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Home  Fishing Reports 2005 October 16-31, 2005 El Salto Fishing Report |
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October 16-31, 2005 El Salto Fishing Report |
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We predicted El Salto Lake fall fishing was going to be good and by golly it has been! Just ask some of the anglers who’ve been here recently. Chuck Aedo of California caught an 11½-pounder and 13½-pounder on his late October trip. Chuck got those beauties on a Brush Hog by pulling it through submerged trees next to the bank. Chuck’s 13½-pounder was the largest bass caught during the last two weeks in October. Chuck nailed his whopper in the morning. He also did well fishing 5-inch swimbaits in the channels and around the drop-offs.
Additional information | | Air Temperature: | 72°-78°F (Early Morning and late evenings) 82°-89°F (Siesta time) | | Water Temperature: | 76-80 °F | | Average number of bass per boat per day: | 60-80 | | Largest bass caught: | 13-1/2 pounds |
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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 | RicoPop in white, white with sparkles and silver & black. | | 4 | Storm WildEye 4 and 5-inch Swim Shads in mullet, golden mullet, white with chartreuse tip, bunker and shad. | | 5 | Spinnerbaits in ½ to 1-ounce in white, white & chartreuse, chartreuse and shad. | | 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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| Carter Blake of Texas caught his big largemouth on a watermelon red lizard. He got it on the shoreline just south of the island in front of Anglers Inn Lodge. His fish weighed a tad over 9- pounds. Carter’s son, Greg, caught his bass on the same bait just to the north of the relocated city next to the cliffs. Both fished their lizards rigged Texas Style. Joining the ESPN group on their recent El Salto visit was Florida Magazine Outdoor writer Pat Sherbak. Here’s what Pat had to say about his recent trip: “Attached are photos of the10 and 12-pound bass I caught, thanks mainly to the keen awareness and insight of your professional (in every respect) guides. My fishing partner, Joel Townley, the public relations director for Shakespeare’s fishing tackle division, truly captured the essence of fishing at El Salto with this monster lunker. This was his first fish of the morning. It was caught on a Pop-R topwater bait. Trophy bass were in abundance in the early morning as well as late evening. We caught fish throwing a variety of topwater baits and spinnerbaits. The "hawgs" were caught mid-morning and mid-afternoon on soft plastics and crankbaits. Thanks for the memories.” Mark Zona, from Loudmouth Bass on ESPN, filmed a full show in the first ½ day of fishing. He boated 12 and 10 pound-bass as well as many 5 to 7-pounders. Most of Mark’s fish were caught on a Pradco Fat Free Shad in the citrus color. John Pierce of Califorina also had great action during his October visit. “As you promised,” John says, “the topwater action was excellent. Our largest fish was over 9-pounds. It was caught on a Rico. We also had a couple of 8-pounders and several in the 7 and 6-pound range. Ralph Elrod of Orange California did exceptionally well on a torpedo bait. My brother David Pierce from South Carolina found out that a Sammy is his new favorite lure. You guys do a great job. Now that we have discovered your massage service, which was a first for all of us, the trip is just that much better. Thanks again for everything.” The key to success for anglers so far this fall has been the variety of baits that have been putting fish in the boat. It’s the typical Anglers Inn story---lots of fish with plenty of trophy size whoppers included. Better get on down here, amigos! |
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