Crappie and Bass Fishing Report for May 16, 2013




Crappie fishing in April is the best! I had 4 people limit out in 3-4 hours on April 18th! I had one brush pile produce over 250 crappie in 2 trips! The crappie are in the brush in 15- 20 ft of water and are biting both jigs and minnows. My favorite jig is a white bucktail jig that a friend of mine makes. In May the crappie have slowed down some due to unusual cold fronts that have been moving through. If and when the weather stabilizes and it actually warms up the brush piles will produce like gang busters again! The bass are hanging out on the grass edges in about 7 ft of water and are biting. The shad spawn has the bass in a frenzy and they are eating spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and crankbaits! Topwater action has been good with chugbugs and frogs. I like to look for pepper grass and when I find it I will cast a frog in there and hold on! Its awesome!




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Lake Sam Rayburn Weather Forecast

Thursday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 83

Thursday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 71

Friday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 82

Friday Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms

Lo: 70

Saturday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 85

Saturday Night

Breezy

Lo: 73

Sunday

Chance Thunderstorms

Hi: 84

Sunday Night

Thunderstorms Likely

Lo: 70


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Fishing Report from TPWD (Apr. 24)

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 70 degrees; 3.49 feet below pool. Navigate with caution to avoid sandbars and stumps. Bass are on points and drains in shallow water spawning, and some are in a post spawn biting crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Some topwater along the grass edges. Crappie are fair in the shallows near stumps and fair on the brush piles. Some crappie are spawning near cypress trees, wade anglers can target these. White bass are schooling on main lake points but not surfacing yet. Catch some with jigs, minnows, crankbaits and jigging spoons. Catfish are slowly moving back to the points. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Shad spawn is in full swing. Bass are good keying on hard clay points, grass edges and flooded timber with swim jigs, chatterbaits, topwater spooks or pop-r’s. Offshore bite is 10-20 feet on hard spots and flats, points and creek channel swings using crankbaits, Carolina rigs, shaky heads and dropshots. Crappie have finished spawning in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

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