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Welcome to Ricky's Guide Service
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One of the great things about keeping a log of your fishing trips is being able to go back to it and see what the fish were doing in any given month and start your next trip using the same pattern. This has paid off for me MANY times in the past and I am certain it will pay off again. A lot of people come to East Texas each year from out of town, out of state and even from other countries to take part in some of, if not the best, bass fishing in the world. Now, nothing beats an up to date fishing report, which we also have, but when that is not available logs from previous trips are hard to beat! I have compiled a condensed version of my logs that detail the patterns that I have seen time and again on these lakes. Click on the month that you are interested in to see what the fish should be doing when you get here.
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08/29/2008
Lake Palestine - TX,Tyler
SEPTEMBER FISHING LOOKS GREAT
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT SEPTEMBER IS ALREADY HERE AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT FULL POOL LAKES DUE TO OUR AUGUST RAINS. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH RAIN WE HAD IN AUGUST AND IF IT BROKE ANY RECORDS BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS GREAT TO SEE BECAUSE IT BROUGHT US BACK TO THE 80'S AND LOWER 90'S FOR AWHILE AFTER HITTING THE 100'S IT WAS GREAT. FISHING IN AUGUST WAS GREAT WE HAD SEVERAL BASS OVER SEVEN POUNDS, CRAPPIE TO A POUND AND HALF AND CATFISH TO TEN AND HALF POUNDS. WHITE BASS AND HYBRIDS WERE SLOW FOR ME BUT THE OTHERS MADE UP FOR THEM. NOW WITH SEPTEMBER HERE I FEEL IT WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT MONTH FOR FISHING.
HERE'S WHAT WE CAN EXSPECT FOR SEPTEMBER.
BASS WILL BE VERY GOOD UP NORTH ALONG THE RIVER WHERE YOU FIND BENDS IN THE RIVER AND GRASS OR BRUSH IN IT. YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FIND THEM IN THE BACK OF KICK A POO CREEK AND FLAT CREEK. THE BEST LURE SELECTIONS WILL BE SPINNER BAITS, SHIMMY SHAKER BAITS AND JIGS. FISH SLOW WHEN YOU FIND THE PLACES AND YOU WILL GO HOME THE WINNER. DOWN SOUTH YOU WILL FIND THE BASS BOTH IN THE BACK OF YOUR CREEKS AND OUT ON THE POINTS. BEST LURES WILL BE SPINNER BAITS, SHIMMY SHAKERS, JIG N PIGS AND CAROLINA RIGGED SOFT PLASTICS MY CHOICE OF SOFT PLASTICS ARE THE MISTER TWISTER BA HOGS IN A WATER MELON RED FLAKE, COMEIDA WORMS AND 4INCH FINESS WORMS.
CRAPPIE WILL BE GOOD ON BRUSH PILES ON BLUE/WHITE AND BLACK/CHARTRUESE LIGHTNING BUG JIGS AND SMALL MINOWS. THESE BRUSH PILES SHOULD BE IN ABOUT 12 TO 18 FOOT OF WATER. FISH SLOW AND YOU SHOULD CATCH a lot OF THEM.
CATFISH, YOU WILL FIND THEM ON SANDY BOTTOM SHELVES ON THE MAIN LAKE AND IN BRUSH PILES IN 16 TO 18 FEET OF WATER.
SAND BASS AND HYBRIDS WILL BE GOOD EARLY AND LATE ON YOUR POINTS IN ABOUT 3 TO 25 FOOT. WATCH FOR THEM TO SCHOOL UP IN THE SHALLOWS AND WHEN YOU LOOSE THEM UP SHALLOW THEN MOVE OUT TO THE DEEPER WATER. THE BEST LURES WILL BE TOPWATERS, RAT-L-TRAPS AND JIGGING SPOONS. WATCH YOUR FISH LOCATORS WHEN YOU FISH DEEP AND YOU CAN FIND THEM BUNCHED UP IN BIG SCHOOLS.
UNTIL NEXT MONTH REMEMBER IF WE FISH AND CONSERVE OUR FISHERIES WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF FISH FOR OUR KIDS TO CATCH IN THE FUTURE.
REMEMBER SEPTEMBER BEGINS A NEW YEAR ON OUR LICENSE SO DON'T GET CAUGHT WITHOUT THEM.
GOOD LUCK
AND
GREAT FISHING
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