Sam Rayburn Fishing Report April 8th
Reel um N Guide Service
Owner
Lynn Atkinson
Water Temp.63
Normal pool 164.40
Water Clarity 2 feet
04-08-10
Sam Rayburn has started to fall this week to 164.80. The water is a little muddy in the mid lake area from the rain and high winds that we’ve had.
We’ll I’m late getting the report out this week as I have been totally snowed under. So, here goes. As you know we had a front push thru Thursday with high winds and some heavy rain. This muddied up the water and has cooled things down. We had been catching some fish up in the buck brush on Senko’s and Wacky worms. In some of the pockets it’s still a little spotty but has been improving with some better fish this week. We had several fish locked on beds this week so get ready; things are getting close to busting loose here. Some fish have hit on Spinner baits and lipless crankbait over the grass and around the edges of the brush. Those that need to get away from all the pitching in the brush, casting in 4 to about 10 foot has shown good results. The points and ledges around the spawning pockets have been giving up a few fish on Carolina and Texas rig. Things are starting to look up around here. Hopefully Big Sam will get back on track and start producing the fish it is so famous for.
Remember the Sharelunker Program entries started on October 1 and runs thru April 30th. If you haven’t heard, it encourages anglers who catch a 13 - pound- plus largemouth bass to lend or donate it to the TPWD for spawning purposes. There are some great benefits doing this and one of them is that the angler receives a fiberglass replica of the bass. There is a 24- hour pager at 1-888-784-0600 Check out the Program rules at their site along with the Benefits. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/sharelunker/
Crappie; There have been a few crappie caught in the grass on the points off the main lake on traps. They are on the move back down the river but it is still be slow for now.
The new pontoon has plenty of room for everyone so get your group booked for a spring crappie trip.
God Bless
Lynn Atkinson
Cell 979-220-0251
Ricky Guy & Larry Cotten WIN!!
Ricky Guy & Larry Cotten WIN!! Anglers Quest Rayburn Saturday Series #4 |
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(Apr. 04, 2010 - Brookeland, TX)… Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Saturday Series #4 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 88 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $5935.00 purse. This event was started after the playing of the National Anthem at 6:40 am. The weigh in time was conducted at 3:15 pm. This Rayburn Saturday Series after all 9 events will provide the Team Anglers of the year with free entries to all 2011 Rayburn Saturday Series events. The teams entering all 9 Rayburn Saturday series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day “Tournament of Champions” championship on November 13-14 on Lake Palestine. A special highest point Top 10 group of teams will qualify to go to the “Tournament of Champions” with a minimum of 6 events entered. Anglers Quest “Tournament of Champions” will Guarantee $35,000.00 to 1st-2nd & 3rd places.Sam Rayburn water was in good shape and about 1/4 foot below normal pool level with water temps ranning 61-64 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 67 degrees with a warming to 82 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was pretty good on Big Sam today as there were 31 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 169 bass at 439.16 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.59 lb. The Tiremax team of Ricky Guy from Humble, Tx & Larry Cotten from Huffman, Tx ran Ricky’s Tiremax wrapped BassCat/Evinrude bass rig to 5 fingers & Harvey creek areas to catch their bass using American Rodsmiths & H & H Rods tipped with watermelon red senkos. They managed to catch 15 keepers to finish in 1st place with their best 5 at 20.42 lbs and collected $1900.00 for their day on the water. They reported having a limit in the boat by 9 am and culled most of the day using the newly purchased Bass Guard culling system which made them an additional $25.00 on the day. The team of Brian Branham from Brookeland, Tx & Bill Rogers from Jasper, Tx ran their Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to the mid lake areas to finish in 2nd with their best 5 bass, caught using their American Rodsmiths rods tipped with Tour Tackle jigs with flap daddy trailors around grass that tipped the scales at 20.17 lbs. They had a limit in the boat by 10 am and then culled several more times throughout the day. Their day on the lake payed back $1000.00 for their efforts. Chris McCall from Jasper & Pete Shivers from Kirbyville, Tx ran, Chris’s Ranger/Rude to mid lake areas to catch their limit of 5 bass pitching Gambler Sweebo worms & Santone spinner baits in 8-12 ft deep grass edges using their American Rodsmiths rods with Garcia reels spooled with 15 lb Berkely big game and ended up with 19.05 lbs to finish in 3rd place and collect $800.00. Chris wanted to Thank his sponsors, Santone Lures, Gambler & Berkley baits. Ben Vaughn & Michael Latham from Lufkin, Tx ran their Champion/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake on a milk ran to various places throughout the day to finish in 4th place with a total of 5 bass at 18.38 lbs fishing with cranks & TX rigged worms around scattered grass. They took home $600.00 for their day on the water. They would like to thank Tri Lakes Tackle for their support. The team of Alan Shivers & Moises Rubio from Vidor, Tx ran Alan’s Champion/Yamaha bass rig to mid lake areas to probe the grass and bring in 5 bass at 17.89 lbs to garner 5th place and collect $420.00. One of their bass was the Big Bass of the event tipping the scales at 9.17 lbs to give them an additional $120.00 making them a $540.00 payday. The team of Jaret Latta & Chris Fontenot from Nacogdoches, Tx ran Jaret’s Ranger/Yamaha bass rig to mid main lake areas to catch their bass. They managed to cull up to their best 5 keepers late in the day to finish in 6th place with 16.44 lbs and collect$350.00 for their day on the water. The team of Rusty Clark from Sam Rayburn & Cory Rambo from Orange, Tx ran their Ranger/Mercury bass rig to mid main lake areas to catch their bass using their Castaway Rods tipped with TX rigged worms. They managed to catch 5 keepers to finish in 7th place with 14.96 lbs and made them $250.00 for their day on the water. They also wanted to thank their sponsors Castaway & Golden Triangle Industries for their support. The last place money at $175.00 was gathered up by James Mitchell & Mark Thompson with 5 bass at 14.88 lbs caught throwing senkos in 6-8 ft water with grass. The entire results from this and all A/Q events put on by Anglers Quest can be viewed at the anglers-quest website. The first place out of the money team was Lynn Shivers & Coby Fowler, they received the Santone & ZZ Lure gift certificates for their catch of 5 bass at 14.69 lbs. |
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Johnson Wins BFL on Sam Rayburn
Ace in the hole for Aaron Johnson in BFL Cowboy division on Rayburn
By SHARON WITHERS
March 9, 2010
Posted: March 9, 2010, 8:40 AM CST
Saturday, March 6th was another fine day on the water for the BFL Cowboy Division on Lake Sam Rayburn. Light south winds, blue bird skies, and temperatures hitting a high of 65 degrees sure helped to warm the water surface temperature. Stop #2 catch weight was 1012.09 lbs. for the pro division and 511.08 lbs. for the co angler division. This proves that more weight crossed the scales than on stop #1 on Toledo Bend where the catch weight was 803.03 lbs. for the pro division and 417.10 lbs. for the co angler division. Good new anglers, the bass are moving up!
What an outstanding show that pro angler, Aaron Johnson, of Bossier City, LA put on! He won 1st place with a total weight of 21.03 lbs. blowing everybody away. There was a whopping 3.93 lb. margin between Aaron and 2nd place. Aaron was in 42nd place two weeks ago on Toledo Bend BFL’s first stop. This brings Aaron up to 6th place for the year to date standings.
At blast off Aaron ran his Triton/Mercury rig to a Humminbird weigh point, threw down his Motorguide trolling motor in the mid lake area and had a heck of a day. Trying to decide what to throw, Lake Fork Tube, Stanley Itsebug, or a Sweet Beaver, it didn’t really matter because he caught bass on all of them. Aaron had no problem pulling those big sows out of the buck brush in 4 foot of off colored water that was 54 to 56 degrees. Using his 7 ft. extra heavy Kistler rod and Quantum reel spooled with 50 lb. Sufix or 20 lb Seagar line, he powered the bass out very easily. “The bites were very light”, Aaron added.
At 8 a.m., Aaron had only one 15 inch bass, and it was struggling to live. In Texas, you can not cull a dead bass. Aaron’s partner verified that the bass was still alive so he released it back in the water in hopes that he would be able to catch 5 more keepers for the rest of the day. This definitely worked out for Aaron once he figured out what the bass were doing. He wanted to give a big thank you to H&W Marina for keeping his Triton in top notch shape so he can be on the water.
BFL 2nd place winner goes to pro Billy Penick of Deer Park, TX with a weight of 17.10 lbs. Billy also focused on buck brush in the mid lake area. His big bass was caught using a spinnerbait with 17 lb. Viscous Fishing line. Using a Kicker Fish Kicker Craw in black/blue he was able to pick up the rest of his limit.
When Billy was ready to come in, nothing happened when he turned the key - the motor would not crank! This should serve as a reminder anglers, jumper cables saved the day for him. He was going to fish another area for about 30 minutes, but decided to come on in with his big sack because he didn’t want to be disqualified for being late due to boat problems. Billy wanted to thank Kicker Fish Bait Co. and Skeeter Boats.
Hats go off to pro angler, David Waller of Fort Worth, TX for winning 3rd place. He has been very consistent in his last 2 BFL stops. He weighed in 17.02 lbs. and on Toledo Bend he weighed in 15.04 lbs. In the Year to Date standings this puts David in 1st place with a total of 32.06 lbs. David’s pattern was a little different than the top 2 anglers. Grass, drains, ditches and the “old faithful” rattle trap played a big part in his big bag. That’s all the information he would share, but he would like to send out Hugs and Kisses to his fishing friends Sharon and Ric.
Co angler Keith Melton of Coushatta, LA.went home with a check for $2,179.00 for his 1st place win. Keith’s 5 bass limit weighed in at 17.10 lbs. Keith was using an All Star rod and a Shimano reel that was filled with 14# Stren line. His baits of choice were Big Bite Bait’s Sexy Melon plastic worm or a Ticki Stick in Watermelon Swirl and he was using them in 2 to 6 ft. of water around grass patches. Keith was so excited to say how happy he was to be in 1st place today because he zeroed on the first stop on Toledo Bend. “What a blessing this is” Keith stated. “A huge thanks to my pro angler, Richard Cunningham, for putting me on 5 quality bass”.
The 2nd place co angler Myron Sims of Quitman, TX wasn’t far behind with a limit of 15.12 lbs. Myron was bragging the evening before about having a good feeling going into this tournament. Senkos did the job for Myron in 3 to 8 ft. of grass. Myron caught his big bass that weight 6.13 lbs early that morning. This was a nice big ice breaker for him. “Thanks to my pro for helping me out” stated Myron.
The Big Bass winner on the pro division went to Dustin Robison of Anacoco, LA., he weighed in a Rayburn sow that topped the scales at 10.01 lbs. Co angler division was won by Bill Steptoe of Carthage, TX who weighed in his Big Bass that weighed 7.03 lbs. What a way to go guys!
Top Pro Anglers
1st Aaron Johnson, Bossier City, LA 21.03 lbs $4,359.00
2nd Billy Penick, Deer Park, TX 17.10 lbs $2,179.00
3rd David Waller, Fort Worth, TX 17.02 lbs $1,452.00
4th Randy Deaver, Shreveport, LA 15.14 lbs $1,017.00
5th (Tie) Shane Allman, Brookeland, TX 15.11 lbs $835.50
5th (Tie) Alan Grissom, Houston, TX 15.11 lbs $835.50
Top Co Anglers
1st Keith Melton, Coushatta, LA 17.10 lbs $2,179.00
2nd Myron Sims, Quitman, TX 15.12 lbs $1,090.00
3rd John Hunter, Conroe, TX 14.06 lbs $725.00
4th John Vinakalns, Wylie, TX 12.11 lbs $509.00
5th Allen Shivers, Vidor, TX 12.02 lbs $436.00
For more go to thelakecaster.com
Sam Rayburn Fishing Report for March 7
Reel um N Guide Service
Owner
Lynn Atkinson
Water Temp.57
Normal pool 164.40
Water Clarity 2 feet
03-07-10
Sam Rayburn has continued to rise this week to 164.73 but is showing signs of slowing down. The water is still stained in the mid lake area.
Sam Rayburn turned hot this weekend as the water temperature jumped up into the mid 50 to 60 in some of the pockets. Lots of males moved up along with some females. Working around the brush with senko’s and Stanley spinner baits seemed to be the ticket to catch a lot of fish.
We must have caught 25 fish just moving around jumping from spot to spot not staying to long anywhere. Each pocket was a little different, some time the Stanley spinner bait did the best and others the senko’s did the trick. If the weather holds out the next few weeks will be awesome as some fish move up and stage on points before they move up to spawn. The trap bite will increase as these fish stage in ditches and drains. Its looks like it’s going to be a lot of flipping in the buck brush. Put on some good line and retie pretty often so if you hang into one of those big girls she won’t broke off. Remember these fish are doing their thing to supply the lake with more fish for future fishing trips. Handle the fish with care and get them back in the water as quick as you can.
Remember the Sharelunker Program entries started on October 1 and runs thru April 30th. If you haven’t heard, it encourages anglers who catch a 13 - pound- plus largemouth bass to lend or donate it to the TPWD for spawning purposes. There are some great benefits doing this and one of them is that the angler receives a fiberglass replica of the bass. There is a 24- hour pager at 1-888-784-0600 Check out the Program rules at their site along with the Benefits.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/sharelunker/
Crappie; There have been a few crappie caught in the grass on the points off the main lake on traps. They are on the move back down the river but it will still be slow for now.
The new pontoon has plenty of room for everyone so get your group booked for a spring crappie trip.
God Bless
Lynn Atkinson
Cell 979-220-0251
Chris & Rusty Harvey Load the boat with over 28 LBS to win BassChamps!
Bass Champs Tournament Trails
Team Harvey blows past the pack to win Bass Champs on Sam Rayburn
East Region
by Bass Champs Staff Writer Patty Lenderman
(Mar. 01, 2010 - Umphrey Family Pavilion, Lake Sam Rayburn, TX)… Chris and Rusty Harvey stole the show with a 1st place win weighing 28.68 lbs February 27, 2010. Bass Champs East Region had their second event of five in the season at the Umphrey Family Pavilion seeing 269 teamed contenders. Weather elements are still jockeying, not all coming together at the same time for a highly anticipated season of catching big bass. Thirty eight teams shared in a 93% payback purse of over $65,000 in cash and prizes.
There has been a high anticipation in the air for weeks as anglers have been on the hunt for big sacks of bass. Water temperature and moon phase are two key elements that will kick off an explosion of big sows that have successfully eluded hooksets for months. On February 27th, the moon was coming up on full but continuous cold fronts is keeping the water temperatures of Big Sam in the lower 50s. Watch out - just a few more degrees and they’ll be moving on up! The contenders enjoyed a calm, bright day on Sam Rayburn Saturday, following heavy rains on Friday. There was no hurry for teams to come in to weigh, spending every last moment they could trying to catch a winning sack.
It took teamwork to haul the winning stringer up the hill to the tanks. Chris and Rusty Harvey had a monster sack of bass that blew the rest of the field out of the water! Their 28.68 lb limit stood unchallenged to win 1st place and $20,000. The team had narrowed their target points to two places, and stuck with their game plan. “We had a decent practice, and knew there were big fish in these areas.” They had some company from other boaters throughout the day, but held to their guns and stuck it out. “We were throwing rattle traps in 6’-8’ of water. These spots were close to deep creek channel swings with grass.” They managed four nice sized bass fairly quickly, but still had a three pounder near the end of the day. At 3:00 they made their last cull to their final weight. They would like to thank Ranger, Evinrude, Costa, Terry’s Marine, Falcon Rods and Big Bite Baits for their support.
Chris and Rusty Harvey landed 28.68 lb limit and stood unchallenged to win 1st place and $20,000.
The 2nd place team has been consistent in Bass Champs early spring events. “This is the third year in a row we’ve missed 1st for 2nd here in February or March!” Chris Clemmens & Dallas Cole had the second highest weight at 21.16 lbs. “We were planning on fishing deep outside grass,” the team began. “Initially we ended up finding them shallow” Using crank baits and rattle traps, the team had a small 15 pound limit by 10am. “We moved back out to deep water at main lake points and culled four times. We only went to three places today.” They were awarded $5,000 for their 2nd place finish.
Keith Caka and Charles Bebber secured 3rd place with 21.08 lbs. They brought in the first sack of the day over 20 pounds and had held lead position until the last flights came in. Going for the shallow bite, they used rattle traps and flipped Big Bite Baits Kriet Creatures in the bushes. “It was a spawning flat, about 3’-4’ deep” they explained. Estimating catching 15 fish to cull from, their last culls were around 2:30, getting rid of their last two 2 lb fish for a 3 and a 5 pounder respectively. The team won $3,000 for their 3rd place finish then doubled their money with the Skeeter Bonus program to a $6,000 day. They would like to thank Skeeter Boats, Just for Fun Watercraft Rental in Conroe, TX, Big Bite Baits, Costa, Power Pole, Dirty Jigs Tackle, Gullo Yamaha and Power Tackle Rods for their support.
There were four Big Bass over 9 pounds weighed in! Timothy and James Griffin had the biggest at 9.94 lbs to win $1,000. Mike Taylor and John Hunter brought in the second biggest at 9.32, followed by Clayton and Roger Boulware with 9.10. The last of the 9 pounders was weighed in by Kevin Burks and Jason Gates with 9.02.
Top Teams:
| 1st | $20,000 | 28.68 lbs | Chris Harvey & Rusty Harvey |
| 2nd | $ 5,000 | 21.16 lbs | Chris Clemmens & Dallas Cole |
| 3rd | $ 3,000 + | 21.08 lbs | Keith Caka & Charles Bebber |
| 4th | $ 2,200 + | 20.34 lbs | Timothy Griffin & James Griffin |
| 5th | $ 1,600 | 20.04 lbs | James Harrison & Clint Chambless |
| 6th | (tie) $ 1,190 | 18.58 lbs | Chris Burnham & Jerry Silmon |
| 6th | (tie) $ 1,190 | 18.58 | lbs Rusty Clark & Cory Rambo |
| 8th | $ 1,070 | 17.60 | lbs Stan Burgay & Lance Hughes |
| 9th | $ 1,060 | 16.90 lbs | Clayton Boulware & Roger Boulware |
| 10th | $ 1,050 | 16.68 lbs | Kevin Burks & Jason Gates |
| and last in the money | |||
| 38th | $ 600 | 12.62 lbs | Tri Brewer & CJ |
| Big Bass | $1,000 | 9.94 lbs | Timothy Griffin & James Griffin |
Congratulations Todd Faircloth on your 3rd Place Finish in the Bassmaster Classic
Posted on February 23rd, 2010
Published in Bass Fishing News & Reports, Community News
We here at Allman Company wanted to say Congratulations to Todd for his great showing at this years Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake in Alabama. Here on Sam Rayburn, Todd dominated the field when he was fishing more local and region tournaments and we are glad to see him having such great success on a National Level. Best wishes to you and your family!
Rambo & Clark top the field to win over $15,000
Posted on February 17th, 2010
Published in Bass Fishing News & Reports, Community News
Bass-N-Bucks
Bass N Bucks sees three sacks over 20 lbs on Sam Rayburn 
by Patty Lenderman (Lakecaster) The full story can be found on www.Fishingworld.com
Fishing is still tough but it’s getting better! Bass N Bucks East Texas series anglers discovered better quality bass than has been seen in quite a while on Sam Rayburn February 13. Three sacks over 20 pounds were weighed in, with Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark coming out on top by a nose.
Snow one day, sunshine the next. For the second time this year, East Texas saw snow Friday morning before the tournament. By Saturday morning, the weather had made a change, starting in the 30’s with not a breath of wind. Overcast skies gave way to blue bird conditions by 11am and a gentle breeze, rippling the water.
Among the first to weigh in was Chris Fontenot and Jaret Latta, having the first five bass limit to come in with 21.22 lbs. Several other teams came through with weights in the teens, leaving them in lead position until Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark crossed the scales. They had one shy of a limit, but their weight nudged ahead of Fontenot & Latta by ounces, having 21.49 lbs! They also took over Big Bass for a while with their 7.68 lb kicker.
Big Bass honors was taken from them when Chad Cole and John Lafitte brought in their sack that included an 8.22 lb sow.
Stephen Johnston, fishing by himself in this event challenged the leaders with his limit weighing 20.14 lbs marking the third and last sack over 20 lbs to come in.
When it was all said and done, Rusty Clark told the winning teams’ tale. “Mostly we fished main lake drains 12’-16’ deep with Carolina rigs. We had three spots picked out and just ran a milk run, hitting each of them two or three times.” It was a slow bite, the team only had three fish in the boat by 10am. “We caught our biggest bass around noon, and after that Cory broke off on our fifth fish using a football head jig. We felt like it was a pretty good one.” As it turned out, they didn’t need that fifth fish to win. Bass N Bucks presented the team with the guaranteed 1st place purse of $15,000. Ranger Boats is the premier boat sponsor in Bass N Bucks team trails, and offers a Ranger Cup bonus for the highest finishing qualified Ranger boat owner. Cory Rambo won the $2,500 bonus in addition to their 1st place winnings. They would like to thank Texas Marine, Castaway rods and Golden Triangle Equipment Rental for their support.
Chris Fontenot and Jaret Latta took front row seats in the crowd with their fingers crossed after weighing in their 21.22 lb limit. They were bumped to a 2nd place win. “All of our fish were in deep water”, they explained. Having three spots picked out, they stuck to their plan all day using a drop shot with a straight tail worm. “It was tough - and cold! Our fish were in water 25’-30’ deep, at bare main lake ledges, and bit well until the sun came out around 11:00. Then they just shut down.” They were able to cull up twice before days end. Their sponsors include Terry’s Marine, Ranger Boats and Shock Wave Rods.
Stephen Johnston took on the field by himself and won 3rd place. “I sure could have used the kid today!” He was referring to his son and partner Danny Iles. “Danny is fishing another college event today. I’m real proud of him, he’s doing well.” His plan was just to try for bites. “I started out in 15’-18’ of water with a football head jig. I got a limit, but it probably only weighed about 10 pounds.” He decided to head north to another area using a Sebile Koolie minnow. “I caught three bigger ones on it, 4, 5 and 6 pounds. When the sun came out they quit. I didn’t catch another fish after 11:00.” Johnston is sponsored by Ranger, Mercury, Sebile, Foster Fence, Humminbird, MinnKota, Power Tackle, Costa, Grade Bass, Navionics, Falcon Lures and Gamakatsu.
While everyone else seemed to be putting their efforts into deeper water, Chad Cole and John Lafitte went shallow. “We tried fishing deep, and caught a lot of short fish. Something just told me to move up,” Chad recalled. Heading to shallow water, 1 _’ deep, he caught the 8.22 lb’r on a spinnerbait. “Muddy water was the real key.” Unlike others, their better fish did not turn on until after 12:00. The team won Big Bass honors and 6th place overall.
(1st) Rusty Clark and Cory Rambo hold up their entire four fish creel weighing 21.49 lbs, winning 1st place by ounces and over $15,000
(2nd) Holding the lead for a short while, Chris Fontenot & Jaret Latta won 2nd place with 21.22 lbs. Their five fish limit included a 7.13 lb kicker
(3rd) Stephen Johnston missed his regular partner Danny Iles, taking on the field alone to win 3rd place
(BB) - Chad Cole holds up the 8.22 lb bass winning Big Bass honors for he and partner John Lafitte as well as one other nice catch
Top Teams:
| 1st | $15,000 | 21.49 lbs | Cory Rambo & Rusty Clark | |
| 2nd | $2,000 | 21.22 lbs | Chris Fontenot & Jaret Latta | |
| 3rd | $1,000 | 20.14 lbs | Stephen Johnston (& Danny Iles) | |
| 4th | $1,000 | 15.63 lbs | Tyler Bearden & Tommy Dickerson | |
| 5th | $1,000 | 15.35 lbs | Chris Harvey & Sammy Atchison | |
| 6th | $ 800 | 14.52 lbs | Chad Cole & John Lafitte | |
| 7th | $ 800 | 14.47 lbs | Marc Woolems & Butch Hollis | |
| 8th | $ 800 | 14.03 lbs | Brandon Crouch & Glenn Thibodeaux | |
| 9th | $ 600 | 13.95 lbs | Gary Miettinen & Alan Miettinen | |
| 10th | $ 600 | 13.34 lbs | Mike Atchley & Paul Shirley | |
| …and last in the money… | ||||
| 17th | $500 | 12.71 lbs | Yarri & Wendy Schreibvogel | |
| Big Bass | $1,000 | 8.22 lbs | John Lafitte & Chad Cole |
Bonus Cash winners:
| Ranger Cup | $2,500 | Cory Rambo |
|---|---|---|
| Cabela’s | $ 250 | Mike Atchley |
Lake Sam Rayburn Fishing Report
Posted on February 11th, 2010
Published in Bass Fishing News & Reports, Community News
Reel um N Guide Service
Owner
Lynn Atkinson
Water Temp.50
Normal pool 164.40
Water Clarity 2 feet
02-07-10
Sam Rayburn has continued to come up this week to 162.77. The water has started to get really stained. They are pulling lots of water and what the rivers are bringing in lots of muddy water.
We have had lots more rain this week and the water hasn’t warmed up at all. Even with all that we have seen a little more bait moving into the mouth of some of the pockets. That is always a good sign. We were happy to see some bait had sneaked into a few of the pockets and drains. The trap bite has still been slow but we found a few fish that have moved into a pocket or two. These fish seem to be hanging tight to the grass and getting them to bite has been the biggest problem. It takes a lot of patience and fishing very slowly to get them to bite.
Senko’s and wacky worm are just a few ways to work this area. You can also try the old stick baits but you need to experiment with the retrieval and see what works the best. Some of the fish that have been caught shallow have been pretty nice. There is always the chance of catching a trophy as they move up to spawn. Don’t look for a lot of bites, just look for that one bump that could be your trophy. If things keep going this way we should look for a big surge of fish to
move up to spawn when things warm up just a little. There are still
some fish that have been holding on the deeper ledges in 25 to 30 ft
of water. A Carolina rig worked over these ledges and drops have
been catching a few fish. It seems that small baits worked slowly over the places has been the best way to get them to bite.
Remember the Sharelunker Program entries started on October 1 and run thru April 30th. If you haven’t heard, it encourages anglers who catch a 13 - pound- plus largemouth bass to lend or donate it to the TPWD for spawning purposes. There are some great benefits doing this and one of them is that the angler receives a fiberglass replica of the bass. There is a 24- hour pager at 1-888-784-0600 Check out the Program rules at their site along with the Benefits.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/sharelunker/
Crappie; The Crappie are still slow because of all the rain and fresh water we have had in the last few weeks. Between the fronts and generally strange weather we have had there are usually a few days that the wind will die down. That is the perfect time to enjoy the natural beauty of our lake.
The new pontoon has plenty of room for everyone so get your group booked for a spring crappie trip.
God Bless
Lynn Atkinson
Cell 979-220-0251
Rusty Clark & Cory Rambo WIN!!
Posted on February 11th, 2010
Published in Bass Fishing News & Reports, Community News
1st - 19.10 lbs - Cory Rambo & Rusty Clark.
Rayburn Big Bass - Kevin Wolford.
Feb. 08, 2010 - Brookeland, TX)… Anglers Quest 2010 Sam Rayburn Saturday Series #2 out of Mill Creek Park in Brookeland, TX began this event with 92 teamed anglers showing up to fish for the $6205.00 purse. This event was started after the playing of the National Anthem at 6:45 am. The weigh in time was conducted at 3:15 pm. This Rayburn Saturday Series after all 9 events will provide the Team Anglers of the year with free entries to all 2011 Rayburn Saturday Series events. The teams entering all 9 Rayburn Saturday series events will automatically qualify for the 2-day “Tournament of Champions” championship on November 13-14 on Lake Palestine. A special highest point Top 10 group of teams will qualify to go to the “Tournament of Champions” with a minimum of 6 events entered. Anglers Quest “Tournament of Champions” will Guarantee $35,000.00 to 1st-2nd & 3rd places.
Sam Rayburn water was in good shape and about 1 3/4 feet below normal pool level with water temps ranning 50-51 degrees. The weather at takeoff was a calm 52 degrees with a warming to 63 degrees by weigh in time. The fish catching was not good on Big Sam today as there were only 4 limits brought to the scales, for a total of 66 bass at 162.22 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.45 lb.
The team of Rusty Clark from Sam Rayburn & Cory Rambo from Orange, Tx ran their Skeeter/Yamaha bass rig to a mid main lake areas to catch their bass using their Castaway Rods. They managed to catch 5 keepers to finish in 1st place with 19.10 lbs and made them $2000.00 for their day on the water. They also wanted to thank their sponsors Castaway & Golden Triangle Industries for their support.
The team of Greg Crawford from & Jesse Johnson from Huffman, Tx ran Greg’s BassCat/Mercury bass rig to the south lake areas to finish in 2nd with their best 5 bass, caught on rattletraps around the grass that tipped the scales at 12.66 lbs. They had a limit in the boat by 10 am and then culled 2 more times throughout the day. Their day on the lake payed back $1000.00 for their efforts.
Chris McCall from Jasper & Pete Shivers from Kirbyville ran their bass rig to mid main lake on a milk ran to various places throughout the day to finish in 3rd place with a total of 5 bass at 11.96 lbs fishing with rattletraps around scattered grass. They took home $800.00 for their day on the water. They would like to Thank their sponsors, American Rodsmiths & Santone Lures for their support.
The Tiremax team of Ricky Guy & Larry Cotten ran Ricky’s BassCat/Yamaha bass rig to mid lake areas to probe the grass with traps and bring in 5 bass at 10.51 lbs to garner 4th place and collect $600.00.
Bubba Frazier & George Kimball brought 3 bass to the scales that weighed 10.01 lbs to garner 5th place and take home $425.00.
The last money at $160.00 and 9th place was gathered up by Kevin Wolford & Guy Peco with 2 bass at 7.37 lbs caught throwing senkos in 15 ft water with grass. One of their bass was the Big Bass of the event at 5.91 lbs and made them an additional $200.00. The entire results from this and all A/Q events put on by Anglers Quest can be viewed at the anglers-quest website.
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