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I spend every Memorial Day weekend at the state park. Went down today to scout around. Worst trip there ever. There is no grass at all on any of my useful spots. Not one bite that we could call a crappie. No bream pecking out in the deep water. Left at noon confused, frustrated and depressed. Then I had a flat on the trailer. Oh joy.
No idea what I'll do next week. Maybe look for Kentuckies.
Bummer. Did you try around Bass Haven Resort around the corner from there? Couple of years ago there was serious fish in there when I went.
No, but I might as well next week. I got nothin, else.
Sorry to hear about that. All of us have one of those trips from time to time. Better luck next week.
Maybe the fish didn't want to play, but still better then setting at home. Well without the flat anyway.
I heard from several bass guys that 6 mile creek had grass...maybe Housen too...hth
I always appreciate your reports but it just didn't seem right to hit the "Like" button....trailer flats are no fun....especially when you don't have the right jack or wrench to fix it.....like me....here is hoping that your "bad luck" has run out.......
Not just a flat either. Blowout so bad it grabbed the fender. I had to beat the fender back with a tire iron just to get the spare on.
Ouch.....mine was a blowout also before daylight....Interstate in a construction zone.....very narrow lanes....no where to pull over....tire smoking like crazy....Quote:
Originally Posted by PMantle
Sorry for your trouble gentlemen. Hope the trailer flats aren't contagious!
I was there yesterday with a guide. 4 of us caught 36 in 4 hours. Not as good as I expected,but we had fun. I have a separate post on this trip. I might suggest you access the La . Sportsman issue ( not sure which one) a few months back that listed all of the man made "brush piles" that are scattered throughout the lake. They are listed by coordinates. You will have to enter the coordinates into a GPS to find them. The simplest ones are at the Pendleton bridge pilings crossing the lake. Tie up to one of those pilings and drop some shiners on them. The catch reports are really pretty good right now, but you have to know where the brush piles are. Good luck.
I really can't stray far from the park since we are camping as a family. I usually just fish a few hours at a time then come back to the camper. I have never fished brush before. I really think this will just end up being an attempt at largemouths and spots. Also, my new Hook-7 came in, but I don't think it will be installed in time. I doubt I can find any bait or brush on my own.
family does come first......Quote:
Originally Posted by PMantle
I used to have a camp there and caught trolling the grass lines at this time of year. Going north from the park there should be a good grass line outside of Bass Haven, one past Rock Island in front of Toledo Bend Resort, another starting at Red's point going north toward Pirate's Cove, and the outside of the north island at the mouth of Pirate's Cove. This time of year I trolled 1/16 oz Roadrunners in about 20-24 foot depths at about 1 1/2 MPH. I always tipped them with the Berkley Gulp 1" minnow in chartreuse. There are 3 artificial reefs near the park. One is near the launch, one is in the WLF cove near the spillway, and one is off the end of the underwater ledge near the spillway. All are marked with yellow buoys.
Good luck.
Yup, I usually count on that. I could find no grass at all, and no one was strolling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun Pop
What Cajun Pop said is exactly the areas I was talking about. Interesting no grass now, wonder if the recent high water had something to do with it? I have also run straight across the lake from there to the Texas side. Strolled shiners and road runners outside the boat lane and have caught fish.
If you go toward the Louisiana islands from the park, go like you will go between them. There is a trough leading up to the gap between the islands and there is a tree in the trough at about 20'-22'. I have caught some there and on the west side of the islands in the standing timber I have bounced around in 20'-25' fishing about 16'-18'deep and caught a few. Also, going west from Toledo Bend resort there is a tree with a piece of rebar sticking out that stays baited. All you can see at this lake level is the rebar and it is hard to find but usually productive. It is probably 100 yards west of the boat lane.
THANKS!
I bought bass stuff at lunch. I feel so dirty.
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Originally Posted by PMantle
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No need to start a new thread. It was terrible. The only perch bite I found was on the campground docks. Those were small fish. I even tried docks up from Red's point. I never got a single bite anywhere doing anything other than those floating docks. Once the campground filled, that bite left as well.
The bass bite was ok. Wacky worms shallow on points where the haygrass was absent. Mostly short fish though.
See attached list of GPS locations of public artificial reefs at Toledo Bend. Some are better than others in delivering numbers of crappie; and some are better than others in delivering size - especially those huge white crappie. It appears the closer these reefs are to the main river channel - the more white crappie are available. But then too - there are more white bass at the ones closest to the channel. Some like eating white bass, others don't. If cleaned properly and eaten fresh - they are excellent in my opinion. There are plenty Youtube videos demonstrating how to clean white bass properly.
***Also, some of these artificial reefs are hard to locate even with your GPS unit spot on. Attachment 240880
I tried 3 of those. Not a bump. I watched a guy camp out on one for a while and never saw him catch a thing. In the 4/5 years I've been doing this there, I've caught exactly one fish off of those.
[QUOTE=PMantle;3232804]I tried 3 of those. Not a bump. I watched a guy camp out on one for a while and never saw him catch a thing. In the 4/5 years I've been doing this there, I've caught exactly one fish off of those.[/QUOTE
The bridge reefs have been delivering fish all month. That's for certain, and there's even evidence reported on many fishing forums on Facebook.
Another one I fished 6 times last year and believe me - it delivered some HUGE white crappie and many black crappie.
But like I wrote in the above post - not all deliver and one may have actually been taken apart, stolen or moved.
You're right, the reef structures under the Pendleton Bridge have produced for me. They're stacked feed pallets, I'll locate a downscan picture and post it. The structure next to the North State Park across from San Miguel produces as well.
Here's a reef under the bridge:
Attachment 240941
Good shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
Thanks
When I camp down south, I really can't run to the bridge. As far as I ever go is Toro.
There's a lot of deep structure down south especially in creeks near the dam area - holding both crappie and bass.
Some of it is scattered near shorelines.
Also, some of the shoreline structure may have been covered with the high water line, and not sure if they've been placed there intentionally.
Hard to know but they hold crappie.