Actually, the water level in El Salto has risen a bit in the past few
days. This is due mainly to mountain rains, but we’ve ever had a few
nice cooling showers here at Anglers Inn Lodge. Incidentally, if you
happen to be here when it’s cloudy and on the cool side, always try
fishing the surface. Sometimes a slight weather change turns the bass
on big time.
Both surface plugs and buzzbaits have been producing well early and late in the day. Deep diving crankbaits have been top lures for mid-day action. Watermelon colored worms or black worms with a blue tail fished Texas or Carolina Style have also been excellent daytime baits.
El Salto always gives visitors a choice. You can concentrate primarily on the big fish for which the lake is famous or you can just go after numbers. If it’s number you’re after, you can’t go wrong fishing a Senko up next to the bank or in submerged trees.
Several anglers have told us about running into huge schools of tilapia and shad. One of the best baits you can throw if you encounter a similar situation is a Rat-L-Trap. Cast it to the school, start crankin’ and hold onto your rod!
Steve and Julie Boon were among our early June guests. Here’s what they said about their visit: “Our largest fish was 6.5-pounds and we had several 5-pounders. We averaged from 60 to 70 fish per day. Most of our fish came on green colored Carolina Rigged lizards. In the evenings we got fish on white spinnerbaits fished off wind blown points. We also caught a few nice bass on Swimbaits.
“One morning we did very well fishing the surface. We caught about 25 nice fish on shad colored Super Pop-Rs. We were happy to see you and everyone else and to have a chance to just be there to relax and have a good time.
”Here’s what A-Team Member Les Melton had to say about his recent trip: “I have now been to El Salto over thirty times and it always amazes me how different the fishing can be each time. I caught 445 bass this trip with the biggest being 10.4. I caught numerous fish in the 5 to 7 pound range. Most of the fish were caught on 10" power worms (red shad, crystal grape and black/blue; crankbaits (fire tiger and citruce), slow rolling (white with silver blade) spinner baits (half oz to oz). A few fish were caught on 5" swim baits (pearl and chartreuse/white). The fish were suspended in most areas fished. However, I did uncover a pattern. The suspended fish moved to the shallow points and large flats at specific times during the day to feed. Everyday that time was 9:30 to 11:00. In the afternoon that pattern was different. The fish moved to long points and would move up and back. It was very different than the normal May pattern. As always my stay was great. The service keeps getting better and better. Something I didn't think was possible. Everyone I talked to had a wonderful time".
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