater…also Bubblegum Russdingers

Nothing short of Excellent for the bigger fish.

Joe Gaulhauser 78 years old caught 7 over 10 with the biggest one being 12.11….” best trip of my life”

all the bigger fish came in the clear water using 7″ Rapala Blue Floating Minnow

Randy and Trey Black just had a an excellent trip

Trey Black 5 1/2 years old …thats right 5 1/2 years old caught a 11.2 pound bass with ole Randt catching a 12.0 pound bass

Brad Newsome ” To good to be True”

report from Brad: 4 fish over 7 pounds using my Jerk bait Kit from Bass pro shop, the suspending Jerk baits worked the best …Also we had 14 bass from 8.2 pounds to 11.3 pounds and most all of them where caught on a Lucky Craft Live Sammy it was gold in color

Wayne Grigey caught 7 over 10 pounds during his trip

Mike Droll landed a 12.13

Tom Kirsh reported fished over 10 plus excellent numbers

Joe Thesedan had excellent results using Bubblegum colored Senkos “best trip ever”

Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes) rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater

After taking a few days off at the Lodge for the Easter break we are back the water.

Sonny Talkington has been have great luck and actually landed 7 over 10 on WEdnesday using Husky Jerk Baits

Guide Chino and his brother Eddie have been on the big fish bite. Since Thursday morning the 27th of MArch Gary Boberg, Mike Connolly, Scott FRancis and Steve Chindgren have caught in 3 days of fishing

20 bass over 10 pounds (caught mostly on Black Jigs from Fat Bass Baits)

17 bass over 11 pounds

7 bass over 12 pounds

6 bass over 13 pounds

3 bass over 14 pounds

1 bass over 15 pounds

1 bass over 16 pounds

…BAccarac is the Best!

March 31st report—-

Randy and Chuck Beckum fishing with big fish guide PEDRO reported catching 20 bass 8 to 10 pounds using 1 oz blacks jigs from Fat Bass Baits.com

Randy Beckum caught a 14lbs 11oz

Chuck Beckum caught a 13lb 12oz

Jim Ries caught a 12.0, 11.10, and 10.4 along with countless bass over 7 pounds

Russ and Rene got to spend a little time on the water and found a honey hole near the famous Russo Inland on the north rock pile catching and releasing 15 bass over 10 pounds most all of there bass caught on 1 oz Black Jigs tipped with watermelon Russdingers

Senkos, Yum Dingers, Jigs, Zara Spooks, Pop R’s

Absolutely outstanding trip again. The food, accommodations, service and fishing were superior. Rene, Russ and the entire staff went out of their way to accommodate us once again.

The fishing was awesome. Our group of 10 caught 29 fish over 8 pounds on our trip and all but one of us got his personal best fish. Matt Brewer scored dozens of fish in the 7 to 8 pound range and added a 9-0 and a 9-4 on Spooks. David Lewis had several 6 to 8 pounders including an 8-5, 8-7 and 8-10. David’s dad Jerry added an 8-0, 8-11 and 9-0. Joe Copeland boated an 8-0, 8-4, 8-5, 9-12 and a 10-1. Joe’s 82 year old dad James nailed a 9-2. Jon Parsley’s previous best was a 3 pounder; he landed an 8-0, 10-2, 10-13, 11-4 and a 13-7. Derek Krider nailed a 9-14, 10-3, 10-4, 11-5, 12-11 and a 14-3 (Big Fish). Can’t wait to return in November for some top water action.

Also Correction: Dale Conover did not catch the 18.8 but it was his brother Mike Conover …..we are currently waiting on pictures from Dale and his brother