Eagle Mountain 7-30-10

Took today off to fish with my dad.  Started out the morning being the only boat we could see slabbing up some sandies for about 30 minutes and then the fish started blowing up.  Caught them great on slabs and topwaters until about 9:30.  Had a couple of boats running their big motors and that sent the fish down and scattered.  Had a great time and headed in before the heat.  All fish caught in 8-32ft on the flat and drop off.

Eagle Mountain 7-29-10

Fished with first time guests Ed and his two boys.  It was their first time on a boat and man did they want to go fast!  These guys were a ton of fun and full of excitement.  Ed took one boy and I took the other to get them to catching fish.  We would cast out, hook the fish, and the boys would crank them in!  Most of the fish were caught on a pop R, but we did use a slab and fly when the fish would go down.  Most of the fish were caught in 8-12ft of water.  Caught around a 100 keeping enough for them a meal or two.  Water temp is 85-87 degrees.  Look forward to our next trip.

Eagle Mountain 7-28-10

Fished with the Mason family for the second time this summer and had a blast again!  They wanted to catch whatever was biting and enjoy a morning on the lake.  We started out catching sand bass and wore them out for about 3 hours on a main lake flat on slabs and topwater.  All fish caught in 8-22ft.  Not sure how many we caught, but it was consistent action and a great time.  Finished the day doing a little catfishing catching a about 20, but the size was not there.  Look forward to doing it again soon!  Had such a good time I only remembered to take one pic.

 

Eagle Mountain 7-27-10

Took my second trip in a row with a Dustin and Jacob.  It was Dustin's second trip, but Chad is a green horn that became seasoned very quickly today!  Started out learning how to graph and Chad was asking what we were looking for when a few football fields of fish blew up around the boat.  I said that would work and we started catching.  The weather today was PERFECT...5-10 south wind, cloudy, misty, and 80's temp wise!!!  The fish stayed up for 5 hours and we flat wore them out on a slab and fly, and then a pop-R.  Caught fish in 8-38ft of water and totaled over 200 fish.  The bite slowed a bit, so they wanted to try a little catfishing.  We caught around 50, but only 9 were keepers.  Plenty of 10 inch channels today.   Had a great time with these two guys and look forward to doing it again. 

Eagle Mountain 7-24-10

Fished with first time guests Dustin and Chad today.  They wanted a trip to learn the ins and outs of white bass and catfish.  Started the morning out learning a little channel cattin', but all that were interested were dinks.   We decided to go learn a little slab fishing and it was on for about an hour having a good time.

  When the bite slowed we headed to do some blue catfishing, but the gar would not leave our baits alone.  Dustin did catch a largemouth on stink bait!  Went back and caught a few more channels and sandies to end the trip.  Had a great time with these guys while filling their brain with information I hope they put to good use and have some good reports in the near future.

Lewisville 7-21-10

Took Jacob (the famous fish biologist from TCU) and Tyler out to Lewisville this morning.  Started out by Lake Park catching a few schoolies in 2-4ft of water.  Saw some nice hybrids bust up, but couldn't get a bite.  Moved out by the middle of the dam in 40-50ft of water and the sand bass were busting up small shad everywhere.  About 20 boats were out playing nice enjoying the action.  You had to match the hatch today to get a consistent bite.  They were feeding on shad 1-2" long.  Best lures were small Assassins on jig heads and a small Pop-R.  After most of the boats left the schools made their way over to the 121 cut and stayed there until we left at 1:00.  We caught around the 200 mark and left the fish biting.  Great day on the water!

Eagle Mountain 7-16-10

I called Todd to see if he wanted to go fishing, so we met up at 6:30 and decided to hit the channel cat for the morning bite.  It started off a little slow and then really picked up.  We ended up with around 40 caught by 9, so we decided to venture out to a nearby flat and see what the sand bass were doing.  Got there and saw a boat show and a few being caught, so I blind casted out and started getting slammed on my Ol' Ugly.  We moved closer to where I was catching fish and it was on for about an hour.  The fish were not blowing up on top much, but you would just see a few tiny shad fly out of the water for their life and that would be the spot.  Had a great time and it was nice to get out and fish for the fun of it.  We decided to go back and catch another fifteen or so channels before it got really hot and called it a day.  All fish caught on stink bait in 2-4ft of water and sand bass on Ol' Ugly in 8-12ft on the flat and then on the drop off after they stopped schooling on the flat in 20-24ft of water.  Wind SW 5-10, hot and sunny.  Water temp is anywhere from 84-91.

Eagle Mountain 7/10/10

Took John and Jacob out today to find some blues.  Started out catching bait at 6:30 and then headed north.  Tried several spots, but only caught gar.  It was fun seeing them tail walk, but that's not what we were after today.  Since the blues weren't cooperating for us, they decided we should go after channels instead.  We caught around 40-50 and kept 19 of the largest for John's family some dinner.  It was a great morning weather wise, light south wind, cloudy, low 80's, and rained a little.  Then about 11:30 the clouds moved out and it got hot, humid, and no wind.  North end of the lake had water temps as low as 78 degrees and marked 86 degrees down south.

Eagle Mountain 7/7/10

I took a two week vacation and just got back from Oklahoma having a great time visiting family.  Time to go back to work now :)

Fished with first time guest Marlin and his family.  Started the day at 6:30 and enjoyed a cool overcast morning with light southeast/east wind.  I wanted the kids to get some fish early to wake them up, so we got to HP rigs out and started catching.  Around 8:15 we decided to check out the slab bite where I marked some good fish on a ridge.  It wasn't long and fish on!  Shortly after the slab bite took off baby fry threadfin started soaring through the air for their lives.  We caught fish on small plastics, slabs/flies, and quasimodo.  They stayed up boiling the water for about 30 minutes and then we had to return to electronics to stay on them.  I had a great time watching the two kids battle it out for the most fish caught.  We ended the day with a swim and lunch while I cleaned the fish.  Fish caught in 9-23 ft of water.  They are still chasing small bait so downsizing is a must.  We tried throwing a 3.5" sassy and they would hit but not take, but they would take a 2" fluke.  Ended up cleaning 64 and released quite of few unders.  Water temp 84-86.5