Caddo Lake Bass Fishing Reports

Mike Cork · July 10, 2003, 09:42:51 AM

Fished Caddo two nights ago. Started right at dark and had an absolute ball on spinnerbaits and large worms until about 1 am then it shut off like a switch. Didn't do much running around because of all the rain and t-storm cells but we didn't get to wet and the fishing was awsome........

Get the Net it's a Hawg
Mike Cork

MotherNature · July 10, 2003, 06:56:22 PM

Quote from: Mike on July 10, 2003, 09:42:51 AM
we didn't get to wet and the fishing was awsome........

The company wasn't bad either

Chris · July 10, 2003, 09:55:10 PM

The bite was on yesterday as well Mike .I caught twelve fish between 3pm and 5:30 pm..The lightning ran me off early so I think I could have managed several more fish before dark .I had one over (4.43lbs),2 in slot and the rest under .

BIG PAPA · July 11, 2003, 08:25:23 AM

The bite on Caddo has been pretty good for a while now there are lots of good fish in the pads up North and Trey and I have been catching some good fish late in the evenings on Flukes fished in the pads .

papa
Take your kids"HAWG HAULIN" and save some for seed

Sammy Joe · July 11, 2003, 07:26:18 PM

Weedless baits in the pads are catching a few really good fish early and late. Other than that it seems to be a matter of hitting as many trees as you can in all kinds of water. I have heard 2-3 ft and I have also heard 6 ft. So pick your favorite spot and cover water. Large tubes and large worms are doing the trick for the most part. The night bite is coming on real strong also. I found a really good spinner bait bite the other day and had a ball, mostly slot fish but I had 3 overs to 5#.

Chris · July 13, 2003, 09:33:33 PM

Another 20 plus fish day on Caddo Saturday... The fish were a little slow for us during the morning but turned on pretty good after lunch. Between 2pm and 3 pm my partner gave me a carolina rig lesson and boated a 4 pounder,a 6+ pounder and a couple of slot fish.The fish were caught about 8 ft deep in brush .

Mike Cork · July 14, 2003, 02:14:08 PM

Chris, You really seem to be doing well on Caddo during the day light hours. Do you mind giving up a structure type that is working for you. Meaning are you working docks, slough channels, trees? Just curious. Thanks

BIG PAPA · July 14, 2003, 08:33:53 PM

Vicki and I found a nice Bed of Bream today

caught 55 between 12 and 4 some really good ones mostly Blugill with a few Red ears mixed in.slough in Jeems , point with shade in about 2 ft.

papa

Chris · July 15, 2003, 01:44:57 PM

Mike , Sloughs and a select few points with brush . The bigger fish definitely were in the thicker stuff. As soon as we would drag the carolina rig over it (brush)we would get bit .

Mike Cork · July 16, 2003, 09:10:00 AM

Chris,

Sounds like you have a few (select) personal brush piles

I need to get busy and plant some extra habitat for myself. Thanks for the info, just one more question though do you fish in the Jeems or the main lake mostly.

Chris · July 21, 2003, 08:48:39 PM

Mike ,I fish Jeems and some on the river.I went yesterday from about 4 to 730 and caught six fish .Two overs ,two in slot and two unders. The two overs came on the first two casts .

casso · July 22, 2003, 08:49:57 AM

Fished Caddo Fri night from 7:30 - 6:00 and caught 2 fish. The company was great, the bugs weren't bad, the temperature was comfortable, but the fishing sucked. Although we haven't sent much time on the water after dark, we fished hard and couldn't get anything to work. Oh well, I'll just have to send more nights on the water.

David

Trey · July 25, 2003, 09:27:23 AM

I went fishing on Caddo last Saturday. Caught some quality fish in Tar Island Slough. 4.75 # came off a Zoom trick worm in bright red. Two more fish bit a Terminator spinnerbait in Chatruse and White with silver and gold willow leaf blades, both over 3#'s. I was fishing the trees and the lilly pads on the South side of the Slough, right near the boat road. I had another fish bite a Carolina Rig thrown right down the boat road where the channel is. Frogs in white and also white and chartruce have been getting some bites from the pads as well. The key is to find the pads and trees that are near some grass!

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and you'll never see him agian!

Mike Cork · August 03, 2003, 06:09:11 PM

Fished Caddo last night. Fishing was a little tough we only caught a dozen or so all on spinnerbaits and worms pitched to pads with grass. Nothing real big but slot fish sure are fun when you don't have to weigh them in.......

BIG PAPA · August 03, 2003, 06:45:43 PM

Guess Robbie and I should have gone with you, we went this morning and had to fight for every bite. Seemed to have shut off shortly after daylight .
OH WELL WE WERE FISHING!!!

papa

Mike Noble · August 03, 2003, 08:54:06 PM

Darn, I hate I missed the action. Like you said....at least you were fishing. I was washing the tahoe, dri-washing the nitro, changiing line on reels, and hanging out in the pool.

There is always next weekend...or for you self-employed people, there is always tomorrow.

BIG PAPA · August 04, 2003, 04:03:02 PM

Yeah you know how it is, Us self employed folks just have it made HAHA

papa

Mike Cork · August 06, 2003, 12:20:20 PM

Well I know that when you are self employed your boss is the worse than working for a company or organization, but you have to admit living so close to caddo is a good thing. So how is lake Papa coming along.......

BIG PAPA · August 06, 2003, 09:48:58 PM

Well we were having so much trouble getting a Bream population going that we had to catch a bunch of the Bass out. But in the last Month we have put over 100 adult Bream in so we should be OK now. Now I am going to wait till spring to put anymore Bass in, unless someone catches a real "HAWG" and wants to put it in. HAHA

papa

Mike Cork · August 07, 2003, 11:45:17 AM

sounds like you are going to have a real honey hole there before long. I think we are going to have to go to live well checks before the tourneys

Gabby · August 08, 2003, 02:37:33 PM

papa,

Steve & I will be hitting Caddo tonight, so we should have at least 5 Lunkers for you to put in. We will give a full fishing report of our success - right Steve?

Gabby

BIG PAPA · August 08, 2003, 11:12:40 PM

A couple of weeks ago we decided to cull some Bass so Trey and Dusty got some gold fish to use for bait. They caught about 15 or so with the biggest five going 26 lbs on my digital scales. we took every Bass under 18 inches that we caught out and had a fish fry. according to my records, give or take a few that may have died or just won't bite there should be about 18 to 20 Bass left with 10 to 12 of those over 4 lbs. 2 over 7 and 1 over 8, Of course those are cool weather weights for the most part, so I am sure they are high for this time of year. But if anyone catches a 5 or better and wants to put her in the "LAKE" you are welcome. Also any Bream. My goal is to raise a 1 lb. Bream and a 10 lb. Bass!

papa

Gabby · August 09, 2003, 11:04:33 AM

Well, Steve and I had a great time last night fishing Caddo. Didn't have much luck, but Steve caught a couple nice fish - including a FAT 4-5 pounder. What a boat, Steve! Had a great time, and look forward to fishing with you again (hopefully sooner than later!).

My wife is talking to me again already!!!:)

gunter1309 · August 09, 2003, 11:45:11 AM

Thanks Gabby,
The fishing pretty much sucked $:-\$ I guess I should have picked a different time to look at new water

, but the company more than made up for it

. It was great meeting you finally, I look forward to many fishing trips with more fish caught of course, hope your wife does'nt learn to dislike me

. Now if I can only figure out how to Weasle Barry Bonds off your fantasy team on to mine, hmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks

Steve

No Big Caddo Bass <"\\\\\\><

gunter1309 · August 09, 2003, 12:42:30 PM

Like Gabby said, fished Caddo last nite, got there about 7:20, ran to Tucker area, fished top water and buzz baits, no luck, not even a roll, a lot of shad schools but nothing eating them. Moved to the Jackson Arm area and fished until about 11pm covered a lot of water, threw blades, buzzers, chuggers, walkers, squirmers, kitchen sinks, hogs, jitters, widows, gators, babys, pups, NO luck!! moved to johnson ranch area and gvt ditch area, threw all of the above, no luck, not even a "was that a bite

" Finally managed 2 fish almost back to back on a 12" squirmer, red shad, in the main river, then nothing. I did have 2 fish get my "cricket" but they were probably tight eyes. Quit at 1am, did not want Gabby to get in too much trouble with his spousal unit since she is due in Sept to present the earth with a mini-Gabby.

Hope I did not sour Gabby on bass fishing in general, I told him he was fishing with the "curse". His enthusiasim for the sport is matched only by his eagerness to learn, but one trip with the "curse" can shatter anyone's confidence

See ya in the funny papers

Steve

RANGER BOATS RULE!!!!