Lake Cooper 1-22-11

Fished a corporate trip today and my two guys had never caught a catfish.  The action was slower than last week, but still produced plenty of eaters and a few trophies today.  Our big fish was 28 pounds and made for happy customers!  The fish were stacked in the deeper holes, but not actively feeding.  Marked a few up on the ledges and on the flat and that is where we caught most of our fish.  Fishing 24-30ft near 40+ ft of water.  Water temp was 41.2 and the fish were full of threadfin and smaller gizzards.  All fish caught on Gizzard shad and Team Catfish double action hooks.  Later in the day the fishing picked up if I sprayed the shad with Dead Red Blood Spray.

NTTC Tournament Cooper Lake 1-15-11

Mickey and I fished the NTTC Tournament on Lake Cooper this morning.  It was my first time on the lake and it sure is a good one.  First spot produced around 40 fish in the first hour and a half of the tournament!  Most of the fish were in the 10-15 pound range.  We had more doubles and triples than I've had in a while.  It was fun trying to keep the poles in the water and get the fish released. We only managed to fish 3 spots during the entire tournament because the bite was so good.  We just couldn't get the really big bite to move us up in the standings.  Our 5 biggest weighed 85 pounds and we finished in 5th place.  Looking forward to the next tournament at Tawakoni.  Had a great time!

Ray Roberts 1-8-11

Took Dwight and his crew out on the day before the big cold front on Ray Roberts.  Dwight took a sand bass trip with me last spring and wanted to tangle with some blues this winter.  Today the fish were piled under shad in 50-72ft of water.  The fish were active and feeding on the drop offs, but not feeding on the deep flat.  They were on the flat but would not touch a bait.  Today the fish really seemed to prefer buffalo over gizzard shad and perch.  I think they just wanted something different than the threadfin they were eating.  One of the 8 pounders we cleaned had about 20 threadfin in it's stomach that were not digested yet.  They are definitely eating well this winter.  We tried shallow a few times, but the active fish were mainly at the 50ft mark.  Water temp was 47-49 degrees and a 5-10mph northeast to east wind.  It was a tough day on the water, but we managed 26 nice fish.  Had a blast with this group and look forward to our next adventure this Spring. 

Texoma 1-1-11

Fished with buddies Steve and Mickey today on Big Tex.  We decided to try dragging today since Steve and I had success in Alabama with this technique. 
Started the day marking loads of bait and nice yellow arches on a drop from 60 to 82 ft.  Got all the rigs out and it was about an hour before we got the first fish, 25 pounder.  From there the bites were few and far between all day long.  We caught about 8 nice keeper blues from 4-9 pounds and then Steve locked into a hog in 78 ft of water.  Finally, we hooked one of those yellow arches that were showing up on the graph!  It was fun videoing Steve play the fish to the surface for our "net man" Mickey to dip her up.  Had a great time today with two good friends.  Pic of Steve and the 62 pounder