Author: Texas Fishing Guide

The lake looks very good and we should have plenty of cover for the fish this spring. The water has already flooded the bushes and many of the bass have followed. You can catch bass in 1 foot of water or 30 feet this month. The...

We fished 6 hours. Caught 3 stripers 18″ and 19″ long using live gizzard shad in 55″ water. We set a dozen jug lines and took 4 blue catfish from 10# to 41# using cut threadfin shad in 80′ water. Have a...

Lake level 21 ft. low. Black bass good up-river from 99 bridge. Males have begun prowling the shallows on warm days with sunshine. Females are staging on secondary structure awaiting the right time to move up. The spawn is right...

Lake Fork Fishing Report February 2001 by: Guide – Sherry D. Ruslink February, being one of the favorite months for anglers to fish Lake Fork, is a top rated month to catch lunker bass! The huge females begin their...

Lake Level: 171.94 ft, (172 ft high pool) Clarity: Muddy to stained on the North End clearing further south Temp: mid to upper 40s, water is starting to gradually warm. The lake is at high pool and a lot of fresh water still...

Stripers are very slow with the cold, stained water and falling lake level. Catfish are great in water 40′ to 80′. A dozen three hook jug lines are producing seven blues per run from 5# to 50# each. With a little...

Stripers are very slow with the cold, stained water and falling lake level. Catfish are great in water 40′ to 80′. A dozen three hook jug lines are producing seven blues per run from 5# to 50# each. With a little...

Lake level 21 ft. low. Main lake temp 55, up-river 58-64. Black bass fair to 2.9 lbs……… Double carolina rigs with Jones Bait Co. triple tail shads (watermelon and blue ghost) working well with slow retrieve...

With the water very cold, stained and the lake level dropping (generating 24 hours a day), striper fishing has fallen off drastically. On the bright side, the big blue cats are hitting live and cut shad very good along the river...

Lake Level: 171.32 ft, (172 ft high pool) Clarity: Muddy to stained on the North End clearing further south Temp: low to mid 40s Fishing has been extremely slow due to the weather, not many fishermen on the lake. A lot of fresh...

Lake level 20.7 low. Black bass very SLOW. Low temps have shut down the bite and the word is lethargic. Only action is in the Frio river from 99 bridge north to San Miguel. Bitsy bug jigs and drop-shot worms 4″ (motoroil)...

Lake Level: 169.7 ft, (172 ft high pool) Clarity: Muddy to stained on the North End clearing further south Temp: low to mid 40s A lot of fresh water passing through the lake but the level is holding steady with the release of...

Richland Chambers Guide Steve Schmidt Lake Report: Tuesday, January 16, 2001(dated fished Jan 14, 2001) Water Color: Clear to 1 ft Depth: Normal Water Temp: 47 to 49 Deg Forecast: Sunny with a High of 61 winds out of the north...

Fished 7:30am till noon. This was our first good striper fishing day in two weeks. We were throwing back 20′ to 26″ stripers by 8:30. The smaller fish were much harder to catch. At 10:30 we had boated only 5 fish...

Lake Level: 169.8 ft, 2ft -4inches below high pool and rising Clarity: Muddy to stained on the North End clearing further south Temp: Upper 30s to mid 40s The lake has risen 1 1/2 feet in the past two weeks and still a lot of...

Richland Chambers Guide Steve Schmidt Lake Report: Monday, January 3,2001 (dated fished Jan 2, 2001) Water Color: Clear to 1 ft Depth: Normal Water Temp: 51 to 53 Deg Forecast: Cold with a High of 48 winds out of the north east...

Lake Fork Fishing Report January 2001 by: Guide – Sherry D. Ruslink Another year gone in the 21st century as we enter the year 2001. Wow, how time flies. We rang the new year in with snow, ice, and cold weather for this...

Not many fishermen on the lake or reports coming in due to the weather conditions. High winds, cold temperatures and bad weather have kept most fishermen on the bank. The pattern remains the same as it has been for the past...

Guide Steve Schmidt Lake Report: Monday, December 18,2000 (dated fished Dec. 17, 2000) Water Color: Clear to 1 ft Depth: Normal Water Temp: 53 to 56 Deg Forecast: Cold with a High of 52 winds out of the north east 10 to 15 Boat...

Lake Level: 168.5 ft, 3 1/2 ft below high pool and holding Clarity: stained north, clear south Not many fishermen on the lake or reports coming in due to the weather conditions. Black Bass: Falling water temperatures have pushed...