Fishing Reports

1/2 oz. spinnerbaits, rattletraps, crankbaits__ TOPWATER

We just returned This report covers the first two groups. Greg Riggle’s group of 8 reported the best big fishing trip they have ever had in Mexico with daily catches of no fish under 6 lbs. Rick Glisseneorf – first day ever to bass fish caught an 11.9 and an 11.2 with his fishing partner, Dave Riggle, catching a 12.3. Photos are now posted at the lodge. Along with that, Greg himself caught a 12.9.Very high water with the lake being over 100% full has created the numbers of fish to be down but the best size we’ve seen. Coach Bobby Knight’s group of 16 having the same results as the Riggle group. Jim Lewis, Mark Dalise, Bobby Knight – in the first 1/2 day of fishing all landed their personal best. Jim Lewis commenting it was the best size he’d ever seen.

Gary Whitehead arrived on Oct 7th with his friend Floyd Brown and landed 4 fish over 10 the first 6 casts. THe fish are scattered but the size remains unreal. Our good friend Mr Harada from Japen is just having a trip with 9 fish over 10 pounds the first two days on the water. this just in from Kelly Dunn,,,,TOPWATER has started with Kelly Catching 20 fish on topwater caught the afternoon of the 10th ad 10 of those fish weighing over 8 pounds

Big Baccrac is the Best!!

HOT off the Lake 8:00 pm on OCt 11th

Gary Whitehead ….reports the best lake ever is better than ever catching 20 bass over 8 pounds his afternoon with 2 bass over 10 pounds.. All Total Gary Whitehead and his partner Floyd Brown caught a total of 10 bass over 10 pounds

swimbaits, rattletraps

from jim Farrow:

Dave Seitenbach, Randy Wedel, Dean Akin, and Jim Farrow, caught 477 fish in 4 days! Each of us caught our personal best on the trip, w/ 3 fish over 10, 2 over 9, 13 over 8, and 19 over 7, and countless others in the 5-6# range. In fact, one of our group caught so many fish that he was, “en fuego”, as he described it. The black jig w/ Senko trailer was the big fish bait, although my biggest fish and several others over 8 were caught on a rattletrap. The food was great, the service was excellent, and the guides, Juan and Cluadio, were good as they come. Needless to say, we had a blast, and can’t wait to come back. Bacarrac is awsome!

from charles Townsend

Our group fished June 26-29th at Lake Baccarac Lodge and enjoyed another great trip. We did not catch as many fish as last time, but the big fish bite was on. All 4 of us caught our largest bass! Big fish were as follows: 10-14, 10-10, 10-7, and a 10-3. A number of 9 lb fish were caught, along with lots of 6-8 lb fish. We rarely caught a fish under 4 lbs! Best baits were 1 oz jigs, swimbaits, and some ratl-traps and crankbaits. Food and hospitatlity were great as always. The last day a MAJOR thunderstorm rolled into the area and we were forced off the lake early – looks like the rainy season has begun. We will be back!!

THe last group of the season departed July 5th and reported an excellent big fish bite. The BassChamp boys Chad Potts, Jeff Massey and others landed fish over 12 pounds. Gil Wright made the last trip of the season and also managed a fish over 10 pounds. Others also reported trophies. The Lodge is closed until Sept 22nd other than a couple small groups coming over the next 6 weeks.

Baccarac proved again this season that it is without question the best Bass Lake in the World!

Swimbait spinnerbaits, jigs, crankbaits

Cheryl/Terry,

Couldn’t wait to get back to share the report from three incredible days of fishing at Lake Baccarac.

Dates fished: June 9 – 11, 2008

Fishermen: Andy Joiner, Thomas Joiner, Peyton Ashmore and Wesley Gallops

Special Occasion: Celebrating Thomas Joiner’s high school graduation

Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy to overcast to brief shower – temperature 80 – 95 º .

Guides: Sixto/Martin; Eddie

Bigs and Baits:

Andy: 12-5 Excaliber lipless – purple/white w/orange throat

10-5 Spro lipless – green/silver

Thomas: 10-5 Swimbait – white w/chartreuse tail

Peyton: 10-5 Swimbait – white w/chartreuse tail

10-2 Black/blue jig w/8” black Senko

Wesley: 11-14 Black/blue jig w/8” black Senko

10-7 1 oz Rattle Trap – Chrome w/chartreuse

10-2 1 oz Rattle Trap – Chrome w/chartreuse

Eight fish over 10 lbs.

Numerous big fish got away including one that hit a swimbait close to the boat and dove hard, taking the anonymous fisherman’s Allstar rod and Shimano Curado reel with him (the $200 fish).

Total fish caught over 3 days = 757! Unbelievable – Great trip! Thanks for everything.

Attached pictures are: Wesley Gallops with Eddie and 11-14 bass and Thomas with 10-5 bass.

Swimbait spinnerbaits, jigs, crankbaits

The fishing has been excellent with the big jig bite producing the biggest fish. on the afternoon of May 31st Rob Ard had an excellent big bite with his 5 biggest fish weighing 49.5 pounds and also catching 14 fish over 7 pounds

From John Velky group of 5

Terry, I just read the attached report and am compelled to reply. Not to be outdone, our group of five also had an awesome trip. We were very impressed with EVERYTHING about your operation, from the pre-trip communication and logistics to the trip itself. From the time we left El Paso on the charter flight, we were chaperoned and treated like welcome guests. Russ, Rene and all the lodge staff went out of their way to be accommodative. Our thanks to each and every one of them. As for the fishing, WOW! We each caught the biggest bass of our lives with at least 20 fish over ten pounds.

Tito Woodburn won the big bass pot with a 12.0 and everyone thought they had bigger bass break/pull off during the fight. We switched partners during our trip, but I mainly fished with Narlin, and he was terrific. Very knowledgeable and a joy to fish with. The other guides were Pedro and Mario, and they were outstanding, also. My only regret is that we did not bring more big black jigs, and they were sold out of them at the lodge. The trees and lake bottom must be littered with them. The bite was definitely with 1 oz and larger black jigs with huge senko/lizard/worm trailers, and we lost what we had early on. Rene showed me his favorite rig and I now know to bring reels spooled with 50# braid with a 50# mono tag end. You definitely lose fewer jigs with that combo! John Velky

From Gary Whitehead:

Morris and I had a great trip once again. We caught a total of 504 bass. I wear a little counter around my neck. We had 5 fish of 1-10lb 0oz,2 10lb
4oz, 1-11lb 2oz, 1-12lb 1oz. That means of course that we caught 5 bass of 10lbs or more. We had at least 4 others up to the boat that got off that were over 10lb fish. The service, the food, the boats and the guides were, as usual, just great. I hope that an opening during June develops but if it doesn’t I will go back in the fall as soon as possible. Gary Whitehead
garywhitehead@grandecom.net

Swimbait spinnerbaits, jigs, crankbaits

Awesome!!!

It has been just great – tons of 10 lb. fish. Tommy Rice who just returned, reported an excellent trip – his group catching six fish over 10 lbs. Will Garrison also just returned and reports four fish over 12 lbs. Gil Wright’s group, fliying in a private jet, just an awesome trip, with four over 10 lbs. – Bob Gist winning the big fish pot. The Bert Johnson group catching four or five 10 lb. fish a day. The area near Rancho Padre is producing the best action, the big fish coming from the islands near Russo’s pass. The hot bait this week has definitely been 1 1/2 oz. rattletraps. Please call the office – 806-359-6288 – for up-to-the-minute fishing reports.

Now read this one: Ben and Kevin Suit just returned from fishing 6 days ..this is a list of all the fish over 8 pounds: 8.9, 8.1, 8.12, 8.10, 8.8, 8.2, 8.8, 8.11, 8.2, 8.6, 8.8, 8.14, 8.8 fish over 9 pounds: 9.14, 9.6, 9.3, 9.11 fish over 10 pounds 10.10, 10.12, 10.5, fish over 11 pounds 11.14 and a 12.4

Hot bait of the week XPS rattle traps 1 1/2 oz

also this just in: from Mel Hanson —

Greg Hedlund and I had our best bass trip at Baccarac Lodge, our best bass, 11.3 – 10.9 -10.6 & 10.5, we also caught 20 bass between 8# and 10#, with this excitement we had 2 monsters break 20# test line, just a fantastic trip.The accommodations are the very best in Mexican Bass fishing,I have had. Our guide Sixto was the very best, a great bass fisherman and also just a fine gentleman, a fun person to be on the water with. We will be back next year. .