Fresh Little Elm Fishing Reports

We spent the first two hours of today's trip doing more searching than fishing. At the two hour mark, we only had 1 fish to show for our efforts. I was finally able to find a school of fish that wanted to play, and it was game on. We had to cull through a lot of smaller fish to get our share of eaters. We put 30 in the cooler and probably tossed back just as many. Once we were on them, they were loving that Guide's Choice Punch Bait and the Bobo's Thumper kept them there with us for the last two hours. We have been catching more blues than channels lately.

Today, I had a full day on the water with a morning and afternoon group. Both trips started an finished a little slow. But the time in between was a blast. Each group had two anglers and put some decent eaters in the cooler. The afternoon was slightly better, but it was not by much. The bites were significantly lighter in the afternoon, but switching over to the ultralight tackle really helped. We stuck with the Guide's Choice Punch Bait and stayed in the same spot for both trips. It took a little patience at times but at other times the bite was on fire. The Bobo's Thumper kept them under us all day. Even the smallmouth buffalo seem to like it. We ended up boating 2 on the first trip. The first one was about 8 pounds and gave the kid the a fight to remember. My first group saw the Guides Choice Punch Bait in action and had to buy a quart to go fishing from the bank later today. The fillet bags are getting bigger each trip and we are getting into may favorite time of year to fish. Now through the end of the year should be getting more consistent and faced paced.

Today, I had Joseph and his friend out for a morning trip. I decided to go a little shallower than where we have been fishing in recent days. We went with the Guide's Choice Punch Bait and the morning got off to a slow start but with some thumping from the Bobo's Thumper and a little patience we managed to get a good bite going which lasted for a couple of hours. We decided to switch it up at the end of the trip and do a little drifting in the creek . The wind made things difficult but we manage to get a decent cooler of fish.

Today, I had Don and his family out for a four hour morning trip. It took a little while but we found the bait and the fish. The bait was so thick that my sonar thought we were in 20 feet of water when we were in 50. I don't know that I have ever seen the bait so thick in such large area. The fishing was a battle though. We had to constantly keep moving around the edges of the bait to find the hungry ones. Then they would move on and so would we. We ended up with a mixed bag of catfish and white bass. Slabs and Guide's Choice Punch Bait worked equally well today.

We have recently been splitting a lot of our 4 hours trips between fast action channel cat fishing and drifting for those trophy fish. With the recent cold front coming through, now is prime time to go in search of that one fish that can make your trip really special. We haven't landed a monster yet this season, but we have been regularly catching 6+ pound fish. The fish will only get bigger as the water temperature drops. I haven't found those white bass and hybrids schooling up yet to do some deadsticking, but that is right around the corner as well.

We have been dead sticking white bass and hybrid striper at Lake Lewisville and Lake Texoma for almost a month now. The bite might be light but don’t miss the oppurtunity to set the hook at any nudge,bump, pull or tickle! Drag peeling will commence shortly after, keep at it and before we know it the cooler will be full! Fishing is great right now and this pattern will be consistent through March.