JT and I made a run from Utley to Bastrop in the canoe this week. The fishing was fantastic and the scenery on this stretch is wonderful. The river is really clean and there are lots of rocky riffles in the river and many scenic spots along the way to enjoy. The first few miles get hit pretty hard by boaters, but after the first set of rapids the fishing really picks up. We started catching fish right away and had good luck all day! The middle 7 miles of this stretch are virtually impossible to reach with a motorboat, so if you want to see some water that very few people fish, you should consider a trip!
Good fishing today on the Colorado River. The day started off kind of slow and got better as it got warmer. Spring is defiantly under way. We caught quite a few nice Guadalupe Bass as well as a handful of Largemouth bass. The best was a Largemouth bass of around 4 pounds. At the end of the day we had boated between 30 and 40 fish and all of them were caught on top!
March
Bass-Madness is in full swing and over Spring Break the fish did not dissapoint
and neither did the weather. Mornings were frigid (39° to 50°)
and made for cool boat rides on the Colorado River. However, soon after shutting down the boat
it didn’t take long to start hooking nice largemouth and
Guadalupe bass. Most of the action early in the week was with subsurface
flies—baitfish/streamers and crawfish patterns. With the weekend came hot
weather and water temps reaching 70°. You all know what this means—POPPERS! Though we only had small
males on poppers the quantities were impressive. That will soon change as we rapidly move into post-spawn
fishing for giant hungry female bass who love to eat well-presented poppers. Hope to see you on the water and thanks
for all the “likes” on the All Water Guides Facebook page.
Spring is here and the good fishing has begun. In the past 10 days I have had 3 trips on the Colorado river near Smithville Texas. Average count was 20 plus bass per angler, with a few bass up to 4.5 pounds. Mostly large Guadalupe bass up to 2.5 pounds. Real clear water and newly budding trees make for a beautiful Central Texas day. It's strange to say but it's going to get better in the next 30 days.
Great fishing today on the Colorado River near Smithville. I fished with Mike and Ben Thompson. We caught quite a few nice Guadalupe Bass up to 3 pounds. We caught a few Largemouth Bass as well. The fish of the day was a huge Largemouth Bass. We caught most of our fish on a crawfish patterns. we also picked up a few on weighted Clouser minnows. The water was in the high 50s in the morning and rose into the low 60s later in the day. The low last night was in the high 20s. Despite the cold temperatures the bass were pretty active. Bass fishing should really pick up in the next few weeks as temperatures rise.
With warmer and longer days the bass are heading into prime pre-spawn mode. While most of the area guides are still on the Guadalupe River harassing the trout I decided to do some scouting in preparation for the always crazy March-bass-madness.
I grabbed my 8 year-old daughter Elli and friend Tyler Reisig—a yankee steelheader and southern bass junky—to hit the water in the jetsled for a memorable day of CATCHING and RELEASING. The conditions were perfect with air temperatures hitting near 80, gin-clear water, and river temperatures holding in the mid 60's. Most of our fish came from sub-surface streamers and crawfish patterns fished on my new Rio Stream Tip sinking line. If you haven't tried this line you are missing the mark—this line is incredible. The best part of the day was watching my daughter Elli catch six nice bass on her spinning rod rigged with a crawfish. All-in-all a great day on the water!
If you want to be a part of March-bass-madness of the Colorado River you need to book your trip with All Water Guides Service soon—our calendars are filling up fast!
JD and I hit the Colorado yesterday. We ran a few miles up river from
Smithville and after the first sand bar we had the river to ourselves, as usual,
on the Lower Colorado. The wind
made it difficult but we managed to boat 15-20 fish in a few hours, with a
handful of nice ones. LOW AND SLOW
was the key yesterday. I used a
6wt with 150 grains sinker with a few different streamers having the most
success with a Belly Dancer (no clue, it’s a Montana thing) but I liked it. The fish were where they should have
been. I missed some nice opportunities
and we both had some good thumps, a little wintertime rust I think. We were down to t-shirts and flip-flops
by early afternoon and it’s only going to get better… Spring is near.
Good fishing today on the Guadalupe River. We caught a bunch of nice trout on an assortment of flies. San Juan Worms and RS2s were the most productive flies.
