Lake Amistad Fishing Report-June 2010

NO PIRATES HERE I FISH THE MEXICO SIDE EVERYDAY!

The lake has caught quite a bit of run off due to recent rains and has come up to near conservation level (full). I expect the "dam" people to let a few feet out with hurricane season coming up but that is just a guess. Water temps are in the mid 70's which has made the grass in the lake take off especially the deep hydrilla. There is already hydrilla tall enough to flip in some areas and some scruff hydrilla out to 28 ft and growing fast. If it all stays healthy we will have more grass in the lake than we have had in several years.
 
There are two good patterns working extremely well right now, and they should continue well into the summer. One is fishing the fast moving outside edge of hydrilla. Last week it was in 23 to 24 ft today in the same area it was already out to 29ft. I am drift fishing light Tx rigged worms to cover water.  When a school of fish is located I will stay in the area until they quit then move on. That pattern has produced numbers reaching 80 - 100 bass a day with 40 of them weighing over 3 lbs with several from 5 to 7 lbs. 
 
The other pattern mentioned was of course top water over the shallow grass and bare spots.  I like to fish a Reaction Innovations Vixen, Black Dog Lunker Punker and the Evergreen Amazon across this structure. Tru Tungsten swimmers are working now as I see the blue gill starting to spawn.
A Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper on a weighted hook will swim right through that shallow grass and catches 'em. Reaction Innovations has sent me some of the 6 inch Skinny Dippers, and they work well!!
 
The rods used for the above techniques are: PG104 for the TX rig, PG144 for the vixen , PG104 for the Skinny Dipper, and the PG105 for the lunker punker and the amazon.
 
Power Tackle has a new bait in the R&D stages and is nearing production. Tim has designed a bait that will trigger a bite from the sleeping giant.
It is very versatile from flipping grass at Amistad, to bouncing it off rock piles at Falcon, or fishing suspended bass at Fork. BE READY!
 
Thanks,
Ray Hanselman