March 16th - 31st , 2005
Air Temp:62°-68°F (Morning) 80°-85°F (Mid-day)
Water Temp: 71°-76°F
Average number of bass per boat per day: 60-80
Largest bass caught: 16 pounds & 15.4 pounds !!! Popular lures used this Week: - 8” Zoom Lizards - Watermelon, Watermelon Red Flake, Green Pumpkin, Black with Blue tail, Blue
tail, Blue flake. - 10” Berkley Powerworms - Watermelon, Watermelon Red Flake, Green Pumpkin, Black with Blue
tail, Blue flake. - Storm Wild Eye Swim Shads 4”-5” – White, White w/ chartreuse top, Shad, Fire Tiger.
- Excalibur Fat Free Shad & DD22 Deep Divers - Citrus Shad, White, Blue Shad.
- Spinner bait 1/2 oz. to 3/4 oz. – White, White / Chartreuse.
- Rattletrap - 1/2 oz. & 3/4 oz. - Silver/ with Blue back, Silver/ with Black back.
- Kinami Flashes & Senkos & Yum Dingers 5” & 6” & 7”–Watermelon,Watermelon red flake Watermelon Candy, Black & Blue, Green pumpkin, Pumpkin Seed, Chartreuse.
- Zara Spook, Sammy-Clear, Chrome with Black top.
- Rico Pop R & Excalibur Super Pop’r – White, White with sparkles, Silver / Black.
Additional Info:
Ken Roman and his wife Jane were Anglers Inn guests for 7 days during this period. Here’s what Ken had to say about it: “I visited Anglers Inn in 2003. At that time I caught a 13.10-pounder. This trip I took advantage of the Anglers Inn “Couple’s Package” and brought my wife along. On our second day out Jane caught a 10-pounder and earned bragging rights. On the morning of our last day a bass picked up my bait. It felt like a 2-pounder. It tugged my line gently a couple of times and I set the hook. I started to reel and that fish really yanked down on my rod. I finally reeled in a 16-pounder. In the process I earned bragging rights for the entire trip.”
Ken’s 16-pounder wasn’t that far off the all-time Anglers Inn-El Salto record of 18.8-pounds. Note the pictures of Ken and his lunker. He hooked this 16-pound beauty in about 25-feet of water at 8: 30 a.m. The giant bass gobbled a green pumpkin lizard Ken had rigged Texas Style.
Robert (Bobby) Ota and Chuck Aedo had a similar experience during the period. Here’s what Bobby had to say: “Anglers Inn is a fantastic place. I caught one bass that weighed 15.4-pounds. Chuck got a 12-pounder right after I boated my big one. We thought we couldn’t do any better, but that evening we caught seven fish between 7 and 8-pounds. We knew we were having a ‘Dream Day.’ While we were at Anglers Inn we averaged 100 bass per day. Our best day was 124 fish. The service at Anglers Inn is just as good as the El Salto Lake fishing and that made our trip something special.”
Bobby and Chuck landed their monsters while fishing coves with Texas rigged watermelon colored lizards. Jimmy Webster and Phil Rothermich also boated some beautiful bass during the last two weeks in March.
They got most of them on spinnerbaits that Jimmy had customized especially for El Salto Lake fishing. They slow rolled these ¾-ounce white spinnerbaits in 20 to 25-feet of water. They wound up with fish of 11.8-pounds, 11-pounds and 10.5-pounds along with several 9-pounders. They also caught other dandy bass on plastic lizards and worms in a black and blue color.
As is usual, topwater fishing during this period of post spawning was on the slow side. Most big bass were caught in deeper water on Texas rigged plastics, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and crankbaits. No doubt about it, this is a super time to take the fish of a lifetime. Just ask the fishermen we’ve been telling you about!
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