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Big
Big
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The first voyage in the new boat!! I really didn't want to rate this trip as I was more interested in learning the new rig, doing break-in runs and acclimating to my new surroundings and equipment. I ...
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Bosworth
Bosworth
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Was hoping for a little more cloud cover and wind for this gin clear lake but made do with what I got. Started to the right of the launch and started with a swimbait through the pads. Had a couple mak...
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Armstrong
Armstrong
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ran over to Armstrong for a couple hours to play with the dinks. Alternated between a 4" Senko and a floating Rapala and caught a bunch! Biggest maybe 1 1/4 - 1 1/2lbs. Saw a really good one for this ...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/25/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish McMurray today as it's open finally and it's like ten minutes from home. I missed one in the pads right next to the launch, about a 2.5 that launched at my bait as I was lifting it out...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/22/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
EPIC.......UNBELIEVABLE.......RIDICULOUS........AMAZING...... Just a few of the words I could use to describe what unfolded on this lake today!! I launched at 10:30am and motored towards the north ...
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Wiser
Wiser
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/22/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Last day of the Tracker farewell tour and with the weather I had high hopes for this little lake. I hit my favorite spots for about 2 hours with nothing to show for it but a dink 2lber?! Tried numerou...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/21/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to swing by Clear on my way home from Grandy and see if it was actually CLEAR?! To my astonishment it was!! Couldn't launch fast enough! Pads are just coming in and that usually means cruising...
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Grandy
Grandy
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/21/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Continuing with the "farewell tour" with my trusty old Tracker I ran up to Grandy this morning to see what was up? Fish were pretty much in spawn mode and not interested. I caught a couple in the 1.5-...
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Big
Big
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/20/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Hit Big Lake today for the first time this year. I launched and headed for the south end to go after the easy fish in and around the pads. Nothing touched a topwater or spinnerbait for about 100 yards...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I was hoping to hit this lake before the smallmouth got to far along in their spawn and I was close. Water temps I found were 59-62*. The fish are definitely bedding up and while that's a bummer...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/11/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Thought today might be setting up nicely with the incoming front but ended up being a bit of a grind. Caught the first fish about 30 minutes in, a 2.4lber with a strange and distinctive chunk missing ...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/6/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I'm going to title this report; "Take a Hint".... I left the house without a single negative thought in my head this morning. This being my only day off this week I was going to enjoy the day no ma...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 3/28/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/28/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Last trip to Terrell for me for a couple weeks so I was optimistic that the weather last week had a positive impact. The only downside today was that the wind on Sunday seemed to have churned up the w...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 3/24/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ended up being a pretty short trip today, about 2 1/2 hours or so. I did get two confirmed "bumps".... I won't call them bites but it was definitely fish. One on a T-rigged worm and one slow rolling a...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 2/24/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Looking at the forecast Monday night I was optimistic towards fishing this shallow lake the following day regardless of the moon phase not being ideal. The forecast called for air temps to be low to m...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 2/4/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
With this lake reopening on the first I just couldn't stay away. Water level was up but not quite as much as I would have hoped. Water temps were 42* with an ambient temp of *45 (by the time I left) b...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 11/4/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took a run to Clear today but was greeted by the dreaded green algae! This stuff was thick too! Temps were right at 55* so it makes sense unfortunately. I tried fishing on top with frogs, Rapalas and ...
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Grandy
Grandy
By: 8theB8
Posted: 11/3/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Water temps were 49* and the level had come up a little as the water had some cloud to it. Wish there was a photo to share but it ended up being a dinkfest. Except for the 16" cutthroat that nailed my...
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Wiser
Wiser
By: 8theB8
Posted: 11/2/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Ran up to mess around on Wiser today and found a few fish active. Largest was only about a pound and a quarter but I did get two hits that seemed like bigger fish? They both ran straight at the boat a...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Missed a 5 star by not producing a fish over 2lbs...however, I caught and released 60+ largemouth today! I didn't even make a full lap around the lake and pulled 14 off of one dock at one point! The w...
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Armstrong
Armstrong
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/25/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had to hit this little lake before it closes and it was what I expected, maybe a little slower than what I expected. Caught fish on Senko's fairly predictably, missed two on a small floating Rapala. L...
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Cassidy
Cassidy
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent some time on Cassidy today and while I didn't catch anything respectable the sub 2lbers were willing once I got a technique working. No pics as there really wasn't much to photograph. Water temp...
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Big
Big
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/21/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
On the way home from Grandy I swung by Big Lake to check the wind conditions and found it to be very manageable so I stopped to fish for a bit. I worked several docks with jigs, worms and Senkos witho...
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Grandy
Grandy
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/21/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Short trip to Grandy today due to the wind. I couldn't hold position to fish the cover properly and I only had one small bass and a couple trout follow reaction baits. If reaction baits were producing...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/20/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Only saw 4 fish and they were trying to spawn....with water temps in this lake in the mid 60's I can't blame them! Ran most of the bank and fish the outside edge of most of the pads with not so much a...
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