Trent the big ones won the battle today. It was steady all afternoon. You should head over when given a chance.

HrT, those are some nice looking hybrids. Looks like your giving those flittebaits lures a good workout!

Scott, they are eating them like candy. I've had these Flitterbaits out in the water 4 times in the past week. We have caught a load of fish with them.

HrT hit it right on the head about those "Hybrids with bad attitudes". I havn't seen them as aggressive as they were this afternoon in a long time. Them heavier red hooks on that Flitterbait seemed to be the ticket today. I even had about 4 fish trying to get at the bait while pulling it out of the water at the boat. I'll be pulling that boat back over to the lake tomorrow for sure.

Whats left of a Flitterbait after a Big Bully Hybrid yesterday evening.


I picked these Flitterbaits up from (Striped Bass Tackle) www.sbt4u.com
They are a great bait to work with to cover alot of water and multiple depths.
This has been a really Hot bait on Palestine the last few days. I might add that this bait comes with smaller hooks like this->



I like to add red hooks and after yesterday evening alittle bigger split ring.

If you are pulling split rings, there is a little
thingy on the side of your reel, What it does is
adjust the drag. Now this thing called drag lets
the line slip when the fish pulls really hard.





Just Kidding
great job on the fish , one more cold front
and we can expect some epic days.

MO

Heading out this afternoon with Jack, hope to see you guys out there.

We still got a North wind today.....this always fairs well on Palestine. Hopefully Jack will be able to get one on the board today. Look to see ya'll out there!

Great day today! Thanks to MartyK and headsRtails for tip on where they were biting. Jack made it on the list. He caught 2 nice ones. Here they are!!

Way to go Jack those are some huge Hybrid! What did you catch them on?

Just so you know HrT. Our refund policy does not cover damage done to lures by "bully hybrid"

Man those are some good look'n fish and great pictures. I was wondering what he caught those on myself so i can get him on this board. I got 24 3/8" and 23 3/8" on those two. He had the best ones of the day. I know in our boat we were catching just about all of ours on Flitterbait. We boated 28 fish total between us..all caught on Flitterbait but maybe 4.

Those Flitterbaits paid off again this afternoon Although yesterday we got larger fish they were still pretty mean today.
And how about Jack... man, those are some nice looking fish you caught this afternoon. We moved out from that spot when ya'll got out there because we wanted Jack to have a good shot at a big one. That just makes my day
Hope to see you guys out there again soon.

Palestine BIG Hybrid Board as of 11/11/09

1. headsRtails 26.25" on TNT slab 8:10 am 9/24/09
2. headsRtails 26.00" on Rattletrap 6:25 pm 10/23/09
3. MartyK8 --- 25.75" on Rattletrap 5:50 pm 10/27/09
4. headsRtails 25.25" on Rattletrap 5:40 pm 10/23/09
5. headsRtails 24.75" on Rattletrap 5:20 pm 10/27/09
6. Jack Parker 24 3/8" on 1oz. slab 4:55 pm 11/11/09
7. headsRtails 23.75" on TNT slab 7:50 am 9/24/09
7. Martyk8 --- 23.75" on Flitterbait 5:15 pm 11/10/09
8. Jack Parker 23 3/8" on Rattletrap 4:42 pm 11/11/09
9. MartyK8 --- 23.25" on Rattletrap 4:30 pm 10/27/09
9. MartyK8 --- 23.25" on Rattletrap 5:25 pm 10/23/09
9. MartyK8 --- 23.25" on Rattletrap 6:30 pm 10/17/09
9. headsRtails 23.25" on BangTail inline spinner 7:00 pm 10/14/09
10.Parkenstein 22.75" on humdinger 11:50 am 11/03/09
11.Cury Dawg - 22.00" on Crankbait 9:50 am 9/24/09
11.MartyK8 --- 22.00" on Rattletrap 5:10 pm 10/23/09
12.headsRtails 21.50" on Rattletrap 4:05 pm 10/23/09
13.headsRtails 21.00" on Rattletrap 6:40 pm 10/17/09
14.headsRtails 20.75" on Rattletrap 5:55 pm 10/27/09

Talk about some class acts!! Moving off a spot full of fish so a kid could catch some. Very nice!!

You guys be sure and check Jack's (Fishing Factory) video from today with one of these Hybrids under the (Photos & Video). This young man is a fishman PERIOD. He holds 3 Jr. class records on lake Palestine. I know after we drifted off alittle...everytime I looked over with the binoculars he was catching a fish it seemed.

Going today after lunch. Hope they are biting...

Dang, Ive been wanting to go, but I hurt my back 4 weeks ago and I still can't untarp the boat and tote the trolling motor and batteries into the boat without wearing myself out! Maybe after this week of therapy I can manage, otherwise I guess it's "vicarious fishing" by reading this thread!

Hey Guys. Those are some nice Hybrids, HeadsRTails. I'm still trying to figure this lake out. I went over to the mouth of Ledbetter Bay a couple of mornings ago. There were a ton of shad on the surface, but nothing chasing them. Have you guy caught any there lately? If not, where the hell are they? I'd like to be able to contribute to your stories. Good Luck and take it easy.

Welcome RBowtie,
The area up around Ledbetter Bay was real good the last two weeks of October....then we started to notice it taper off some during the first week of this month. We then noticed that things were picking up between Creers Point and Paradise Point. This area is on the west side of the lake in Blackburn Bay. Other spots to watch are Cherokee point and the area around Bowles Point and cove which is on the East side. Tuesday and Wednesday birds were working in the afternoon on the west side of Blackburn Bay. Also around Cobbs inlet at times is good. These are all good areas to fish for Hybrids. You can catch them all up and down the lake...but i would get to know the South end the best you can. These areas will produce some really nice Hybrids. They have been running bait up on flats or around the edge of flats in the late afternoon. They like deep water near to shallow water. If you have a graph and check these areas i talked about... you will see. Again we welcome any post you have about your hunt for Hybrids or Sandbass on Palestine. Be sure and post a good Hybrid or Hybrids on the board if you can. This whole blog is to help each other and just keep up with whats going on Hybrid and Sandbass wise on Palestine. This lake has some really beautiful and large Hybrids. Its a great lake to learn that can be very rewarding.

I didn't find the Hybrids today, but I found a huge school of 2 to 3 pound blacks that were hitting magics and swim baits real good between 4 and 5 in the afternoon. I hope to find a little bit of everything tomorrow. I'm in a silver Champion with a little Schnauzer on board. Holler at me if you see me. STEVE

I found it slow yesterday , finished with 16 on the
counter, mostly sandbass. A few hybrids , up to 8 lbs.


I need to get a longer measuring stick.

I found fish on most of the good west side spots from
the dam to the horsefarm , fish were scattered , no
gulls, no topwater action.

MO

Hey guys, New to the site. Just got back from a week down at your beautiful lake. Spent the week doing some work around my moms place in shadybrook area. Anyways got some fishing in several days. We had pretty good luck several days around the north point and little island @ leddbetter. Just had to be patient seemed the fish where scattered in little bunches. Caught large sandbass and Hybrids each day. Sunday my brother caught a 25.5" hybrid weighed 6.25 lbs. He had to return to ft. worth monday well not to be outdone tuesday I hooked and boated a 26" hybrid, weighed 6.75 lbs. My brothers hybrid was caught on the silver long minnow shaped TNT using a very radical pumping retrieve.Mine was caught on the purple silver 180 slab normal slabbing action. All fish caught 15 to 22 ft. of water.

Had a very good week on palestine and will return from time to time.

Well I think I may give it a try tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I can contribute something to the post.

CD

Fished all day, but the hybrids were evasive, and ended up bass fishing.My partner and I caught 71 total with 14 keepers. It was a beautiful day on the water. One more cold front should get them on the school real good I think...