So, I get a phone call from the General Manager at Bass Pro Shop (Garland) asking me to come in sometime, within a few days.- I’m on the Pro-Staff at BPS, to make the story make sense if you didn’t know. Well, I was actually on Lake Ray Hubbard at … Continue reading
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Beavers Bend Trout Fishing
From Utah to Broken Bow, the trout love to play with my flies. ( A new friend I met at the creek above. Copper Head Snake. Yes, they are out in force now. Keep your head pointed at the trail and not the landscapes while walking around. Go “around” … Continue reading
Hybrid Stripers : Still in the Creeks
The Hybrid Stripers are still haunting the creek and river systems, “trying” to spawn. 3-5 inch Bluegills, 5-8 inch Gizzard shad, Extra-Large Minnows carolina rigged, will get you hooked up with one of these huge and fun fighting fish. At night you can still catch them and the fluke and … Continue reading
White Bass Spawning Run DFW
White Bass/ Sand Bass: Are freshwater fish that are migratory in nature, like Salmon. They spend most of their lives in the open-water portions of lakes and reservoirs or river pools. But when water temperatures rise above 55-60 degrees F, its usually the peak time to catch them. Between February … Continue reading
Dye Your “Live” Minnows Different Colors (pics)
There is a fish attractant out there called Spike-It to dye your soft plastics a different colors, or dip the tail off the bass worm and turn it chartreuse. Well, it was a rainy day today, so I was messing with the Bass gear in the garage burning time. Well, a bottle … Continue reading
White Rock Creek “Downtown Dallas” Winter Crappie Report (pics)
Creek Report and Tips: Trash Piles are your friends, even though they are a terrible site to see. This is just something you have live with in the urban city limits. The creeks are not polluted, its just plastic and foam trash floats and gets caught up in the creek … Continue reading
It is Winter Creek Crappie Time! (pic)
Well today I finally had a break from the trout fishing up in Broken Bow and decided to hit the creeks in DFW and look for some slab crappie. At about 8 am today, I walking around the house debating where and for what species i was going to target. … Continue reading
Lower Mt. Fork River Report- Trout (pics & vids)
Reports: From the Lower Mt. Fork River in Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma (2.5 hours from Dallas) Stocking 4200 plus trout every other Thursday – All Year Long Best flies to use on my end of the river: RS2 Grey #22 Near Deer #1/100 (Secret Color) Red … Continue reading
Its almost time for Winter Crappie in the Creeks!
Crappie will swim up creeks in the winter, and leave the main lakes, once the temps start to drop during the winter months. Why you ask? They are hungry! Shad will start to die off once the water temps hit 41-42 degrees. So, the shad, will go deep … Continue reading
How to Rig a Live Minnow for Crappie in Brush Piles
Grabbed the guys at 10 am and hit the water. Glass calm out. Then a storm moved in about 3 pm and the clouds shut the bite down. Never hit a massive school of them. Most on one pile was 7 fish. Jigs worked and minnows worked, but, minnows worked … Continue reading
