Kurt Dove
Lake Amistad
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 Fishing Report Archive

May 11, 2010
 
Lake Amistad bass fishing has been absolutely unreal over the past few weeks!  The fishing pressure has become fairly light has we head out of the spring spawning season and into the summer.  I have been catching great numbers every outing with bigger fish in the 7-8lb range.  Most of the fish are still shallow all over the lake.  The bigger bass over 5lbs continue to show up daily.  Not only are we getting some very nice big bass to the boat but the shear numbers are awesome.  30 fish days are the norm and 40-50 fish days are not uncommon.  Water temps all over Lake Amistad are still high 60's to low 70's.
 
Current Patterns -
     Shallow:  The topwater bite is really hot in the mornings and continues through the day when we have low light conditions.  A few fish are still spawning on the main lake, but most are post spawn and feeding heavy in the shallow water (5-12 feet).  The more consistent presentations right now seem to be jerkbaits in the 3-8 foot range, 5 inch Optimum BLT swimbaits in the 1-15ft range as well as finesse worms in the 5-15 foot range.  
      Mid-Depth:  More of the bigger fish seem to be coming from the 10-25 foot depth range for me and the new El Grande Lures Hatch-Match stick baits and big 10 inch worms are productive when worked slowly over grass, rock and wood.  Carolina rig presentations with El Grande Lures Hatch-Match sticks are working very well in the 10-25 foot ranges.   
     Deep:  As always at Lake Amistad, the deep bite on drop-shots near creek points and channel ledges are productive in 20-50ft.
  
See you at the Lake,
Kurt