| Air Temperature: | 75°-82°F (Early Morning and late evenings) 85°-92°F (Siesta time) | | Water Temperature: | 79-82 °F | | Average number of bass per boat per day: | 30-50 | | Largest bass caught: | 11 pound |
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Most productive lures during this period | | 1 | Yamamoto Senkos, Yum Dingers or Bass Pro Shops 5, 6 & 7-inch Stinkos in watermelon, watermelon red flake, black with blue flake, red shad and white & chartreuse. | | 2 | Zara Spook, Sammy and Reaction Innovations Vixen in clear, chrome with black top and white. | | 3 | Spinnerbaits in ½ to 1-ounce in white, white & chartreuse, chartreuse and shad. | | 4 | Storm WildEye 4 and 5-inch Swim Shads in mullet, golden mullet, white with chartreuse tip, bunker and shad. | | 5 | RicoPop in white, white with sparkles and silver & black. | | 6 | Rapala X-Rap or 4 to 5-inch jerkbaits in white, clown, perch and shad. | | 7 | Bomber Fat Free Shad & Rapala DT16 Crankbaits. Both medium & deep divers in citrus shad, parrot, fire tiger, white and red shad. | | 8 | Eight inch Zoom or Yum Lizards and 10-inch Berkley Powerworms in watermelon, black with blue tail, blue flake, red shad, junebug, watermelon red flake. | | 9 | Rat-L-Traps in ½ & ¾-ounce in silver with blue back and silver with black back. |
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Here’s what James said about the fishing. “The best action was mostly in the morning and late evening. Yum Dingers, both 5 and 7-inch sizes in any color, white buzzbaits and Lucky Craft Sammys produced best in the mornings. Swim baits like the Yum Sweet Cheeks or the Storm WildEye Swim Shads along with Texas rigged Berkley Power Worms worked best in the afternoons. Most fish were caught in shallow flooded grass or off points. We boated more fish than we could count between 3 and 6-pounds. The largest bass caught weighed in at a little over 7-pounds.” Joe Bullock, of California, another participant in the Anglers Inn Monster Bass Tournament, came in second with a total weight of 120-pounds. Joe caught most of his big bass on a Reaction bait called the Vixen. Walking the Vixen slowly off the bank has been producing some great bass. Fishing a half-ounce spinnerbait off shallow points and grassy banks has also been very successful.  Miguel Gonzalez landed the biggest bass of the period with a dandy that weighed 11-pounds. He caught it on a watermelon lizard off a flat in 20-feet of water.
Young Dillon Kohler, of California, also boated a beauty on a recent El Salto Lake visit. Dillon caught his big fish on a medium diving Bomber Fat Free Shad in a citrus color. Dillon’s father, David, took advantage of our new “Father and Son” special that runs through December 31. The youngster got a gift he’ll remember for a lifetime when he caught his El Salto Lake whopper. If you’re headed this way, be sure to bring plenty of soft plastic jerkbaits in a watermelon color. Anglers fishing El Salto recently have been using a bunch of them. |
Fishing Reports 
Best tournament weight ever? There were four participants in our recent El Salto Lake Monster Bass Tournament. All contestants weighed in their five biggest bass for the four days of the event. Would you believe the winner wound up with a total weight of 122 pounds! 
