Fresh Grapevine Lake Fishing Reports

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.

Nate and Chantell brought their boys Andrew and Lucas out for a Christmas break trip and had a blast catching over 50 White Bass. Quite a few were a little small to keep, but 18 went in the box along with a big Crappie. It was a fun late morning to an early afternoon trip. The water temperature was in the mid 50's and was fairly stained. The fish are still holding a shallow in 15 to 17 feet of water. White jigging spoons caught almost all the fish. Winter is always a good time to be out because boat traffic is so much lighter.

12/27/24 I had Keith, Richard, Ro and Mr. Neal out for some white bass and hybrids. Day started out very foggy and chilly but heated up as the day progressed. Fishing was good early as well until the wind picked up. Ended up with 25 big white bass and 3 keeper hybrids.

Today, I had Pete junior and senior on the boat. We were originally scheduled to go yesterday, but we decided to go today instead. It was 31 degrees when I got on the boat, but I think we made a good choice as it warmed up quickly. I had tried a new spot last weekend and told them I wanted to head out there to that deeper water. The bite was steady all morning, and we finished the day with 49 fish in the cooler and 6 bent hooks. We had number 50 up to the boat just before our time was up, but senior let him off the hook. I was determined to finish out the limit, but these guys had enough fun for the day and didn't want to keep me out late. It started out all blues, and by the end of the trip, we were catching mostly channels.

We have been catching good numbers of blue cats and channel cats on all of our trips. We dealt with some unpredictable weather this week, but it didn't slow us down.