Submitted by Brett Graham (ip 69.153.125.102)

Date Fished: 2/13/2008
Water Clarity: 0

See Full Report with pictures at: http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1965719#Post1965719

See video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPwps0xUooQ

The spawn is on at Lake Huites! I just returned from Trophy Bass Lodge and a three day trip, and the fishing was exceptional. I was joined by Pete Cleghorn of Dallas, Craig Tanner and Mike Schnur of Minnesota, and Trophy Team member Todd Kuhn. The weather was great, cool in the mornings and then perfect in during the day. It was great to be fishing in shorts and putting on sunscreen after three months of cold. The group that left just as we were arriving gave us the complete run down on what the patterns where, and what we could expect. With bass up to 11.5 pounds, it was obvious they put a hurting on them. There had been two 11 pounders caught in the week before we arrived on Zara Spooks, so it was obvious the big fish were shallow.

Each day we were there, the bite changed. It is important to change lures when things slow down. As soon as you decide what you’re going to feed the fish you’re in trouble. You have to listen to them. The first day started with great top water and T-Rig fishing, and by the third day it was spinner baits and crank baits.

The first morning started out with top water fishing. We had found that it was important to let your top water sit 3 or 4 seconds after it hit the water without ever moving it, as this is when most of our strikes came. While the top water bite was not producing incredible numbers, the quality was excellent. We also caught them on Texas rigged YUM Dingers in watermelon and the BOOYAH Boogie spinner bait in white. We had no real giants the first morning, but we did have lots of 4 and 5 pounders. After heading back to the lodge for lunch, we returned to find instant afternoon action. We immediately started catching bass on the Texas rigged Dingers and the new YUM Big Show Paddle Tail worms. I do not yet know the story behind this completely new, unique worm produced by YUM but I will soon. This is an extremely effective bait, and one that I believe will be awesome at home as well.

Around 3:45 we came up on a bank that now had some afternoon shade on it. I pulled out the Zara Spook in bone and hooked up quickly with several quality bass. As we approached a big bush in about 6 feet of water, I realized it was shaking violently. We often see tilapia shaking these bushes as they eat the vegetation off the sticks and limbs, but this one was obviously not caused by tilapia. I could tell a big bass was in there hammering out some dinner, so I tossed my Zara Spook right up past the bush. After letting it sit several seconds, a big bass exploded on the bait and the fight was on! As you can see on the video, as I was working this fish to the boat, it jumped and threw the top water out of its mouth. However, as the bass landed it re-hooked itself on the back treble hook! The bass was somewhere between 7 and 8 pounds. Shortly thereafter, Pete hooked up with a solid 6.11, the biggest bass of his life. We finished out the day fishing top waters and catching some great fish. We finished day one around 160 bass up to 8 pounds. Mike and Craig, however, stayed with a Texas Rigged Dinger in watermelon and also black and ended the day with 305 bass! This pattern produced an incredible number of bass, and their big fish was around 6 pounds.

On the second morning, the top water bite was a little slower. However we mixed it up with some crank baits, spinner baits, and Texas rigged plastics. The excitement of the day occurred just as we were getting ready to head over for a shore lunch. As we approached the concrete piling for the railroad bridge, Pete pitched a Yum Dinger up next to the concrete, and as it sank a big bass took off with it. After a short battle, caught on film (see it on youtube.com, search Brett Graham), I lipped this big hawg and the celebration began! She weighed in at 12.4 pounds, one of the biggest bass caught at TBL this year! After a few photos, we then took video of the release and sent her back to make some more future giant Huites bass. Here is something that is just not right. The last time Pete went fishing was 8 years ago when he came up to Texoma and I took him striper fishing. And in his second day he catches a 12 pounder!

After a great shore lunch, we headed out in search of another big bass. We spent the afternoon in the mid section of the lake, and found some tremendous quality on crank baits and top water. We caught over twenty that afternoon from 4 to 7 pounds.

On day three, our last day, we again started off with top water. However, they wanted nothing to do with it. As we made our way up the lake, the bite was definitely not as good as the previous two. After meeting up with the other three boats near the trestle, we all made the decision to go way up the river, farther than any of us had ever been. It turned out to be a great move, because these river bass we feeding much better. It was allot of fun to fish this shallow water with spinner baits and crank baits, producing great numbers of 3 to 6 pound fish. I got on a pattern of slow rolling a BOOYAH Boogie spinner bait in white down the steep banks, and they were crushing it. We all made our way back for another shore lunch, and began fishing our way back down the lake. I stayed with BOOYAH Boogie the rest of the afternoon, and it continued to pay dividends. We finished up with another great afternoon, catching too many 3 to 7 pound bass to count. It was an absolute blast, and by the end of the day our fingers, wrists, elbows, arms, and back were aching from the abuse these bass gave us.

Pete and I ended up with the following estimated numbers: Day 1: 160 bass, 40 over 4 lbs with a 6.10 and 7.4 Day 2: 130 bass, 35 over 4 lbs with a 12.4 Day 3: 110 bass, 25 over 4 lbs with a 7.2

I am waiting on the final numbers from Craig and Mike, but I know they had over 305 on day one, 200 plus on both day 2 and 3. They had bass up to 8 pounds.

Lake Huites has to be the hottest Lake in Mexico! We have only a few slots left for February, but there is still some availability in March, April and May. The spawn will continue through March, and then it will be time to start killing them on the points humps and ridges! So call me ASAP to get your spot booked and get in on this incredible phenomenon. This is the best I have ever seen Lake Huites, and I cannot imagine what it will be like next year! But don’t take the chance, get down there now if you can.

Brett Graham http://www.texmexadventures.com http://www.trophybasslodge.com Cell 903-815-6764 _________________________ www.texmexadventures.com www.trophybasslodge.com

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