Kurt Dove
Lake Amistad
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 Fishing Report Archive

March 12, 2010
 
The swimbait bite in on!  The fish are up all over the lake and spring fishing is officially here.  Over the last 4 days we have caught many fish over 7lbs with the best being a 8.10.  Water temps are up into the high 50's on the main lake and 60 degrees in the backs of the creeks.  Most fish are in phases of pre-spawn and spawn.
 
 
Current Patterns -
     Shallow:  We are catching some spawning fish in the backs of major creeks.  Females are still just moving in but more are showing up by the hour.  The more consistent chuck-n-wind presentations right now seem to be finesse worms, rattle baits and swimbaits in the 1-10ft range.
      Mid-Depth:  The DD22 bite still exists in the 9-14ft range around the grass.  The football jig bite in 10-30 feet has still been consistent and continue to catch some better quality fish.  Look for typical pre-spawn staging areas.  (Deep water just out from spawning areas)  A good rough rocky bottom with grass nearby help the cause tremendously when throwing the football jig.
     Deep:  The deep bite on drop-shots is still productive in 30-50ft.  I have been staying mostly in the mid-depth and shallow ranges cause of all the great activity in the shallows.  The deep bite will be secondary for me from now till May.  I will generally use my graph to locate the fish before I just begin fishing randomly in this depth zone.  

See you at the Lake,
Kurt