Super User Jar11591 Posted February 5, 2017 Super User Posted February 5, 2017 Just returned from a trip to Lake Baccarac in Mexico. After seeing videos and reading everything about it, I knew I had to make the trip down there. It definitely lived up to the hype. My buddy & I fished for 3 days, Tuesday-Thursday and had some truly great fishing every day, morning, afternoon & evening. I broke my PB a whole bunch of times, and caught some really nice fish. In the 3 days of fishing, I recorded a few 6s, a few 7s, a couple 8s and this 9lb 13oz toad pictured below. In between these bigger fish were more bass 1-5 pounds than you could count. 9lbs 13oz, caught on a purple Zoom super fluke on a Scrounger head while fishing a hump in 15' of water. Picked up this 8lb 10oz girl a little bit after dark on football jig with a Yamamoto heart-tail swim bait trailer. This fish was caught on top water a few minutes after we launched on day 3. 7lbs 6oz on a Megabass Pop Max. Caught this 8lb 9oz shortly after the 9-13. The fishing was truly great, with so many fish and quality fish as well. Top water fishing was good, with maybe 15 fish coming that way including the one 7 pounder. Lots more strikes including several from very large fish. When the top water bite would die as the sun got higher, the fish hit a variety of other baits. There were sometimes 5 minute spans when I would catch 10 fish around 2-3 pounds. There was never a long period of time in which no fish were boated. I certainly plan on returning to this bass fishing paradise, even more determined since I fell just 3 ounces short of a double digit fish. 13 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted February 5, 2017 Super User Posted February 5, 2017 Sounds like a great first trip. It will not be your last. 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 5, 2017 Super User Posted February 5, 2017 Nice fish, great pics! 1 Quote
riverbasser Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 Its on my bucket list for sure. Sounds awesome. Scrounger heads sure are popular down there for catching big UN's. Thanks for sharing 1 Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Super User Posted February 5, 2017 22 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said: Sounds like a great first trip. It will not be your last. Certainly was a great first trip, and definitely not my last. Already planning the next one. I know next time to go for longer, because 3 days of fishing is not enough there! 20 minutes ago, roadwarrior said: Nice fish, great pics! Thanks rw. Some of what makes a fishing picture good is the scenery. With the size of the fish and the size of the mountains at Lake Baccarac, taking a good picture isn't hard! 22 minutes ago, riverbasser said: Its on my bucket list for sure. Sounds awesome. Scrounger heads sure are popular down there for catching big UN's. Thanks for sharing Yep, Scrounger heads sure do some damage down there. Something I had never thrown before, but our guide was pretty adamant about using them and he wasn't lying! Caught the biggest fish for me, and responsible for a lot of catches during the sunniest and middle part of the day when other baits wouldn't get bit as much. 1 Quote
jbw252 Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 Wow - congratulations on a great trip. 1 Quote
shimmy Posted February 6, 2017 Posted February 6, 2017 Awesome trip man! Yeh, the one big thing I heard before coming there was don't take the 2.5 day trip. I did the 4 day trip. A 9.13 is an absolute giant. Who was your guide? I loved the lodge. Absolutely awesome place and the food was unbelievable. Every time you come in from the trip, people are waiting to serve you the best food ever. How many people were at the lodge? I want to head back so badly. There is this crazy magical feeling when you walk down the launch ramp and head out on the water. Never felt that before. Just knowing you are on the best bass fishery in the world and that a world record is swimming somewhere in those murky waters. Great job out there and thanks for the report. 3 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 6, 2017 Super User Posted February 6, 2017 Lake Baccarac Lodge is a very special place. It's so hard to explain exactly what that means. Glad you got to experience it first hand. I haven't been every where, but it's hard to believe that there is a better place on the plant to truly get a DD fish A-Jay 2 Quote
RichF Posted February 6, 2017 Posted February 6, 2017 Awesome fish! I'd love to take my father there some day. 1 Quote
lonnie g Posted February 6, 2017 Posted February 6, 2017 NICE FIFSH!!!! sounds like a great trip.to much fun! very jealous. way to go on pb 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 6, 2017 Super User Posted February 6, 2017 Wow. Some big ladies. 1 Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted February 6, 2017 Author Super User Posted February 6, 2017 18 hours ago, shimmy said: Awesome trip man! Yeh, the one big thing I heard before coming there was don't take the 2.5 day trip. I did the 4 day trip. A 9.13 is an absolute giant. Who was your guide? I loved the lodge. Absolutely awesome place and the food was unbelievable. Every time you come in from the trip, people are waiting to serve you the best food ever. How many people were at the lodge? I want to head back so badly. There is this crazy magical feeling when you walk down the launch ramp and head out on the water. Never felt that before. Just knowing you are on the best bass fishery in the world and that a world record is swimming somewhere in those murky waters. Great job out there and thanks for the report. Our guide was Sixto, which when I heard about I was thrilled because of his reputation as one of, if not THE best guide on the lake. He didn't disappoint. I can certainly see where he gets this reputation, and I really hope to be fortunate enough to fish with him next time. But his services seem to be in high demand, understandably, so that may be tough. I loved the lodge as well, from the incredible food to the service. The night we got there, there were 2 other fishermen. 4 more came the next day, and by the time we left there were a dozen fishermen or so. It is a crazy feeling to know that you're fishing the best bass lake in the world, and like you said, the possibility of a world record fish seems to be very real. After being there for just a little while, I knew I would be returning soon. We're gonna try for around the same time in 2018, but I don't know if I can wait that long. Really is a special place, and every bit as good as the all the reports I was reading before making the journey. 2 Quote
BassObsessed Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Awesome trip and catches! That lake is bigger than I originally thought. Definitely on the list to go to. 1 Quote
Super User Raul Posted February 7, 2017 Super User Posted February 7, 2017 March is the spawn there, time to catch them DD´s. 1 Quote
Super User kickerfish1 Posted February 7, 2017 Super User Posted February 7, 2017 Outstanding job! I need to start saving some pesos... 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted February 7, 2017 Super User Posted February 7, 2017 Those are some fine-looking bread baskets. You'll be going back, that's for sure Roger 1 Quote
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