Chuck56 Loc: Texas

Fished rayburn the 5-7 . Here’s the report quick and dirty :
Lots of buck bass all 3 fishing days , total of 42 .
Several females including the 2 big ones I caught . 6#-2ounce ( me in white shirt ) and 8# - 7 ounce ( me in green shirt )
99% fish were caught in 3 - 6 ft water WITH GRASS .
99% fish were caught with Kietech Swing Impact Fat in / Flashy Swimmer hardware 5/0 hook.
Andy caught the bigger numbers ( 29) but I caught the bigger fish.
None of the females had spawned or even had red tails . I don’t believe they have started spawning yet. Maybe next week . Water was very warm….

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
What is your water temperature down there?

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Nice catching Chuck! I knew you'd find some big ones down there. It's only gonna get better buddy. Thanks for sharing.

DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)

Outstanding report, Chuck! Thank you for posting. I'm guessing the bass were schooled up then?🎣🎣🎣

Chuck56 Loc: Texas

H2O temp was running 65-67 degrees. I parked my boat in 8ft water in a cove (s) with a flat bottom, no grass , but right on the edge of the grass, it looked like a grass “wall “ on my screen . I would cast , swim over the grass, and would get the majority of the bites right at the edge of the wall. Andy got a few bites on a weightless fluke, but majority was the Kietech swing impact fats and Owner Flashy Swimmers 5/0 hook.

Chuck56 Loc: Texas

Thanks . We ran into 1 decent school. My son Andy caught 7 ( 6 bucks, 1 female) in around 10 minutes . I managed 4 bucks, no females and missed 3 ….The rest of the time I couldn’t really say they were schooling , but they were all over the place . I would guesstimate for every 1 female we caught , we caught over 5 males. Makes me wonder where do all the fish go after spawn ? Lol.

Chuck56 Loc: Texas

What up Fred? Thanks. Yeah , Me and Andy usually get lucky and catch at least one good one per trip . Lots of times people hear all these reports this time of year like “ They are getting bit using a red trap “ or something like that . Usually they are talking about the kazillion buck bass that will basically bite a lot more than a trap. And a lot more than red. I believe that “ red bite “ got started decades ago because the crawfish bury them selves in the red clay that’s prevalent in our lakes and take on a red hue when they emerge . The absolute key at rayburn is finding the grass. You gotta have it to do well. In other news, my daughter / son in law bought a 21 ft. Skeeter / 250 motor yesterday . It’s gonna be fitted out and they pick it up next Tuesday . Power poles, garmin screens, and garmin video game 🫤. I hope to go drive it next week . I just hope they take it easy because rayburn is 4 ft low right now .

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Yeah Chuck, the lure companies promote the "Red " bite nationwide. Catches a lot of fishermen, LOL. It sounds like Texas is warming up good, judging by the reports. Pre-spawn must be setting in.
Good luck to your daughter and sil, with the new rig. Hopefully they're careful with the low water level.

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

Sure is a lot warmer than here. We’ve got to wait until mid to late April to get those temperatures.
Thanks Chuck.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Nice 👍

Dirt57 Loc: SE Texas

Nice fishes, Chuck.
Prior trip to Rayburn I got a few nice ones on the underspin Keitech off the edge of the hydrilla wall. Wasn't much of that in the areas we hit this time and we were yakking in the wind, so we largely chased the brush bucks and got a few bonus females.

Chuck56 Loc: Texas

Thanks.