10/2/2011

Randall Roberts & David Biggs – IL     The first fishing morning of the season saw Randall & David landing 36 bass including a nice 8.3 lber.  They fished Texas rigged watermelon red lizards in 7-8 ft. of water.   Guide Sanchez

Mike Sur & Eric Ruholl – IL    Mike & Eric had the largest bass of the day with an 8 1/2 pound beauty.  They fished in 10-15 ft of water with swim shad.  They had 20 bass for the day.  Guide Hector

Marty Stawizyski & Jim Warren – MO    Marty & Jim landed the most fish of the day with a total of 45.  Their largest fish weighed in at 7 lbs.  They fished 8″ green pumpkin lizards with chartruese tails in 15-20 ft of water.  Guide J. Manuel

Other anglers fished Carolina rigged 8″ pumpkin lizards in 15-20 ft of water, and with watermelon lizards in 10-15 ft of water.

This was the first day of fishing of the season at Camp El Salto.  The lake is at 98% full which sure beats the 68% that we started with last October.  It was 76 degrees at 4:30 am warming to 86 degrees at noon.