Bryanhester

Great info !!

Fished Tuesday and Wednesday with good results. Tuesday stayed in San Miguel all day as the wind was terrible. Early morning found shad spawing on the point of a small pocket. Seemed a little early but hey take what your given. (Surprised). Shad flickering by the millions. Fish blowing up in the bushes and caught 8 -10 before the wind picked up action stopped. Frogs and chatterbaits were the ticket. Moved on to points of spawning pockets that had wind hitting them hard. Caught some pretty good fish on chatterbaits and swim jigs. Had a lull around 10 or so. Went to flipping bushes with a jaybug and started catching some better quality fish . Did try a deep spot late afternoon with fish holding on a hump the were staging and were full of eggs. Wednesday fish San Patricio for a couple of hrs. Before the rain set in. Caught a couple of fish early on frogs. Water looked pretty good back towards the back . Not for long lol. Couldn’t get a flipping bite so started fishing cypress trees along the banks where all the camps are. Wacky senko was the ticket. Back to the drawing board now after all the rain !! Lol. All in all had a good couple of days. Couple of 5lbers and some good chunks. All released for someone else to catch .

Finally got to the bend Friday and Saturday!! Fished San Miguel and Lanan areas. Stayed shallow and caught fish flipping a black red flake jay bug. Also caught a few on senko a and wacky rigs. Fished the very backs of pockets and cypress trees. Caught very few out of the button willows. Far as I can tell the first small wake of fish have spawned and the next wave are staging. Next outing I will move out a little and try for the staging and post spawn fish. Sounds like I need to head to deep water after bassfanatics report!! Good to be back on the bend !!

Fished yesterday mid lake area and caught some on drop shot but most were small. Left and went looking in creeks for shad and found a creek with a bunch of shad a caught 20 or so with most of the fish coming on a series 5 shad crankbait. These fronts are starting to get the fish on the move and feeding. Only going to get better !! FOLLOW THE SHAD !!

Fished Thursday evening and Friday. Best bite for me was definitely in the afternoon. Found a school of fish and caught about 25 with 12 being keepers. Big fish was around 4lbs. 8-10 fow seemed to be best. All caught on a 3xd in a shad pattern. Friday morning was pretty slow with a couple of frog fish and a few more cranking. Found another school later in the day but most were small. Ready for some fall fishing !!

Headed that way tomorrow afternoon. What's the water color ? Gonna be in San Miguel and around 1215. Plan on covering a lot of water . Looks like I need to stay shallow ..

Yes I got it installed and used this week on the bend. That is the best add on I have ever put on a boat. Worth every penny. Nothing like driving over a school of fish dropping trolling motor and fishing off the back deck !! Lol

Yes those have some fish on them also. Every hump or point had a sweet spot where the wanted to be . Very easy to miss if ya didn't find the sweet spot.

No sir . I've got a 21 foot ranger smoke color with some red . I fished the outer half of San Miguel. Close to the state park.

Finally had a good day out deep !! Caught around 50 with 3.5 being the biggest. Most fish were caught in 15 to 20 feet of water on shakey heads and spoons. i fished the San Miguel area. Points and humps.

Ronnie, how do ya like your ultrex ? Mine is suppose to show up from fed-ex today. Can't wait to get it on and head to the lake. This should be very beneficial on the bend !!

Finally headed to the bend for the weekend. Haven't been to the camp in over a month. I'm having withdrawls. Not sure how much serious fishing I will get done because of the much needed getaway with the family. I'm gonna try and sneak away for a little while .

Man all these reports have got me itching to get back on the bend. Haven't been able to get down there the last couple of weeks . Plan on making a trip down to the camp to mow and spend a couple of days chasing some of the deeper fish !!

The Toledo bend lunker bass program and the sharelunker program are totally separate programs !! Strike king, in an earlier post you started by referencing the sharelunker program and giving the Toledo bend lunker program numbers. I believe this is what the argument is about ..

Hit the bend Monday and Tuesday after the front. Ended up catching 12 on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. Monday was slow up shallow. Moved deep and did a little better . Started deep Tuesday morning and started catching fish pretty good . Caught a couple on a 6xd but most came on a Carolina trick worm . Most fish were small but did manage a couple of threes and one that went 9.12. A good way to break in a new boat !!

Fished tue. And Wednesday with great results. Tuesday fished the bend and managed to catch 28 with the best almost 24 lbs. best bite was early with a lull after 10:00. Bite picked up again around 2. Biggest was 7lbs. Most caught on traps in staging areas in the grass !! Fished housen and six mile areas. Fished Rayburn yesterday and ran the same patterns as Toledo. Traps seem to be the best bait .. red and gold with black back. Tuesday I only saw 2 or 3 boats all day. I wish it would rain every day !! Lol

Fished Tuesday in housen and ended up with 12. Best 5 close to 18lbs. Caught fish from 2 ft to 20ft. Water temp stayed constant at 53 degrees. Spoon, jerkbaits and jigs. Next week is shaping up to be pretty good for shallow fishing !!

Headed up for a long weekend on the bend. Hope to get a little fishing in. Ready for a little spoon action !!

A lot tougher this weekend for me. Only fished a little here and there due to yard work. I hate leaves. Couldn't find any stacked up. All fish that were caught were on the small side. Bite was very funny. Not very aggressive.

Maybe you will experience it one day !! This time of year you can find them stacked up and it can get good in a hurry,. You find a spot like I found and maybe you will BELIEVE !!

Wow, it been almost three weeks since I have been to the bend. The last couple on months have been tough for me. Fished Wednesday and started off a little slow till about 9. Figured the moon may have affected the morning bite. Went looking deep and found a couple of small schools. Ended up with around 20 or so and 15 nice crappie by 2. At around 3 till 5 o'clock I caught a fish on every cast. They were crushing a 5xd in sexy shad. No big ones but all were between 2 and 3 lbs. Fat.... Fat....Fat !! Should only get better with the next front cooling the water down. Should get them schooled up better.

fished yesterday evening and this morning with minimal results.. I made myself fish all new water. Found the best bite to be in the morning and after about 8 it got tough. All fish durning the day seemed suspended in 20 feet of water. My best bite was in 12 to 15 . The ones that were caught during the day were relating to timber. The lake is dropping and should get better in the near future..

I spoke with a buddy of mine that works for the TPWD and he said they are spraying all none native grass and salvania. Unfortunately this does include the haygrass ???. I sure hope this is not true !! We need the hay grass....

Has anyone heard of spraying on the Texas side around Indian mounds?? I hope it's not true but rumor has it that airboats have been spotted around that area. ??

Caught fish early and late but very slow during the day for me. Graphed for a couple of hrs. But never found anything worth fishing. Need to do a little night fishing !!