Posted By: Leprechaun
Luck O' The Irish weekly report 4/23 to 4/29, slow week - 04/29/12 02:09 AM
April 26th Lake Lewisville
Wind, wind and more wind! Fish were a little tough to find or at least some good sized fish, I tried spot after spot and found a few fish here and there that would cooperate and then finally came back to the ridges on the West end of the dam and they were actually stacked in there pretty thick.
We used RSR’s 1 ounce Gold Shad slab and caught lots of fish. Also the Lead Babies in the 1-1/2 ounce Li’l Shad in the Luck O’ The Irish color. I had repeat clients Jess, Mark, Hartley and Scott for a good half day of fishing on Lake Lewisville.
Sorry no pictures this trip but we finished off with 44 White Bass, 2 Channel and 2 Blue Catfish and 1 nice sized Hybrid. The water is fairly clear and in the upper 60’s I didn’t see any birds working but that doesn’t mean they won’t be doing that someday this week. I don’t think the Seagulls could see the surface action for all the whitecaps.
April 28th Lake Tawakoni
Well a last minute cancellation and a motor not working equals me fishing with new clients from the Texas Fishing Forum. It started when Klay posted that he was taking his dad and granddad to Lake Tawakoni and needed a place to stay. I was just helping out when I suggested Shoestring Farms Bed and Breakfast and supplied a link on his thread.
Well Klay, his dad Jeff and granddad Bob went out to Tawakoni on Friday night and decided to put their boat in since they hadn’t run it in about 7 months. As things can go sometimes the motor would start but only run for 15 or 20 seconds before stalling out. That same evening my clients for this morning had vehicle problems and called to cancel.
Klay remembered me and also my business cards and brochure were at Shoestring and Klay thought to give me a call just in case. And the rest is history.
I met the guys at around 7:30am and we headed out to find a place to fish out of the wind – HA!
I found some fish out in front of Wolf Cove in about 22 feet of water and I knew there were there but none of the guys were getting bit. I picked up a rod and “felt” a super light bite and set the hook on a nice fat Sandie. After I explained what the bite felt like, Klay, Bob and Jeff started putting fish in the box. After things slowed I moved around a lot!
Finally I moved us to the ridge right in front of Holiday and it was on big time! Klay, Bob and Jeff caught fish from 22 feet all the way out to 30 feet and finished out a 75 fish limit in less than an hour! They also boated one keeper Hybrid around 20 inches and 2 good eating sized Channel Catfish.
Water temperature is in the upper 60’s and fairly clear for Tawakoni. The fish once I found them hit just about anything we dropped on their heads. The bite was very light and usually came within 6 inches of the bottom. Sometimes the bite was just a stopping of the fall of the bait and you really had to be ready when it came. The TFO rods the guys were using really made the difference in feeling the light bite and getting a good hard hook set on the fish.
Wind, wind and more wind! Fish were a little tough to find or at least some good sized fish, I tried spot after spot and found a few fish here and there that would cooperate and then finally came back to the ridges on the West end of the dam and they were actually stacked in there pretty thick.
We used RSR’s 1 ounce Gold Shad slab and caught lots of fish. Also the Lead Babies in the 1-1/2 ounce Li’l Shad in the Luck O’ The Irish color. I had repeat clients Jess, Mark, Hartley and Scott for a good half day of fishing on Lake Lewisville.
Sorry no pictures this trip but we finished off with 44 White Bass, 2 Channel and 2 Blue Catfish and 1 nice sized Hybrid. The water is fairly clear and in the upper 60’s I didn’t see any birds working but that doesn’t mean they won’t be doing that someday this week. I don’t think the Seagulls could see the surface action for all the whitecaps.
April 28th Lake Tawakoni
Well a last minute cancellation and a motor not working equals me fishing with new clients from the Texas Fishing Forum. It started when Klay posted that he was taking his dad and granddad to Lake Tawakoni and needed a place to stay. I was just helping out when I suggested Shoestring Farms Bed and Breakfast and supplied a link on his thread.
Well Klay, his dad Jeff and granddad Bob went out to Tawakoni on Friday night and decided to put their boat in since they hadn’t run it in about 7 months. As things can go sometimes the motor would start but only run for 15 or 20 seconds before stalling out. That same evening my clients for this morning had vehicle problems and called to cancel.
Klay remembered me and also my business cards and brochure were at Shoestring and Klay thought to give me a call just in case. And the rest is history.
I met the guys at around 7:30am and we headed out to find a place to fish out of the wind – HA!
I found some fish out in front of Wolf Cove in about 22 feet of water and I knew there were there but none of the guys were getting bit. I picked up a rod and “felt” a super light bite and set the hook on a nice fat Sandie. After I explained what the bite felt like, Klay, Bob and Jeff started putting fish in the box. After things slowed I moved around a lot!
Finally I moved us to the ridge right in front of Holiday and it was on big time! Klay, Bob and Jeff caught fish from 22 feet all the way out to 30 feet and finished out a 75 fish limit in less than an hour! They also boated one keeper Hybrid around 20 inches and 2 good eating sized Channel Catfish.
Water temperature is in the upper 60’s and fairly clear for Tawakoni. The fish once I found them hit just about anything we dropped on their heads. The bite was very light and usually came within 6 inches of the bottom. Sometimes the bite was just a stopping of the fall of the bait and you really had to be ready when it came. The TFO rods the guys were using really made the difference in feeling the light bite and getting a good hard hook set on the fish.