Great winter report DC! I like white mepps too That pink looks hot also!

It's fun making creative lures that catch!

that white bass is thick! so fat I bet it couldn't flop around in the boat lol. love catching them in the winter. nice report btw

Todd, to make this Mepps I took apart a Mepps Longcast (which I found would not spin readily like a regular Mepps). I used the pink blade from it and the extra large treble from it. I didn't have any spare #4 bodies, so I used a #3 body and added an extra middle (biggest) bead from a Mepps (4 beads total) to add more weight. Of course I used the clevis from a Mepps - they angle toward the back of the bait. I think this type of clevis is key to Mepps spinning easily. I also added the white plastic to hook shank.

Thanks. The original mepps clevis are difficult to find. I prefer the white strawed hook shank also. It looks like small shad down deep. I think the red straw attracts the fishermen more lol. Also not all "French" blades are the same. Some spin easily and some not. FYI.

Got out today from 10:30 am to 3:40 pm, fished 24 to 27 fow humps and caught 51; 50 whites and a 20 inch hybrid. Left catching a fish every cast. I started at Greenhouse Ridge and caught 6 there. Next to Campbell's Hump and got 4 there including the hybrid. Then to east end of Long Ridge in 26-27 fow and caught 26 there. Ended up at Mid-lake Hump and caught the rest there. At the 1st two spots I could only get them to bite if I thumped the boat. At the last two I never had to thump - just the usual Mepps cast and work back to the boat technique.

Water temp was 46.2 degrees - up a couple from the last trip. The pattern I am looking for is on the pic below. This was at Mid-lake Hump.




Todd, I tried one of my new concoctions made from parts of Aglia #4 and Aglia Long #4. Pics below show it with white bass on it and a close-up so you can see how I put it together. It worked perfectly: it is heavier than a regular Aglia 4, it spins as readily as a regular 4 and it caught fish a fast as anything I threw today.

Nice report Dennis.

Love it, Dennis! I am off Friday and can I come to CC and play mepps and DS with ya?... It's a bit windy but south wind though.

Got Dr appmts Friday. Maybe next week?

Ok. I am working all next week. Next time THEN, Dennis. I pray all is well with you. I am mainly intrigued on how you find structure fish this time of year. There is nothing on hubbard structures now but then again CC has 3x more structures than RH. And CC is alot deeper than RH. RH and twok have been SLOW.

Got out from 3 to 4:50 pm yesterday and went straight to the 2 hot spots - east end of Long Ridge and Mid-lake Hump. Caught 15 at Long Ridge and 11 more at Mid-lake Hump - all white bass except for one nice yellow bass. They were still biting when I went - just decided to stop when I reached 25 whites.

Ran into Fastguy George at Long Ridge and we visited for a while before he moved on. Good bull about many good years of fishing Cedar Creek Lake. Turns out he caught his biggest hybrid on the same hump where my son caught the biggest hybrid I've ever seen - Dam Ridge, which George called "hump with the white bottle" - a new name for it to me. FYI, unless it's been exceeded recently, the lake record hybrid I recall was 28 inches long - the same length the one my son caught. George related that he had his pic taken with his big fish, but the friend who took it never got the pic to him. For those who don't know about George, he is considered one of the best if not the best hybrid fisherman on the lake and has been here since 2003 I believe.

Fastguy is a legend.

I fished with George many times. He will definitely humble a person fishing beside him.

Wonder if y'all are referring to the slim good looking, Fast George, the Plastic Man.

Dennis
I want to start out by thanking you for you all you do for the TFF. I never liked Aggies being a UT Grad but your reports have been so helpful over the years. I am glad to hear that Fast Guy George is doing well. The last time I saw him he was driving around Cedar Creek Naked waving at everybody. I was worried he had a heat stroke. Keep the Reports coming. I hope to see you on the water when it gets over 60 degrees.

FastGuy �George�

Great stuff Dennis love your reports as we love our Fastguy.... above pic was first time fishing with him along side Moe and SkeeterSteve one day on a epic April morning on the water! (Oh my Twak) vid.

Keep on fishing Dennis