May is looking good for GV! I tried to take the boat out 2 weeks ago and uh-oh. The motor won't turn over. I'm going to work on it today and do all the troubleshooting I can. My goal is to get it started and if I can't... To the mechanic we go. I'll be out there soon, but it could be a couple of days or it could be weeks. We'll know more later today.

I plan on being out there today after 5. Will do some searching for sure. I use Meadowmere 95% of the time anyway.

I’m back! Drained the carbs and changed the fuel filter and spark plugs. Took it a minute, but she fired up. Had help from a mechanic that works on boats on the side. Good to know people like that. I’ll go tomorrow and fill the tank and run around the lake a few times to burn all that old gas.

Let us know what you find. Hope you crush some sandies and really won’t matter if the fish don’t bite. What a good day it’ll be!

Heard from a "usual suspect" that they were good in meadomere in the AM. Going on Sunday and will stay out of the wake boat areas.

They were hot and heavy on the meadomere point on the west side. They stopped about 6pm. Then we caught a few more on the far east point of Morrell but they all but stopped by 6:45. 16 to 22 ft. both areas.

A good boat show was going on at meadomere and the birds were working.
surface action got alot of 8 to 10 inch. slabs below got the 12 to 13 inchers.

I fished Meadomere area All day yesterday, shallow early AM and out deeper under the birds the remainder of the day.. The wife and I boated well over 100 fish and was able to pick through and catch enough decent size fish to break out the fillet knife.

JWC, pretty sure I saw you guys, we were in solid white Sportsman CC..

Tight Lines

Fished 6am to 10:45 this morning. 6ft and 8ft diving crankbait on the main points out of meadomere were decent. Never ventured out into anything deeper than 10ft. Massive shad bonanza along the bank on the west all the way out to the main point of the park. When i pulled out my motor was covered in eggs , haven't seen this before. Wind was alittle high, but points were protected..

Wow that is amazing.
Was at Texoma yesterday, went back in a cove and shad were everywhere. If you threw a cast net you would not be able to lift it out.

It was! We got there at the end of the fun, but we scratched out a few. My neighbor noted you had given up laying on the front deck, but the wife looked like she was not going to stop catching no matter what.

Nice boat ride by the way.
I took my T top off of mine to redesign the base. I have not had the nerve to drill more holes in the floor yet.

I had been on the water all day and she came out and joined the fun around 2pm. I was beat and ready to head in. Only answer I could get from here was "just a few more minutes".. hahahaha

Went back on Sunday and it was just as fast and furious as it was on Friday..

Be sure to say hello if you see us on the water...

I hear ya! Will do. I backed out of going Sunday due to the wind. I was wanting to go and had the green light from the boss.

Fished from 5am to sunset for the Green fish. Started on the East main point of Meadomere, shad spawn working up on the bank for at least an hour after first light. Cranes working the shad, and everything else as well. Up really shallow there were smaller gar cruising inside the small brush, but just outside the brush line you can catch sandbass. Caught sandbass until mid morning, then from 5pm-sunset. They are in the 4-6ft range, using the DT6/DT8 crankbait. Any shallow diving crankbait will work, just bump the bottom and when you make contact slow down. I picked up "THE DON" at about 5pm at the Park, and we had fun. Note: Yesterday the biting flies came out in full force on this point, take some bug spray. Wind was lighter than it has been, and was nice on the south side of the lake. I did venture to the north side of the lake and fished a few points west of twin coves, and caught sandbass. I was fishing shallow, and gets a little hairy when you get hung up. If you don't like to get up close and personal with the windy bank just stay where you are safe, or break off. Take care all, and will be out sunday. Bass fishing is really really good. I probably caught a couple hundred sandbass by myself for the day, but It was 5 fish here, and then 10 fish in the same spot 10 minutes later. they moved thru in waves from mid morning until 5pm. They were schooling out in the main lake between meadomere and twin coves in the afternoon, but I didn't want to leave bass fishing. There was a couple boats working them, but it looked like they were covering water chasing them. If you don't see bait off the drop on a main point move on. Find the bait, and you will eventually find the fish. Forgot to mention, out of all the sandbass I caught only about 20 were under 10".





This is the color I was using with the DT8, which was the big color for me.



Some good ones..

Awesome trip prosie

All those catches! Nice. How’s the shoulder feeling? Your green fish I’d guess they is a 20 on stringer. Cool report. I’ll be at GV next Friday. These reports will surely make it more enjoyable on the water. I’ll be at Ray Hubbard on Saturday.

Shoulders are good, and have absolutely no pain at night. First symptom of a torn rotator cuff is pain in the shoulder that wakes you up when you sleep on that side. Mine got real bad, and it started affecting my sleep badly. Good now, and fishing allot. If your bass fishing, stick to your guns and slow down on the spots and the fish will move in. I fished 4 spots on wed which is about 200 yards of bank and basically pinpointed specific structure. Cast and repeat over, and over, and over. Then move to approach from different direction. Taking breaks and fishing for sandbass was refreshing. Take care, and will be out sunday if I can tolerate the wake boats. Might go off the beaten path and fish something out where they don't go possibly.