Nice Kittie ! I must have misunderstood the references to wrapping up the year , not the fishing !! Looks as if Grapevine's boat traffic is weekend and summer specific !

Great video Prosise! And thanks for sharing the info on Grapevine. I've only fished it once and since I live in Austin now, not likely to fish it again. But, still very cool of you to share with those who can! Have a very Merry Christmas and keep these coming!!

Prosise I cannot thank you enough for making this thread and contributing all this great information. Its educational and entertaining.

Its super rare, I mean almost never anymore, that someone shares such detailed and up to date info as you do.

Look forward to seeing you on the water again in 2023.... and hopefully a Grapevine Lake 2023 thread up here soon

Merry Christmas!

Completely agree

I know I put a bow on this thread, but I went out this morning at 4am until 4pm. Practiced my casting for the green fish untill about 11am. Went to pick on the sandbass and whacked them on that hump southwest of the crusher that I posted GPS coordinates on back a month ago. Got tired of catching sandbass when I was around 200, went to the hump north of the crusher and started whacking big ones.. was using a spinning rod with 6lb test, and hooked a big cat. Took a long time but I got her in for a picture. Release her for another day. If I put together a video I will post it.

Bite: before I turned on the Bluetooth thumper I hadn't caught a single sandbass. I found the top of the hump and moved to the east side about 3 feet deeper (@24-26ft).. If your not using something to create the thumper noise, your spinning your wheels..

Forgot to add. Holding the smaller size jig about 1-2 inches of the bottom, more of a dead stick presentation.

Catching sandbass on light line is fun, but not big catfish.. Was a very blessed day.

Here are two videos from yesterday 12-26-22 on Grapevine Lake. One is some sandbass action, the other is the catfish on 6lb test.

I had allot more sandbass footage but there was a big booger on the lens of the bodycam, so the only viewable footage was from noon on.

(for those who do not know how to enter GPS coordinates in your graph)
You can open your phone, enable location and with the google maps app to go right to these spots.

I used a small cordell spoon, and one of my homemade front runner baits. It's basically a small willow blade, or the blade off a rooster tail. I drill a second hole for a split ring, and add a swivel/hook.
I cut one of the hooks off the treble hook on the top bait, it makes things easier when you catch two fish. We find hundreds of baits so we found a use for the parts.
We originally used jig heads with a worm, but we were always having to repair the worm or replace it. This bait is bulletproof, and only needs the hook sharpened occasionally.


Btw. Got asked twice. I'm using kastking amazon braid 6lb. Tied with Alberto knot to 12lb fluoro , I tie fluoro to the top bait, and 15lb mono between top and bottom bait. It's easier to hold on to mono line..


Notes: when I was checking out the first spot I wasn't seeing nothing. The fish are there but sitting right on the bottom so they don't show on the livescope. When I started the bluetooth thumper they stayed directly under the boat. The fish are there but stuck to the bottom, and will move in to the thumper area..
If anyone doesn't believe me about the thumper, I will happily make a video using only down sonar and show how it brings them in. As you can see it brings in a lot of catfish as well.
On a side note: This is pretty surprising. Out of all of the bass I have caught on Grapevine lake, the three biggest bass were caught fishing for sandbass with the thumper on.
I have videos of all the big bass caught.. I can easily show you, if you do not believe. I really think the real deal thumper would be a great investment.
I am still suprised to see is that I see guides that do not use one. This doesn't make any sense to me. I like the bluetooth thumper because I use it for music
more than I use it for fishing, it works and I cannot justify the expense.. But if you want the best of the best the real deal thumpers are way louder than what I use.
I use a Onyx Studio 6 bluetooth speaker which I got on black friday a couple years ago.
I bought my son a bluetooth speaker on Amazon for 60$ (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MFBNTG3?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1) and it is probable just as loud.. Take care all, and Many Blessings.
Time to clean out the boat, clean reels, and get ready for 2023.. I heard there are Bass and Sandbass in Grapevine, so I am going to check this "Rumor" out.

Last post for me, working next 4 days..


South-west of the crusher GPS coordinates (out on the end of the hump) There is a small piece of planted brush near this waypoint.
n 32.99924 w 097.12538
Google map link. https://goo.gl/maps/gs9C7G7oySWKHybB8
LINK

North of the crusher. There are actually two gps coordinates in this area. see prev posts.
n 33.00259 w 097.11718
Google map link. https://goo.gl/maps/RdUcXdK11iK2n4556
LINK

Catfish video.


Sandbass I added some raw footage of me fishing (at @ 2:45 in the video) so you can see how I am just barely lifting the bait off the bottom. I let the line out, and then simply pick the bait up..

Thanks for posting, great info, very helpful.