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--Summer time is here and so are the summer patterns. I haven’t updated in a while because we have had a crazy late spring and early summer and the fish were tough to pattern. Seems like everything is running late due to the long , cold winter we experienced here in SE Texas. Just to give you and idea, we are still catching crappie full of eggs. Usually most, if not all, have spawned, moved off the hydrilla beds, and moved to the deep water brushpiles by now. We’re catching plenty of crappie with many in 13-16 inch range. Big Bite Slab tubes in Pearl/ Chartreuse, Popsicle, and Black/Chartreuse are working well rigged on 16th oz. heads. Of course minnows are working as well. Water temps are running low –mid 80’s and the lake is on a slow fall and clearing nicely. Bass fishing has been good to great. The spring was really a struggle with water temps in March still in the low 50’s. But it seemed like when they started feeding, they did it with a vengeance. Snagproof frogs and soft toad baits have been working well early and late around pepper grass and lily pads. Color really doesn’t seem to be a factor. If it puts up a commotion, they’ll eat it. After the sun gets high and hot, move out to the Hydrilla beds in 5-12 feet and try soft plastics in watermelon, green pumpkin, or redbug. Everyone has their favorites, and they all seem to be catching fish. Stick Worms, Soft Jerkbaits, Wacky Worms and light Texas rigged worms will all get you bit. We are catching a lot of big bass, 5 – 9 pounders, out on deep structure while crappie fishing in 22-30 feet. So the dropshots, shakey heads and Carolina rigs should be rigged and ready. I’ve added a Facebook page, Roger Bacon Outdoors, so I can keep folks more current on lake conditions. I’m booked on the Pontoon through June but have dates available for July and August. If you would like to book a trip, or just talk fishing, give me a call at 409-379-3474 or click the link at the bottom of each page on my website and shoot me an email. Set the Hook Hard
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