Fishing Reports

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards

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.

Feb 24th

With great pleasure we get to report the following: To our good friend, who for many years has been fishing with us in Mexico and always searching for trophy bass over 10 lbs., today Baccarac was very kind. Hal Clifford, using
Carolina rigged Senkos, caught a 10.0, a 10.3 and an 11.0 fish. All eight
of Gil Wright’s group caught over 100 fish per day per boat, with many fish being 4, 5 and 6 lbs., fishing watermelon jigs, medium-running crankbaits, white with a green back. Gil Wright, one of our most accomplished anglers, predicts the big bass bite is about to begin.

Feb. 23rd

We are starting to see size along with the excellent numbers. Vernon Gallo of Oklahoma found honey holes holding excellent number of 6 to 8 lb. bass. Vinnie Della Pello from New Jersey is catching numbers of good fish up to 10 lbs.

Hot baits are jerk baits, brown jigs, silver/blue rattletraps, Popping Image for topwater, and large crank baits.

Feb. 19th

The numbers are continuing to be very strong for groups at the lodge. Dennis McCarty and Steve Wik from California are having a great week so far. While fishing with guide Pedro, Steve caught an 11.0, an 11.3 and an 8.14, along with finding several nice fish in the 7 lb. range As far as baits, you need to bring brown jigs, silver blue rattletraps, super flukes in white and watermelon.

Feb 15th

There have been good numbers of fish but still looking for the trophies. The big fish last week was 6.8 lbs.

FEb 8th

From Ed Daniels:

Joe Goldstein and I just got back after our four-day trip to Lake Baccarac. Just like last year we had a great time and caught a lot of fish. Unlike last year, no big ones. We had a 7-8, five more over 6 pounds, and eight or ten more over 5. A party of six was there as well, and they got an 8-3, and one over 7. Other than being caught in a thunderstorm the first day the weather was great.

I just wanted to pass on some compliments. Our guide Eddie worked very hard and very smart, knows the lake like the back of his hand, and has a great sense of humor. We really enjoyed fishing with him. The BEST thing since last year is the cook, Rodrigo. He is really more of a chef than a cook. His desserts were out of this world – would you believe from scratch cheesecake with a strawberry couli? Fantastic!

This just in from Jerry Kelley of Dallas, TX.

I just wanted to share a little about my recent trip to your lodge at Baccarac. It was one of my better trips to your lodge. We didn’t catch alot of really big fish, but we caught hundreds of bass in the 3 to 6lb range and missed several BIG ones and just one fish over 10lbs. I know they will start showing up in the next few days. Our last day on the lake we caught 275 bass between the two of us and the guide. I have fished all over Mexico and never found a better place to fish or lodge, your lodge is 2nd to NONE ! The staff is the best I’ve found anywhere. The food is excellent and where else in the world can you know with any cast you stand a chance to catch the biggest fish of your life or possibly the next world record. I keep hearing from lots of people who are afraid to go to Mexico and I just don’t understand this. It might be dangerous in the border towns and I even agree to this, BUT FOLKS , I assure you, THERE IS NO DANGER IN COMING TO THIS LODGE. So I tell you this if you want to catch not only alot of fish and have a chance at the biggest fish of your life then the only choice is Lake Baccarac, and the ONLY choice for lodging is Lake Baccarac Lodge. FISH ON !!

Jerry Kelley

FEBRUARY 3 –

This just in from the lodge: Excellent numbers upriver with 1 to 4 lb. bass on 5 inch watermelon senkos and white medium running Bill Dance crank baits.

The bigger fish are more shallow with the lodge reporting eight fish over 10 lbs. this week. The bigger fish were caught on pearl swim baits.

Since late yesterday afternoon, huge rains have hit the area again. There is a forecast of rain for the next two days. We have more groups arriving today.

FEBRUARY 1 –

Baccarac is heating up! Excellent numbers up the river and Jerry Kelley did land a 10.5 lb. bass on a swimbait. Terry forecasts the big ones are almost here!!

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards Currently highly recommend from Duane’s Customs Baits 276 796 5321 the following colors Watermelon Red Candy and Watermelon Golden

FEBRUARY 1 –

Baccarac is heating up! Excellent numbers up the river and Jerry Kelley did land a 10.5 lb. bass on a swimbait. Terry forecasts the big ones are almost here!!

JANUARY 27 – UPDATE FROM THE LODGE:

Huge rains and a cold front that came through on Friday and Saturday, the 22nd and 23, have caused a dramatic change in the fishing. This week has not produced much in the way of fishing results with very few fish caught in shallow or deep water. The water temperature has cooled six degrees in five days. It remains to be seen if the fishing will improve next week. We will keep you updated.

JANUARY 24TH:

Tough fishing Friday and Saturday with very high winds and big rains forcing us off of the lake. However, before the storm, fishing was excellent upriver with fish up the river caught up to 6 lbs. and at the south end of the lake producing fish up to 9 lbs. in deeper water. The bigger fish are moving up slowly and still are a little out of reach.

Jan 14th

THis week has not produced very many big fish but the numbers of small fish in the first 20ft of water is outstanding…. small being 1 to 3 pounds…Eddie Carmon did catch a 11.9 in 25 ft of water and was broke off within minutes after catching that one ……We are marking lots of bigger fish in 45 ft of water.It also seems that most of the shad and talpia are also in 40 to 45ft of Water

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JAn 10th

High-quality fishing – countless numbers of 1 to 3 lb. bass and Russ reports a fair number of fish over 8 and seven fish over 10 lbs. The big fish are coming deeper with Carolina rigged watermelon lizards and wacky style 5 inch watermelon senkos. Watermelon jigs along with black and blue 1 oz. jigs produced a good number of quality fish. It seems as though the big fish are moving shallow and we will start seeing more and more trophy bass caught in the next several weeks.

Jan 8th

Leo Osburns group report excellent numbers and also reported a 10.8 amd 9.8 caught on Carolina rigged watermelon Lizzards. Six boats on the water all doing very well with 150 fish being caught per boat

Jan 5th and Jan 6th

Scott Sinclair's group of four had a blow-out day yesterday, January 6.
Although the biggest fish was only an 8.13 (very respectable fish) Scott reported up to 150 fish for his boat with so many 5 and 6 lb. fish, they stopped counting. Little Miguel, who is now guiding for us, has turned out to be an exceptional guide and had the best numbers of the day.

Mike Drain's group of eight flew in yesterday direct from Dallas, departed at 8:30 a.m. and were at the lodge at 11:30 a.m. Our private flights direct from Dallas offer the best convenience clients have ever had – short time to get there and luxury all the way. Mike's group fished 1/2 day yesterday and caught phenomenal numbers.

Narlin's comment, he feels that the big fish are just about ready to bite.

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards Currently highly recommend from Duane’s Customs Baits 276 796 5321 the following colors Watermelon Red Candy and Watermelon Golden

Jan 2nd and Jan 3rd

Red Hot action but no Baccarac Big Boys. Good action up the river and in most parts of the lake. The rattletrap bite is excellent. and the topwater bite is good early. Water temp has now drop to 68 degrees and the Lake is 82% full

DEc 31st and Jan 1st

Lots of small fish with no big fish biting the last two days, excellent numbers can be caught on watermelon lizzards and watermelon worms, June bug senkos and silver/blue 1/2 oz rattletraps. We did have some topwater fish the last two days.