JULY REPORT
Date:31-07-2010
Name:From Manuel Salazar
Email: fishing@mexicanadventures.com
summer time patterns
Hottest Colors:DB 22 white with gray back
Time Of Day:The month of July
The big rains have started !!!!!! Manuel has been on the water and has reported numbers of bigger fish over 9 pounds and up to 14 pounds
Overall fishing at Baccarac during July produced fish only in deeper water with the fish moving more shallow towards the end of the month . Manuel did have two groups at the Lodge in July and both had great trips fishing with plastics ( lizzards ) and the bigger swim baits from Storm
The big fish of the month was caught by Luis Perez from Torreon, Mexico a very nice 14.0
JUNE REPORT
Date:24-06-2010
Name:From the Lodge, reports from Terry Hollan
Email: fishing@mexicanadventures.com
6 ich senkos watermelon and black/blue Also black blue 1 oz jigs with blue/black senko trailer , 1 oz rattletraps silver/blue, medium running , Zoom lizzards,spinnerbaits twin willow leaf white/chart and Spittin images for topwater, Brown and waterme
Hottest Colors:DB 22 white with gray back
Time Of Day:The month of June
June 22nd, 23rd
Dr Paul Arturo Rodriguez and his group from Mexico City finishing the season up with a bang. THe numbers of fish caught on crankbaits and swimbaits has been excellent with 2 fish over 11 pounds caught fishing the deep structure in the clear water on the south end of the lake. Dr Paul reports catching 89 fish while fishing solo yesterday with many of the fish around the 4 to 6 pound mark.
The rains are starting and the lake is great shape
June 15th, 16th, report from Terry Hollan :
It seems like it happens every June. There is always a story to tell about the fishing. This yea, I was lucky enough to be a part of the story. At the request of Manuel Salazar, we went to catch an early morning bite up near the cross past Rancho Padre. This time of year, the lake is very low, probably only 30%, so getting to the cross was impossible. Manuel did remember a spot he fished about three years ago when the lake was about at this level, a hole near Cadillac Island. In my fifteen years of operating these lodges in Mexico, I have only had two days that were anywhere close to this; one day in 1997 fishing with my father-in-law at Lake Huites and another day fishing with Rene in the late spring of 2006. On June 15, 2010, I had never seen this kind of action on any lake at any time. We pulled up to the long point that had deep channels on both sides of it, and threw crankbaits and swimbaits and never went without a strike or a fish on for four solid hours. And these were Baccarac bass, the smallest fish being 2
1/2 lbs. and we were catching fish all of the way up to 9 lbs. At one point, we estimated we caught 30 fish over 5 1/2 lbs. in thirty minutes.
All in all, I would hate to guess at the average weight that came from that hole but we caught and released over 150 bass. As we were about to tire from throwing crankbaits, we decided to take a break and Manuel tied on a silver Zara spook and by now, at almost twelve o’clock, with the temperature near 100 degrees, and with his first cast before he could even work the spook, Manuel landed a 12.2 lb. bass. For the next 45 minutes, we threw nothing but topwater with the sun beating down on us and caught an additional 20 bass, almost all of them identical 4 pounders. I have never seen anything like it before. Hopefully, someday, I will see it again.
Ted Thompson had an incredible crankbait bite along with swimbaits in the outside structure, with 14 fish over 9 lbs. and easily catching 150 to 200 bass per boat in a day.
Gil Wright’s trip was phenomenal, with him and Mike Watson catching 1200 fish in four days. Unbelieveable numbers of 5 to 8 lb. bass, using crankbaits in Rancho Padre and topwater up the river near the cross.
MAY REPORT
Date:27-05-2010
Name:From the Lodge
Email: fishing@mexicanadventures.com
6 ich senkos watermelon and black/blue Also black blue 1 oz jigs with blue/black senko trailer , 1 oz rattletraps silver/blue, medium running , Zoom lizzards,spinnerbaits twin willow leaf white/chart and Spittin images for topwater, Brown and waterme
Hottest Colors:8 inch watermelon Super Fluke hot
Time Of Day:The month of May
May 27th
Russ called in the report this morning and reports excellent topwater using: Lobina Lures Rio Rico poppers or Yellow Magics: white, white with sparkles and bleeding shad Pop, n image Heddon, Baby Bass color Heddon Zara Spook and Lucky Craft Sammy: shad, chrome with black top and white
Good numbers of fish all over the lake with Ed LaRose catching a 12.4 yesterday afternoon
Note: Gil Wright is returning with his crew next week .
MAy 25th
The morning report is excellent for numbers and Russ Johnson lands a couple of more big ones. Russ has been luckily enough to fish with Manuel Salazar who has been dead- on fishing the secondary structure finding the big boys…Baccarac is really fishing good right now!!!!
MAy 24th
Sorry for the late report…..All systems go!!! Russ Johnson caught 14.2 and Mike Mcvay came home reporting a big fish of 12.8 excellent numbers and May is always the month to be on Baccarac !!!!!!
MAy 19th _ newest report
These are the pictures of one of my 10.5 lb bass and the huge 12lb 8oz giant that Floyd caught. We had a great trip. Narlin is doing a wonderful job running the lodge. The food was even better than ever and the lodge just looks better all the time as the landscaping matures. The flowers were beautiful. The fishing was just as good. As I told you we caught a total of 535 bass with 3 being double digit bass. Sixto was our guide and did a great job. By the way I keep up with the numbers of fish we catch with a little simple counter that I wear around my neck that I got at Bass Pro Shop.
May 16th
We will have final report later this afternoon from the group of 18 that just departed..Over all report was very good with 1 over 12 _ 2 over 11 – 2 over 2 over 10 and several fish inthe 8 and 9 pound range…The big bass boys from OKC Gil Wright and Hal Clifford did lose there MOJO this trip and did break the 10 mark >>>>>but Gil will be heading back down in couple of weeks to seek revenge
May 13th
Great day on the water with Floyd Brown catching a nice 12.8 pounder on topwater late in the evening and great numbers reported using white crankbaits and wacky style senkos . Some boats catching several 6 to 8 pound bass using super flukeswith numbers per boat over 100 but some boats only catching 50 per day
May 10th to 12th
Some real heavy hitter fishermen at the lodge this week and as this morning nothing over 10 to report but some boats ( Gil’s Wright and Hal Clifford boat ) reporting fishing up the river as excellent with 5 to 6 pounders caught on super flukes on almost every cast …On the other side of the lakesome boats struggled catching 50 fish all day long
May 7th to May 9th
All reports have been good from the lake with excellent numbers of fish being caught on topwater and being caught with wacky style senkos. The crankbait bite also excellentfor the fish 4 to 8 pounds. THe big fish over the weekend was 11.12 caught by Frank Hansen. The lake is fishing very good. Yesterday the 9th of MAy a plane load of regulars Gary Whitehead, Norm Klaymen and others arrived via private plane from Fort Worth
Tomorrow the 11th of May Hal Clifford and Gil Wright will be arriving with others from OKC via private plane Let’s see if Gil can add to his big bass talley
May 6th
Steve Rudy after several trips to Mexico Baccarac has finally given him a fish over 10 with a nice 10.7 pounder
Tons of nice fish caught today on Wacky style watermelon/red senko Baccarac is red hot!!!!!
May5th
Action on the 5th was off the charts good.. Fish up to 9 1/2 pounds on topwater and wacky style senkos..too many fish over 8 pounds to count
May 4th
Steve Rudy reported excellent around fishing with excellent numbers of fish up to 9 pounds
Mr Suzki fishing only topwater all day long landed over 100 bass with early morning bite producing bass over 8 pounds using his topwater plugs from Japen
The reports are excellent according to Narlin …The Chris Mcvay group reported 3 over 10 2 over 11 and 1 over 12 pounds on the first of May catching fish on Wacky Senkos -watermelon seed color and Storm Wild Eyed Swim Baits in pearl color
The Randy Zotzky group also banging the big ones over 10 pounds on Watermelon seed Lizards…
Mark Crawford returned with his biggest 20 bass weighing over 160 pounds
Over the last 12 days fishing has improved almost daily with excellent numbers of 6 to 9 pound bass along the big ones listed above
APRIL REPORT
Date:30-04-2010
Name:From the Lodge
Email: fishing@mexicanadventures.com
6 ich senkos watermelon and black/blue Also black blue 1 oz jigs with blue/black senko trailer , 1 oz rattletraps silver/blue, medium running strike King crankbaits Sexy Shad and blue gizzard shad color , Zoom lizzards,spinnerbaits twin willow leaf w
Hottest Colors:Brown 1oz Jigs very hot bait
Time Of Day:April 1st to April 30th
April 29th
The Chris Mcvay group arrived private into Bacubirito today and just smacked them. Chris while fishing with guide Enqruie caught and released several fish over 9 pounds and 2 over 10 pounds. Using light line and 6 inch wateremelon seed senkos rigged wacky style
Topwater late evening was excellent with 4 to 6 pound bass hitting buzzbaits and pop’rs
April 28th
Our good friend from Japen Mr Fujiwara reported excellent topwater all morning long with many fish up to 7 pound caught on topwater
April 26th
Excellent action and big fish again ( 2 over 10 ) caught on the south end of the lake using ultralights with 8 pound test
We also had excellent results using white spinnerbaits with white and silver blades
April 22 to April 25th
THe Steve Eichenbaum group had an excellent trip with 6 over 10 caught and Greg Steem from the group found the most productive pattern using ultralight equipment small test line and watermelon seed lizzards. The fish seemed to be very picky the during this group but the overall action for big and small was excellent
Also fishing during the same time was Amando Morales for Monterey a very know Mexican angler caught 7 fish over 8 pounds the first 1/2 day on he water using brown and wateremelon/red senkos rigging them wacky style
April 21st Hank Foreman landed a 15.1 pounder on a 8 inch watermelon seed lizzard and we will have photo for website soon
Good Action with fish up to 8 pounds We do have some seats open on private airplanes the first week of May
Saturday the 17th just in from Manuel please read the hot lure list above…excellent action with the senkos and the bigger fish up to 9 coming off he 1 oz jigs
Friday the 16th Excellent action up to 9 pounds, crankbaits, crankbaits, crankbaits
Tuesday the 13th Marty Jones reported excellent day with 4 biggest fish weighing 40.1 pounds, brown jigs tipped with black 7 inch senkos, excellent action in Wasma on crankbaits and Stormwilded eye swimbaits
THe lake level is currently about 60 percent and the south end is very, very clear
Sunday the 11th …Excellent action with swimbaits and crankbaits working the best…full report on Wednesday
Report From Manuel Salazar April 9th : April 4th to 9th : good action up the river with good numbers of fish in the 5 pound range with 1 fish over 10 pounds caught on the 8th in the late afternoon using wacky style senkos bouncingon the bottom …PLenty of bigger fish in Northe but they seem not to be biting
The jig bite very good for the 3 to 4 pound bass
We have a group 4 needing 4 more for there plane in May. They will be flying from Dallas direct to Bacubirito
Mike Watson returning group reported : Mike gave high marks for both Sixto and Narlin at the Lodge. Mike’s group of 5 caught 2000 fish with 8.4 pounder being the largest and 110 fish over 5 pounds with crankbaits and 1/2 oz spinnerbaitsbeing the best producer
Andy Beach group reported bigger fish with fish up to 11 pound caught using Yellow Magics and Zara Spooks..the crankbait bite excellent up the river and around the inlands
Sixtos report : Bacurato lago está lleno de lobina grande
MARCH REPORT
Date:29-03-2010
Name:Terry Hollan
Email: fishing@mexicanadventures.com
5 inch senkos, 7 inch senkos , 1 oz rattletraps silver/blue, Bigger Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards, Money Minnows, BAssTrix SWimbaits, Buzzbaits for topwater, and Spittin images for topwater, Brown and watermelon jigs
Hottest Colors:Watermelon 1oz Jigs very hot bait
Time Of Day:March 1 to March 29th
March 29th
From the Garrett Ham group of 8
The fishing was a little slower than usual but our group of eight did well. We caught two over nine, two seven and several five and six pounders. Most boats caught between 30 and 100 fish per day. 7″ watermelon or pumpkin seed lizards and Senkos were good for numbers.1 oz. watermelon Jig with an 7″ Pumpkin seed senko trailer caught the nine pound 11 oz.
Thanks again!
Garrett Ham
MArch 27th
Guide Sixto finding the big ones for Greg Riggle a very nice 10.5 ….Numbers remain very good for most boats with a good number of 6 to 7 pounders..Crankbaits producing the bigger fish
March 25th
This Report just in From Gene Ditmore’s fishing group
As you know we just got back from Baccarac………Had a great trip & the fish were in a good mood……….Our group of 8-caught in excess of a thousand yes that’s (1,000) fish in 4-days of fishing….Pat Kempf caught a monster 12.8, 2-10’s, several in the 3 to 7 pound class……..He was the man of the hour on this trip…..The biggest fish came on a black/blue jig………Everyone caught fish in the 3 to 7 pound class & bunches of ’em. Watermelon Lizards, Watermelon Senko, Chrome Blue Rattle Trap were the biggest producers, very slow top water bite………Food was excellent, . Camp service & cleanliness was 5-star…trip……….I will try to get you some pictures in the next day or so…………..Gene
March 22nd
Just received the photo of Jimmy Manleys 13.9 recently caught at the Lake. If you would like to see it before I get it posted in the gallery just send an email. Jimmy while fishing with his partner Randy Warner caught 963 bass during there trip.
Fishing is very good for numbers! There will only be more big fish from now on. We did have some nice fish caught during the middle of the week and good numbers all week long
March 17th
After a couple of slower days , todays report is coming in strong with 1 over 10 and 3 over 9 and excellent numbers of 4 to 7 pound bass with good total numbers caught for most boats
March 13th
Big Watermelon Senkos produced for the Jim Nokes group 2 over 9 and one that was 10.6 …good numbers of fish
Danny Harris having a great trip with his group already landing a 10.1 and several nice 7 pounders. This morning fishing has really heated up
MArch 11th and 12th
No fish over 10 to report with boats catching up to 60 fish a day with a few nice 6 to 7 pounders reported…Will have a full report later this weekend….Money Minnows still working very well
March 10th
Rick Z just called in his trip summary report. His group of 4 caught 1025 during the trip with a 10.2 and 9.12 being the largest . Rick reported that many, many 6 to 7 pounders where caught as well..Topwater excellent
March 7th and 8th
Reports are CRAZY!!!Sixto called in the report from the Lodge …EXCELLENT and many and many big ones over 10 the last two days
Brain Knighten caught a 12.6 and Arnold Aker caught a 11.6
Mrch 5th and 6th
Narlin reporting excellent fishing for numbers and quality up to 9 pounds over most of the lake with almost all 10 boats out last week Money Minnow swimbaits producing bigger fish along with Lake Fork Swimbaits
Size is getting better according the guides at Lake Baccarac
Morning Report March 4th
Excellent report from the Lodge this morning with all boats catching over 70 fish and Jimmy Manley landing 13.9 using a 8 inch Watermelon Lizzard….All seven boats reporting EXCELLENT fishing
From Hal Clifford
Terry: Thank you for the kind words. Obviously, the best bass trip in Mexico in over 30 years of fishing down there. The two bis fish were 11-8 and 10-11. I caught the 10-11 the first evening with Gil and Miguel using a black and blue jig with a black and blue fleck senko as a trailer. The 11-8 was hooked on a mediem s…ized white fat free shad. The numbers caught each day was amazing-over 100 fish per boat ranging up to 9 pounds. Gil and Denis caught 112 fish one morning! The big fish are starting to move and the bite is going to be great in the next couple of weeks. I hope to see you again soon. Best, Hal Clifford
March 1 –
We are still catching very good numbers at Baccarac, with Gil Wright and Denis Bootenhoff of Oklahoma City catching 531 bass in four days of fishing, including six over 5 lbs., eight over 6 lbs., seven over 7 lbs., one over 8 lbs., one that weighed 10.11 and one that was 11.8 lbs. Darrell Long reported 75 fish in the morning with a 10.12 lb. being the largest.