Lake Grapevine Fishing Guide Report - 6/8/11

James brought his dad and buddy Rick out to Grapevine for a full-day instructional catfishing trip. We started off the morning fishing some shallow water patterns for blue cats picking up a few at each set up along with several sandbass and a drum. About 11:00 we changed tactics and broke out the channel cat rods for some non-stop catching. At one point I couldn't keep 3 rods baited and in the water before someone pulled in another fish or missed one needing more bait. After a couple of hours of channel catfishing we rigged up for some more blue cat action. We then did a little drft fishing to wrap up the trip. The winds were up a a bit, but we were still able to catch several more nice fish. We used fresh shad with Dead Red Blood Spray to catch all of the blues and a few of the channel cats. The rest of the channel cats were caught on Sudden Impact and Secret 7 from Team Catfish. The fish did show a big preferrence for the Secret 7 this time. Totals for the day were 42 catfish, 3 sandbass and a small drum. They also released quite a few undersized channel cats. Always a pleasure sharing the boat with great folks and great anglers. Here is a photo from their guided fishing trip on Lake Grapevine.

Thanks Bobby for the great trip. Anyone looking to learn about patterning and catching cats should give Bobby a holler. He'll definitely put you on the fish and takes care of everything. My dad loved his "Cadillac" fishing trip, and Rick and I should be able to tear em up our next time out (if we can stop wiffing our hooksets).

Thanks again Bobby!

Glad you guys had a great time. Your dad was a bit spoiled by the end of the trip. He had a hard time handing the rod off at first to get his fish taken off and get some fresh bait. By the half-way mark he was quite used to it. Good luck out there and be sure to post some pictures. Thanks again fellas!

Lake Lewisville Fishing Guide Report - 6/10/11

Phil and Suzanne joined me for a half-day channel cat trip on Lake Lewisville. I barely had a chance to get two rods in the water before the fish started coming in the boat. The first 20 minutes were fast and furious with several doubles and even a triple! Then the bite just died. We made several moves picking up a few fish at each stop. The last spot proved to be the one we were looking for. They finished up their 50 fish limit of channel cats and one blue in just under 5 hours. Suzanne lost a really nice blue that would have pushed the 10 lb mark. The #6 trebble hook just didn't find anything solid and managed to pull loose about 10 feet from the boat. All fish were caught on Secret 7 Dip Bait and Sudden Impact from Team Catfish using Carolina rigs. The magic depth was 1-10 feet deep. Here are a couple of photos from Friday's trip.

Lake Lewisville Catfishing Report - 6/11/11

I had repeat customers, Eddie and his wife Marcy in the boat with me this morning. We mixed things up a bit and did a half-day instructional trip looking for both blues and channel cats. We started out with a shallow water pattern that's been producing a few blues. They boated several nice fish from this spot including Marcy's big fish of the day! The sandbass moved in and our baits didn't stand a chance. Moved out to some deeper water and set up on the end of a deeper point covering water that's 20-25 feet deep and marking quite a few fish. Eddie quickly hooked up with a nice box fish before I had 4 rods in the water. They caught several more nice blues before reaching the half-way mark in the trip.

We then switched over to my channel cat gear and broke out the dip bait and punch bait. Had to keep moving to stay on the fish and never really found the good concentration of active channel cats we were looking for. 2-1/2 hours isn't a very long time to target and locate each species before moving on to the next. Final count was a mix of 30 blues and channel cats along with 4 deep-hooked sandbass. The fish today were caught on fresh shad with Dead Red Blood Spray and Secret 7 dip bait and Sudden Impact catfish bait.

Nice job Bobby! You're staying on the fish man..

Great Job! Healthy Fish!
Thanks Bittercreek

Lake Lewisville Catfish Guide Report - 6/13/11

I took our daughter Abby out for her first fishing trip of her summer vacation. She got off to a quick starting landing a small bass from the boat ramp before I was was even able to get the boat in the water. We hit a couple of areas and caught between 40 and 50 sandbass and small hybrids while schooling on top. We caught all of those on Mice lures from "No Geese". Abby lost her pink one and set me on a mission to get her a replacement. Next up was to scout some areas out for channel some cats. Hit some areas with brush, rocks, stumps, grass and deeper ledges between 2 and 20 feet deep. All produced fish. We had 47 on the clicker in about 4 hours keeping 12 deep-hooked fish for the freezer. Fish were caught using Secret 7 dip bait and Sudden Impact from Team Catfish on both corks and Carolina rigs. Lots of fun and great times with my princess! Yes the pink is just for her.

Great reports and pics Bobby!

loving them all keep em coming!!!

I always enjoy your reports Bobby!

great pics and great reports to go with them

Yet another fine job and a nice mess of fish. Happy Anglers say it all.

I have got to get a trip with you bobby! good job

also.. I love the baitbuster!!!!!

Thanks fellas. Despite the heat, we've still been lucky and catching sime nice fish.


Glad the Bait Buster is working out for you. They are great nets! Come on up and fish with me sometime.