Sorry for the delayed reports. Super busy and to tired to type. So, here it goes:



-Grass Hoppers are everywhere on the lake. Happens every year this time. Ya'll should start to see the Freshwater Sponges popping up soon. They look like a jellyfish with eggs. And no, they are not gar eggs floating in the lake. The whole jelly thing is a whole colony of animals. Means the lake is healthy!


Friday Morning (Hubbard):

My guys for the day were here on a family reunion, so, we were limited on time. So, instead of a crappie trip, I told them about White Bass and Hybrid Striper fishing. 6:05 am, graphed fish in 23 ft of water and watched them move up to the point at Robertson Point. So when they came up to chase shad, 6:15am, we were right in the middle of them, I never had to turn the main engine or the trolling motor. After about an 1/2 hour, people started to figure out we were on fish and came to join the fun. The fish started to move off the flat and all of us followed them. Everyone was catching. I had the guys fishing a 4 chart swimbait with a chart fly 18 -inches above the swim bait, burning it on the surface. The guys landed 97 keepers ( white bass) and 12 hybrids ( 4 keepers) They had it down to the count, due to they had a very high wager going. All fish CPR'ed due to they were in a hotel. Off the water at 9:30 ish.






Friday Afternoon (Lavon):

Started the trip at 2:30pm at Lavon, for crappie. These two, have never been fishing before. So, it was a learning trip and catching trip.



Started them out in 16-18 ft of water in submerged timber chasing crappie. Caught some monsters too.



All fish were 2-5 ft off the bottom everywhere we went. And there were fish everwhere we went. I had to tell them most of the time they had one on and set the hook. Near the end of the trip, they were doing it all on their own! Dad was in the background, it was all about the kiddo this trip, and he hooked into a nice Flat Head Catfish that took him for a ride.



Dad asked me about the Black Bass fishing on the lake in the early morning and I told him we would give them a shot for an hour later in the day. So later, we went to Black Bass town and I got him one on the line.


3 lbs


He loved the fight, so we took off to a spot I always catch a big one at. She was in the exact spot I catch her in every year. Dad jumped her 2 times and was all smiles the whole time. He did perfect!



8 lbs for his 2nd ever Black Bass. Could have stuck the kiddo's head in its mouth!


I kept seeing fish, on a submerged road bed where the rocks were on the sides of it. I had them drop down on them and found some more monster crappie right where the Black Bass was.






Ended the trip about 6-7 pm. No hero pics due to it was way to hot to put the fish on the tailgate. Lost a lot of hooks, but your not crappie fishing unless you get snagged all the time. I pour my own Slabs for sandies and powder paint them myself, as well as my own Jig Heads. So then when I loose stuff, I dont have to think about lossing 3 dollars every time I snag.

Saturday AM trip: Crappie:

East wind and rising air pressure made it a difficult trip, we really had to work for them. The pattern was 2-4 fish per spot, then you had to move to the next spot. Minnows out produced jigs 10:1. We only had 10 minnows. lol, so 95% of the fish were on jigs again.



This little guy, we will see on the water a lot. He is already a jigging pro. Good job teaching Dad. All I had to do on this trip was to put the boat on top of fish and they did the rest.



No clue how many we caught, but we did not limit on this trip. 30-40 keepers? I have no clue how many we boated though? All my days are getting merged together...... Taking Dad out again mid week to learn Side Imaging and how to find the structure and fish. See you then!

Sunday AM trip (Lavon) Crappie:

Met the guys at the lake at 6 am sharp, and we were fishing at 6:15. Hit a community hole first and pulled out 16 within a half an hour. All fish were 11-12 inches here and my guys mentioned somthing about my website, big fish, ect. They were poking at me about the average sized fish. I toild them the next spot holds some monsters and quit complaining about catching keepers. So off we went to the big fish hole. And he landed a big fish. 15 inch White Crappie! Blind in one eye.



Then a 14.5 incher



Later we went to some deep timber and started to look for some more white gold. Dropped down on some brush in 20 ft of water and my clients rod started to bend in half.




Nice Flathead!

After we got that fish in the boat, we tried again to catch some crappie in the pile. They were there!







Everywhere we went, again, was full of fish. 15-16 ft was magic today.







Tip of the day:

Dont bounce your jig all over the place like you are slabbing for sandbass. HOLD IT STILL. If you get bored and insist on jigging the jig, drop your rod tip, 1 inch, and immediatly put it back to the starting point every 10-15 seconds. That way the jig will sit in the strike zone longer.

Tuesday and Friday AM slots are now open for some fish catching action. Contact me for the trips. Sandbass on Hubbard, or Crappie on Lavon. Or, we can hit Hubbard for some Crappie. Ya'lls choice!

Damn! I always enjoy your posts and pictures. Great job!

Nice report Carey!

Today was temp hot! Not fish hot. Boated 23 I think. Lots of big girls today. I had another little person in the boat. She can bait her own hook and crappie fish like a pro. Good Job Little One!



She caught pretty much all the fish today.

Dad and Gramps did fair. But, its all about the kiddos when they board my boat.









Saw something neat today since the whole lake was glass. The channel catfish were everywhere today on the surface. They were eating all the grass hoppers. Every 40-50 yrads was a channel cat crusing the surface looking for hoppers. Wish I had my fly rod. I used a jig and bobber and landed 12 in 30 mins to 19 inches. All released. I would just putter around till I would see a V in the water from the fish cruising the surface and just cast ahead of them. They would hear the jig hit the water and attack the bobber 1st then the jig most of the time. Fun stuff. And I am serious, they were every 40-50 yards. All over the lake.

Man it's freaking hot outside.

Started the morning off at Hubbard looking for topwater action (didn't feel like slabbing today) on sandies and hybrids. Found two schools but nothing that was keeping my intrest. They guys were having fun, but 8-11 inch fish are not my game. I told them we can hunt some more but the action would be over within 30 mins or so and I suggested we hit Lavon for some crappie instead.

Got to the lake and I gaurenteed them a fish at the first stop within 1 minute. And I delivered....











Caught 40-50 crappie, blacks and whites. After the heat started to get to them we retreated to the on lake restaurant and got a couple beers and cooled off. My temp said 103 at 11am. I noticed my fly roin was still in the truck and my client today said he flyfishes, so we stopped on the way in to see if I could get my client to hit a carp with the fly rod, we saw a couple good ones, but they spooked. Hit the marina and got some good blue gills all over the marina. 8-9 inches was the average. Nothing under 8. All released. All on the fly rod.



Not tailgate shots today.... Way to freaking hot. I picked up a rod and dropped it it was so hot. Anything metel was dangerous to touch. I read 91 degree surface temps. Lowest I saw was 89. Sandies should start their annual boil every morning very soon. So we can go limit on sandies, then an hour later go limit on some crappie!

Great job as always, T-fly !

Round one:

Fishin picked up at 830 and on fire till 1030 and slowed. Landed about 50-60 fish. To hot to do a hero picture otherwise the fish would bake on the tailgate. 6-7 fish were over 14 inches.







Round two at 4 pm.


.......:..... To be continued.

Great report. Hope it cools off a little.

Round two:









Used minnows and Black and Chart Thump Buddys.

Landed over 60-70 fish. Lots of right at ten inchers. If they were not 10 inches, they were 13+ inchers. Had to teach the guys how to crappie fish. They caught on quick. Except Dr. kept jigging his live minnow. Almost slabbing it. - he did catch a magnum sandie though......

Hit three bush piles. Windy. Not as hot out. Steady bite all day. Not epic, but fun as always.

When they would say there are no more fish on the pile, I'd grab my rod and drop down and show them they are still there. Lol, got to keep the jig in the strike zone. If you jig it up and down, the crappie are going to think you are retarded. Hold the jig or minnow still!

I'll have to say, today was one of the better fishing days except for the wind. The first four fish that Bobby landed were all over 13 inches. Huge and fat!





But, the area we were in was a bit slow and not much shad in the area to hold fish. So, on to the next spot, two boats already there. Went to the next spot, one boat already there. Went to the next spot and did ok with a dozen keepers or so. Everything was on standing submerged timber. Brush piles were void of fish, at least the ones I checked. Hit deep submerged timber, but there was a current from the wind and didn't do to well there. Scanned it with my Humminbird 898 and saw a couple fish here and there. But they had moved out of the area. Bobby has a 898 as well, so it was an electronics trip as well. Showed him the light and I have set him free to do it all on his own. I decided to hit one more spot to finish his limit, and on the way, I stopped at a single tree, and holy molly, it had over 200 crappie on it.



My side imaging lit up with the white dots all over the tree. He finished his limit in no time. Fish moved up to 12-14 ft depths today. Any deeper and you got nothing. Gizzard shad invaded the rail road track area. They were there in the bajillions! I could not even throw a bouie on structure, cause I couldn't see the bottom they were so thick.



Got two Black Nosed Crappie today too......


Lots of big fish today. Landed about 10-15 that were 13 plus inches. Only kept 11 inchers and up except for two or three 10.5's that gut hooked. They were inhaling the Thump Buddy's in black and chart on 1/16 th oz jig non painted ( I have no clue where my pink powder paint is at..... Didn't matter though, they were actually swallowing the jigs!



The crappie were slamming the jigs today. Some of them hit harder than I have felt in a long time. Everyday I'm like a kid at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. I love seeing my clients face as a huge crappie flops on the deck. It was not an epic 100 fish day, but it was big fish day! Lots of Big Fish with a limit of crappie to fill the freezer.




I'm will be on vacation starting tomorrow till Wednesday. Going to blow some cashn in Vegas..... Have fun y'all!

That's a nice mess of fish!!! Congrats.

Well, my flight to Vegas got moved to tonight so I hit the lake. Got there at 630 and scanned some trees but they were not loaded up yet. It's been year since I targeted the Black Bass, so we hit the banks with crank baits. Landed 6-7 Blacks all on cranks.





After I had my fun with them, it was time to hit the crappie.



Fun day. I didn't have to run and gun all over the place for once. Casual fun chatted with a bunch of y'all, gave Oscar a 14 incher, cause all he was getting was 10 inchers, lol.........


- all fish released -

Well here I am in ST. Louis at the hotel getting to see all the fun you are having...I'm jealous as usual.

Tomorrow I will be on the Beach in Pensacola Florida by 11am...hope I made you jealous...LOL. :-)

As always I enjoy your posts and pictures. Keep up the good work!

Illl be in Vegas in 6 hours. Lol. I will be having fun before u even get to Florida. But, I would rather fish in FL than go to Vegas....