Popular lures used this week:
1. Storm & Optimum Swimbaits 4”-6” – Mullet, Golden Mullet, Pearl Shad, Pinfish, White.
2. 8” Lizards and 10” worms- Black with Blue tail, Black with Chartreuse tail, Blue flake, Watermelon with red flake, Green pumpkin.
3. Jigs- 1/2 oz. To 3/4 oz. – Black & Blue, Watermelon, Green pumpkin with trailers.
4. Spinnerbait- 3 / 4 & 1 oz. – White, White / Chartreuse, Chartreuse, Shad. Double silver willow blades
5. Rapala & Fat Free Shad- Deep diver- Parrot, Citrus Shad, Blue Gill, Green tiger
6. Rattletrap- 3/4 oz. & 1 oz. - Silver/ with Blue back, Silver/ with Black back.
7. Soft plastic jerkbaits 6”- Senkos, Kinami Flashes, Culprit, Bass Assassins- White, Baby bass, Blue Flake, Watermelon, Green Pumpkin
  
ADDITIONAL INFO:
The fishing is really turning on! There has been a lot of big fish caught shallow and deep mostly on 6” Storm Swimbaits in the Mullet and Golden Mullet color. Be sure to bring them!! Fishing this bait is easy but one needs patience. The fisherman are fishing it on the bottom and very slow. So slow that you can barley feel the tail wiggling. The bite is as soft on the swimbait as is on plastics and spinners. The number one bait this report is swimbaits but crankbaits are right behind it. The Rapala and Fat Free Shad are producing some nice bass. Fishing these cranks very slow is the key. Crank the bait down fast and then a slow retrieve. The same deal on the spinnerbaits. These are fished just like the swimbait. Soft plastic jerkbaits are doing well in the morning and late in the evening. There is some topwater bite during the same period but not much. Still bring down you topwater gear because you never know. The biggest fish of the report was caught by Rob Grill on a swimbait. It was a whopping 13 pound bucket mouth. There were many 10-12 pound bass caught during this period.  I think that one of the reasons is that the lake is at a low level and the fish are stacking up. I have heard stories of a customer catching 20 bass over 8 pounds in one hole in one fishing session, so I went out with him in the afternoon and we caught (or had on the line) about 8 very quality fish. One loses a lot of fish on the swimbait so if you hook one you better get your rod deep in the water to help to prevent from losing it. We landed about 6 fish in the afternoon from 6-9 pounds out of that same whole. El Salto is definitely picking up for the amount of big fish being caught. Not everyone is going to land a lunker bass but you have you best chance with us here at El Salto. Check out our new website!