J.C.’s in Mexico fishing again!  Lucky dog!  Water clear to 7 ft, with wind a problem.  Fishing is slow with 6 boats in the water and catches 35 to 55 fish per boat.  Largest fish caught 7 lbs.  Baits producing the best results are:  Senkos, Rat-L-Trap, Cordell Royal Red Spot, and Poppers. Water level is at 45%.  Here are some photos of some of Bennie’s recent fun:)

Bennie says Hola!  Water level at 44% with water clear in some places and a little muddy in other places.  Catching fish in 10 – 15 ft. of water.  Weather mostly nice but some cloud cover too.  Very little wind.

Had a group of 16 at camp last week.  Fishing better as week progressed.  Bennie reports 1 – 8 pounder, 6 – 6 pounders, many 4 to 5 pounders.  Spinner bait in chartreuse, zenko watermelon, and chrome and blue Rat-L-traps most popular.  Some boats catching 60 per day, some 80 and some 100.

This just in from Bennie . . . you interpret!

“  Fishing no good yesterday.  One boat with 2 people caught only 161 bass.”

That’s 563 pounds of bass with a conservative 3.5 pound average weight per fish.

Chester caught one 7.2 pounder with a green pumpkin brush hog bait.  His a.m. catch the morning of Friday, March 19th was 45 fish all 3 to 5 pounders.  His afternoon fishing catch was 20 fish mostly due to higher winds in the afternoon.  We appreciate knowing the details of your day on the water!

Topwater action is fantastic with highest catches per day of the season.  Spinner, and buzz baits are getting the job done!

Full camp this past week with water level at 50% and water temperature 79 to 82.  Water color is stained and catches weighing 3 to 6 lbs.  Fishermen are catching 75 to 100 per boat and the best bait is lizards and worms in watermelon and pumpkin, top water, and crank baits.  Fish are hanging in 3 to 20 ft. of water.  The weather is mild ranging from 79 to 84 degrees, with wind at 5 mph.  Fisherman comments:  Fish have been on the bite in the morning using top water.

Thanks Mike & Cindy B. from Kansas for sending me this fishing report yesterday afternoon! 

“We have been catching over a 100 fish a day, many of them 4 lbs. and over.  We have been using blue watermelon Zoom lizards, watermelon lizards, tequila sunrise lizards, 10″ watermelon worms and 10″ tequila sunrise worms.  We have also been catching large numbers of fish on 1/2 oz. chartreuse and white spinner baits with silver colorado blades and gold willow blades.  The fish have been right off the bank out to about 20 ft. deep.  The spawn is over so the fish have been hungry and hitting hard.”

Enjoy dramatic savings with our get 2 free days of fishing when you buy our 6 day package at $2,299.00.  Or, get 4 days for the price of 3 day package at $1,499.00.  We have openings so we’ve reduced rates.  You deserve a fishing vacation this season so don’t miss out!

Don’t have the extra days to spend on the water?  Call me for $200 to $400 savings on all packages for select dates.  Teri @ 866-668-2379!

Had to share these photos from J.C.’s recent trip.  These were my favorites!  Just goes to show it’s not always about the fish but often about having fun!

You may recognize Colby Simms of Simms Outdoors in this photo.  Colby visited Lake Mateos in early February and here is what he had to say, “Just wanted to say thanks again for a great time.  We are going to really begin pushing your lodge through our outfitting business and plan to make it our number 2 feature location, second only to our primary location on our home waters of southern Illinois.”