Man I knew I should have went there today, Hubbard was acting real wierd this morning. May be caused by there letting water out at the dam.

Sandies on Lavon are not in the same pattern they were in previous years. Water temps are crazy low. I have 91-93 degree water temps last year this time logged. They were busting everywhere. Now you have to use your electronics to find them. Water temps have been around 84-87. Thermocline comes and goes with the rain.

Crappie are doing their thing still. So are the sandies. Same pattern for both.


One of the (9) MRB's is void of fish.




MoonRiver and his buddy put a dent in the population today.





They were so thick, the guys would snag them by accident.

The fish didn't eat till 735 am and them it was almost every cast a fish was boated. Same pattern. If you don't know, read some pages back. Crappie were also doing the exact same thing. Landed about 20 of those in an hour, lots of 10-11 inch crappie.

All sandies were caught on Chartruse Thorn's ( slabbing spoons I make, not for sale though ). 1/4 oz

Crappie on Thump Buddies in Purple and Chartruse and minnows.

Below is what we were doing all day...... Limited 50 sand bass in 1.5 hours. - and it was a bit slow actually.



End Result: Fish Fry

good eatin right there

Very nice

Today I had a guy and his co worker. They were skipping work, so no pics for them. Their boss reads this too, lol.

Fished for only two hours and they wanted sandies. Launched the boat at 10:00 am and back at the ramp with their limit of 50 sandies by 11:45 am. I think they casted 10 times without a fish. It was seriously good fishing today. 30% of the fish were dinks. The other 70% were keepers. They were catching them two at a time using Thorn Slabs and a white clouser fly 18 inches above it. On the way back to the ramp, one guy asked about crappie, so I shut down the boat and we hit a brush pile near the ramp, landed 6 crappie with one being 15 inches. A bit windy today, but the fish were hungry. Every so often the school would chase the shad to the surface of the road beds and school for 5 mins 20 ft from the boat.

Tuesday the 28 th opened up AM trip. 2 people, $150 total.

Nice report TF, pretty much the same pattern is going on at Lewisville. If you know how to use your electronics, it is pretty easy to get your limit.

Fantastic video and pictures. Great job!

Nice Catch Carey

Nice chatting with ya Keith.

Today was stupid on The road bed. It was loaded up with 100's of fish. We were crappie fishing



But they asked about white bass fishing, so we hit the road bed for 10 mins a caught a fish on every cast. Then �back to crappie. Yesterday before the storm was pretty good, but again, today it was loaded to the T with them.





All caught on Chartreuse Thorn's 3/4 oz.

Fishes with PlanoKeith after the storm yesterday and we had the lake to ourselves pretty much. Then the wind shifted out of the north and everything shut down. But again, today was crazy to see them on the graph loaded up.

Been busy and the 12 hour days are draining me of energy, so, I'm sorry about the delayed reports. I'm going to mix up all the species of fish into one report to save me some time. So, here we go:( FYI- pictures are all out of order)

White Bass:

They have been doing the same thing they have been doing for 3 months. All 14 roadbeds / old ramps ( that I have found so far) are holding fish. Today we pulled a limit out in about 2 hours. Marcus threw back all the fish that were 12 inches or smaller so he had some big fish for the grill today. The wind was out of the south and it was bit choppy today but they were stacked up. Then the wind shifted out of the west and they moved somewhere. So off to the one of many, RB's. Side Scanned it and the fish were loaded on this one again. All three of us got a double on the first cast. Just crazy fun. You actually get bored of catching them after awhile......



Yesterday, I had a couple guys hop on the boat. They said they were newbies. They usually just sit on the bank with some earthworms, but they never caught anything. So we hit Lavon at about 7 am and set up. They usually turn on by 730, but they were late.



We started to boat fish one after the other by 750 am.



We never moved from this spot till 11 am landing 100's of sandies. They caught more fish, obviously, and the biggest fish of their lives. They were a hoot.





After they had sore wrists and the fish would not quit biting, we called it day. I asked them if they ever caught a crappie before. They said no. So, I stopped at a magic brush pile and I gave them a crash course on jigging. I said we wouldnt leave till they both landed one.



So, yeah!...... Everyday has been great on the White Bass bite. Only the day we got the tail wind from the hurricane was it slow. It was super slow. But other than that, the bite has been going strong and almost impossible to not limit.

The Crappie Report:

Fish are very easy right now. 8-15 ft depths.

The reasons some of y'all are having issues:

1- your fishing the same structure you were fishing when the lake was 5-6 ft higher. They moved out of those areas for the most part. Plus those hot spots are now visible and get hammered. You need to find new brush piles in deeper water. 15 ft seems to be a good number, but I have 4 piles in 10 ft of water, and the fish are stacking on them. So again, learn to find new brush. You must cover a lot of water. Every so often, you will land on a big school of them and catch 20 keepers off of it. -Just have to find that spot.

2- minnows are king. Jig bite will pick up as it gets to 75-80 degrees and minnows will not be king anymore.

3- your fishing in your honey hole to long. Move to find those aggressive fish and put the crappie in the boat. Don't wait on them, go get them!

As some of y'all know, I guide year round for rainbow trout in Beavers Bend State Park @ the Lower Mt Fork River. They stock this river with 4200 fish every other Thursday year round so there are always fish to be caught. Its only 2.5 hours from Dallas and your in the mountains. You don't have to fly fish either. You can do it anyway you want. Drag a minnow in the Blue Zones and you will limit quick. Drag a 1/8th oz white rooster tail on 4-6 lb line on a spinning rod. or fly fish using all kinds of different flies that will produce a nice fish in your net. 20 fish landed is a slow day on my end there. 50-75 is an average outing with Tally's of 100 being broken on occasion. Big fish swim here. My client hook a Rainbow Trout that was about 25 inches on Wednesday. 5-7 lb trout right there. Hooked another one later about the same size. Both got off. They looked like a salmon. Huge fish......



Lower Mountain Fork River Fly Fishing Report:

So yup. Same thing everyday up there. I have been up there once a week or so for the last couple months. Nothing has changed. Crowds have gotten way smaller since school is in now. We saw 4 other anglers on the red zone all day.



Night and day compared to the last couple months. In two weeks it will be a ghost town and no group of kids everywhere. All the canoes going downstream all day long, was ruining a lot of my holes and the fish were super spooky. But now, they are starting to come out and feed again. Caught a lot of fish that have been in the river for awhile.



Super pretty colors. Lost Creek and Evening Hole was stocked full of fish. A few good fish have made their way to the bluffs again. So fishing the whole river has started to get better. But, here comes the heat again......




lol, Fish will always be there though. Just have to throw what they want to eat. Spillway Creek fished pretty good. You really need to focus on the shady spots when the sun is up. They will stack up on top of each other and there will be 20-30 fish balled up in a shady pocket the sized of a large trash can lid. When you go into lost creek, watch what they are doing since they are easy to see there. Then take the pattern you have just learned from them and hike up Spillway Creek. Lots of fun but mending and high sticking is very important. Side casting is too. Some casts need to be thrown up under a over hang to get the fly to drift in some hidden pockets. Don't just drift the obvious spots. Drift the fly in every spot you can everywhere.




The browns have been hiding under the small grassy overhangs along the shore lines. Very tough to get out. Most of them are caught before dark and on WB's at night.









Cant wait till Nov/Dec when it gets cold. No pressure from anglers, so they stock 4200 fish 0n top of the last stocking that barley got a dent in it. Great winter fishing up there and views. The cabins are super nice too.

Mike Landed 32 rainbows
Chris landed 15-20
I landed 75 and quit and went home while they were still biting.

Nice job TF...

I could sit on that bank all day and just relax.

In the video, that's just a small feeder creek. The river is way bigger and prettier. just easier to put my phone in a tree to take vids. Getting a GoPro camera in a week or two.

Thanks, crappie is tomorrow. Today was sandies. Hit a brush pile in 11 ft and pulled out 12. Only pile out of the wind. It was blowing out of the south then the west then the south.......it had the crappie confused a bit. Sandies steady/slow. Actually had to work for them today.

Lost about 20 slabs to the rocks today. But I made 100 more twenty mins ago!

At the start of the trip, I asked my guys if they knew how to throw a bait caster. They both said yes. Both rods came back to me like this: " Carey, I have a tangle."



...... You think?

So the spinning rods got busted out. Same patterns on crappie and sandies.

It amazes me that I see some of y'all on the water fishing the same road beds, but you don't have the gear I told y'all they are biting on. I have used every lure there is to throw for the sandies on Lavon. 1/4 oz Chartreuse Thorn's work best, but a bomber 1/4 oz will do the exact same thing, seeing as to how they are the same mold the Thorn's are.

Again, 1/4 oz!

Anyways, got to the first spot, and Momma, land a triple! 3 keeper sandies in one cast. She did it a couple times at that. The guys said it was her trip, so she was by my side the whole day. Everyone had fun catching fish as the schools of sandies would swim by. They were roaming today, so when one person hooked up, everyone else did too. We hopped roadbeds and drop offs trying to find active fish, but again, they were roaming and wouldn't sit still.





On the way in, I had one secret brush pile that is hidden from the wind, and you. Told Momma this is the day she will catch a crappie. She pulled out 12 off of one pile. She said she is an expert now..... She got two monsters at that!





In my head, this was a very slow day but steady. Air pressure was dropping on us the whole time. When it would steady out, the fish started to bite again. Winds were all over the place too. Still good action though! Im just used to an "every cast" bite.....