Red River Bass Fishing Reports

TB44 · January 20, 2006, 11:54:06 PM

b1jeremy,

I'll be out there sunday! I'm not a webster member but my uncle is! I'm just along for the ride and put in on big bass if yall still let non members in on that! I hopefully will join webster next year when I move back from natchitoches(NSU) for clinicles!

Todd

b1jeremy · January 21, 2006, 06:05:53 PM

first things first i didnt catch anything today like the fish i just saw at the boat show weigh in...man...beautiful fish...i caught 3 today and prematurely caught and released a few more...lol....caught my fish all on rattletraps...missed a couple on plastic and had 2 short strikes on a spinnerbait..even with a trailer..tried slowing it down but didnt do any better...but all the fish i boated were reaction bait type fish...very aggresive with their bites today...i mean they were hammering the lures...but the guy i was paired with caught 1 spinnerbait fish and 5 worm fish...he weighed in at 6.50 or so i had 4.20 for 3...overall good day...scottie...u got a triton and were wearing a red jacket? if not i waived at someone i thought was you... lol...well cant wait to hear what others did...Jeremy

whatcam · January 21, 2006, 06:07:53 PM

Well how did everybody do? I caught a couple in Caspy, one on a white spinner and one on a junebug baby brushhog. Both were maybe a pound. Just tossed em back for later.

Did your luck ever pick up Scottie.

Hawgwild · January 21, 2006, 06:39:42 PM

Tuff....Tuff....Didn't do any good at all today....Only had 6 total and 4 keepers and they were on the small side...Most came on rattletraps, 1 one spinner, and 1 on lizard.....

Wind wasn't blowing on the bank I usually fish and when that happens I usually don't do well there...today was no exception..

Tried to find some perch at the end of Caspy but no luck...Don't think the folks fishing the bamboo hung around very long either..

This was actually the first time I caught a few fish at the end of Caspy....wondering what going on there...water temp was 55 when I left..

Nice seeing you Clint...wish we could have done better in there....expecially with all those new baits...

I do hate a thief...

Jeremy...Guess that feller in the Triton gave you a funny look...sure wish it was, but I'm in a 17' grey Alumaweld with 70 Yamaha..

Oh well...still was a good day without the fish..

Scottie

b1jeremy · January 21, 2006, 06:45:24 PM

clint what were you in....i was fishing the western bank in the back of caspy...must have been 20 boats in and outa there...yet no one else really hit the bank we were working...i was in a green 190 pro gator...

whatcam · January 21, 2006, 09:18:35 PM

Your right Scottie, it was a great day of fishing regardless of the action, we had a great time. Nice to meet you too.
I got to break in a couple of baits today. And managed to lose a new rattle trap as well

tried to cast out a backlash and it snapped the line and there she went, out into the middle of nowhere.

I was in a white/green Javlin bass boat with a 115 Johnson. I think I saw you back there fishing too, did you have a kid in your boat?

I went to the very back where Scottie was to see how he was doing, I was hoping to come back there and see him tearing up the white perch.

b1jeremy · January 21, 2006, 11:19:17 PM

no it was me and an older man...your boat like a turquois? i think i saw ya...and scottie i got your number...i saw you back there and me and my buddy were like man that guy has to be on something...lol...we did get into some though...Jeremy

Hawgwild · January 22, 2006, 06:50:07 AM

Hey jeremy....where I was fishing in the backside of Caspy around those larger dead trees....I did miss a couple on tubes and caught a couple in that same general area....

Could be a good area when bass come into spawn..

I've fished back in there several time, but that is the first time I done any good at all....

Scottie

Lipripper · January 22, 2006, 09:36:28 AM

Jeremy how did you do yesterday.

b1jeremy · January 22, 2006, 11:39:07 AM

i weighed in 3 fish @ 4.19 or 4.20 i cant remember lol...my buddy weighed in 5 fish for like 6.50 i think...he culled one and lost 2 at the boat...one would have went probably 3.5 or 4 lbs....lol...thats the way it goes...Jeremy

Lipripper · January 22, 2006, 11:43:17 AM

Jeremy you at least caught some

b1jeremy · January 22, 2006, 12:30:37 PM

lol yep thats my goal to weigh in atleast 1 fish per tourny i enter...

TB44 · January 22, 2006, 09:45:28 PM

Fished the red today with my unlce in the webster tourny and boy was it wet and cold! We both caught 3 a piece. My 3 weighed just over 5lbs and my unlces was 6.7lbs I think. I only had 1 other bite and my unlce lost one at the boat and missed another! Winning weight was 15lbs and 2nd was 10lbs then alot of close together after that!

b1jeremy · January 22, 2006, 09:58:23 PM

do you recall the winner or second place? i felt for you guys out there today...what they biting on? didnt figured you guys would catch much..good job...you gonna join the club now?

mitchell · January 23, 2006, 08:07:29 AM

Fished the red sat from 0700-1300 and had one come off a jig in 6' of water. Kennyp missed a few on plastcs and his son caught 1 on a spinnerbait then took a nap and still beat us.

TB44 · January 23, 2006, 10:46:26 AM

1st place name was wesley and I dont reamber the guys name who was 2nd. I beleive he was using a crankbait and 2nd was using a baby brushog. I caught one of mine on a spinnerbait early in about 3 ft of water and then the other 2 on jigs. And my unlce caught one baby brush hog and others on jig. Someone one was using a rouge and caught over 15 he said. Oh and about the club I prob want join till next year hopefully. Im still down at nsu and want be able to make the meetings. I would like to make top six my first yr. and there is no way I could do it while im still in school.

bassadict69 · January 23, 2006, 10:56:37 AM

What has the water temp been running on the river lately?

TB44 · January 23, 2006, 01:10:40 PM

yesterday it stayed around 53 all day.....Oh yeah most of the fish we caught were buck bass think the first round my have already happened?!?!?

dave the dope man · January 23, 2006, 04:36:38 PM

FYE: I stopped by Clarks today to drop off some copies of the "Everyday Angler". Clarks is going to be closed (the store that is) on Monday's during the winter months from now on.....Dave

b1jeremy · January 23, 2006, 05:13:07 PM

ty for that...i didnt know that...Jeremy

drjayhow · January 25, 2006, 05:08:17 PM

Fished the Red out of Clark's today. Hit the water about 1030. Was a clear blue day with little wind. Spent most of day in what I believe to be Bill James Lake ( had a boat launch back there and an old school bus).
Tried rattle trap for quite a bit with intermitten tube pitching. No bites. After a couple of three hours decided I needed to do something new.
Went to rocks on main river. More rattle trapping, more failure. No bites.
Attempting to avoid a zero went to Caspiana. Caught one on a Bloody Bug Sweet Beaver. Then caught one on a suspending Rapala X-Rap jerkbait (silver). Both keepers around a pound and a half. I hope I don't get my ALBC membership revoked for using such a prototypical Yankee bait

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A slow slow day. Hope others had better luck,
Jay

Hawgwild · January 25, 2006, 06:41:04 PM

Hey DrJay...I'd say you had a GREAT day...

..I had to work....

Think I got some of those baits you mentions too...ha

Was wondering if the river or caspiano had muddied up very much...

I'll be out there Saturday morning....probably wet...and may get some minnows and try for some perch too...

You bumped into a friend of mine the other day when you had fished all the way around the bank in Caspy to the bamboo...he was in a blue boat..forgot what kind... and caught 10 fish in that area but were small....

See you on the water,
Scottie

b1jeremy · January 25, 2006, 08:31:14 PM

hey man easy on the yankee comments lol...born and raised in ky which to you guys is yankee land i have found...i may try to take offense to that jk

...i have been known to throw a spoon and inline/rooster tails successfully in tournaments...nothing is out of the question to win lol...Jeremy

BHenke · January 27, 2006, 04:20:54 PM

Fished the Red today from 0700-1400 out of Clarks. Had a limit in the boat by 0800 on one of my favorite spots down by the dam. Caught the first 5 on a 1/4oz chrome blue bleeding shad rattle trap. Missed another one at the boat and had another not get hooked up after she hit it. Went back over the area with a junebug zoom super hog and had one bite but had a big swing and miss! Next I went into the Little Nincock area and caught another keeper on the junebug super hog. Fished in there awhile with no more bites so moved over to Bill James Lake and did not get a bite. By now it is 1130 so ran up to Caspiana and caught another keeper on the right hand bank in the curve with a 1/4oz chrome black rattle trap. Fished in there until about 1230 then ran back to where I caught my fish this morning but did not get any lookers. Best 5 today was one over 15". two 14", two 13.5". Boat back on the trailer at 1400. I thought after the morning bite that it would be on but once the sun came up and the clouds cleared it got tough.

Brent

bryan · January 27, 2006, 05:09:31 PM

fished the red today from 10 til 3 and ended up with a pretty good stringer. caught 8 all together with the biggest about 4lbs. biggest 5 would have weighed around 16lbs, by far my best day on the red. all but one of the fish came from about 6 to 7 feet of water around wood. caught most of the fish in the port lake area. bigger fish came off a watermelon baby brushhog. also caught a couple on a spinnerbait white in color. all i could catch on the trap were small fish.