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Hey everybody! Its been a little while since I posted a report so I thought today would be a great day for a few words
The lake has really been fishing well about 80% of the time. We have had a string of 7-8 great days with a slow day thrown in at the end. Water temps have been hanging around 84-88 degrees with the wind out of the south most frequently. We are just about 5ft low and LOTS of stumps are starting to show all over the place. The area around John Paul Jones Park is a mine field...go check it out. I've started seeing some of the dingers around the gravel pit area, too. Those are nasty! Yankee Creek has TONS of timber around the shore between it and Terry Park. Yall be careful around there!
The weather man says we are losing between 1/2 and 3/4" of water a day depending on the wind...I believe it! The boat ramp at Captains Cove is just about unusable. Harbor Bay and Chandlers are still workable though. I'm not sure about either ramp at Robertson Park.
WHEW! Thats alot of info about water levels! Bottom line: We need water and its not going to come from Lavon. They're 10ft low and dropping just as fast.
I've also seen lots of new signs about Zebra Mussels popping up near the ramps. I haven't heard anything about them finally getting into Hubbard but they're afraid of it enough to post the signs telling you to rinse and drain your boat before going to other lakes. They're coming.....get ready.
The early morning schooling has been about 50% consistent day to day. The common areas at Robertson Park and The Jetty have seen some great days during the week with only a few boats hovering around and we've seen some ridiculously dumb days with 25 boats sitting out there waiting. For the most part if there are more than 10 boats waiting, they're not going to come up. There is just too many boats running their motors scaring everything away. I've taken that opportunity to look for different fish all over the lake and its paid off in a BIG way. I've ran into fish inside random coves south of Chandlers to the Red Barn. Turn that side imaging WAAAAAAY up and look for fish. I've had some great luck finding them like that.
After the early morning schooling is over (if it actually happens), I've found TONS of fish stacked on the edge of ledges near the schooling action. Twice in the last week I've left the fish schooling at RP to come back 30 minutes later when everybody has left and whacked them on a drop off.
A little later in the morning we've had an awesome trolling bite in 11-14ft. Hellbenders with Moe's little Smitty Spoons have really worked great. Those little spoons are TOUGH and hold their paint awesome! that single hook is nice, too. Less snags and less trouble if you cross lines.
If you get cloudy days I've been chasing fish all over deep humps suspended around the outside edges. Downwind seems to have been a little better than upwind. Birds have shown the way a few times but more often its been just a hunt. This is where being on the water EVERY DAY helps...somebody that hasnt fished in a week would have alot tougher time finding them suspended like that if they have no idea where to begin
Its a big lake with lots of water to cover and sometimes the community spots just dont hold fish. I've still been using the Moe's Godfather slabs in 1oz mostly. The shad the fish are chasing are around 1-1.5" and that 1oz slab matches their size perfectly. Even today we had LOADS of hybrid under the boat and they wouldnt touch a sassy shad or Kahuna spoon...they wanted that small godfather burned up. Just goes to show you how picky these things can be.
I hope everybody enjoyed this report and gained a little information to make their hunt for a biggun a little easier. They're out there....just gotta go find em!
If anybody wants to get in on some great summertime fishing, give me a call at 214-668-8467. I'm Ray Hubbards only full-time fishing guide and can put you ON FISH. We fish out of a 2013 24ft center console boat thats super comfortable and a real cadillac on the water. See yall on the water!
Special thanks to Matt Cartwright and Doug Arceneaux for the help on the group trip last week. The customers had a great time and so did I!
