So Yall Want To Learn Toledo Bend?

[Dam Yankee]

Looks like I will wait till Monday. Didn't realize there were 3 big tourneys going on at the same time. Thanks for the tip.

[six-mile C-Rig]

forgot to mention, FLW is launching/weighing in from San Miguel park. BassnBucks is weighing in at Big Bass (trailoring allowed) and the Oilmen's is weighing in at Cypress Bend.

There wll be around 1000 boats saturday/sunday just for tournaments.

[Bass_Fanatic]

Catt...good to see you back. Hope all is well and I see your still catching the big girls!

I went Wednesday with my uncle and we caught 21 bass, 8 of em being keepers, with the biggest going 5lbs. Caught the majority of em on a Gambler Big-EZ swam through the newly flooded hay grass. Fished deeper with C-Rigs, Pointers, traps, wacky worms, cranks for hours with nothing to show for it then moved shallow and started catching fish.

[Shanon]

We are 1 week away from a 10 day guys trip on the Bend.

So excited I can't stand it. I asked earlier about the drought & grass -

I know the aquatic grass grows fast - but how has the drought affected arreas that were high and dry and used to be (hydrilla, milfoil, or coontail)?

Did non-aquatic grass start growing and does it (being flooded) produce good or bad habitat for the fish?

[Bass_Fanatic]

The Hydrilla can be found in 6-15 fow right now. Anything less than 6 ft was dry recently, so no hydrilla, but it does have alot of hay grass that has flooded. The bass have moved into the hay grass and look to be spawning in there. Make sure you have some Gambler Big-EZs or Skinny Dippers and swim em through the grass and hold on!

[Catt]

Bass-Fantic is dead on about grass but completely wrong on lure selection. Do not try these lures ever! Stay out of the back of 944/Bull creek!

[fishnla]

Well made it out in the crowds today. It was a tough day for me, only three keepers. One of the fish went 4.7 and she had definately already spawned out. Hope, if yall made the trip, that yall had a better day than me.

[Wesley]

Well made it out in the crowds today. It was a tough day for me, only three keepers. One of the fish went 4.7 and she had definately already spawned out. Hope, if yall made the trip, that yall had a better day than me.

What part of the lake you on? I talked to some people that went out today and they caught about 15 in shallow grass in only a few hours.

[fishnla]

What part of the lake you on? I talked to some people that went out today and they caught about 15 in shallow grass in only a few hours.

Mid-lake Texas side. Caught about 20 total but I'm not one to show off the little ones.

[Catt]

What I've heard resently is y'all better start turning your back to the bank!

[back water]

We had our little club tournament this past weekend, our weigh in site was 6 mile. We fished Sat. till 3:00 and Sun till 1:00. Heavy stringer for the 2 partial days was 22 lbs. Not many large fish, Sat. 5.12, Sun. 4.11.

It was a team event with max of 5 fish. My partner and I never left 6 mile and weighed in our 5 fish each day (8 to 9 lbs) and culled a few. Caught lots of smaller fish, but could not find the kicker fish. Finished 5th out of 11 teams. Did have one big blowup on a Rib-it frog and he bit the legs right off of it. Left a hole like a wash tub.

Almost all of our fish were shallow, shallow, from the bank out through the dead grass. Most came on a weightless, mint green flukes.

Will fish T-Bend one more time next month on April 28 - 29th. Hope to do better then. Keep a tight line. Dutch

[Wesley]

We caught between 10-15 fish today big one a little over 4 pounds. Smaller fish were in the grass and the bigger ones were in 6-8 foot of water.

[Catt]

Just because I said we are fishing 6-8' does not mean we are on the bank!

back water y'all are catching males on the bank in 6-Mile cause the females have moved out.

Guys we are in post-spawn, yea I know there are some late spawners down south.

[Ranger Jim]

Catt glad you are back! What are you throwing post spawn?

[Catt]

While the bass are transitioning from spawn to post-spawn I'm transitioning from creeks to the main lake. I've put up my spinner baits & traps for Texas rigs & jigs.

[Wesley]

IMG_0361 by wconn1979, on Flickr

IMG_0363 by wconn1979, on Flickr

[Catt]

SWEET

[Shanon]

Nice Fish Wesley -

What's even nicer is seeing the water up next to the buck brush in the background.

Way to go Mother Nature!, Even looks like more rain coming early this week.

Haven't searched for results of the big tournaments this weekend - Was there a ton of fish caught? Anybody talking about patterns?

I see that Catt has pulled out of the creeks and that most of recent reports show lots of smaller fish in the shallows.

My gang is predominantly topwater - We fish it all day mostly.

4 Days and counting till we are on the Bend. Can't wait.

[Bass_Fanatic]

Top water will catch you quite a few fish right now, but the majority will be males. The males are up shallow gaurding eggs and fry so if your just looking to catch a bunch of fish, topwater, weigtless plastics, and jerbaits will do it in 1-6 fow. To find the late spawners, throw a Gambler Big_EZ or Skinny dipper and swim it through the flooded hay grass. If one whirls behind it, follow up with the fluke. I can usually catch a few late spawners a day doing this mixed with a ton of males.

If your just looking for the big bite, tie on a 3/4 oz jig and back off to the main creek points and work all cover and structure.

[hobo1616]

FIshed saturday and sunday, Saturday fished from 7 till 11 had 7 keepers best 5 going 14.8 had a 4.6 and others were good solid fish in the 2.5 to 3 lb class. Sunday fished till around 10 30 and had 9 keeprs best 5 went 12.7 had the same average fish just not the 4.6. Caught all of the fish shallow in less than 4 ft on a tx rig Lizzard and a wacky rigged senko. Fished the hickory ridge area. I did not sight fish but saw several nice fish either around a bed or just cruising in circles in the shallows. Had two big fish under our dock that appeared to be getting ready to spawn.

[Wesley]

Well this rain should go a long ways to getting Toledo to full pool.

Reading Date / Time: Tue, 03/20/2012 - 6:39am

Lake Level: 169.14msl

Generator 1: down

Generator 2: down

Spillway Gates:

closed

Current Water Flow: 204.00CFS

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This rain looks like they will have to start opening flood gates before it is all said and done.

[Bass_Fanatic]

When will they start generating again?

[Wesley]

Reading Date / Time: Wed, 03/21/2012 - 7:04am

Lake Level: 170.32msl

Generator 1: shut down

Generator 2: shut down

Spillway Gates:

closed

Current Water Flow: 204.00CFS

Came up about a foot, still a lot of water heading down this way. We will be full pool by the weekend I am thinking.

[Catt]

FYI

Lake level on

3-6: 166.49

3-12: 167.85

3-16: 168.95

3-21: 170.32

With foot increase in lake level the shoreline move and many anglers are following the new shorelines. If the bass spawned around 3-11 with a level @ 167.25 and the nests were in 2' of water those nest would now be in 5'. So if the bass are in post spawn, I believe they are and you are following the shoreline. Y'all are heading the wrong way because post spawn bass move away from the shore not towards it.