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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: CWCW] #4099277 10/30/09 02:20 AM
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Did'nt get enough rain to make a difference in the water level,just the clarity.


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Going to give it a shot early in the morning. Practicing technique mostly. If I catch anything it will be a bonus!


Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: ugotthatcash] #4100398 10/30/09 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted By: ugotthatcash
Did'nt get enough rain to make a difference in the water level,just the clarity.


Yep, the rain fooled the forcasters. We were under a severe thunderstorm warning yesterday in Joshua with a 100% chance of rain. Um, that didnt happen at all. It just got cold.


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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: CWCW] #4101047 10/30/09 05:07 PM
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ugotthatcash, hey when we were there for the tourney, it was our first trip on that lake so we didnt really get to get a good grip on the bottom pattern. I have a navionics program and my buddy of course has it on his graph unit.

Now out away from the banks, is there any drops, inconsistent bottoms, humps?

i was just wondering how you were targeting deeper open water bass with no distinct bottom contour changes, or if there are some...we didnt get to really look.

thanks man



Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: joho5] #4103695 10/31/09 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted By: joho5
ugotthatcash, hey when we were there for the tourney, it was our first trip on that lake so we didnt really get to get a good grip on the bottom pattern. I have a navionics program and my buddy of course has it on his graph unit.

Now out away from the banks, is there any drops, inconsistent bottoms, humps?

i was just wondering how you were targeting deeper open water bass with no distinct bottom contour changes, or if there are some...we didnt get to really look.

thanks man

I will be out there this morning and the plan is to find the deep water fishing holes near the dam. I'll give a report later today.

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thanks man....

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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: joho5] #4108048 11/02/09 01:31 AM
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I fished both Saturday morning and this morning until noon. Didn't catch a thing Saturday and only caught two small little turds this morning.

I tried everything from shallow grass, reeds, docks, open water, and all over the dam. The two fish I did pick up was off the dam. There is a drop from around 30 yards out that drops from 5 ft. to 20 ft. up and down the length of the dam. This is where I caught them. I was using a DD22 rolling it SLOOOOOW so the fish could see it in the mud.

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We did about the same. We fished Cleburne this morning and caught 1 flathead and a small bass.


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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: joho5] #4108408 11/02/09 03:20 AM
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Yes i have spent the past year on Alvarado,looking at what your wanting to know.But the lake is so small and i learned to read my electronics better,cause i could focus on an area and study the bottom,1 way by watching my graph,and 2 way,by dragging a worm across the bottom and feeling for deep structure.
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ugotthatcash, hey when we were there for the tourney, it was our first trip on that lake so we didnt really get to get a good grip on the bottom pattern. I have a navionics program and my buddy of course has it on his graph unit.

Now out away from the banks, is there any drops, inconsistent bottoms, humps?

i was just wondering how you were targeting deeper open water bass with no distinct bottom contour changes, or if there are some...we didnt get to really look.

thanks man




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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: ugotthatcash] #4109696 11/02/09 05:18 PM
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Hey Dean - I thought the fish would like my new hair cut, but that presentation fell thru just like everything else did..

I thought I was just a no fish catching sumbuck, but after reading you guy's report, maybe I'm not too bad after all.

Steve

Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: SlabNSteve] #4110396 11/02/09 09:10 PM
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Guys don't feel bad, I've lived there and fished that lake since 1972. 3 of us in the boat Sunday, fished hard for 3+ hours and got 5 keepers. 1 to 3 feet on spinner baits. Cool muddy water makes it tough!! On the question of structure, there is very little. The fish relate more to drop offs. Very few fish go deep in this lake. Good Luck!!!


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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: SlabNSteve] #4112650 11/03/09 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted By: UncleFunky
I fished both Saturday morning and this morning until noon. Didn't catch a thing Saturday and only caught two small little turds this morning.

I tried everything from shallow grass, reeds, docks, open water, and all over the dam. The two fish I did pick up was off the dam. There is a drop from around 30 yards out that drops from 5 ft. to 20 ft. up and down the length of the dam. This is where I caught them. I was using a DD22 rolling it SLOOOOOW so the fish could see it in the mud.


Me and my buddy fished Alvarado Saturday evening and caught nothing. We saw only a few active fish in the shallow areas. We too fished that drop off along the dam because we saw fish on the sonar staged on the drop off about 13ft down. I too used some deep running cranks and we even worked soft plastics down the drop off but they didnt seem to like what we had or didnt see what we were throwing. Water was very dirty. We also pitched plastics under the docks during the high bright sunny hours hoping to catch some that were hiding from the sun.

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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: joho5] #4112695 11/03/09 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted By: joho5

Now out away from the banks, is there any drops, inconsistent bottoms, humps?



This past weekend was only my third time out on the lake but i didnt see much variation in the bottom of this lake. The most definate change in the bottom contour is the drop off by the dam that was mentioned above. Water right next to the dam is 6ft deep for about 10ft from the shore line out. Then the drop off shows up and drops from about 7ft to around 17-20ft. The whole north west end of the lake is a shallow flat and the grade from this flat end towards the center of the lake is very gradual. You can start from the NW end of th lake in 5ft of water and travel past the ramp towards the center of the lake and it only drops to about 10ft over half of the distance of the lake. If I could get a good day (no weather changes) when the fish were agressive in the shallows, i think there is enough lay downs,stumps, and tall grass in the shallows to make fishing good.


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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: CWCW] #4114859 11/04/09 12:18 AM
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Very True, the West end is all flat, fish around docks and in the reeds. Past mid-lake toward the east the breaks become more defined. Some docks sit in 10+ feet. Keep looking at the steeper drops from the banks as the water cools. Fishing the dam gets better as the water cools over the next month also. Caught several monsters in November fishing there. Right now they are chasing shad during the afternoon. Spinners and cranks get it done. As the water cools they don't go real deep due to the stained water, just fish slower. Good Luck!
Going Wednesday afternoon!!! Maybe I'll get a monsta.


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Re: Alvarado Lake [Re: Chris G. Davis] #4115219 11/04/09 02:02 AM
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That is my plan for this week to stay shallow and saturate the shallow end with a spinnerbait and if it is clear enough I will try throwing one of my new swim baits (have yet to use a swim bait, but if I were a fish I would SMASH IT!!!


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