Brendon

I’m looking for a good bass club to join in the Texas panhandle which is where I’m located but also looking to join another club that does tournaments in central Texas so that I can meet up and fish with a buddy who is from Austin. Does anybody have any suggestions?

That must be it. Alan Henry is know for big fish and a lot of fish but like you said it’s mostly submerged brush and stick ups but not a lot of visible cover.

With it being Allen Henry I could deffinetly see that lol.

I live in the panhandle of Texas and I’m new to bass fishing but I do know that without a doubt one of the best bass lakes we have is Lake Alan Henry. Having said that I’ve fished the lake twice in the spawn and haven’t had hardly any luck. When I ask guys about the lake they say it’s a hard lake to fish and I guess I don’t know what they mean by that. Most lakes in the panhandle are rocky cliffs with flooded mesquite bushes and I can catch fish at those lakes. Alan Henry doesn’t seem much different. So I guess my question is, is what makes a lake “hard to fish”?

Thanks A-Jay, that really cleared things up for me. I usually get my boat on plane and then when the steering feels easily controllable I stick with that spot, with a 175 on a 20ft boat I guess I was hoping to get more than 45 to 50 out of it but now looking back it had two full tanks, me, my father inlaw and all of our tackle so we were pretty loaded down. I agree that’s it’s best to stick with what’s safe and it’s probably a lot less stress in my motor also so it’s a win win.

I appreciate the feedback guys I’ll give it a shot next time out and see how it does.

I have a mercury 175 XRI EFI Mercury with a 4 blade 24p tempest prop. I noticed I get more speed when I trim up and have a rooster tail but I have less control steering. I’m new to owning a boat so I was wondering if this is what most people do or am I over trimming my motor. The engine is on a 20 ft 95 ranger 488vs