Caballo de Rio

Went fishing at jacomo today and caught three. Caught one on the north end at the dam and the other two down on the south end. Caught them all on brush hogs. Last week I had some success with the ned rig but not today.

I'm gonna head out to Jacomo around 5-5:30. I've been catching most of my fish with a raspberry brush hog in grass. Any bait tips or locations I should try?!? If your out say hello. I'll be the only guy with a stick steer on the lake.

I should have said something to you two other than "how ya doing". I was walking back to my truck and ya'll were just talking over your day. I'm thinking basshunter0731 should change his name to big jon!! next time I see ya out I'll say hello.

Hey blue, did i see you on Jacomo today? Blue boat with a 15hp tiller? Said ripping lips on the side?

The water wasn't as clear as it was a couple of weeks back. Most of all the weeds were submerged. I went out Wednesday and Thursday.On Wednesday I caught one pitching to the weeds in the middle of that south end and Thursday I pitched to the shorelines. You can read that on bottom of page 218. The wasn't mush wind on Thursday evening.

Took a buddy out to Jacomo on Thursday evening and caught two keepers. Caught them both on the south end. I was pitching the weed lines.

Yesterday was my first day off since my wife's girls weekend in Florida and fishing/de-stress was needed. Decided to head out to Jacomo. I've fished it about 6-7 times this year and great time. I launched the boat from the north boat ramp around 13:51 and was back at the dock around 1800. I headed north to the d**n and fished the east side of the d**n. After fishing the grass line for about 10 cast my bladder said bad choice. There was far to many causal observers in the area so I had to find a cove and find it fast. . Once I had that resolved I worked the shore line by pitching a small green crawdad at everything that looked fishy. I catch one small bass (no picture ) he was a dink. Continued working the shore line and caught a pretty good catfish (my pb). This was quite an experience for me. I hate sliminess feeling of catfish so i bought a plastic gripper for this occasion. I get the joker to the side of the boat with line in one hand and gripper in the other and as i was placing gripper in its mouth the good Lord smiled down on me and broke my line. (crisis adverted) Not wanting to catch another catfish I tied on a Chatterbait and worked the grass lines. Then about the 15-20 casts in my line broke mid cast and gave me another headache to deal with, a birds nest of all birds best. I know most of you have more rods than Bass Pro and Cabelas combined but I am a one rod guy. (not by choice and as fate would have it my new rod came via ups while I was gone) After dealing with the back lash for what seemed line days i started cutting and ripping line. I probably looked like Edward Scissor Hands out on the water. Soon I had a fresh clean spool to put line on. I looked in my bag where my line should be and was there any line. NOPE. I decided to pull the trolling motor and head to the marina and see what I could find. Pulled into the marina with no issues (first time boater, in older boat and everything is a new experience) The marina had some line and would only cost me 11.50 and I'd be fishing again soon. After re-spooling I headed to the south boat launch area and fished the grassy mats south of the launch. Hooked into 3 and caught one. The one I did catch I wanted to take a picture of so I out him in the live well. So I got my phone out and ready then I could figure out how to get that joker out of there. Was I going to have to catch him again to get his mouth open or what. After embarrassing myself by struggling to find a way to get the fish out I finally had success and put him on my measure board on the side of the boat. What happened next? Well the obvious. He flopped twice and was in the water. I heard him say "you just thought you won by catching me". I missed a few more fish after than I was done. What a day of fun fishing and beautiful weather. sorry no photos!!

Well I guess that answers that doesn't it!?! I had to ask... I just don't know a whole lot about boats. (as most can tell)

I recently bought this boat (Tracker PF16) and I'm working on replacing the steering cable. I opened up the side panel and noticed all this dried foam. Can I cut it out? Well it hurt the boat if I do? I'd really like to turn it into rod storage. I've attached a photo. Thanks for the help yall!

well yall I've got a 16ft bass tracker pf16 (stick steer) with a 25hp motor and i need to know 2 things 1. which is better to fish with my boat 2. where i should launch

I did find a helpful calculation tool for the 50/1mix http://www.csgnetwork.com/marineoilfuelcalc.html

can/will you advise me on what to buy??

Went out to Lake Jacomo for a quick trip this morning for about 2hrs.. It was my first time to fish this lake from a boat. I had a little trouble finding a bite. Water temp was low 50's. I flipped a jig and threw a crank bait. I had one bite on the jig but other than that nothing. I went to Longview lake this evening and found the fish staging out in front of coves . Water temp was in the mid 50's and I had my 5 y/o with me so we/I didn't fish much.

I purchased a 89' Bass Tracker PF16 over the winter. Ive had it out on the water 5-6 times and need to fill my tank but I don't know what type of mix to use. This is my first boat so bear with me on this. Feels good to be off the bank but a boat presents a whole new set of things to learn/experience. I just don't wanna screw it up. Thanks

Hello all. I'm new to these forums but I like what I've read. As a bank fisherman most of my adult life I've just purchased a bucket-list item, a Bass Tracker PanFish 16.Might not be much to some but its a dream come true for me. I look forward to learning more about fishing local lakes from a boat. I've fished most of every lake at James A Reed, walked/fished all around Longview and a few coves at Jacomo.