Toledo Bend Still a Guessing Game For Me!

I have not been able to go much for lots of reasons of which some were just weather! However I did get out Friday and my neighbor and I got 32 nice ones and should have had more, but we started out fishing my favorite way even though I had already decided I was going to need to fish different. Once we changed we started to catch!

Anyway then the front came through and it was pretty darn cool and windy Saturday and the hig things was the fish caught a case of lock jaw! I couldn't believe we only caught one small crappie and he also caught 2 bass that were link 4" long each, LOL!He went for a little while yesterday and only got one, but the rain and wind picking up he loaded his boat and went home until next weekend.Seems staringe to me the way they are acting and my long lining has either been in the wrong water depth or something, but he fish are not were they are most every year!

Seems casting for me is a must and I cast so little normally my shoulders both were in pain my the end of that day, LOL! It did work though!

Skip

Thanks for the report Skip. I'll be there next week.

great report Skip.....

Casting is how I like to do it. I'm pretty much in form now. Every year it takes a couple trips to get right. Still can't flip very good though. And that is a form of casting not gymnastics. Can you picture me flipping. :yikes

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Originally Posted by dpisani

Casting is how I like to do it. I'm pretty much in form now. Every year it takes a couple trips to get right. Still can't flip very good though. And that is a form of casting not gymnastics. Can you picture me flipping. :yikes

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Skip, My buddy and I caught 75 in two days last week, tight lining in two foot of water. Not a bunch, but most of them were huge. We fished the north end.

Long lining not working skip?

When he caught those 32 I bet he was long lining his own tied road runners, his favorite way. Been with him more than once doing that right above the grass. He fishes out of six mile. When I go next week I'm going to start on them against the bank in the grass mid lake - we'll see.

Long lining as I understand from another friend was good Thursday, but not Friday. Go figure! We caught them I. 2' to 6' water and some really nice and a few small, but only a couple females. It made me start thinking maybe I need to check a little deeper to find my kind of stuff, don't know yet though.The friends got 68 between 3 of them, but the dad (my friend) got his limit in a couple hours starting about noon. They were fishing the opposite side of 6 mile than I was. I didn't get to go since, but may tomorrow before the rain starts for the rest of the week.I wish the long lining would have worked, but we couldn't do anything with it. We did see a few guys drifting across a small flat and I guess they were catching fish because they kept at it all day.Tiger how were you tight lining in 2' water? Please tell me more.Skip

I come home from offshore next Tuesday and I'm going to give them a shot.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

When he caught those 32 I bet he was long lining his own tied road runners, his favorite way. Been with him more than once doing that right above the grass. He fishes out of six mile. When I go next week I'm going to start on them against the bank in the grass mid lake - we'll see.

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I live on Lowes...I'd meet you Tracker

Lowes is just a short run over, may just do that. Haven't fished that area in a while. How's the water there? I'll let you know. Thanks.

I come home on the 15th if nothing else we could meet up for some Hemphill BBQ. Maybe get skip to come over that way and talk some fishing. Anyway think about it.

I likes the way you think :). Will do.

North end is muddy. Fishing bushes. Mostly dropping a jig right in the middle of a bush. Along the bank and on islands. Never found them really bunches up. Three or four to a group. Only two or three females.

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Originally Posted by Tiger

North end is muddy. Fishing bushes. Mostly dropping a jig right in the middle of a bush. Along the bank and on islands. Never found them really bunches up. Three or four to a group. Only two or three females.

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Thanks I appreciate that! I know lots of guys fish that method and may need to try that over here, but not sure my 10# braid will hold up in brush! LOL! I never found a pile of them and usually they hang on my depth area or even on the bank lots of times you find a small area that you may get 10 out of, but nothing like that so far. Normal year I can find them in that 6' to 8' of water and lots of them even though I never stop to fish them, just keep pulling and when I get to the Ned I go right back over the same water over and over. Been doing that since about 1978 and has always worked and worked well.

Skip