There has been several post about Benbrook fishing for Hybrids.
The last few weeks as been Great on live bait.
These pic's are all from the last 3 weeks!!!!

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That is putting it on 'em! I guess ol BB hasn't tailed off too much after all.

It's been real good

WOW Some of those Hybrids are toads. great job. I haven't made it out there yet this year but am looking forward to it now.

It has been fun, huh?

We had been catching and releasing a mess of hybrids for over a month... Now the lake will be swarming with boats...

Yes, it was fun...

If you can catch'em do it!!!!!!!
There are Guides that make a living fishing theses lakes and im one of those Guides.
Just wanted to say something positive!

nice work! best report I have seen from that lake in forever! lol. took the yak out a few times but it looks like I might have to bring the big boat out!

Dan is a class act!!! Not many guides willing to help out and give info like him.
If you want to learn and catch fish call him up.


And yes there are fish in bb, but i swear its the hardest lake i have ever seen to catch em on. Lots of work and time needed.

+1^^^

Bb has a lot of good fish more than you can handle on a fly rod top

Still no lake proctor it does take a lot of man hours to get her to give up the booty lol. Proctor is a cake walk.

are these pics from this year? if so what gives lol , Is this lake a secret or just plain tough, I mean If I can catch fish on Lewisville I should be able to catch fish anywhere right lol! Seriously though If this lake is heating up I might need to take a trip out there.

Nice job!

Usually a tight lipped group there.

Thanks for the post

I fished this lake for years the fish act different certain times of the year
they don't seem to stay put very long.

Benp, bb has good fish, but it is tough!!!!! I can catch em on lewisv, rc, twok, and whitney, but bb has disappointed us many many times. Mark fish all day, use same bait and technique as other lakes and nothing!!!
Just this year are we starting to get em. Its lots of learning and really a different lake.
One other bit of advice watch the wind, that lake is scary with 15 mph south wind.

If you now Lewisville then you know we get wind alot as well! I am not against giving BB a shot though, pretty close to my mom's house and she wants to start fishing again. I guess Dutch Branch has the closest ramp or maybe holiday has a little more water either way cant be much worse than lewisville has been

Our desire or therefore lack of to share or make posts stems from the fact that Benbrook is 10% the size (3,600 acres when it is full) of Lewisville 29k , Hubbard 21k , Tawakoni 37k, and C.C. 32k So when someone makes a post about Benbrook you will have an onslaught of boats following and believe me it will beat down the fishing. The day after this post one of my buddies counted no less than 10 center console boats on Benbrook that he had never seen there before. This guy fishes Benbrook more than I do and I fish it on average 3 times a week. And well we know the regulars, we may not know them by name but we know the boats.

Even among us when the fishing is good we rarely go out at the same time. We will usually call and coordinate times. Some of us will fish the am and others the pm but rarely do more than two of us go. It is just the way Benbrook is... It is a hard lake to fish and all of us have contributed to what we all know.

This season Jedi-Ninja figured something out and Anton II and I also employed something Bridgeport Guide taught us due to the excessive shad die-off this past winter. We may seem to be a "tight-lipped" group but we are not, we are always looking to meet new folks and are willing to help others.

But in the long run there is only so much pressure Benbrook can take and if you think hybrids on big lakes are spooky of big engines then on Benbrook they are 10 x worse. So if we seem crass and selfish you may be mistaken. Send us a pm, make an effort to meet us and you may find out otherwise. It is a public lake, it is not ours but in the long run it is a resource we like to protect.

I hope this clears things up a bit.

I can not think of a better way to explain your situation there than the way you have done so Fishing Professor!

I grew up in South west fort my entire childhood. Learned to play golf at Pecan Valley, soccer at the fields by the Dam, and camped at the lake all the time. I now live in Addison and fish mostly east of Fort Worth, a few months ago my mom asked if I remembered going to Dutch Branch and catching fish in the canoe when I was 5 and I said not really, so we went out in some Kayaks this past June and fished the trees near the Holiday boat ramp for Crappie, I saw scattered fish jumping and maybe 5 boats on the whole lake, and thought to myself, this is a nice small lake, why do I not fish here?...

Anyway, I read this thread a few days ago and it made me think of that day on the Kayaks... I appreciate you sharing this info and think that is nice to hear fishermen sharing a lake and working together, it would be nice to carry that over to the bigger lakes!

I love this lake did good there last year haven't renew my annual pass yet haha nees to get back on it

Welcome to my world I have boats on me most days and it get aggravating at times.
We still seem to get them most days. Im tired of all the crying about more than
3 boats, and I fish at Benbrook on average of 6 days a week and I have never seen
10 center consoles ever most days it 2 or 3 boats stop crying and fish!!!!

If it's "aggravating" don't post a dozen pics of fish when one or two would do. I learned that on my lake years ago.

Im not the one crying, and posting pic hasn't affected lake traffic for me.

Just plain tough. I have been fishing it since we moved here in 2000, when I could get on it. I have trolled and caught a limit in 2 hours and then fished every way possible the next day and not catch a fish. I am by no means a pro fisherman, but caught lots of fish on Ben Brook. I know several people will tell you the same thing. Fish are there, just getting them to bite. By the way, I have used shad also.

It is hard to tell, but some of the little fish look like Hybrids and are short. Just to let you know, it cost $268 if you get caught with a short fish.

I have fished 30 years for stripers and hybrids and I assure you none of the fish in my pic's are short hybrids we have been catching 12 to 13 inch hybrids every trip.

Sometimes people are so smart...they out think themselves.

That's a lie that posting pics dont create traffic out there. I took my yak out there one day and there was lots of boats boats trolling all around me. Then the next day I realized why. Someone posted pics with the background not blurred. I think its funny when 8 boats are fishing an area the size of 711. And anyone that thinks they are the God of benbrook is funny. Its the most humbling lake that I fish. You can slay them one day and only catch a buzz the next day.

I noticed you changed trolling motors during your 3 week run...
You like the terrova?

Ya got me a new 2410 ranger and all new sponsors it's got a wrap on it, and just for the record just left Benbrook had a 10 fish limit in 1 hr. 5 boat on the water so how's that for a lie...... man some of you are really out there would rather argue than fish that all for me on this post. See you on the lake

benbrook whoops my butt haha i plan on heading there as soon as i get a new sonar or mapcard

Guys this is funny, i fish benbrook alot like i said it is challenging. Probally 10 days this month met a couple really nice guys talked to a few.
Only time i saw more than 5 boats was one evening bass tourney.
No boat shows and nothing like other lakes!!!!!
Again i will vouch for Dan you guys are jumping on him for advertising his businesss?????
Get a life,,,, take the time to meet him then post something i bet your high and mighty this is my lake attitude changes.

now last year we posted a few photos and youd see some new faces out there...i haven't been but 4 times this year. but i havn't seen much boat traffic when i was there.. boats sittin on the usual humps. but if some more posts come up beside 1 or 2 people your see some boats there.

Did I read that right: 12"- 13" Hybrids. Bud you need to look up the length limit in your Outdoor Manuel. Stripers change from lake to lake, but not Hybrids that I know of. Oh and I have been fishing for stripers and hybrids for 40 years. I still have trouble distinguishing them sometimes. Been fishing Ben Brook for 13 years. Best year was winter of 2009 that I can remember. Son-in-law, I was right.

You are so stupid I didn't keep them just making a reference.

What a jake!!!!!!

man this thread did a 180 form the original post!

Why don't you guys leave Dan alone and let him fish. That is what guides do.
Keep tight lines Dan!!

For the guys that want this thread to go away, stop replying!!! Wait, it's entertaining