Randall Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 I have been fishing Horton for a few days over the past week or so. The fish there are fat and healthy and feeding well. The Hydrilla is starting to get up in shallow water and there are a few other types of grass growing out to eight to nine feet deep. Last week we did well on a bunch of different baits. Topwaters and surface type swimbaits were working early and as the clouds came in. There was also a little schooling action down near the dam around mid morning. After the sun gets up there is a good deep water bite on crankbaits, jigs, and jighead and worms. Friday I had five fish that went around twenty five pounds in about ten casts after finding a school of big fish on a channel ledge. Some of the long points with deep timber are also working later in the day. We also got a few big fish early in the week on swimbaits fished on shallow creek ledges. We have been fishing anywhere from one to twenty feet and catching fish. Sunday my tournament partner Adam Stanton (aka Doghouse) and myself fished the JBA tournament at Horton. It was tough early and our swimbait and topwater bite didn't work out so we moved out to some deep timber in twenty feet of water and put three fish in the boat on a splitshot rig. Then we decided to move to a creek ledge as rain and storms moved in. We didn't get anything on a crankbait at first but put on worms and caught over twenty fish and got soaked as the rain fell hard for the next few hours. We finally culled up to a fourteen pound limit which was enough to win. Second place was around thirteen pounds and they also caught their fish from the same area we were fishing. We missed big fish by just ounces as a 4.25 won big fish and ours weghed 4.10. First photo is our two best fish from the JBA tournament. Second photo in the next post is a swimbait fish from early last week. Didn't have the batteries for the camera with me on Friday when we were really wearing them out and had six or seven big fish over four pounds. Quote
Randall Posted July 18, 2008 Author Posted July 18, 2008 Here is the swimbait fish from early last week. Quote
paul. Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 real nice. congrats on that win and the nice fish. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted July 18, 2008 Super User Posted July 18, 2008 d**n I need to get back down there. :'( Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted July 18, 2008 Super User Posted July 18, 2008 Congratulations! 8-) Quote
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