shaneus Posted April 18, 2015 Author Posted April 18, 2015 CUMARA:original black series:2x 7'7 heavy fast =125ea1x 6'3 heavy fast =100ea1x 6'3 medium medium fast =100eanew red series:1x 7'2 medium heavy extra fast =215ea1x 7'2 medium heavy fast =215ea1x 7'2 medium fast spinning =215ea1x 7'11 medium heavy fast crank =225ea1x 7'11 heavy extra fast =225ea2x 6'8 medium heavy extra fast =210ea1x 6'8 medium heavy fast =210eaCRUCIAL:original cork handle:1x 6'6 medium fast =100ea1x 7'0 medium medium fast =100eanew eva foam handle:1x 6'8 heavy fast =125ea1x 7'0 medium medium fast =125ea2x 7'2 medium extra fast =125ea1x 7'2 medium heavy extra fast =125eashipping is not included.....can meet at toledo or rayburn or ship for 15$ extra will combine shippinf for multiple itemstext me or email me or message me please calls sometimes wont go through and i dont have voice mail set up yet.....all rods are in great condition......can send pictures upon request Quote
Bloodandguts Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Fished veach yesterday. Caught 22, most 14" or better. Largest 3.6#. Key was to be in 4-6 feet. Trees clumped together, especially if there was grass, seemed to have fish. If you caught one in an area, you caught five. Black/blue senko, t-rig, 1/32 ounce wt. Also caught a few in Coleman's. Quote
roblo Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 I didn't fish the big tourney last weekend, does anybody know how many ppl or teams that was in it? Did hear about the man giving the boat away to the gentlemen fishing from the dock, you surely don't see that outstanding gesture very often! My hats off to him, an hope the other fellow gets to enjoy the rig. I'm going to Rayburn this weekend, try an finish my water well issue at the camp. But hopefully I'll have the time to get out on the water, I'm guessing the backside of the spawn is still happening, an the others are in post spawn stage?? It's been several weeks since I've been on lake, all or any info is greatly appreciated Thanks Rob Quote
Tonto Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 I haven't been out there in a month or so either. Hoping to be on the water early tomorrow morning. Quote
fishcaller Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Fish must be biteing good on big Sam nobody got time give no reports Quote
fishcaller Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Went and watch setx high school fishing tournament yesterday and all I can say is what a great thing these people and parents are doing for these young fishermen and women . Quote
fishcaller Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Went and watch setx high school fishing tournament yesterday and all I can say is what a great thing these people and parents are doing for these young fishermen and women . Quote
roblo Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Yes sir, that is a great thing they did by starting high school fishing. Sure wish that was going on when I was younger! Excellent thing indeed for the young men and women today! Quote
C-Rigger Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 First post but I have been reading this forum for a while now and the info is great! Would like to share my recent trip to Rayburn today. Stayed deep all day caught around 25 fish with a few 3 lbrs and lots of small spots. Had 2 bass over 7 pounds with my pb of 8.13 and all keepers coming on a C-Rig. Quote
BassinHog Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 C-Rigger, Â When you say deep are you saying 12-15-25? Reason I am asking, we fished this past weekend and will be doing so again this weekend. We looked deep, 20-25' and didn't see much. Fished it as well with no luck. May be that we didn't fish with confidence, but were a little confused. We caught several in the 12' range, but 2#'s were about the best we could manage. When you look out right now at the ridges and humps you have to add 6-6.5', so a 9' hump right now is in 15+'. Â Bass, Â Would you be shying away from the 20-25' water right now with the lake so high. The grass also seems to have taken it on the chin on many of our normal grass holes in the main lake. Sure is an awful lot of water right now and really has us a little confused as last year was really the first year we spent on the lake. Just like C-Rigger experience, our feeling is that most of the big ones have moved off somewhere, just not sure what depth we need to be targeting. Quote
C-Rigger Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 Thanks bass _fanatic! BassinHog, even with the lake level so high I caught everything away from grass in 13 to 23 feet. It seemed like I caught more fish with a hard bottom near deep drops. Tried fishing reaction baits couldn't get a bite and had to fish really slow with soft plastics. Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 I haven't been on Rayburn lately, but the fish on Toledo are in that 20-25 ft range close to the creek channels. I wouldn't imagine Rayburn would be much different. Quote
BassinHog Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 Bass & C-Rigger  What do you consider their predominate food source at that depth? Crawfish, shad !!!!! I would think the bream would be spawning closer to the bank. Am I correct or way off base? The shad spawn was going on for sure this past weekend, not sure if it will still be going on, but my thoughts were that they would be following the shad around. Do they spawn at those depths or just on the shallower humps? Quote
BassinHog Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 What I meant to say was "Do the shad spawn at those depths or just on the shallower humps"? Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 I don't think the shad spawn at those depths, but there are plenty of schools of shad out here. If you find good structure in 20-25 ft with bait present, there will be bass! Quote
BassinHog Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Bass & C-Rigger  Another questions that I always struggle with. If your catching fish pretty consistent but the size is 13" to 2.5# max fish and really nothing any bigger and your tournament fishing. Do you stay there thinking you will eventually get the bigger ones to bite (if they are even there) or do you pull out to deeper structure looking for the bigger ones. I always find it hard to pull off of biting fish, but when size matters I struggle to get myself to move. What would you do in this scenario? Are the big ones mixed in there with them just less active or are they in the same area but a little deeper? Quote
C-Rigger Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 If you are in a tournament I would move to deeper water looking for some big bites. If you are leaving fish you know are there you can always come back later if the deep bite doesn't work out. Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 I agree with C-Rigger, I'd move, I've notice more times than not if there are big fish present, I will catch them first thing. If I've caught 10-20 small fish and need better size I'll move, but not far. Look for the next breakline. For example, last February I was fishing a tournament on Toledo. Pulled up to my first spot which was 15ft right next to a major creek channel and caught about 12 fish real quick. They were all good fish, 3-5lbs. I had 20lbs in the boat, but was having a hard time culling since they all looked the same. I ended up moving a little further off the ridge into 25ft and caught a 10.2 kicker. Weighed in 26.5lbs (my best individual tournament stringer to date) and won because of the move. The key is, don't move far, big fish are gonna be close by. 1 Quote
BassinHog Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Thanks Bass & C-Rigger  Feel much better prepared for this coming week's tournament. Headed out this afternoon. Pre-fishing Friday & Sat. Coaching a couple of high school students (who have just graduated) one of whom is my son. Have been doing this for a few years but about to get kicked out of the boat. Thanks for all of your help and will not shy away from the 20-25' water this week. Lake is almost 8' above pool and probably will be by tomorrow. Quote
C-Rigger Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Anybody know of any small tournaments coming up? Looking to fish a few, possibly some benefit tourneys if available and don't know of any. Thanks. Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 It's not on Rayburn, but on June 20th I'm helping pit on a little tournament over on Toledo. Check it out in the Toledo Bend thread. Quote
henrylewis Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 I will be up at the lake next weekend should I fish shallow or deep and if deep about how deep Quote
roblo Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I'm a shallow water fishermen, an it's good at times. But after reading yalls post an comments on here, I really need to invest in a good depth finder an make myself get away from the shallows. I enjoy reading all of y'all's tips an advice for fishing deep structure and ledges. All of which I hope to learn in the near future. I don't fish tournys, just love to be out on the lake, peaceful and stress free! My dad always fished shallow, and that's what I learned. We would snag a few good ones here an there, but the deep bite sure sounds like the way to go, especially this time of year. Thanks for sharing all the experience you guys do! Excellent reading material Have a good day Rob Quote
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