Did anyone do any good this weekend? Man its really tough catching fish at amistad. really i got skunked. two bites the whole morning.Hopefully it picks up a little.T-rig, carolina, senko whaky style deep or shallow really slow. maybe im doing something wrong what is working for ya'll?

That is not what i want to hear- I'm going this weekend.

were you deep?

Were you deep or were you Amistad deep? Last time there people were catching them in around 40ft of water and heard a guy saying he caught one in 60ft of water

Get in 40 feet of water and carolina rig, we did this in cow creek last February and killed them.

were you on grass, or hitting the bottom, Bassdeer?

You can get bit on little drop shot finesse worms in 25-30ft...mainly dinks....Got to ridges with 30ft or so on top dropping into the ocean and catch some bigger fish on a 1/2 or 3/4 oz football jig but expect a lot less bites.

I will be heading there for the first time this weekend. Boy I hope the wind is mild and some fish are starting to move up shallow. I don't have any experience fishing THAT deep.

I wouldnt be ready to fish anything shallow...start at 22-24' and go deeper...

was there sat and sunday...worst i've ever done..sat was too pretty..no wind and warm. ended the day with about 8 fish largest 3lbs. 25 to55ft range...fished t-rigs and c-rigs and shakeyhead and drop shot and slow rolled 1oz spinnerbaits and jerkbaits and......felt pretty bad when i heard that the federation tournament was won with over 20lbs....then i felt better when i talked with some local "sticks" who didn't do much better than me....water temp was 51 to 55 in the late afternoon. i'm sure the bad moon phase didn't help....give it a couple of weeks and HOPEFULLY the big girls will start to stage in the shallow 18 to 25ft range....felt like i was in the gulf sunday trying to fish in 60ft of water. still enjoyed it and CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!

Hey you didnt tell them about my small-mouth I caught.

oh yea, big mike was throwing a jerk bait and caught a 2+lbs smallie on a main lake point WAY down the lake....haven't heard of that happening very often...big mike lets go fishing!!

Im off tomorrow lets go

Amistad isnt herself.
Saturday was very calm,very warm by late afternoon and the fishing was tough.I managed to catch 8 fish,which doesnt sound like a bad day but all 8 came in the last 45 minutes of the day.In the same spot,in about 17 foot of water over a little patch of hydrilla that was about two foot tall.Sunday I went back to the same hydrilla patch and couldnt get a bite.sunday wasn't a pleasant day, high winds and overcast most of the day.Managed to catch two fish,both in thirty foot of water and twenty miles apart.

Rock bottom, If you catch a good one Mark with your GPS or something on shore or even a marker bouy and make the same run right away, we did this a few times and caught fish in the same spot.If you fish cow creek you might want to drive to box canyon(I thinks theres a launch there, Not sure)Last year we got caught in the wind and almost died getting back to air force marina

Speaking of box canyon doesn anyone know if the road has been paved to the ramp? Its almost not worth driving on if its like it was the last time I was there.

The road to box canyon is not paved yet;but is being worked on.Even under construction it is much better than it was last year.

The road is still mostly just suitable for goats!

lol....funny stuff right there.

Thanks for the insight, guys. Man, she sounds a little off.

last feduary the fish were eating. the bite has been slow since end of last summer

Esteban, If you want to fish shallow you might try High Bridge.
there is always fish on the banks up there and you can get out of the rough water if the wind is blowing. If you are fishing main lake probably going to have to go deep with c-rig, spinnerbait or drop shot.

It is what it is.For years 15 lbs was a good stringer at Amistad,The lake was low for 10 years then filled up and was a new lake for four years.Its not new anymore.however its still my favorite lake,and you can still can catch the fish of a lifetime.I also believe that the lake is more fertile at 30 feet low.At this level the shorelines are rockier and the hydrilla suffers.There is less hydrilla in the lake now than in the last few years,and we all know what less hydrilla means.

Well i'm heading down there for the weekend for the first time. I hope I can just get 4 or 5 good bites!

You will.
Good luck!!

nomo, she ain't what she was a couple years ago but from all the research i can find whats happening is pretty normal...pressure , change in the grass, big fish on fillet boards, pressure and more pressure..all in all the damn lake is so pretty and interesting and diverse that i love going there even without a strong bite!!

Couldn't have said it better myself, Risto.

The fish are there, always have been always will be. You just have to be good enough to find them, or there often enough to stay on em. By the way, I'm neither...lol.

chad, same here...get lucky often enough to keep me from sleeping at nite wanting to go back!!

where is high bridge?

what are you doing tis weekend bill

mikey- work sat and thinking of bastrop till 3pm on sunday!!

snakebit , the high bridge is on the pecos river on the northwest side of the lake ...pretty good drive to get there...

It's is still very good. The thing is, the fish have adjusted but the fishermen haven't. Less grass doesn't mean the fish die off, they just move, and you have to figure out where they moved to.
I fished 4 hours last Saturday. Like was said above, there was almost zero wind which is usually bad. I caught 12 keepers in 3 1/2 hours and numerous non-keepers. Biggest fish was 9-2 on my digital scales. I showed J.C. the picture so he can vouch for me. My best 5 would have gone about 21-22 pounds and I'm no local pro. So the moral of the story is this, the fish are still there but you have to change your tactics from the last several years if you want to catch them. Think outside the box and don't listen to the local dock talk and you will be fine.

hey ya'll just stated that didn'do to well wasn't knocking on My lake thats why at the end i stated whats working for ya'll.
was Just talking about the weekend hopefully will be out there this weekend tearing some lips like I always do. Weather has been a little more consistent and warmer.Should be picking up the BIG MOMAS soon...

Congrats on the 9.2 texas smoke.I would say 22 lbs is a very good stringer these days.Whatcha catch-em on?

thanks!

A rod and reel

Seriously, I'll say this, big baits are fine if they are eating, but don't be afraid to downsize if they aren't. Clear as mud, right ??

texas smoke...actually read u loud and clear! good job!

looks nice! long way from Diablo!!!!

If you have a chance, you should drive over that bridge. It is WILD !!!! You won't think that you are in Texas.

how long does it take to get there by water-weather permiting of course,from Diablo? got to be about 30 miles?

in a bullet or a ranger??

HAHAHA!!! IN A TRITON !!!! so split it down the middle !!!

you'll never make it.

knew i should have run over ya in the fog this last weekend at Fairfield!!!

Ha Ha..... I was definately worried about getting hit by somebody though!

i thought i could turn this thread south with a boat question..lol

Huck,did you fish the point straight across from the ramp late in the day? maybe a white/blue stripe Bullet?

yes......1 keeper. When I finally caught a keeper I said to myself "Here we go, were on em now" but......nothing else.

o.k. me and my boy were next to you on your right when you caught that one. white Triton/blue stripe/white deck-no carpet.

LOL ok, I also slipped it in the live well and thought "ha.. nobody saw me catch it either"! How you guy's do?

I think we hijacked someones post.

0 keepers,17-3/4 was our biggest.


we now return you to the previous discussion !!!

I would say the high bridge is a little over 50 miles from diablo by water.Not a bad boat ride.Be careful @ Rio grande pecos intersection usually lots of floating logs,cane other debri.I havent been there this year though.

0 keepers,17-3/4 was our biggest.


Has the length limit gone up on Amistad?

No, they hijacked the thread

lol thanks

My partner and I are coming up to fish next weekend. I've heard it's been tough lately. Any bass fishing advice would be worth a couple of brewskis at Lorenas or your fav watering hole. No, we're not fishing any tournys.

ristorap,
I could not of said it better myself.
I like the Bassmasters Elite but I wish they would not televise Amistad!!! They should stay in California or the deep south.
ejw

Ejw,
I bet this year Amistad will lose a little glory to her neighbor to the south.The falcon tourney will be televised first.Im not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing for us texas fisherman.I must admit,since Amistad is my home,I look forward to a little less pressure on Amistad.I am guessing Falcon will take a little over 100 lbs to win the elite series.Amistad somewhere around 65 lbs this year.Just a guess.

Anyone know the dates for the B.A.S.S. Falcon and Amistad tournements? I'm too lazy to look them up!

Bass is at Falcon 4/3-4/5. At Amistad 4/10-4/13. Should be interesting. I think 65Lbs on Amistad is a light guess. But, you never know. Falcon may well be 110lbs or better. Possible record. Get ready for increased attention and pressure on that lake...