Largemouth bass are fair shallow using crankbaits. Photo: Andy Crawford - Kerr used a bladed jig and unusual wake bait for his top finish. Photo: Chris Mitchell - Cory Johnston (11th; 37-0) A flipping tactic was most productive for Cory Johnston. Lake Ray Roberts is 2 feet below normal level.
Estimated Read Time 57 Minutes. So, when on the lake, notice how far down you can see your lure. Bass are good shallow on senkos, shimmy shakers and white swim jigs. Legoland aggregates lake ray roberts fishing report information to help you offer the best information support options. Crappie are fair all over the lake in depths ranging from 2-35 feet of water.
Crappie are good on jigs and minnows transitioning to 10-15 feet of water on trees and brush, but some still deep in 20-30 feet of water on structure. Source: Ray Roberts | Texas. Standing timber, located mostly in the upper reaches of both major arms. Crappie are fair on main lake brush piles. Make your fishing dreams come true today and tomorrow. You can also use the calendar button to select a specific date, or click View Month to see an entire month's worth of archived wind graphs all at once. Photo: Andy Crawford - Chad Pipkens (24th; 27-2) Chad Pipkens went with a topwater and crankbait to cover the water column from top to bottom. Toledo Bend had two cold fronts in our area this week with cold rain and heavy winds dropping the water temperatures down at night to the 30s-40s. Bass are good in the river around reeds using soft plastic baits. Anyone know where I can monitor the temp online? Klein reminds anglers while the late winter air temperature is an important consideration for most anglers – when it's comfortable, we want to go fishing – springtime bass angling is really all about the water temperature. When Klein locates such a spot where bass are situating themselves in preparation to move shallow, he knows that he doesn't have to worry too much about bait selection right now as he does at other times of the year.
Lipless crankbaits and shallow crankbaits in craw, red/orange, and shad colored worked off the edges in main lake grass working. The best bite has been during mid-morning hours and late night 9 p. m to midnight. Good luck and tight lines! Striped bass are good with lots of surface action following birds mid lake to Potters Creek using small swimbaits, top waters, and anything shad colored or clear. He rigged it on a Vector Hooks straight shank flipping hook, with a 3/4-ounce weight. Black bass are good with multiple buck bass catches off of beds with creature baits in 3-8 feet of water early morning. 5 feet on some days around stumps when water temps were above 60. 54 now which is down 5 feet from normal level at Lake Ray Roberts. Crappie are fair on brush piles using minnows and small jigs near creek channels. Freshwater drum good in 2-6 feet of water on shrimp and worms. "On a lot of lakes around Dallas/Fort Worth, you'll find a number of coves exposed to a north wind, " added Klein, the 1989 and 1993 B. Angler of the Year. And that's good news to bass anglers cooped up with cabin fever all across the nation, fishermen eager to get after the big bass sows soon to be heading shallow for the spring spawn. This dictates that it must either be continually replenished or it will be depleted by the respiration of all those thousands of fish, zooplankton, algae, and bacteria that live in the water.
"When you go to a body of water, you've got to do your best to get dialed in to what is going on right now, " he said. Photo: Craig Lamb - Chris Jones (3rd; 45-9) Chris Jones fished flooded shoreline cover with a jig and creature bait. Crappie are fair in deeper brush piles using minnows and jigs. Water temperatures are on the rise and fish are on the move. The average temperature will be 66°F during the day.
Photo: Andy Crawford - Johnston needed stout tackle and bait designed for fishing the heavy cover. Photo: Andy Crawford - The choices were a 1/2-ounce Dirty Jigs Scott Canterbury Flippinâ Jig, with a chunk-style trailer. "It gets warm out and we think that the bass are already up shallow when they aren't quite there yet. Bass are good with many fish on docks, and some on beds, but seem to be deeper so hard to see. Catfish are good on cut baits moving shallow to 3-10 feet of water. Source: Ray Roberts TX Fishing Reports, Map & Hot Spots – Fishidy.
Catfish are good on shrimp, chicken liver, and live bait drifting near Flat rock park and Sunken Island. They opened the gates back up some, and the fish new it today. Eater sized blue catfish and channel catfish are fair on Danny King's punch bait Catfish on a #4 Treble Hook in timber on the Richland Arm. Learn to use your depth finder to locate the thermocline.
Report provided by Mike Watkins, Personal Best Guide Service. Catfish are still good on jug lines around the first bridge, or using fresh cut bait. Water was in the mid 50's last week before the snow. Try black/blue in muddy water and watermelon red in clear water. Bass are fair up the river flipping hard woods, also flipping rocks and reeds on the main lake. Crappie are still slow. The bite has been very slow and tough, hoping with these 80 degree days this week coming up and 50 degree nights there will be more females and males moving back up around the trees to spawn. Fish between fronts for the best success. Like the water, it shot up, beginning at around 71 degrees the week prior to the competition, and rising to 87 by Championship Sunday. "This is the time of the year where numbers aren't very high, but the quality (usually) is, " said Klein.
Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits around docks and main lake structure. Largemouth bass should be in spawning mode shallow on beds. Additional structure is provided by. Crappie are fair biting on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good in 2-6 feet of water on stink bait. "They start killing all kinds of critters that come into their strike zone, pretty much whatever they can. Report provided by Randy Britton, Lake Alan Henry Crappie Guide.
Bass are good using football head jigs and spoons off ledges in 30-40 feet of water. Photo: Andy Crawford - Cook also used a 1/2-ounce Nichols Lures Impact flipping jig, with a 3-inch Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog for a trailer. Crappie are slow scattered throughout the lake. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good in 3-10 feet of water using cut shad. Its a great time to get a limit of sand bass for a fish fry and do some bass fishing all in the same day. Success with half ounce slab with multiple crappie jigs tied 12 inches apart.
Catfish are reported to be good drifting with cut shad on deep structure. Oxygen is vastly important to understanding fish movement patterns and location. Scattered Thunderstorms. So, always begin fishing from the thermocline to the surface. With the wind forecasted at 3mph hardly a puff out there makes for a calm mirror like surface. Please ensure to adhere to the fishing regulations for the state.