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How To Fish Lake Fork Texas

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:13:00 -0500

Lake Fork was impounded in 1980 and is located on the Sabine River in Texas. It covers Woods, Rains and Hopkins Counties. It is approximately 5 miles from Quitman TX. It has 27,264 acres of water with a maximum depth of 70 ft. and a pool level of 403 ft.

Lake Conroe Texas Fishing Report

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:16 -0500

Largemouth bass are by far the most popular fish species on Lake Conroe Texas. While not plentiful, large bass have been caught, with the lake record of 14.1 lbs in 1997. Lake Conroe is located in Montgomery county Texas, approximately 40 miles north of Houston Texas on I-45. Impounded in 1973, Lake Conroe has an area of 20,118 acres with a pool level of 201 ft msl and a fluctuation of 1 to 3 ft a year. Water is clear to algal stained.

Lake Livingston Fishing Reports

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:54:47 -0500

Located on the Trinity River in Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties. Dam is in Polk and San Jacinto counties, west of Livingston and 50 miles north of Houston. Lake impounded in 1969, is located on the Trinity River. Lake Pool level is 131 ft mls with a fluctuation average of 1 to 2 ft annually. Normal Clarity: Moderately to highly turbid. Lake Livingston has a surface area of 90,000 acres, with a maximum depth of 77 ft.

How To Fish Toledo Bend Lake Texas

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:48:16 -0500

Toledo Bend Lake Texas Is located on the Sabine River. Lake Pool level is 172.0 ft mls with a fluctuation average of 1 to 5 ft annually. The normal lake water is clear to off color in the north end. Toledo Bend has a surface area of 181,600 acres, with a maximum depth of 110 ft.

Falcon Lake Fishing Reports, Cabins for Rent

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:54:24 -0500

Located on the main stream of the Rio Grande River, approximately 40 miles from Laredo Texas on Highway 83. It is in Zapata and Starr Counties.
Surface Area is 83,654 acres, with a maximum depth of 110 feet. Pool is 301.2 feet above sea level, with an huge annual fluctuation of 40 to 50 feet or more. Water Condition is normally stained.

Crankbait Bass Fishing

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:00:27 -0500

If you are used to fishing with a jig then you will find that fishing for bass with a crankbait completely different. Fishermen that employ a jig regularly, will be aware that the way in which a jig lure works largely relies on the input of the user. With a crankbait lure, however, its action is in built. This is achieved by a lip on the face of the crankbait. The size of this lip will dictate at which depth the lure will dive to. When fishing in stretches of water that have a lot of weed and reed growth, the crainkbait's action will assist in keeping the three hooks upright thus avoiding possible catching up in the vegetation that may lay on the riverbed, which is ideal for the bass angler.

Crankbait Bass Fishing

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:23:54 -0500

Crankbait bass fishing is very different than fishing with a jig. For those that have experience fishing with a jig, you know that the action of the lure is dependant on the angler. But, when bass fishing with a crankbait the action of the lure is built-in to the lure. A crankbait has a lip on the front of it. This lip, depending on the size of it, causes the lure to dive deeper into the water. Each crankbait lure has a designed depth to it. This action also helps keep the treble hooks up and away to prevent them being snagged on weeds at the bottom. Crankbaits allow the fisher to control the depth at which he/she is fishing at. So if you are fishing in water with a lot of vegetation at the bottom, then fishing crankbait to catch bass is a great option.

How To Fish The Spawn!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:37:02 -0400

From March to the end of April, in some lakes it could last into June, big bass spawn on shallow, sandy beds.

Lures: A lure to trigger a reaction bite is required; light-colored jigs or plastics are easy to see on the bottom. An imitation plastic trout lure can also be used. My personal preferences are: white creature, white jigs and my favorite the Banjo minnow frogs in white color on a texas rig or dropshot rig. Anything white for me would work, so it make it easy to see underwater.

Catching Bass After The Spawn

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:34:45 -0400

After the female bass has deposited her eggs in the nest, the male will stay near the nest to protect it for about a week after spawning. During this time the male is not a feeding fish, however, he can be provoked into attacking a lure which is presented very close to the nest in a defensive effort. After spawning both the male and female become active feeders again.

Live Bait Bass Fishing: Catch Lunker Largemouth Bass Using Shiners Details Here!

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:06:59 -0400

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Many bass fisherman do not care to fish for bass using live baits, but to be honest that is good for you because that means there is very little fishing pressure. You do not need to have a boat to fish for bass using live bait many large bass have been caught from the bank using this method probably because there is very little fishing pressure. You can fish for bass using live bait in ponds lakes or rivers. Using live baits to catch largemouth bass is probably one the least used methods to catch bass, but if you learn what baits work best you can catch some very large bass using the following two methods I am going to talk about in my article today.

Fish live golden shiners and bluegills for largemouth bass. Fish live striped shiners and blue gills for bass.

Shiners make great live baits for bass and I recommend using the following two types, and they are the golden and striped shiners. These shiners both are similar in size ranging fro 3 to 6 inches. Some larger shiners can reach 12 inches in length but don’t use them for bait. Concentrate on using 3 to 6” shiners. You can purchase both types of these shiners at your local bait shop, but if you can catch your own shiners that are local to the area they work much better.

The golden shiner is much more common in the Eastern States but can be found in the southern, Midwest and Northern States also. Though it has been known to reach lengths of 30 cm (12 in), in the wild the golden shiner is usually between 7.5 and 12.5 cm (3 to 5 inches) long. The body is laterally compressed (deep-bodied). The back is dark green or olive, and the belly is a silvery white. The sides are silver in smaller individuals, but golden in larger ones. There can be a faint dusky stripe along the sides. The anal fin is large and has 8-19 rays, while the dorsal fin comprises almost always 8 rays.

The stripped shiner can be found on the east cost and through out the Midwest and Southern Canada. The striped shiner is a deep-bodied and slab-sided large species of minnow. They have large scales and silvery sides with a darker colored back. They get their name from the series of dark stripes that run down their back and come together in the center of their back behind the dorsal fin forming "V" shapes. They usually have a few dark colored scales which look like dark blotches along their sides.

The bream, bluegill or sunfish fish is a very common fish that is part of the sunfish family. You can catch them with small hooks or plastic jigs throughout the United States. You want to keep bluegills , bream or sunfish you catch that are 3 to 4” in length they make the best live bait for bass. Before you fish with blues check with your states DNR fishing regulations.

How to set up your live bait rigs for largemouth bass using golden and stripped shiners.

1.0 Using the right bass rod and reel combo.

I use a heavy duty open face reel spooled with 15 to 20lb test fireline. Fireline is a bit expensive, but you can reduce the diameter of your lines by 50% witch is great when you want to fish higher test lines. The rod I use is a 7ft heave duty spin cast rod.

2.0 Here is the setup method for a live bait slip bobber rig for bass fishing.

Slide a slip bobber about 4 to 6 inches in length up your line. Next slide a bead and a bobber stop up your line. You will need this to adjust your depth. Tie on a three way ball bearing swivel to the line next. Cut off a 14 inch piece of fireline and tie one end to the open bottom eyelet on your ball bearing three way swivel. Next tie on a 1/4oz bass sinker to the other end of the line. Cut a 12 inch piece of fireline and tie one end to the open eyelet of the three way swivel. Next Tie a number 4/0 or 5/0 circle hook to the other end of the line. Make sure the leader and circle hook can rotate freely 360 degrees, because the bass live baits need to be able to move freely in a circling motion.

3.0 Here is how you hook you live shiners, and bluegills correctly to your bass live bait rig.

Slide the 4/0 or 5/0 circle hook thru the lips or right behind the soft flesh of the dorsal fin of bluegill, bream or sunfish. Make sure it can swim freely in a circling motion. Slide the 4/0 circle hook through the eye socket of the larger shiners and right behind the soft flesh of the dorsal fin of smaller ones. Make sure your baits are lively when you cast them out.

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Spring Into June

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:20:35 -0400

I don't know if it's the rain we have been getting for the last two weeks raising the water levels, or the fact that the temperatures have not been too high because of the afternoon rains, or the fact that a rise in water level increases the forage. All I know is that the fishing is still great.

Weiss lake fishing 5/18/09

Mon, 18 May 2009 20:47:51 -0400

Bass fishing is fair, the bass are biting on carolina rigged wave worms . Also , flip under docks with texas rigged culprit water beetles.

Crapppie fishing is fair , they are on the channel ledges waiting for shad . The best technique is to bump the bottom with minnows .

Largemouth Bass Lures – Determining The Best Fishing Lures For Largemouth Bass

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:47:51 -0400

When it comes to largemouth bass fishing the choices, when it comes to fishing lures, is almost endless, but in this article I’m going to outline and discuss some of the choices that we have available. Are these the only choices? Of course not, but they are some of the more popular, and more importantly effective choices that are available. If you don’t currently have any of these largemouth bass lures in your tackle box, I suggest you add them to your repertoire.

Fishing For Smallmouth Bass – Keys To Success

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:04:05 -0400

In this article I’m going to discuss some of the keys to success when fishing for smallmouth bass. Smallmouth bass are amazingly fun to catch, and are know as being one of the hardest fighting fish that swim in freshwater. In my experience these fish, pound for pound, most certainly live up to that reputation.

Bass Fishing Tips - 3 Effective Bass Fishing Tips

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:20:35 -0500

When it comes to bass fishing it seems to me that bass fishing tips are more prevalent than Hershey kisses in Rosie O'Donnell's cupboards. It seems like every time you turn around there's someone who fancies themselves a fishing expert and has a bass fishing tips to throw at you. I have three of those bass fishing tips to throw at you as well, but thee 3 effective bass fishing tips have been proven through more than 50 years of combined fishing experience.