samwise2u

Took a friend who grew up fishing Toledo on occasion. We caught 11 and took 6 of 'em home. I'm liking San Miguel more than La Nana.

On the lake at 8:00am and off at 8:45pm. Stained to muddy water with temps between 70 - 75. Ambient temps from high 50s to high 60s. High thin cloud cover all day. Weather report said 5 - 10mph wind, it was wrong. Was more a steady 15mph wind until late evening then became calm. Had a co-angler this time. He grew up fishing Toledo on a regular basis from Converse to Bayou La Nana. We re-visited some of his honey holes. We did try one hump during the day but neither of us wanted to fight the wind for long. Most were caught on soft plastics and others on spinner baits in 10 fow or less. 11 fish were caught and hookset was missed on 3. 6 were put in the live well to be taken home for the fryer.

Good job! Did your spinning rod have a bend in it? Sounds fun. Congrats on the PB.

Some would say hard headed, OCD, crazy and downright stupid. I would not argue with any of 'em. All I know is catching 50+ fish in 20+ fow sounds fun and I want some of dat.

@A5BLASTER thanks

For all day fishing trips several items from this list.. Meat wrapped in a tortilla boiled eggs can of mixed nuts fruits vegetables water For half day fishing trips... Mexican restaurant where a beer or two is consumed after ordering off the menu.

Caught 2 last Saturday in shallow muddy water on texas rigged plastics. Most of the day was spent idling and looking at electronics. Looking for fish in 10+ fow is a test of patience. I do stop and wet a hook every once in awhile just to practice techniques and hoping to get lucky to put one in the boat occasionally. Gonna be getting hot soon. That will end the all day fishing trips to mid lake. Thinking of launching from Jolly Rodgers, only 1 hour from the house, when summer comes around. 2 hour round trip drive for 5 - 6 hours of fishing sounds good. The 1 hour round trip for 5 - 6 hours of fishing on Caddo sounds a little better. Might try every other weekend between the lakes. A friend is coming this Saturday. He takes 'em home, fries 'em up and eats 'em. I think 14" and above can be kept, is that true? And the limit is... 5 per person in the boat?

On the water at 8:30 and off at 7:45 Stained to muddy water with temps in mid 70s. Ambient temp mid 60s to high 70s. Had all sorts of cloud clover, in the morning high puffy scattered clouds with contrails (maybe) that were long and spread out, then low light gray clouds that covered the sky and finished with Blue Bird skies. No rain fell on Rosie. Wind was steady throughout the day causing a heavy chop. Started shallow, then deep, then shallow. Threw plastics, crank baits, spinner baits, carolina rigs and chatter baits. Spent the majority of the day idling and looking at electronics off shore. When structure was found with bait fish nearby I fished breaks on the structure. Still have not seen the small dots of schooling fish but still looking. Have been studying the recently bought Lakemaster card along side the Hook N Line map. Have pinpointed some off shore structure that will be looked at this weekend. Hoping for a higher catch count to report next week. Caught 2, both shallow on texas rigged plastic.

2 - 3 muddy fow, texas rigged plastic on Da Bend.

Is there a public launch further South of Bayou La Nana that is close to the bridge? Put another way... ...where is the closest public launch on the Louisiana side South of Bayou La Nana? Preferably a sheltered - off the main lake - never know about the wind. How is the fishing in Bayou San Miguel? Off shore fishing better on Louisiana side or Texas side?

Caught 1 Friday. Spent half the day off shore searching. Slow process but gotta say anticipation keeps me going.

On the water at 9:00 and off at 5:30. Went with a friend in his boat. Water was stained to muddy. Ambient temp mid 50s to mid 70s. A few high puffy clouds. Saw no contrails. Water was 2' above pool and holding. Started in Jeems where I caught 1 fish with a toad on a grass line and he caught 1 with a spinner bait in muddy water in 2 fow with no trees or grass close by. No more bites in Jeems. We headed to main lake at 1:00. Started fishing tree islands then grassy trees. No joy. Then my friend caught another 1 with a spinner bait in shallow muddy water with no trees or grass. We both put 2 in the live well. He also had 2 at the boat that got off, caught a gar and a fingerling that was thrown back to be caught another day. I had 2 bites and put both in the live well and both of mine were bigger than any of his bass! Gotta take it where you can.

On the water at 7:00 and off at 6:15. Stained to muddy water with water temp in high 60s to low 70s. Ambient temp high 50s to mid 70s. Started with Blue Bird sky, then high puffy clouds blew in from the north, then Blue bird sky again, then high thin clouds. Morning wind was a gentle breeze from the south and afternoon wind had Tranquillty Bay white capping. Saw a couple of contrails that were short and disappeared quickly, Buck sez that ain't good. Lake level was about 1' above pool and falling. Started shallow at community hole, actually what I guess would be a shallow hump close to shore. Bass were actively feeding, busting the surface, chasing baitfish way up in the brush and grass. Could not get my soft plastic back that far, , caught zero, nada, zilch, not a thing. Talked with another boat with 2 fishermen and they had the same result. I tried soft plastic, crank bait, topwater and spinner bait. They tried soft plastic and topwater. Headed off shore in search of structure looking for schools and/or big uns. Wet hooks on a hump with 15 fow on top, old roadbed intersection, break line around a 10' flat and a not well defined point, all in 10 to 20 fow, some had cover (or as Buck sez - breaks). Sorta considered 10' to be shoreline ifn that makes sense. No joy. Was in the area where I saw other boats searching in the past so might have been on the right track. Did this for 4 - 5 hours then the wind picked up, headed back to the Bayou. An observation. First thing in the morning, on the way to the community hole, I'm running side scan. Saw NO baitfish where I usually see baitfish in 10 fow of water or less. When I went off shore baitfish were hanging out in 20 fow and they were every where! Saw them jumping out of 1 - 2 fow at the island and in 20 fow off shore, no where in between. Hmmm. Caught 1 in 3 - 4 fow in a cove. Fished the banks to the mouth of coves Threw everything. Briefly thought about throwing the tackle boxes full of lures at 'em but sanity won. I'll be back.

I've been fishing Lanan this spring. Most of my experience is shallow lake with trees and grass. Keep that in mind while reading the low caught fish count. Water color is right on. Lanan is fishing slow for me. Catching 1 here and there. Below the bridge water is stained, above the bridge the water goes from stained to muddy.

Uh, one suggestion, next time tie on the lure that is catching fish! Def a crank bait day.

all the above

On the water at 9:00 off at 6:00. Post frontal conditions. Muddy water with temps in the low 60s. Blue Bird skies and a gentle breeze all day. Don't remember the ambient temp but wore a hoody all day. To tell y'all the truth my heart wasn't in it, I was dreaming of Toledo Bend and structure fishing. Threw soft plastic and a horny toad all day. Fished grassy trees, channels, tree islands and banks. Caught 0. fwiw, other boats were grinding also. There was a tournament and the rumor is the winner caught 25. Evidently he did a lot of culling.

Fished Friday, 4/17/20, and caught 3. Not impressive at all, other than to say 2 were caught on the bank and 1 about 100 yards offshore. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 100 yards offshore? 10' - 12' of water? Who'd a thunk it, oh yeah, a lot of you guys. Tipping my hat to Bass_Fanatic and Catt to name just a few. Side imaging showed bait balls after bait balls in the mouth of a cove. Fished the bank for awhile with no joy. On the way out saw the same bait balls. Side imaging showed lots of submerged standing timber and a few lay downs. Saw one lay down that was actually, I don't know, a clump, and decided to wet a hook. Spot locked about 60' away, half ounce sinker, a hook, a plastic worm and 10mins later had a fish in the boat. Too cool. Thanks again everybody.

On the water 6:30 and off around 7:30. Stained to muddy water with temps between 68 - 72. Started off with a few clouds, went Blue Bird then finished with low cloud cover. It did not rain while on the lake but the trip home I hit a few showers. Ambient temp was low 60s to mid 70s. Started on main lake. Started at a community hole with no joy. After about 30 minutes and talking with another boat decided to go main lake and look for structure. Found some but saw no fish and the wind was picking up. There where other boats off shore doing the same. I think one of the boats was actually following an old road bed cause that is what my plan was. Heading out from the launch, in the Bayou, there was ripple on the water. Main lake there were swells. Weather report had said 5mph wind out of the south, they missed that one. There is no joy in 2' swells while in an 18' bass boat. Say what you like I looked for shelter. Found an island that provided a wind break. Fished the wind break where 1 fish was caught. Headed back to the Bayou coves after a couple of hours and the main lake was white capping. Slow and rough ride back. Caught 3 all on soft plastic, all between 2 - 3lbs. Threw different color plastics, crank baits, spinner baits and a chatter bait. 2 fish were caught in 3 - 4 fow on the bank and the other, this one made the trip worth it, in 10' - 12' fow about 100 yards offshore way up in the Bayou. It changed the way I think about fishing. There just might be something to this "Structure Fishing" after all.

Launched at Potters Point. On the water around 10:30 and off around 6:00. Stained and muddy water temp was 61 to 67. Cloudy day that rained on us on and off throughout the day. Ambient temp started in high 50s and climbed to the mid 60s. Wind was 5. Threw plastics, spinner baits and crankbaits. Everything was caught on plastics. Caught 3 bass and 1 goggle eye. My partner caught 2 that included the goggle eye, I caught 2 that included a 3lb 3oz toad. The 3 bass were caught within an hour of launch and the goggle eye about an hour later. No other bites this day.

Still grinding away in Bayou La Nana. Caught 7 with a 6lb 4oz kicker, new PB! Still learning about fishing a deep water lake and structure fishing.

On the water at 6:45 and off around 7:45. Stained water and I have no idea what the temp was, Humminbird strikes again. Sunny day with a few clouds in the sky. Rained all the way from Shreveport but stopped raining once I made it to the launch. Sprinkled a few times while on the lake as a cloud blew bye but mostly sunny. Ambient temp from high 60s to low 80s. Fished coves where all the fish were caught. Looked for underwater points, creek bed, ditches and humps near the coves but saw no fish. Also did some Auto Mapping for future reference. Threw soft plastic, crankbaits, jigs and carolina rigs. Fished banks with soft plastic and the deeper water with everything else. Caught 7 bass, 1 catfish and 1 turtle. The bass and turtle on plastic in 3 - 5 fow and catfish on crankbait somewhere between 5 - 10 fow. Set new PB with a 6-4. Woo hoo! Finally caught a Toledo Bend pig. Still looking for that hog.

Thank you for the tip Sir. Are you looking... 1. Main Lake 2. Bayou's 3. Coves ...? What I have been doing is pulling into the mouth of coves and firing up the side imaging. Ifn there are baitfish there I fish the cove, ifn not, I move on. Is this good strategy?

Good job!

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