Lake El Salto update

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 :)Larry,My younger son Scott and I just arrived back from a very productive trip to Lake El Salto.� Thanks for arranging everything for us.� We arrived on Thursday in time to pay a little extra to fish the afternoon which I'm glad we did.� Not only did we catch 62 bass up to 6 lbs., but Scott mastered Texas rigged lizard fishing that afternoon.� After margaritas and a nice dinner, we hit the hay and were awakened at 5 am by Ramon carrying coffee and juice.� Awesome!� We had a nice breakfast of bacon and eggs and headed to the lake.� We caught a few, then found a school on a flat near where my Dad and�I caught them in December. The lake was 15 feet shallower than it was in December, Larry.� It didn't even look like the same lake!� We ended up catching 102 bass that morning in that school up to 4 and half pounds--most of them over 2 and half pounds.� There was a 40 minute span where Scott and I caught a bass on every cast!� Oscar was standing in the middle of the boat just taking off fish after fish!� Scott even caught 2 on one Rattle-Trap!!� Scott used a blue and silver bleeding shad Rattle-Trap and I used a grey one with orange eyes that resembled a talapia.� They were pounding them!� Those fish were so aggressive that you didn't know the size of your fish until you saw it!� That afternoon we decided to fish the same area, but they had moved to deeper water.� It was pretty warm in the afternoons.� We worked a nearby tree line and I cast a teal and silver Rattle-Trap near a big tree.� I instantly got hung up (I thought).��The line started to peel off my reel and I soon landed my 9.�� Twenty minutes later Scott caught his 10 on a green lizard about 20 yards from where I had just caught my big fish.� We ended up catching 162 fish that day!!� Saturday was a little slower, but still a great day.� We caught alot of fish on Rattle-Traps that day on another flat closer to where the river feeds into the lake.� We fished right where the river comes in also and it was very productive...alot of schooling fish up to 4 pounds.� Also caught a catfish!� Oscar had a "honey hole" on a point on the river which we fished everyday in the evenings.� We used green lizards and white sinkos.� Not alot of numbers there, but every fish over 3 pounds.� We caught several 6's, 5's, and plenty of�3's and 4's.� The fish seemed to be coming up from the river in the afternoons to feed and then moved back to deeper water.� As long as you were patient, you caught fish.� Sunday was another excellent day as well.� We fished all of the above places and caught fish.� My last cast of the day produced a six pounder which was desparately needed as Scott already had the 4 biggest fish of the day--all in the lower 5 pound range!!� Just an excellent trip...450-plus fish...great weather...great food and lodging.� Can't wait til next time!!Mike