with the low water, boats were stacked on top of each other. the good news was, by 2:30pm, THEY WERE ALL OFF THE WATER. dang near had the lake to ourselves after 3pm.we got a 7lb on a carolina rigged lizard in four feet of water for our big fish. a few fives on topwater super early or very late in day. the fog helped the morning bite, especially top water (WHITE CHUG BUGS, but the key was letting it sit still for a few seconds after each chug. the biguns, as kvd would say, would simply suck the bait under without much commotion…until the hookset, of course)we fished midlake on texas side from carrice to palo gaucho. our numbers were down this year, but we still had a good five days of fishing. tons and tons of 12-13 inchers kept us occupied as we worked toward our limits each day. most keepers were in the 2-3 pound range, but we did manage a handful of four pounders, and a few fives, and one 7lb over our five day excursion. best bait was a zoom watermelon seed lizard with a 1/16 oz bulletweight, swimming through timber with grass in 2-4 feet of water, or light (1/4oz) carolina rigged in 4-6 feet. baby brushhogs got the fish we found on beds, which seemed to be most cooperative that weekend of the full moon. (we did find one 8-10 pounder sitting on a bed that we just could not get to bite. went the next day, and she was gone. dont know if someone else caught her, or if she just finished her business and moved on. man what a fish! )also fun was some serious crappie that would hit our jerkbaits. we kept missing (what we thought were) bass, then finally i actually saw what was happening. big 1lb crappie were hitting the jerkbait, and i was ripping their mouths on the hookset. once we started sweeping the set softly instead of jerking it, we starting boating some slabs, too. (trick was putting the jerkbait right up against any stump…the crappie would nail the bait by pushing it into the tree and swallowing it) really fun to watch it only few feet from the boat on most occasions. anyway…heading back for the full moon in april. hoping to get some post spawn hawgs. the b.a.s.s. elite series will be there that weekend, as well, so we might catch a weigh-in or two..
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