Took out David and his son Arron today for a Falcon Lake Guide Trip. The weather was pretty early and we were whacking some fish on one of my early spots in about 8 to 9 foot of water. We had several miscues early but they got the hang of it and landed a couple of really nice fish. We pushed south to fish a little deeper as the sun got up good and were catching some nice fish and all hell broke loose with the weather. We spent about an hour or so tied to a tree out of the wind and when it let up the rain was comming down hard so we called it a day and came in. We boated about 20 to 25 today.
Sept 3, 2010
September 3rd, 2010Sept 2, 2010
September 2nd, 2010
What a lake Falcon is. Tell me where can you go out at 7 am catch 40 catfish and a five fish stringer of bass that weighs 40 pounds come in and clean 40 catfish and get in in time to eat lunch that Sheretta had ready at 12 . Only one place and that is Falcon Lake. Colten had been on me to take him to catch some catfish while he is down, because it is non stop action. We went up the river and just had a blast. As soon as we had put 40 in the box on ice ,we hit a spot or two on our way back. We stopped on this little point off the river as it had cleared up in the last few days and Colten caught a 9 lb 9 oz and than a 7 lb 11 oz and than a 6 lb 13 oz and than a 10 lb 7 oz and another that went over 6 that we did not weigh. Seeing another boat comming we pulled off and headed in. We cleaned or fish and were eating lunch at 12:15 It does not get much better than that. You need to come down and get you some of this.
Aug 31, 2010
August 31st, 2010
Took out Ricky and Wayne today and we started with a bang. We took twenty three fish on our first stop, including this 8 lb and 8 lb 3 oz pictured. We caught some more nice fish there as well a 6 lb 8 oz and two more heavy 5 pounders. We left there and went south to the Tigers and finished the day there catching 12 more there, making our total for the day 35 fish. All our fish were caught in 10 to 14 foot using the Zoom uv mag worm.
Aug 27, 2010
August 27th, 2010
Out on the water with Jimbo and Brett today. We tryed the buzzbait early but it did not produce. We had to go back to the tex rig to catch any fish. We looked alot today for some new fish as Jimbo and I are taking some people out that he knows Monday and Tuesday. We ran into Steve on the lake and he had another giant that he wanted to take a picture of. So we took his picture and he insisted that we make a couple of cast on his spot. We all did and we all caught a good fish. Right now when you find them they are loaded. We had a good flipping bite going just before we ran into
Steve and they were good quality fish. Steve’s fish weighted 9 lb 8 o0z and was post spawn.
Aug 26, 2010
August 26th, 2010
Took out Ron today. It was a really nice day but the fishing was a little slower than it has been. We had to work our butts off to catch 20 fish today. I had a fish about 8 lbs today that had just came off the bed. I have been keeping an eye on some fish up shallow spawing and they have done their thing for the most part. She was post spawn right out in front of this area and if you look at the picture you can se her bloody fins and tail, and flat belly. We started flipping after lunch and caught a couple of 6′s and a five. Ron got his best fish a 7 pounder up beside the boat but she left without a picture.
Aug 23,24, 2010
August 24th, 2010
Out with Jim Bo the past couple of days. Jim Bo has been gone and had not seen the lake since it has filled up. He wanted to go out and do a little buzzbait action. I have not done any of that since the lake came up, but I am game for anything a client wants to do. We got to the spot a little later than I wanted but the fish were still willing and the action was on for about 30 min. We caught nine fish on the buzzbait and had a few more heart attact explosions. Man did they smash it. The biggest on the buzzbait was a 5 lb 3 oz. I still am fishing mostly shallow out to about 14 feet. I just have not found the fish deeper than that lately. The lake is still comming up a little it is at 302.01 today up about one foot in a week. Soft plastics are still the best bait for big fish but that buzzbait action early is hard to beat. The fish in the picture is a 6 lb 15 oz caught out deeper on Mag Fluke.
Aug 22, 2010
August 22nd, 2010I finally got a day off from 9 straight days. I like to go fishing on my days off. Friday and Sat the wind blew pretty hard and made it a little tougher but with work we did catch some nice fish. The lake is inching up day by day and as of 5 am today we are at 301.67 about a foot from Monday. The big fish are still holding out in that 12 to 16 foot range and it takes alot of moving around to find them and when you do than you can whack 30 to 40 pounds in a hurry. I think you can throw about any plastic at them, but the Mag fluke is for sure working on the big fish. This wind and the rise has murked up a bunch of water on the upper end of the lake but you can still find some clean water and when you do the fish are still wanting a main feature to relate to. I have continued to also check some deep spots but they are really not there in any numbers yet. I did catch a couple of fish yesterday in 22 to 25 but they were small. People will not believe this but I know for a fact that the fish have spawned three times this year. This is very typical when we get this kind of water and have this much water and food. I have actually seen fish on the beds and went back to the areas and seen the fry a few days later. I have been lucky and have been busy guiding a bunch lately but I have some open date I need to fill in Sept so get the kids in school and get your butt down here, I need the work or I might have to go fishing.
Aug 20, 2010
August 20th, 2010
Took out George and Brad today and the wind was up today so we put in at the Tigers. We really had to work at it today we boated only 25 fish today but we did have two big fish an 8 lb 12 oz and a 9 lb 4 oz. The 8 lb 12 oz was Brad’s personal best. We mainly texas rigged but also caught a few flipping. Both of the big fish were not fat like the ones I have been catching they looked more like post spawn fish. We did see alot of just hatched out fry today in the Tigers.
Aug 18, 2010
August 18th, 2010
Took out Andy and his grandson Coy today for a half day trip. Coy just turned 6 yrs old a week or so ago. I love that pose of his first fish a scrappy three pounder, just right for a six year old to handle. Coy was a trooper and me and grandpaw had to help him set the hook,but after that he wa on his on. He landed three fish over six pounds but they were too heavy for him to hold them up for a picture so grandpaw had to help. I loved it to see a grandpaw get his grandchild into fishing. This was a first for me at that age and hope it is not the last. This is what it is all about. We need to take the time and do more of this as I know Coy’s parents and grandparents will cherish these pictures the rest of their lives. I like the big fish but Coy’s first picture is a classic.
Aug 17, 2010
August 17th, 2010
Took out Louis and Oscar today. We started up the river and started catching fish soon as we got a bait in the water. The water is really clearing up and these fish are loading up on these little prime spots. We just got attacked by 7 pounders today. I took pictures and weighted 10 of them and finally I quit weighing and quit taking pictures. These fish all weighted between 7 lb 6 oz to 7 lb 12 oz. We also caught a dozen more in the 5 to 6 lb 8 oz range as well. We boated over 30 fish today and I bet only 4 or 5 of them were under five pounds. We did not land any monsters, but I will take this anyday.
