Cross Lake Bass Fishing Reports

[MotherNature]

This lake gets a lot of pressure since it is a close drive, along with the skiiers and jet skis it can be a really tough lake to fish...

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[gunter1309]

What won the last nights tourney

[Mike Noble]

Don't know....that would require staying around until the weigh-in is over.  From what I saw....which was not a lot...anybody that had fish only had one or two.  Sam weighed one over, better than 4.5 lbs.  Saw a few over and a few under.

We weighed one under....and that was the only bite I got.

Missed you last night.

[Mike Noble]

Fished Cross this morning (Saturday) until about 10:30.  Caught 4 and 3 would have weighed.  Two under and one over....and caught one slot fish.  Three of the fish came on a spinnerbait (yeah, finally got bit on a spinnerbait) and the other came on a worm.  Could not get any top water bites.

I'll be back there tomorrow for a longer day.

[Mike Noble]

Fished Cross today....until about 1:30.  Caught 5, all on spinnerbait.  Only 2 would weigh....one over and one under.  The others were a slot fish and two short fish.  Now I can't get a worm bite.

Going back tomorrow, but probably in the afternoon/evening.  

Lots of fisherman on the water, prefishing for the Reeve's.

[Gabby]

We fished Cross Lake today from sun up to about 11am.  Bass began schooling around 9 and schooled on and off for a couple hours.

Caught a nice fish in the slot (about 16 inches - 1.5 to 2 lbs) on a white spinner bait with a bronze Colorado blade.  If you look hard, you can find my bait as I lost it trying to cast with a semi-nest!

Here is the fish:



Worms/lizards were working for us too all morning, but the fish were very small.  Big ones were hanging around the lily pads and cypress trees, but they didn't like what we had to offer them......oh well.

P.S. - Watch out for the Wasp nests in the trees.  They were as plentiful as snakes are on the river!

[Mike Noble]

I have had the same problem in the areas I am fishing....lots of movement with the fish but they are not interested.  I have also see the wasp nests...tons of them.  Makes me a little nervous to go weaving in and out of the trees.

I am going see if I can find an afternoon/evening bite tomorrow to try and help with the Thursday evening tournaments.

[Mike Noble]

Well, it was a typical afternoon/evening on Cross, at least for me.  Caught 2 fishing, one slot and one under....both on worms.  Could not get the spinnerbait to work.

Heading back in the morning and hopefully it will be better.

[Mike]

Mike,

You seem to be always talking about worms or spinnerbaits. Have you tried other techniques to improve your pattern. I.E. cranks, rattle traps, top water, jigs..... Just wondering if you have been force feeding them the the same ole thing or if you have tried other techniques to no eval....

[Mike Noble]

Well, I have thrown buzzbaits, spooks, pop-r's, crankbaits, traps, flukes, and today I even threw a wobblehead.  I caught one spook fish yesterday morning (slot) and one crankbait fish this morning (short fish).  I have had two hits on a buzzbait and they were possibly gar.  Other than that, nothing has worked.  And as the week goes by, the fishing is getting tougher.  There have been quite a few fisherman on the water this week and from the ones I have talked to, the bite has been extremely tough.

I haven't fished the same water twice yet.  And I will keep moving around the rest of the week.

I'm going to take dynamite on Sunday.

[Chris]

My buddy signed us up for Reeves today so I guess I need to start going to Cross tomorrow . We get to leave out last!!I havent fished on Cross in two or three years so it should be an adventure . I will let you know results of each our prefishing excursions..

[Mike]

Mike,

Have you checked out the water inlet yet. It might be good for a limit of unders......

[Mike Noble]

Mike, I will be spending the day or part of the day on the east side of the bridge, including the water inlet.

Weighed one under in the Thursday evening tournament.  Had a few decent weights.  9.6 won it, 9.56 was second.  Over 50 boats and only 27 boats weighed a fish.  One more tournament before the championship.  It looks like 33 teams will be the cutoff with 2 wildcards.  We are in it right now.

[Mike]

Glad to hear you are still in the running. Hope it isn't just like last year were you only need to catch one fish to stay in and then we don't

I have heard that they are keeping the water pumping this year to prevent the lake from getting low and needing it when the bayou is to low to take it. Hope it works for you....

[Mike Noble]

I haven't seen the water pumping all this week, but I haven't specifically went looking.  I fished the rock levee along the railroad track this morning, including the water inlet, but nothing.  I did manage a couple of short fish on bridge pilings.

You know how last year you could pitch a worm "under" the big pipe at the inlet....well the water is so high this year that you can't do that.

I think I have a game plan for the Reeve's....cast until your arm hurts...and when you catch a fish, crank up and go somewhere else.

One more Thursday evening on Aug. 21 and the championship is Saturday, Aug. 23.

[gunter1309]

Who won the Reeves and how much did it take

How did you do Mr. Noble

steve

[Mike]

Laurie posted the results under the tournament information section but AJ and Letterman won it with 14 something and took big fish for a total of 8,000 dollars

Mike Noble took third...... good job Mike

[gunter1309]

8000 dang, that is better than some of these circuit tourneys.

Congrats to THE CLUB member Mike Noble on 3rd !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Job

Steve  

  Rangers Rule, but Nitros get 3rd

[Mike Noble]

Sorry to bust your bubble Mr. Ranger....Triton ruled at the Reeve's....no Rangers in site.

Only 4 teams had double digit weight.  There were not many five fish limits.

AJ and Letterman won with only four fish.

[Mike Noble]

Going to Cross either Saturday or Sunday or both.  Need to locate some fish for the Thursday evening tournament and hopefully for the Thursday evening tournament championship.

Any suggestions?