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Report:
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Monday, March 10, 2003 at 17:45:13
(CST)
Spring Time
and Local Lakes Begin Warmth
Some
of the biggest largemouth bass in
our local lakes will be caught in
the next 45 days, and now is the
time to go fishing.
With
water temperatures beginning to
climb out of the 40's and on the
warm afternoons sometimes hitting
the mid-50's in the shallow water,
the big females are beginning to
search for the prime spawning
grounds.
Lake
off the Caprock (Baylor and Alan
Henry) are first to warm-up. Lake
Greenbelt, Meredith, Ute, and
Conchas will soon follow suit.
One
early season patterns that is often
overlooked by anglers is using a
deep diving crank bait in the top of
the flooded trees on the edge of
creek channels. On warm afternoons,
they are in the top of the trees and
will whack the bait right after it
hits a tree branch. When those pesky
cold fronts drive down the
temperatures, the bass will retreat
to the base of the same flooded
trees and can be caught with a slow
jig-n-pig or a worm.
THE most important
instrument in your boat is a
temperature gauge. Find a spot that
is just a couple of degrees warmer,
and the chances are good that you
are close to the most active spring
time fish in the lake.
Smallmouth bass and walleye are in
the middle of their spring feeding
spree at Lake Meredith and at Lake
Greenbelt. Suspending Rogues and
long casts can result in some very
big fish.
Good luck and good fishing...
Report:
Sunday,
August 11, 2002 at 21:25:19 (CDT)
SUMMER 2002
LAKE REPORT for Panhandle Lakes
Well it seems that every lake in our
region if suffering from low water
and slow fishing conditions.>P?
Meredith after nearly six years of
staying in the 80-90 feet levels has
declined to barely 71 feet, but it
is falling.
Greenbelt continues
at a very low level, but at least it
isn't falling.
UTE is down 15 feet and Conchas is
down 40 feet !!
Perhaps Baylor is doing the best, at
least as far as lake level is
concerned. It is only down 5 or 6
feet.
The fishing has
really slowed as the heat of summer
and low water conditions seem to
have caused the bass to stopped
their normal summer feedings. A few
bass can be caught, but it isn't
easy and most are found in the
deeper waters. Best patterns are top
water during the twilight hours of
sun rise and sun set. Night fishing
could be good, but I do NOT have any
reports from anglers that are
casting in the dark.
The only real
exception to slower than normal
fishing is Lake Alan Henry. The lake
level has increased this year by 4
feet and the anglers ARE catching
lots of bass. The deep water
patterns at Alan Henry continue to
produce bass over 18 inches, and
savy anglers are spedning their time
probing the water deeper than 15
feet.
Check My message
board for more fishing reports, AND
do feel free to add your reports on
the message board.
Thanks and GOOD LUCK
..... REMEMBER--Catch and RELEASE
are the key to better fishing.
Report:
Friday, September 14, 2001 at
18:15:15 (CDT)
AREA LAKE
--FALL FISHING
 The
lakes in our region are cooling off
and the fishing is getting better
every day. Largemouth bass are
feeding
morning and evening.
Best lures are buzz baits, chugger
lures, and spinner-baits.
Small mouths are back to daytime
feeding and small chuggers at the
end of long casts on main lake
points and secondary points in major
coves are producing excellent
catches of the bronze back fighters
It is time to head to the lake and
have some great fun fishing. CATCH
and RELEASE will be the key to more
great fishing next year.
Report:
Thursday, March 29, 2001 at 15:55:56
(CST)
Okay
gang, Spring WILL arrive and the
fish WILL bite. Give us a few days
of warm weather and the largemouth,
smallmouth, and walleye will go on a
major feeding spree.
Water Temperatures on our local
lakes continue to be in the upper
40's but the shallow water in the
backof the coves with bounce to the
mid 50's faster than you can reel in
a buzzbait.
Best lures for early spring fishing
are deep diving crankbait (for the
fish staging on the secaondary
points), Rattlin' Rogues for the
shallow water smallies, largemouths,
and walleye.
The jig and pig will still work
wonders for trophy bass, but work it
slow and the bite will feel like
your lure is hung up in the moss.
When in doubt, SET THE HOOK
Don't forget that the fish haven't
seen a buzzbaits in six months and
some times it will work better than
any lure in your box for chunky
bass.
2001 looks like a great year, it is
time to go fishing.
Report:
Monday, April 03, 2000 at
20:10:18 (CDT)
Springtime in
the Panhandle
Well, guess it
is time update the lake reports
page. *laf'n* Thanks to the recent
rains, most area lakes are on a
slight rise....with Lake Meredith
showing a total increase of nearly
four foot from the winter lows. The
current lake level in 93.7 and
slowly rising. Lake Greenbelt is up
just under a foot , but could sure
use a major thunderstorm as it
continues to be three feet lower
than last spring, and 8 feet below
normal pool level. Lake Baylor
should be running over the
spillway---again. Those three inch
rains seem to know right where the
lake is located. The conditions on
our lakes is just about where they
were last month. Water temperatures
in the low 50's , and the largemouth
bass are still pre-spawn. Most
active bass are working the first
drop off near the prime spawning
beds. Best baits are slow-rolled
spinnerbaits and crankbaits that tic
the bottom. Best lures continue to
be jig-n-pigs for big bass, and both
spinnerbaits and Bandit crankbaits
are producing some keepers. The
surprise lure for big bass is the
Suspending Rogue, but don't be
surprised if the hungry walleye
interfer with your bass fishing.
Every fish in the lake (including
some catfish!!!) will attack the
Rogue. Walleye are biting at dusk
and dawn at the dam, but even they
are slower than normal for this time
of year. (Is there really a normal
weather for OUR LAKES??) In short,
the fishing is ok, but should
dramatically improve once the water
temperatures finally kick up into
the 60's. We are very thankful for
the extra water, but most of us are
ready some good fishing. It will
happen any day now, and I'll let you
know when the bass get really
active. CHECK my
bulletin board.....and leave YOUR
fishing reports there. This board
depends on you for either questions
and/or answers. Give it a try ... I
think you will like it.
http://searchtexas.com/melphillips/board/
Thanks, The
MELman
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