Fish have definately gone to bed.  Catches ranging from 70 to 100 per day weighing up to 7 pounds.  Top water action fantastic!

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Numbers have dropped from 100 to 24 – 75 per day, but average size has gone up with many 4 to 6 pound fish being caught.  Water temperature is 74 degrees and clear to 4 ft.  The bite is aggressive as fish are moving to bedding areas.  Rat-L-Trap, buzz baits and spinner baits are producing most fish.

“Repeat fish are going on bed – fishermen need to get down here, bedding will last about 6 weeks.”

This just in from J.C. Galloway, Owner/Operator Lake Mateos Bass Lodge!

Thanks M.S. and group for fishing with us and sharing this fishing report and photos!  “Didn’t get the big one again!”  “I think most of the 8+ pounders are fish stories, especially when they didn’t weigh them!  Here are some pics of my big fish.  I will be back again!”

M.S. – have photos coming of some big ones – more than 8 + pounds!  Stay tuned:)  Teri

Fishing good today, weather good with a light breeze.  Catches running 50 to 100 per boat.  Largest fish caught was 10.5 pounder using Rat-L-Trap.  Second most popular bait was spinner baits. 

Water level about 50% and clear to 5 ft.  A lot of 4 to 6 pound fish caught – photos to come this week:)

Catches continue to run 35 to 100 per boat, one of our father/son teams left yesterday having caught 500 bass in 6 days.  Mostly used spinner baits and Rat-L-Trap.

Poppers and buzz baits continue to produce with most fish in 5 to 15 ft. of water.  Weather perfect, water clear to 5 ft., and 2 ft. in the river.

Largest fish caught on Friday was 9 pounds by C. Simms!

Thursday, February 4th was a good day on Lake Mateos with clear skies and a high of 76 degrees and light winds.  Water temperature was 74 degrees and water level at 50%.  There were 7 boats on the water with catches from 35 to 100 per boat.  The big fish of the day weighed 7 pounds and was caught on buzz bait. 

Poppers, Spinner Baits and Rat-L-Traps along with Sinco’s and Plastic Worms were also good producers of fish.

Fishing report for Tuesday, February 3rd, 2010 – 4 fishermen caught 118 fish up to 5 pounds.  Rat-L-Trap, Grubs, Spinner Baits and Poppers were the lures of choice by the fish today.  Fishing was slow as the rain moved in causing some fishermen to come in early.  Most fish were caught with a very slow presentation in 5 to 20 feet of water.  Lake level is at about 50%.  Water clear to 7 ft. even in overcast skies (all day).  More rain expected for Wednesday.  Sorry guys must report the good, bad and ugly.  Teri

Thanks S. Dewey for these photos.  I’m glad you guys had a great trip!  I thought I’d post these while I wait for new photos to come in.  We have a full camp this week so I’m expecting updated fishing reports with pictures!  Don’t forget to keep checking back in.  Teri

It’s taken a few days to sort out fact from fiction, but the group just returning from Lake Mateos Bass Lodge has provided this information and these photos.

B. Taylor – caught the biggest fish during this trip!  He caught 2 – 12+ pounders!  Rumor has it these were 14 pounders but he didn’t weigh them so we can’t be certain.  These are the biggest catches so far this season but sadly Bub hadn’t signed up for the tournament so these large catches don’t put him in the running for the free trip next season!

K. Matthews – caught 1 – 12 pounder and was registered for the tournament, but didn’t remember his camera that day so his catch doesn’t count. 

D. Dreiling – caught 2 – 8+ pounders and has pictures he will send to me.  He also reported he personally caught 60 to 80 7# fish.  Don – you were registered for the tournament so I’ll be checking with Bennie to make sure  you followed all the rules!  You could be the top runner right now!

T. Carmichael – thanks for sending these pictures.  I don’t know who’s who, but ya’ll know who you are!

Have another group just leaving camp today.  I’ll give them a day to return home, rest and then report in on how their trip was!  Stay tuned!  Teri

This just in from Bennie in Mexico:  ”Our fishermen are catching 100 fish per day, per boat many 3 to 6 pounds.  Most productive bait is chartreuse spinner bait, all kinds of lures are doing well.  Biggest fish caught before yesterday was 8.5 pounder in 14 ft. of water using lizard worm.  Yesterday though . . caught a 12 pounder in 16 ft of water using tequilla sunrise worm.”