So Yall Want To Learn Toledo Bend?

[Troy85]

Trying to setup a trip to Toledo Bend this October.  Thinking of staying at Fin and Feather.  I was checking out their website, looks like a nice place.  Anyone here stayed their recently and can give me some first hand info on their experience?

 

Edit: Past few years I have stayed at AirBnbs on San Miguel.  I was looking to change it up this year.

[Catt]

@Troy1985s I stay there all the time, as recently as this month.

 

What ya wanna know ?

[RCCA]

Never had a bad experience staying at Fin & Feathers. Nice rooms, very good food, good area. Enjoy and good luck. 

[jcdogfish]

Worse case if the fish ain't biting you can get a pretty good burger?

[Amateur Hour]

Heading up in the morning to pick up the boat and bring it south to install new electronics.  May fish tomorrow afternoon, but just around the house.

[Catt]

2 hours ago, Amateur Hour said:

Heading up in the morning to pick up the boat and bring it south to install new electronics.  May fish tomorrow afternoon, but just around the house.

 

Kick Bass! ?

[A5BLASTER]

1 hour ago, Amateur Hour said:

Heading up in the morning to pick up the boat and bring it south to install new electronics.  May fish tomorrow afternoon, but just around the house.

Good luck baw.

 

Ramps be getting shallow on San Miguel.

[mguidroz]

I fished last night from 8pm to 2am. Caught 20+ with an 8.2 kicker. I stayed offshore in 12-20 feet. Tx rig was the ticket with red and June bug 10.5” wild thing worms. 3/8 oz weight due to the wind. I fished the secondary points on community and Indian mounts. Going back tonight and will report. Y’all be safe. 

[Amateur Hour]

Just got back from picking up the boat.  Yep, still hot as hell.

[Catt]

On 6/29/2018 at 2:53 PM, mguidroz said:

I fished last night from 8pm to 2am. Caught 20+ with an 8.2 kicker. I stayed offshore in 12-20 feet. Tx rig was the ticket with red and June bug 10.5” wild thing worms. 3/8 oz weight due to the wind. I fished the secondary points on community and Indian mounts. Going back tonight and will report. Y’all be safe. 

 

That's my kind of fishing right there! ?

[PlanoSooner]

My eyes hurt.... I will have to pick back up another time.
All great stuff. 
Thanks to the contributors.
 

[Monster worm]

Wow ! I just found this site last week and had been reading on it never imagined it was still going strong after 10 years ! Been looking for a site like this ! I love to fish and love to fish Toledo bend , I know a few spots on the south side that produce a few fish but always wanted to know the lake and how to fish it better ! I haven't been in the water in 2 years but we r heading that way at the end of the month for 5 days ,we r staying at pirates cove ! 

[A5BLASTER]

Just now, Monster worm said:

Wow ! I just found this site last week and had been reading on it never imagined it was still going strong after 10 years ! Been looking for a site like this ! I love to fish and love to fish Toledo bend , I know a few spots on the south side that produce a few fish but always wanted to know the lake and how to fish it better ! I haven't been in the water in 2 years but we r heading that way at the end of the month for 5 days ,we r staying at pirates cove ! 

Welcome to the site sir.

 

Great people here and great info everyone is eager to help and see others do good.

 

I'm on the north end San Miguel you ever come up this way and see a fat guy white t-shirt camo ball cap in a bull pro crappie slinging a trap or ribbet frog that's me feel free to come say hello.

[Monster worm]

Thank , will do ! 

[mguidroz]

My report from last Friday and Sat night. We caught around 20 fish Friday night and 10 Saturday night. Friday we fished Community again and main lake points / humps at the mouth of Housen (south side). The same as before TR ole monsters / wild things in 12-20 FOW. Nothing over 3.5#. Saturday we run south to the TX islands and Mill. We fishing main lake and secondary points 10-20 FOW. We caught one fish on a CB, nothing on jigs or CR and the rest were TX.

[Catt]

@Monster worm

 

How y'all are?

 

Welcome aboard!

 

We have awesome guys who don't mind sharing the love for this lake.

 

Sometimes it's kinda quite cause many guys work offshore but they'll be around!

[jcdogfish]

Just got in from a few days up there.  Very tough for me.  3 days, maybe 6 keepers.  Going from 50-60 fish per half day in Venice to that is hard to justify.  The locals I know that usually catch pretty good are even grumbling about how tough the lake is fishing.  Hope it gets better, I'm not willing to work that hard for them. I used to be able to at least catch some small fish or spots but the last couple of years have been very different. 

[RCCA]

Maybe next week I'll get to try again. Toledo at night and Rayburn in the day... I hope. 

[jcdogfish]

I'll probably go back in august.  When they start schooling a little more I might catch one or two, at least they will show me where they are.?  I will say this,  I figured out if you ain't breaking off and getting hung up pretty regular you probably ain't catching much.  Looks to me they are liking the thickest stuff available. Just my observation.

[Catt]

Somebody needs to put @jcdogfish on some fish!

 

I can't get away probably till August ?

[jcdogfish]

When the Mississipi river starts falling again in a couple of weeks I'll be fine.  Flip sticks, 65lb braid, and 3/4 oz weight in 2 feet of water.  That will tide me over til the next trip.  Getting harder and harder to leave my comfort zone.

[Catt]

6 minutes ago, jcdogfish said:

Flip sticks, 65lb braid, and 3/4 oz weight in 2 feet of water. 

 

Change the 2' to 12', work the shoreline flipping-n-pitching ?

[RCCA]

I'm waiting on the Mississippi to fall a little more, myself. Hard to beat them run outs with current. 

[jcdogfish]

1 hour ago, Catt said:

 

Change the 2' to 12', work the shoreline flipping-n-pitching ?

This coonass sure misses the matted grass?

[jacob2000]

Hey y’all, I was wondering if maybe a few people on here could break out the topo maps and help educate the rest of us on how to break down a piece of water. I know there are a few things at the beginning of this forum, but some more input would be extremely helpful I think. Some things I personally would like to learn are how to identify spawning areas, pinpointing the best areas of deep water that fish move into in summer and winter, and just other general things that allow you to truly understand where the bass may be at a given time.