One of these is a TNT Magnum Magnet, the other two are live shad, hooked hooked during a normal retrieve. This happened over & over again.



Birds working non-stop till about 5:45, and huge clouds of bait stretching maybe 1/3 mile along the north shore of the east end of the hickory creek arm, across from the Lake Park.

No sandies, though, not that I could catch on any of my go-to baits, so I tried dead-sticking which I've read about here but never tried before today, with a white superfluke on a 1/4oz jig. 50lb powerpro, no leader.

Took awhile to get the hang of it, then wow! Lots of hybrids are cruising the flats over there, 30 to 40 foot depths. Only two keepers (a nice channel cat and a 20" hybrid), and plenty 17+ hybrids released.

Had a safety check from the GW -- fire extinguisher was expired, but just barely -- they let it go. Thanks, TPWD!

Just like GoFishNow described yesterday -- wouldn't surprise me a bit if this pattern holds until the weather changes.

Here's one:


(The mop of white hair at the bottom is Scout, my fish inspector)

They are still like that. I tore up the cats under bait that was so thick that my fishfinder was completely black across the screen. They are hanging out under them and can't bee seen on the finder...Never saw anything like it. Thought I had a problem with the electronics...but the seagulls were proving me wrong. Watched a guy throw a net for bait and he must have caught 15 gallons on one throw. Unbelieveable.

wow what part of the lake are you talking about. I had a hard time finding bait on SAT night

I was out there for just a bit but couldn't get a fish on the line... just shad I was hooking on the way up but nothing else

I was over in the cove on the South side of the shallow cut and saw them thick but not bites. Then went over to the North side of the main cove North of the golf course. I couldn't mark any big fish, just loads and loads of shad. I just followed the birds and watched the fish finder and figured that they were just hanging out under the bait waiting for the birds to drop their missed meals down where they would have some easy eats.