I've been hesitant to report lately. Mostly because I just could not say the fishing was good or bad or even mediocre.... We had a week or so of fantastic Fall fishing and then it just got really inconsistant. One day they would school and be easy to slab up later in the day, then the next day would be tough as nails. You could find fish, mark them on the graph, and not be able to catch them. I cant say for sure, but I belive the lake turned over. I wiped scum off my boat every day for a good week and talking to another couple guides, they kinda feel the same way. Looks to be clearing up the last couple days and seems the fishing has followed suit. All that being said, the water is about 68 degrees and we are now 7' low. If you are not familiar with this lake use extreme caution navigating. There are lots of points and humps way out in the middle of the lake to run up on and lots of stumps in places that look like open water.

Dont really know why, but the fish are still schooling up on the humps. They are usually schooling out in 35+' and in open water this late in October, but they are still doing it in the same old spots on the South end. Its no big secret where. I start each day looking for birds. Lots are just picking the water, but when they are over fish they will fly way faster and be really consentrated where they dive. Pay no attention to the birds out in deep water picking and moving. They are all over the whole lake. Most are very small turns. They will lead you astray. The big gulls will be out there when the fish move to the deep. I am pretty much throwing nothing but Banana Sassy Shad and a 3/4oz head from www.moestackleshop.com all day. The schooling fish are SPOOKY!!! About as spooky as I have ever seen them. A big engine will make them go down, leave the hump, and not come back at all right now. I can usually tell if they will school or not pretty early on. If 4 or 5 boats idle all over the hump at daybreak and leave their motor running waiting for the fish to come up, the fish will not come up worth chasing. You may as well leave. I try to sit out close to the hump in 30 feet of water to wait and watch, motor off. If they do come up use your trolling motor. There is a reason most of us locals make long trolling motor hauls to fish instead of motoring to them. You catch more fish. Trust me, we could motor over and catch 1 and run to the school just as easily as anybody else. Thats a great way to catch 1 fish. If everybody could get on the same page everyone catches more. Saturday I did not get squat out of the schoolers. I always had boats between me and the school. If they come up on one side of the pack, the guys closest get to them first. Thats just the way it works. Dont ruin it for those guys.

The evening bite has been really good. I fished a few afternoons and was quite pleased to find slab fish willing to bite later in the day. The sand bass have been really shaollow on the points 6-10' deep. I think the fish really want chrome right now. I rarely use anything but green, but the #41 slab from Moe's is really getting more bites. Big fish schooled each afternoon about 5:30 to dark. They were really shallow on points and humps, but right up on the bank kind of shallow. I have pretty much used nothing but a banana Sassy Shad lately. When they get really shallow, I like a 1/2oz head. You can slow down a retrieve with it and not hang up so much.

I'm up early today waiting for the cold front. It hasn't hit yet and if it is not blowing 20 out of the North I am going fishing. Yesterday was awesome. I had TallBaldGuy and Scott Williams out with me and we caught fish pretty steadily, sometimes furiously till noon. Including a 20 or 30 minute blast of nothing but striper - bigguns

Nice Report Matt !

wow, that is an insightful report!!! Thanks Matt. C ya Friday!! I am pretty excited!!

Nice report Matt!!

SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE CLOSE,HOW DID YOU FIND TIME TO FISH WITH A REPORT OF THAT SIZE? BE GLAD WHEN I CAN SWITCH TO YOUR LAKE A LITTLE.DEER SEASON IS AROUND THE CORNER THAT HELPS WITH A FEW BOAT BEING GONE.THANKS..

Awesome report Matt and Amen on the knuckle heads chasing the schoolies. I used to be one of those knuckle heads.

See you on Wednesday!!!

Jackson

Nice work Big C! Ya'll better get with Matt and fish Twak in Nov! This cool snap will turn'M on!

I have Saturday morning open btw

I thought the same thing Doug...took me a pot of coffee and 3 trips to the bathroom still didnt finish it all...maybe I will have time tomorrow...he! he! ha! ha!

Matts always good for a laugh or two!
Ask him about his swimming skills!

Excellent report as always, Matt.

Swimming Skills! Whats this about Swimming Skills Matt????

My swimming skills are strong. Standing on dock skills, not so much....

Did Smitty push you in?

Great report as always.

Nice report Matt, thank you! I'm suprised you weren't able to just stand up and walk to the bank

Falling off a boat dock? I'm surprised he didn't raise a dust cloud!

Long story short...... I rigged up a rod for a young man to catfish with and Jimmy baited me up. I dropped the line down to show this boy about where to hold the bait. About the time the bait hit the water, a catfish nailed it and took off with it so I was trying to give him the rod and step out of the way BUT..... there just wasn't any dock where I stepped

Was the water cold? .....I dunno, I was out like a cat It is btw still over six feet deep in that stall and no, I was not drinking at that point and time

Jimmy and Joe bought a life jacket for me and hang it on the walkway to the dock now, so please do not remove. It has a special purpose

wow congrats looking good

I would have never told that.....deny, deny,deny.
Hopefully I will be back out on the water soon and get in on some of that action, great report.

attaboy Matt....polar bear club

Thanks for the report Matt! Nice looking fish! Good to see TBG back out there catching too!

The weather was super windy and cold Friday AM, post front and all. At Holiday early morning, we saw white caps and debating weather to call it off (both Jimmy and Matt)...but glad we didnt! We had one cooler full, filled to the top!! Thanks Matt!! My nephew and pastor and I had blast!! Its always fun fishing with Matt!!

Hey Matt, after a good day of fishing...this is what my wife made for dinner last night...fresh grilled salmon and shrimp from Twok...hehehe

Now that looks good!!! I prefer Coors Lite though..lol

Disreguard previous report, today was another toughy. We caught some sand bass, but I didnt even hear of any striper or hybrid caught. Maybe after this high pressure and blue bird skies move out it will be back to game on fishing, but today was a tough day.

I can echo THAT!
Where did the big fish go?????????
We didn't get out until about noon and stayed until dark. Ran all over the lake and caught some "Tawakoni-sized" sand bass, but no big fish.
Still .......... nice day to be on the lake!

another ECHO...i was there toooo......5 sandies for me ...daylight til 12 ...............OUCH

Threeseas
Was your report from fishing today?
I'm thinking of fishing Tawakoni tomorrow.
Thanks

Today - Monday - Halloween.
Same as Sat.
Out at daylight this time.
No birds, no topwater, just quite a few BIG sand bass, no hybrids or stripers except small ones.
Still, a beautiful day and beat being at work!

Maybe they will turn on for you on Tuesday - weather changes on the way.

Hey Big, how about posting up some pictures, Todd's stuff just makes me hungry.

Looks delicious! That stuff will make your pee stink though! Ask Mike!

OMG, what is in asparagus that does that

Tell me about it VIP! Dr Oz said to not eat the tips and your pee wont smell. Tried that too and no worky! Only diet milk will cure that!

No wonder I called Mike to fix our plumbing a couple months ago and LuvToFish rather gave me instructions over the phone instead. I knew something smell fishy...hehehe.

Hey how did I get in the middle of this? I love asparagus.
Ya definitely gotta be upwind when ya go tinkle! That stuffs gotta be good for ya if it goes through you're body like that. I love it!

Shotgun pattern is still in full effect. You never know what the day is going to hold for ya lately. We keep getting cold fronts and the fish do their thing a couple days in a row, followed up by several days in the eighties with blue bird skies. Cant really remember the fishing this back and forth in November. It is usually flat out game on every day. BUT, still the fishing is not too bad most days, I would just like to see acres of boiling hybrid and stripes

Wind is keeping us off the lake this morning. Northwest much over ten is brutal on Twok. The water temp is at 62 and the lake is right at 7 feet low. Still praying for rain!

Yesterday we had cloud cover, low barometer, sitting rain and a little wind. Yup.....Game On! Had AZstriper and buddy Larry out and caught fish all day. Aaron finally nailed a big striper with me, but we had to turn her back Went out about 33O on the afternoon trip and they were still biting, yet hard to stay on due to a 2Omph West wind. Im about to drive out to the marina and glass the lake. Id bet they are still at it

As always, nice report Matt.

Cool Dude!

Nice catch.

Last night was fabulous. Started out catching a bunch of catfish till the winds slowed a bit, then saw about and hour or so of some of the best topwater, birds, schooling.....that I have seen in months! Looks like 3Omph winds today. I would love to be out there, but it just wont happen today. Looks like we will be enjoying some family time at the Edgewood Heritage Festival.

Nice report Matt! I'll be in
Plumbing class all day today so winds won't
bother me. Is it supposed to be as windy tomorrow??
Really want to get out there.

Festival??? Matt you will spend most of today power spraying the slimes off your boat, your hybrid/white fishing gears, etc etc!!