Blah blah blah...back from ten days in Seattle...high temps in the low 70's and lows in the 50's...that was so nice..
Back to work now on big Texoma...heard all the good reports from while I was gone so didn't do any scouting before today's trip...typically I would never come back to work after being gone so long without scouting a day or two but this time I did..
I did not catch 80-100 fish like the reports I had while I was gone but did come back to some pretty good fishing...bait has been easy the last two days early am,way before sun up.
Fish have moved back int the mid lake area finally..had limits of 20 & 30 fish last two days but not rock and roll action...just what I call steady catching.
Been getting some fish off the north island ledge and up on the washita flats...bait fishing last two days drifting most of the time..did set anchor once today and it worked for about 10 fish..I said it before and I'll say it again...this is the best Aug/ late summer fishing that I can remember..fish are still fat and healthy and still pretty aggressive .
I've been getting a mix of gizzard and threadfins shad and hasn't seemed to matter as they are hitting both just fine.
I did hear today fish were still biting up north between the bridges.
Also heard that a late mid morning bite has been good although I haven't seen it myself..guess I'm getting in before the mid day bite starts..too hot anyway to stay out that late...from what I've gathered in the last two days the early bot is good till about 10 am then shuts down for a couple hours and picks back up around noon..but the noon thing is just hearsay I was napping by noon today
This is the last hurrah for the crowds on most lakes this weekend so everyone be safe...next week the crowds should subside and fall fishing is just around the corner
Tomorrow will be a better test for me as I've got bigger groups and 3 other boats working..so we' ll see if I can do better than just 2-3 man limits
Glad to be home and working again !!!!!

Glad to have ya back. Great report as always, thanks JD

Glad you made it back, those cooler temps are hard to leave.

Good to have ya back! You can put your jacket up til..... Oct

Good to be back in Texas I bet. I bet Texoma will be rough until the water temp comes down to 80 or below.

Not for JD:)

Tough but not impossible for JD. He's not going up the Washita just because he gets points on his gas card.

Speaking of points...my rewards credit card bought my Seattle plane ticket just on my gas bills alone for the last six months

Today was good..not great..but good...had 4 boats out today and worst got 15 and best got 40.
Lets just say my boat wasn't the worst, nor the best

Lots of big overs today and box fish that were so close they needed to be measured . All 4 boats bait fishing..bait was easy..

Fish were moving around fast today and none of us rally ever slammed em hard..had to move a lot to keep up with em and all were able to get a few everywhere we went.
Hard to pin point one spot since we moved a lot from the north island ledge to the cross and then to the washita flats.

Good Report JD! Hope to get up your way soon.

Omg weekend traffic was....well....not sure I can say it on the forum.

I'm so glad it's over...every time I turned around had boats crawling up my rear end so close I couldn't even turn my boat around..just crazy..needless to say it made Sunday and Monday fishing pretty tough..I hate fishing holiday weekends , but fished everyday and won't ever do it again
We did manage to catch fish everyday but , Sunday and Monday instead of running to find fish I was running to get away from all the boats following me around
Ohhhhhhhh...can't wait till tomorrow when the lake will be empty !!!!!!!
Even with all the traffic bait was easy all weekend and fishing relatively good for a holiday weekend.

That's what happens when your da man.

What Potlickers on Texoma, I thought that was a Tawakoni phenomenon

I would just like to say thank you to JD. He pointed me in the right direction and got me on fish everyday this weekend. Like he said it was tough saturday and Sunday but we hammered them today. JD I saw you the first two days and was going to come say hello but it looked like you had plenty of company. Thanks again.