Fishing Report

Date: Tuesday May 6th 2008
Name: The Lodge report
Email: full report
Hottest Baits: Swimbaits
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/chrome, bone color
Date / Time Fished: April 24th to May 6th
Full report coming soon......It has been just awesome!!!

Date: Monday May 5th 2008
Name: Terry Hollan
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Hottest Baits: Big Bill Dance Crankbaits, Super spooks, 1 oz Rattletraps, RussFlukes, 1 oz Jig, swimbaits
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/chrome, bone color
Date / Time Fished: April 20th to April 24th 2008 GET YOUR BASS DOWN HERE! The Ranch area doing the best for numbers and also big fish. Kerry Adair from Amarillo caught a 11.6 while Chris Scharbauer also caught a 10.5..Perry Williams caught a 9.5 . The last afternoon on the water Kerry, Chris and Perry found a honey hole that produced a 100 bass without even moving the boat...RED HOT action!
Dan Johns caught a 12.2 on a pearl swimbait
Mark Mabe caught 11.0 on a black jig
Mel Hanson called after returning from his trip. 20 bass from 8 to 11 pounds caught...
Mike Mcgowen called...had excellent results with fish up to 11 pounds caught on 6" pearl swimbaits
Tons of big bass caught this week...The lake is only getting better and better
The best action is being produced throwing the Big Bill Dance Crankbaits.

Date: Sunday April 20th 2008
Name: Terry Hollan
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Hottest Baits: Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes)
rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater...also Bone Superspooks BIG Black JIgs
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/chrome, bone color
Date / Time Fished: April 11th to April 20th 2008
Baccarac! The Best in Bass. GET YOUR BASS DOWN HERE! Overall excellent with some boats catching over 100 fish per session
THe Fred Dawson Group: Fred Dawson caught a 9.8, 8.2, 8.3, 8.8 8.1 and 3 over 7 pounds - Kevin Byrne ( first BAss Trip ever ) 8.0 and a 8.25 - Chet Cowsan 9.1, 9.2, 9.13, 10.3, 10.1, 10.12 - John Garrsion 8.2, 8.14 9.2 and 10.4 Steve Berg 8.2, 9.0 and the " The Elf" Andy Joiner caught 10.0, 10.11, 11.3, 11.6 and 12.4
Joe Annae group of 2 from In caught an amazing 22 bass 10 pounds including 3 over 12 pounds
Bill Q group of one from Bills Bait and Tackle 4 over 10 pounds with 25 over 8 pounds all 10 pounders caught on topwater using a Zara SPook
Gil Wright fishing with Bob Gist 10.0, 10.5, 11.14, 12.0 and a 13.3,,,,did not count anything in the pound range
Steve Gilcreast and Paul Kenndy 12.14, 12.1, and 11.3 huge numbers caught
The Coach! The Bobby Knight group: Coach Knight caught 10.13 using his Fly Rod along with oustanding numbers of bass caught on the surface Ross Jones caught a 9.5, 9.7 amd 10.11 Randy Farley10.1 and a 10.6
Mike Haxton reported 4 fish over 10 and 6 over 9 with 150 fish days

Date: Friday April 11th 2008
Name: Russ the Russdinger
Email: next report coming on April 17th
Hottest Baits: Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes) rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater...also Bubblegum Russdingers
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/chrome, bone color
Date / Time Fished: April 1st to April 11th
Nothing short of Excellent for the bigger fish.
Joe Gaulhauser 78 years old caught 7 over 10 with the biggest one being 12.11...." best trip of my life"
all the bigger fish came in the clear water using 7" Rapala Blue Floating Minnow
Randy and Trey Black just had a an excellent trip
Trey Black 5 1/2 years old ...thats right 5 1/2 years old caught a 11.2 pound bass with ole Randt catching a 12.0 pound bass
Brad Newsome " To good to be True" report from Brad: 4 fish over 7 pounds using my Jerk bait Kit from Bass pro shop, the suspending Jerk baits worked the best ...Also we had 14 bass from 8.2 pounds to 11.3 pounds and most all of them where caught on a Lucky Craft Live Sammy it was gold in color
Wayne Grigey caught 7 over 10 pounds during his trip
Mike Droll landed a 12.13
Tom Kirsh reported fished over 10 plus excellent numbers
Joe Thesedan had excellent results using Bubblegum colored Senkos "best trip ever"

Date: Wednesday April 9th 2008
Name: Russ
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Hottest Baits: Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes) rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater...also Bubblegum Russdingers
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/chrome, bone color
Date / Time Fished: April 1st to April 8th
Nothing short of Excellent for the bigger fish.
Joe Gaulhauser 78 years old caught 7 over 10 with the biggest one being 12.11...." best trip of my life" all the bigger fish came in the clear water using 7" Rapala Blue Floating Minnow
Randy and Trey Black just had a an excellent trip
Trey Black 5 1/2 years old ...thats right 5 1/2 years old caught a 11.2 pound bass with ole Randt catching a 12.0 pound bass
Brad Newsome " To good to be True"
report from Brad: 4 fish over 7 pounds using my Jerk bait Kit from Bass pro shop, the suspending Jerk baits worked the best ...Also we had 14 bass from 8.2 pounds to 11.3 pounds and most all of them where caught on a Lucky Craft Live Sammy it was gold in color
Wayne Grigey caught 7 over 10 pounds during his trip
Mike Droll landed a 12.13
Tom Kirsh reported fished over 10 plus excellent numbers
Joe Thesedan had excellent results using Bubblegum colored Senkos "best trip ever"

Date: Tuesday April 1st 2008
Name: Russ Johnson/Rene Salazar
Email: at the Lodge
Hottest Baits: Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes) rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits topwater in the clearwater
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/chrome, bone color
Date / Time Fished: March 26th to March 31st
After taking a few days off at the Lodge for the Easter break we are back the water.
Sonny Talkington has been have great luck and actually landed 7 over 10 on WEdnesday using Husky Jerk Baits
Guide Chino and his brother Eddie have been on the big fish bite. Since Thursday morning the 27th of MArch Gary Boberg, Mike Connolly, Scott FRancis and Steve Chindgren have caught in 3 days of fishing
20 bass over 10 pounds (caught mostly on Black Jigs from Fat Bass Baits)
17 bass over 11 pounds
7 bass over 12 pounds
6 bass over 13 pounds
3 bass over 14 pounds
1 bass over 15 pounds
1 bass over 16 pounds
...BAccarac is the Best!

March 31st report
Randy and Chuck Beckum fishing with big fish guide PEDRO reported catching 20 bass 8 to 10 pounds using 1 oz blacks jigs from Fat Bass Baits.com
Randy Beckum caught a 14lbs 11oz
Chuck Beckum caught a 13lb 12oz
Jim Ries caught a 12.0, 11.10, and 10.4 along with countless bass over 7 pounds
Russ and Rene got to spend a little time on the water and found a honey hole near the famous Russo Inland on the north rock pile catching and releasing 15 bass over 10 pounds most all of there bass caught on 1 oz Black Jigs tipped with watermelon Russdingers

Date: Tuesday March 24th 2008
Name: Dereck Krider
Email: Derek.krider@bccompany.com
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Hottest Baits: Senkos, Yum Dingers, Jigs, Zara Spooks, Pop R’s
Hottest Colors: Hottest Colors: Watermelon, watermelon pearl, black/blue, black/chrome
Date / Time Fished: 03/15/08 to 03/20/08
Absolutely outstanding trip again. The food, accommodations, service and fishing were superior. Rene, Russ and the entire staff went out of their way to accommodate us once again.
The fishing was awesome. Our group of 10 caught 29 fish over 8 pounds on our trip and all but one of us got his personal best fish. Matt Brewer scored dozens of fish in the 7 to 8 pound range and added a 9-0 and a 9-4 on Spooks. David Lewis had several 6 to 8 pounders including an 8-5, 8-7 and 8-10. David’s dad Jerry added an 8-0, 8-11 and 9-0. Joe Copeland boated an 8-0, 8-4, 8-5, 9-12 and a 10-1. Joe’s 82 year old dad James nailed a 9-2. Jon Parsley’s previous best was a 3 pounder; he landed an 8-0, 10-2, 10-13, 11-4 and a 13-7. Derek Krider nailed a 9-14, 10-3, 10-4, 11-5, 12-11 and a 14-3 (Big Fish). Can’t wait to return in November for some top water action.
Also Correction: Dale Conover did not catch the 18.8 but it was his brother Mike Conover .....we are currently waiting on pictures from Dale and his brother

Date: Friday March 21st 2008
Name: from the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: Russdingers! 6 inch peral swimbaits uusdingers, black jigs, 1 oz spinnerbaits, ,Topwater
Hottest Colors: chrome spooks, watermelon/red dingers, black-blue jigs
Date / Time Fished: March 11th to March 21st
Overall the past few days have been excellent some sessions have been slow but it never last long, somebody comes back to the Lodge with a trophy
Hot! Hot! off of Press,,, Dale Conover caught 18.8 pound bass that was 29 1/2 inchs long and 22 inchs around
Cole Paulson reported catching 141 fish in his boat today March 20th with 17 fish over 8 pounds ...Cole highly reccomends Pedro as a guide
March 19th Tog Rogers from Houston Texas had an excellent topwater morning catching a 11.2, 10.6, and 10.1 using bone colors super spooks
Group arriving on March 15th had an excellent morning on 17th of March Dale Conover caught 2 fish over 10, Mike Conover caught 1 over 12, Brad Taylor caught 13.6, 10.5, 11.6 Ed Portier caught 2 over 10 with a 10.6 being the biggest, Dillion Taylor caught a 10.11 and Cary Reggi caught a 11.7.........that is a morning of fishing!
Tom Lanford caught 10.4, Ron Pickrlt caught 10.0 John Simmns caught 11.4
Derck Krider group of 12 had excellent results with all catching huge fish acording to the Lodge Derek ccaught 10.4, 12.11, 14.3
Randy Sweigart group of 6 caught 12 fish over 10 pounds

Date: Tuesday March 11th 2008
Name: Terry Hollan from the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: 5 inch swimbaits, Ruusdingers, black jigs, 1 oz spinnerbaits, ,Topwater
Hottest Colors: chrome spooks, watermelon/red dingers, black-blue jigs
Date / Time Fished: Feb 28th to March 11th
The fishing had slowed a little from the previous report but still very solid results!!! Baccarac is the "Best in Bass!"
Tim Pollard Aircraft Sales group : Tim and his Dad both caught a fish over 10
Archbaild group of 6 Landed 3 over 10 pounds, Dan Wallen the last morning on the water in 8 casts his 3 biggest fish weighed 29 pounds
Charles Puff group of 8 Charles Puff landed a 12.15 and 11.5 the second morning on the water but his group member Brain McCreery caught 6 over 10 pounds while his fishing partner Todd Blumoff caught 2 more over 10 the second day
James Bradely group of 8 flying in a King Air 200 James Bradley fishing with Sixto caught a 12.8 and 12.14 while Ted Hutto the first morning caught a 13.9, 12.5, 10.5 all in group had excellent results
Gil Wright group of 16 Bob Gist broke his personal best with a 11.16 and Bob Flankien caught his first over 10 with a 10.5 the first morning on the Water Hunter landed an addtional 10.0 to his resume of big fish overall the group's fishing was slower than than prevoius weeks group but still very, very good
Mike Wilson group of 16...excellent results
Another great trip with everyone catching good fish. There were 12 over ten pounds and numerous over 7. The first day’s big bas winner was Dale Rich with a 10.2. The second day’s winner was Bracken Finnell with a 11.5. We had a jackpot the last day with each of the eight boats weighing one fish from each fisherman and it took 23 pounds to win. Congrads to Joe Podpechan 12.5 lbs. and Jim Simmons 10.5 to win. This was Jim’s forth trip with us and until this trip had never caught a fish over 7 lbs (he was the whipping post of the group no fault on the lake or the guide). This year he had a 7, 8, 9, and 10. Food was first class. Mike Wilson

Date: FRiday Feb 29th 2008
Name: Terry Hollan from the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: 5 inch swimbaits, Ruusdingers, black jigs, 1 oz spinnerbaits, alluring frogs,Topwater
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Date / Time Fished: Feb 27thFeb 28th
Big fish bite is still on! Bring some SwimBaits, the tackle store is very low on swimbiats 5" and 6" swimbaits
Feb 28th
The morning fishing session was a little slow but the session was good with 7 fish over 10 pounds from the group Rich Schultz caught 11.6 and Rat Dollar 10.11 and 10.1
Feb 27th
Sonny Talkington had an excellent topwater morning with fish up to 11 pounds in Northee Canyon
Dale Fronheiser group of 8 reported best fishing ever in Mexico. Barry Knauer after 27 trips to Mexico fishing for bass has now become a menber of the 13 pound club catching a 13.5 fishing with guide Pablo, Barry also landed a 10.4
Full report from Mike Wilson and Gil Wright groups very soon

Date: Wednesday Feb 27th 2008
Name: Terry Hollan from the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: Black/blue jigs, spinnerbaits, some swimbaits, senkos, Rusdingers
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Feb 11th to Feb 27th
Feb 26th Overall a little slower than the previous days but Pete Hollar once again managed to bag 4 more over 10 with biggest one 13.1
Guide Martin's boat had 9 over 9 pounds
Guide Pedro's boat caught 24 over 7 pounds with one over 10
Feb 25th Great day again...The best bite happening with 7inch Russdingers
Pete Hollar 11.1, 12.1
Vina Depellao five biggest fish 41 pounds
Sonny Talkington 3 over 11 pounds all caught Rusdingers
Feb 23rd Dave Mckiinny group ....sit down and read this
these fish where caught in ONE DAY on Feb 23rd
Joe Warren 12.4, 12.2, 10.4, 10.7, 10.8, 11.3, 11.4
Herman Crokett 11.3, 10.4
Bill Woodall 11.3, 12.5, 13.3, 10.5
Matt Eshleman 10.5, 12.5, 11.5
Vernon Gallo 10.3, 10.5
Dave McKinney 10.5, 12.5, 12.7, 12.14!
Report the morning of Feb 21st...are you sitting down? 19 fishermen at the Lodge this morning and 19 fish over 10 pound....ok enough said!
Summary from Feb 11th to Feb 18th
The fishing at Baccaraac has been nothing short of phenomenal. Personally being on the water, I have witnessed without a doubt the best fishery in the world producing the world's best angling. The number of 10+ lb. fish caught is too numerous to list for the last week. Troy Wells from California caught 22 over 10lbs. during his stay at the lodge. Steve Thomas of Dallas went out and caught a 10+ lb. fish every session his four days of fishing. Gayle Vaught of Arkansas, on Valentine's Day morning, caught 19 fish over 9 lbs. Now that's a Happy Valentine's Day! Gary West reported his best fishing trip ever, with fish up to 12 lbs. caught on a regular basis this past week. We have been fishing anywhere from 5 feet of water to 35 feet of water. Trent Loukas of Amarillo, TX, landed a 10.6 lber inches off of the bank using a solid black jig with a black trailer. 1 oz. spinnerbaits bounced on the bottom in 30 feet of water produced not only numbers but quality fish. Right now, Lake Baccarac has it all. If you want numbers, go up the river and you will catch all the fish you want. If you want trophies, as you can tell, they aren't too hard to find. More good news! Our five new rooms are complete and we have room at the lodge for more people for the rest of the season.

Date: Thursday Feb 21st 2008
Name: Terry Hollan from the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: Black/blue jigs, spinnerbaits, some swimbaits, senkos, Rusdingers
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Feb 11th to Feb 21st
Report the morning of Feb 21st...are you sitting down? 19 fishermen at the Lodge this morning and 19 fish over 10 pound....ok enough said!
The fishing at Baccarac has been nothing short of phenomenal. Personally being on the water, I have witnessed without a doubt the best fishery in the world producing the world's best angling. The number of 10+ lb. fish caught is too numerous to list for the last week. Troy Wells from California caught 22 over 10lbs. during his stay at the lodge. Steve Thomas of Dallas went out and caught a 10+ lb. fish every session his four days of fishing. Gayle Vaught of Arkansas, on Valentine's Day morning, caught 19 fish over 9 lbs. Now that's a Happy Valentine's Day! Gary West reported his best fishing trip ever, with fish up to 12 lbs. caught on a regular basis this past week. We have been fishing anywhere from 5 feet of water to 35 feet of water. Trent Loukas of Amarillo, TX, landed a 10.6 lber inches off of the bank using a solid black jig with a black trailer. 1 oz. spinnerbaits bounced on the bottom in 30 feet of water produced not only numbers but quality fish. Right now, Lake Baccarac has it all. If you want numbers, go up the river and you will catch all the fish you want. If you want trophies, as you can tell, they aren't too hard to find. More good news! Our five new rooms are complete and we have room at the lodge for more people for the rest of the season.

Date: Monday Feb 11th 2008
Name: THe Lodge report
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Hottest Baits: watermelon jigs tipped with Senkos, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers, topwater poprr's
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Feb 5th and Feb 10th
John Grossman grp of 6 has caught 22 bass over 10 pounds Ed Larose boated 2-8s, 2-9s, 2-10s and 11.2. OUTSTANDING guide "Eddie" even boated an 11.5 while searching for a pattern Big Crankbaits!! any color. On Feb 6th Tom Lane group of 16 arrived via private charter 15 of the 16 guys caught a fish over 10 pounds. Howard Stine 10.8, Ed Maglasang 10.25, Wayne Cox 10.1, Alan Brodden 12.8, 10.4, 10.3, 10.4 -Jay Brodden 10.10, Mike Mohrmann, 10.9, Mark Azar 10.0, Jim Fredericks 10.10Ralph Reis 10.14, Tom Lane 11.25, 10.2, Mike Wolken 11.0, 11.0 Jeff Myers 11.5, 10.0, 10.0 Mart Burk 10.7, Jeff Lazendort 11.0, 10.4, 10.1, 10.9 Chuck Shurz 10.5 . Well that says it all! Baccarac is tthe best trophy lake in the world! On Sunday the 10th Brett Britton and partner Dave Musee fishing with super guide EDDIE caught a 8.4, 7.0, 6.0, 9.0, 9.4, 11.14, 10.3, also Kevin Sivage and Wayne Sivage fishing with Claudio caught 10.8, 9.8, 8.0, 8.0, 8.5, 8.1,

Date: Feb 6th 2008
Name: THe Lodge report
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Hottest Baits: watermelon jigs tipped with Senkos, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers, topwater poprr's
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Feb 5th and Feb 6th
JOHN GROSSM grp of 6 has caught 22 bass over 10 pounds

Date: Feb 6th 2008
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Hottest Baits: watermelon jigs tipped with Senkos, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers, topwater poprr's
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Jan 27th to Feb 6th
Great fishing at Lake Baccarac the last couple of days
Gary Whiiteheads boat caught 12.6, 12.1, 11.8
Steve Gilcreasts boat caught 10, 10.2and partner Paul Kenndy caught a 11.6, 10.15 and 13
Jeff Welch boat 10, 10.12 10.5, 10.2, and for the trip caught 6 ovr 10 pounds
Mike Kernan " World Class Fishery"
Short and sweet most caught on Watermelon Jigs tipped with BIG Senkos Wissmaea canyon near the steep drop offs
Chris Curtin first afternoon caught an 8, 10.2 and 12.0 the fishing is just awesome
Paul Read caught 11.2, 13.1 and 13.5 fishing with bubble gum senkos
Russ Johnson report Jan 5th Excellent jig fishing right now. look for the drop offs and fish a 1oz black jig tipped with something very bulky "7"inch senko"
Around the big inland and off the sharp points it is holding tons of fish and mostly big ones
Always get ready to use a 1oz rattle trap when you see fish surface

Date: Jan 28th 2008
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Hottest Baits: white jigs, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Jan 15th to Jan 27th
Starting to see a few more big fish up in the Rancho Padre, the White Cross area. John Pfeiffer from Montgomery, Texas, while fishing with Chino caught a 10.8, and Bob Musser, of Oxford, Maryland, fishing with Martin Figeroa, caught a 10-14 near the White Cross. Senkos, flukes are working excellent.
Larry Richard reported 6 fish over 9 and 4 over 10 for his boat the past two days with all bigger bass caught near Russo's Island using weighed 9" Yumdingers rigged wacky style
Bill Fenn caught 70 fish today Jan 16th using his fly rod only Bill's big fishwas a 13.3 caught on little popping plug using his fly rod
Jim Martin fishing Jan 21st " Baccarac is back with vengeance" " The Lodge and staff all excellent" Fishing with guide Felipe around the painted rocks topwater was good early with one gaint at 13.3 caught. THe best bite came from 1 oz rattletraps in Bone color and using black 1 oz jigs tipped with 7 inch blue power worms
Be prepared for cooler mornings
Larry Robinson group of 8 Larry group of eight flew into Bacubirtio in there Citation Jet and have had a great trip.
Larry landed two fish 12 pounds yesterday the 22nd of Jan and also reported numbers over 120 for theboat fishing up the river
Russ Johnson reported several fish over 8 pounds near Sonny's cove on topwater and wacky style senkos
Jesse Drain on Jan 24th fishing guide Pista caught 11.7 and 10.7 using the big senko
Leo Osborne on Jan 24th fishing with guide Juan caught 14.3, 12.0, 10.8, and a 10.0 also in the same boat John Kirby caught a 11.2 all the gaints caught using the big senkos
On Jan 25th Jesse Drain caught two more over 10 along with Jason Byant how also caught 2 over 10 on the on the 25th of Senkos. All caught on Russ's secert senko
Jeff Jones group on Jan 26th " Had a blast ....thebest of fishing I have ever had" " 4 over 10 pounds"
Mike Roberts group Jan 26th
Our group of 8 fished Jan 24, 25, 26 and had a total of 905 Bass, with 2 over 10 pounds, and we had 60 fish over 6 pounds. We caught fish on Senkos, Top Water, jigs, spinner baits, flukes, Swim Baits, Crank Baits, just about everything we tried worked. Best color and best bait was the Watermelon Senko fished very very slow.
We are already planning for next year, and we will be taking the charter like you recommended.Date: Jan 22nd 2008

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Hottest Baits: white jigs, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Jan 15th to Jan 21st
Starting to see a few more big fish up in the Rancho Padre, the White Cross area. John Pfeiffer from Montgomery, Texas, while fishing with Chino caught a 10.8, and Bob Musser, of Oxford, Maryland, fishing with Martin Figeroa, caught a 10-14 near the White Cross. Senkos, flukes are working excellent. Larry Richard reported 6 fish over 9 and 4 over 10 for his boat the past two days with all bigger bass caught near Russo's Island using weighed 9" Yumdingers rigged wacky style. Bill Fenn caught 70 fish today Jan 16th using his fly rod only Bill's big fishwas a 13.3 caught on little popping plug using his fly rod. Jim Martin fishing Jan 21st " Baccarac is back with vengeance" " The Lodge and staff all excellent" Fishing with guide Felipe around the painted rocks topwater was good early with one gaint at 13.3 caught. THe best bite came from 1 oz rattletraps in Bone color and using black 1 oz jigs tipped with 7 inch blue power worms. Be prepared for cooler mornings

Date: Jan 17th 2008
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Hottest Baits: white jigs, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Jan 15th to Jan 17th
Starting to see a few more big fish up in the Rancho Padre, the White Cross area. John Pfeiffer from Montgomery, Texas, while fishing with Chino caught a 10.8, and Bob Musser, of Oxford, Maryland, fishing with Martin Figeroa, caught a 10-14 near the White Cross. Senkos, flukes are working excellent. I predict a lot more bigger fish over the next couple of weeks.

Date: Jan 14th 2008
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Hottest Baits: white jigs, swim baits, spinnerbaits, ),,,,Yumdingers
Hottest Colors: watermelon candy, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon pearl in the Yumdingers
Date / Time Fished: Dec 29th to Jan 11th
Short report .....fishing is excellent with 45 guests at the Lodge since last report and 18 fish over 10 pounds caught and posted on trophy board at Lodge .
From George Shwend: The fishing was hot as hell then cooled off a little with Eddie on the last day, but others had a big day when we struggled to find fish. Just shows you how guides have good days and bad, but not always because of the fish, but because their holes just aren’t producing. I’m not complaining, like I said I had a great time and a huge day on Friday. On Thursday (our first fishing day), Joe caught a 10’ 11’ fish that ended up winning our Big Fish Pool. He also had two 8’s and plenty of chucks. I caught fish also, but nothing to brag about. On day 2 I had a monster day with a 9.5. 9.25, 9.0, 8.5 and 8.0 to equal a 5 fish bag of 44.25 pounds! I also caught 3 7’s and more 6’s and 5’s then you can shake a stick at. It was by far my best day. I had caught the three 9’s by 8:30am. Eddie worked his ass off for us. .Senko producing best size and numbers From the Lodge: good fishing today the 8th and 9th with good numbers of fish being caught up the river. Some boats as little as 40 a day and others catching over 130 for the day. THe last couple of days has not produced anything over 10 pounds but lots of fish pushing the 10 pound mark, Good numberss of 5 to 6 pound bass being caught on Senkos and flukes. The water temp is now below 70 degrees. Jan10th from the Lodge: The cooler weather and water has slowed the big fish bite Rick Z did manage a 10.3 and Jin Daniel caught a 11.13 but overall the bigger fish have been few. Going up the river you can catch over 150 a day but most are small. Most guests are choosing to target the bigger fish spots. Flukes, senkos and floating worms....Jan 13th from the Lodge Joe Buker caught a 11.13 on Sunday morning but more impressive was the 25 fish between 7.2 and 9.3 he caught on Senkos/yumdingers yesterday afternoon. The area near Papachaw seems to be holding the better bigger fish right now. Topwater still reported as slow and 1 oz rattletraps starting to pick up a few fish

Date: Dec 30th 2007
Name: THe Lodge report- Last report of the Year
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Hottest Baits: white jigs, swim baits, spinnerbaits, topwater( popr's),,,,super swimbaits 9"
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Date / Time Fished: Dec 28th and Dec 29th
We're back on the water after Christmas break with cooler water and cooler air temperatures and clear, blue skies. Most boats are reporting over 100 fish a day per boat, fish over 11 lbs. being caught on 9 inch swimbaits.Topwater very slow the last couple of days but some really great spinnerbait action. Ramon, Chino and Mario are having the best results as guides this week. Remember, the weather is a little cooler so bring your hooded sweatshirts.

Date: Dec 18th 2007
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Hottest Baits: white jigs, swim baits, spinnerbaits, topwater( popr's)
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Date / Time Fished: Dec 10th to Dec 18th
Recent Rains has added twelve more feet of water to the great Lake Baccarac. The rise in water did slow the results down but not for long!!!
Smith/Marsh group : We caught lots of quality fish in the 8 to 13 lb range. Even with the water level rising rapidly, we averaged 35-45 nice fish per day on various patterns/lures. We didn't catch as many fish as we did on our previous trip, but the quality was unbelievable. Most of the fish we caught were over 5 lbs, and we had ten to twleve fish between 9.8 & 13.2 lbs. Todd Smith had three fish over 11 lbs on a popper, spinnerbait, and fluke. Mike Bain had 2 fish over 10 lbs, and Greg Marsh caught the big fish at 13.2. All eight guys in our group did very well. The service and entertainment was great, and the improvements to the lodge are beautiful. Thanks for another great time south of the border! See ya soon!
Dan Davidson group of 4: "Fishing was great" 6 over 10 pounds from my boat and could have caught 150 per boat if we fished up near the cross. We fished the same pattern everyday! We got up, we got in Miguel's boat. Miguel was our guide. Miguel took us to the fishing spots. We threw the lure in the water. Fish jumped on lure. Weighed fish. Jumped up and down. Threw fish back in the water. Over 100 times that day. Returned to the lodge for cocktails and repeated that pattern for three days. It was great!
Whit Holsclaw grp of 4 1 oz white jigs white blue/black grubs...first day very slow...second day the best day fishing any lake in Mexico. 16 fish between 8 and 14 pounds ..".Do I need to say any more?"
BTW,, the fishing the third day..up the river and caught more fish than we could count. The morning we were departing Russ asked me " What do you think now? I answered " Unreal " that’s all I could say
The Lodge will be closed from Dec 22nd to Dec 28th for the Holidays

Date: Dec 11th 2007
Name: Ron Newquist
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Hottest Baits: topwater and spinnerbaits ...and all lures
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/char, watermelon red
Date / Time Fished: Dec 6th to Dec 11th
Just wanted to send an email thanking you for the great trip we had December 5-7 (Hess group of 6 from San Diego). We had numerous fish from 7lbs to 12lbs. The majority of our fish were caught on topwater and spinnerbaits, although we caught fish on every lure we used. The service at the lodge was second to none. Tachi, the van driver, is an excellent ambassador for your company. He went out of his way to serve us. (P.S. he took us twice for mouth watering tacos in Los Mochis). Lastly, my friend Dave Hokstad and I fished with Guide Ramon all three days. I have fished numerous lakes in Mexico and have had many different guides. Ramon, bar none was the best guide I have had. He knew exactly where to postion the boat and was awesome with the troll motor. I can tell you how frustrating it is to have guides who cant use a troll motor or know how to position a boat. With Ramon as the guide, our fishing time was effortless. We are already trying to plan another trip to Baccarac (Just have to tell our spouses)

Date: Dec 9th 2007
Name: The Lodge report-Rene Salazar
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Hottest Baits: Senkos and more senkos, topwater, swimbaits, chugbugs , 1oz white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/char, watermelon red
Date / Time Fished: Nov 28th to Dec 9th
Please see recently posted pictures, Baccarac is Red Hot!
Harris Hatfiled grp of 14 fishing on the dates Nov 28th to Dec 2 reported excellent numbers of all sizes of bass with 6 fish over 10 caught on topwater (wounded shad super spook) with lots ofwind and rain during the trip the lake rose about 5 ft. Chip Singer grp of 4..Chip's group of 4 caught 11 fish over 10 mostly all coming from the papachaw area using 1oz white jigs tipped with black.blue power worms. Excellent numbers of total fish with boats catching 80 to 100 per day was reported by Chip's group. Ronnie Hemphill grp of 6 6 fish over 10 pounds for the group caught all on topwater the best numbers of fish caught using 6 inch swimbaits and in the midday using 10 inch senkos. Alberto Theil grp of 4 from Mexico City Alberto caught 4 bass over 10 pounds the first day on the water numbers of total fish caught per day was between 40 and 60 per day. Charles Anders group 2 Big fishtrip! 3 between 12 and 15 guide Eddie landed a 15.0 pounder and Charles landed a 13.10 fishing the deep structure around Russo's inland. Garret Hamn group of 7 on the 7th of Dec caught 3 over 9 pounds, 5 over 10 pounds, 2 over 11 pounds. Overall fishing as been very good to excellent with some days excellent and some days a little slower and the fish harder to findand numbers range from 40 a day to 100 a day per boat with a lot more heavy fish this season than last

Date: Dec 2 2007
Name: The Lodge report
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Hottest Baits: Senkos and more senkos, topwater, swimbaits
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/char, watermelon red
Date / Time Fished: Nov 28th to Dec 2nd
Full report soon....The lodge reporting good numbers of big fish and good numbers of fish caught. Lots of rain and wind over this report period
Harris Hatfiled grp of 14
Chip Singer grp of 4
Ronnie Hemphill grp of 6
Alberto Theil grp of 4
all fishing period from Nov 28th to Dec 2nd all give the fishing two thumbs up...more details later

Date: Nov 27th 2007
Name: The Lodge report
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Hottest Baits: Swimbaits, spinnerbait, topwater, LIZARDs
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/char, watermelon t
Date / Time Fished: Nov 12th to Nov 26th
Good topwater fishing with numbers really picking up way up the river. Some boats catching way over 150 today in the river way past the cross. Dr Ronald Hopkins reporting fish up to 11 pounds on topwater reported a little slower action than last year but lots of bigger fish. George Winstead " great trip" " Ramon is an excellent guide" with lots a heavy bass on rattletraps Ben Todd reported good fish caught on Watermelon lizzards up to 9 pounds with numbers always over 75 per day for the boat
Just in from John Lange. I just returned from a six day trip with my 10 year old son, Brett, to Baccarac. We had a great trip and fished with a truly excellent guide, Enrique. He was a lot of fun, was very patient with Brett, and seemed to enjoy having in the boat and teaching him a lot about Mexican Bass fishing. We averaged 45 fish per day and saw many very large fish. My biggest was 12 and Brett's was 7. Enrique hooked an 8 for him to bring in which was pretty cool. Gil Wright group of 6 on the 23rd caught 4 fish over over 10 pounds the first afternoon..Topwater ,,,,,The fishing has been all about location at the right time....Randy Harris reported 6 over 10 pounds in 4 days on the water with Zara Spooks producing the bigger ones

Date: Nov 13th 2007
Name: Mike Barton Grp of 6
Bill Q grp of 26
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Hottest Baits: Swimbaits, spinnerbait, topwater
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/chart
Date / Time Fished: Nov 6,7, 8, 9, 10 and 11th and 12th
Mike Barton Grp of 6: Good fish caught on topwater with lots of heavy fish. All but one in the group caught one over 10 pounds with some catching more than for the trip. Bigger coming from the longer points near the Lodge. Overall numbers of fish caught less than this time last season but more size. Bill Q grp of 26 ( newenglandfishing grp) short report from the grp reports lots of bigger fish and many fish over 8 pounds and several fish over 10 for the group. topwater and swimbait action was the best in the ranch area. Guide Juan was noted as an excellent big fish finder......waiting on more details and pictures. The Lodge Report on the 12th first day of good action on lizzards reported today. The bigger fish coming on topwater with Russ and Rene both reporting several fish over 9 pounds and up to 12 pounds using super spooks ( wounded shad color )

Date: Nov 7th 2007
Name: Gil Wright grp, Chris Heppel grp, Mike Young Grp
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Hottest Baits: Swimbaits, spinnerbait, topwater
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/chart
Date / Time Fished: Nov 1, 2, 3, 4
Gil Wright grp of 9: In Short " Incredible " 9 fishermen and 9 fish over 10 pounds with 7, 8 and 9 pounders very common. Fishing from the new 22ft Skeeter " really enchances the Baccarac the trip " THe afternoon of the 3rd TOPWATER was excellent. Mike Young Grp We fished mainly deep water looking for the big ones..and we found them total of 42 fish over 8 pounds with 6 fish over 10 pounds and 2 fish over 12 pounds. One in a lifetime trip that I will now be making 3 more times this season note: listen to your guide, they know the lake. Chris Heppel grp of 6 our group of six fished last Wed.-Sat. (10/31-11/3). Four of us caught our lifetime biggest largemouth--more than once! (My 8-4, 9-4 and 10-3 were all personal bests.) We landed four fish over 10 pounds, including a 13-2, a 10-3, and two 10-0's. We also caught four nine's, about the same number of eight's, and many seven pounders. We probably averaged around fifty bass per boat per day. (We had 100% sunshine the entire time we were there and would really liked to have seen how a little cloud cover might have affected the fishing.) Our most effective baits were topwaters (poppers), and although the topwater fishing was best early and late, we were able to catch fish on the surface throughout the day. Big fish (9+) were also caught on fat free shad crankbaits (including the 13-2), 1 oz. spinnerbaits, and large (6") swim baits. The 10-3 was caught on a Devil's Horse (on Halloween!). Buzzbaits also produced, particularly late in the day. Although we fished some plastics, including senkos and lizards, these baits did not seem to be as effective, particularly on larger fish. If I were going back tomorrow, I would try to be on the water in a prime topwater spot at first light with a large popper ready to go. Same exact tactic for the last 30 minutes of light before dinner.
By the way, we had opportunities to fish with Rene', Sixto, Manuel, and Pedro, and all were excellent.

Date: Nov 2 2007
Name: Kelly Dunn
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Hottest Baits: Swimbaits, spinnerbaits
Hottest Colors: pearl, white/chart
Date / Time Fished: Oct ,, 27, to 31st
After fishing 20 years in Mexico I finally broke the 10 pound mark. This trip I caught 3 over 10 pounds and lost one that was a real gaint. ( at least 13 plus ). While some other boats had a little topwater action we did not. Caught our fish mostly on spinnerbaits 1 oz white made by Dick Pro Style Lures. 2 out of the 3 days our boat caught 150 bass per day and on the third day we only caught 45 bass for the day. This was the best trip ever with tons of heavy fish Report from BILL DOLL grp of 6. Another great trip to Baccarac!! I have fished this lake for a number of years with this trip producing the least quantity, but largest fish. Our group of six being conservative caught (50) 5 to 6#, (15) 7+#, (25) 8+, (10) 9+, (4) 10+, (2) 11+, a 12# & 12.2# with several anglers in our group new to this. The fish were mostly in a neutral or negative feeding mood, which required a " SLOW DOWN" presentation. Swimbaits and spinnerbaits were crawled along the bottom. The best spinnerbaits were 3/4oz. with a large single blade, gold or nickel in willow leaf or indiana profile which banged against the wire frame. If the topwater bite was slow, the wacky worm picked up the difference producing several grande. For some reason my 'go to' bait the lizard, did not produce very well, but that could change. The water temperature ranged from 78° in the morning to high of 82° and is slowly falling. I think as the water cools the topwater bite will explode because the bait fish do not yet need to warm up in the coves or shallow shorelines. Fishing Mexican lakes is a bit different than the U.S If you are going for the first time and want to catch a 'Grande', my suggestion is to listen to your guide's advice. They are very good at what they do. This is where I will continue chasing my 'Super Grande'. The food and accommodations as usual is very good. Have a great trip.

Date: Monday Oct 29th 2007
Name: Dave Mc Kinney
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Hottest Baits: rattletraps, crankbaits, zaraspooks, swimbaits, biggest on Topwater
Hottest Colors: chrome/chartuse rattletraps/ cirtus shad Bombers
Date / Time Fished: Oct , 25, 26, 27
Best trip ever!! In 3 days of fishing 520 fish caught with our grp of 6. Most all of the fish where over 5 pounds.
Topwater was excellent and I caught 10.12 on a superchugbug deluxe also landed a 11.13 on a 4 inch swimbait. Chino is an excellent guide!!
Harry Kirkman caught 11.7, Troy Johnson caught a 10.1 everyone caught there personal best.
The numbers of heavy fish in the lake is unreal. Swimbaits and Topwater. Nothing Like it!!

Date: Sunday Oct 28th 2007
Name: Derek Kirder
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Hottest Baits: rattletraps, crankbaits, zaraspooks, swimbaits
Hottest Colors: chrome/chartuse rattletraps/ cirtus shad Bombers
Date / Time Fished: Oct 24, 25, 26
Food, service, guides and accommodations excellent as always. Our group of 5 caught on average 25 to 50 fish per day with the majority in the 4 to 5 pound range. Chapo Ulm caught the majority of the large fish with 4 over 10 pounds and several in the 6 to 8 pound range predominantly on topwater and 6” pearl swimbaits. Mike Powers nailed a fat 10.9 with a pearl fluke. Matt Brewer’s large was an 8 with several in the 5 to 6 pound range. Joe Copeland worked on landing the grande but had to settle on a 7.1. Derek Krider had several in the 5 to 6 pound range and one 7.2. Each of us lost at least one large fish well into the double digit range. After polling several groups of anglers at the lodge, most large fish are being caught on 6” pearl swimbaits, 1 oz. rattle traps, topwater baits, 1 oz. spinner baits and large crankbaits. The lake dropped about 4 feet in the 3 days we fished. We are looking forward to returning in March. Topwater fishing was the most spectacular I have ever seen and it is only starting to heat up. Make sure to change out any small treble hooks with larger ones on your topwater baits as the grandes will pull free; I missed three lunkers on topwater before swapping out with crankbait hooks.

Date: Wednesday Oct 24th 2007
Name: Don Boeger
Email: dboeger1@msn.com
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Hottest Baits: , Swimbaits, Lizzards, fluke, super spooks
Hottest Colors: pearl, watermelon,pumpkin, critus shad
Date / Time Fished: Oct, 21, 22
I am a serious bass fisherman and I've been fishing in the north west US for 20+ years. My bass fishing goal has always been to catch the 'elusive' + 10 pounder. While on this trip, I exceeded that goal - more then I ever imagined. I still can't believe it - but I caught a 10.4, 10.6, 10.14, 10.11, 11, 11.4, 11.14 and a 12.2!!! I know some people might doubt these weights, but the photos are my proof and they are hanging on Russ' lunker board in the tackle shop at the lodge. Most of the fish were suspended in 17 to 35 feet of water. We caught them on pearl swim baits and fat free citrus shad cranks. As our fishing days went on, the fish started moving to the banks and we were able to catch some 7's and 8's and one 10 pounder on top water super spooks. We didn't catch a huge # of fish. We averaged 25 to 35 fish a day. But when you got a bite, it was a BIG one. We had 21 seven pounders, 17 eight pounders, 15 nine pounders, 5 fish in the 10 pound range, 4 fish over 11 pounds and the one 12 pounder! All I can say is you have a little piece of bass fishing heaven there! Thanks again for a fabulous trip! I hope to see you again SOON! Don Boeger

Date: Friday Oct 19th 2007
Name: THe Lodge Report
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Hottest Baits: Spinnerbaits, Swimbaits
Hottest Colors: pearl, watermelon,
Date / Time Fished: Oct 15, 16, 17, 18
Make sure to read the below report posted on the 16th of Oct
Mike Bradshaw's group of 6 in 4 days of fishing caught 23 bass over 10 pounds with Mike himself catching 11 of the total.
Wally C a fireman from Az yesterday caught 6 bass over 10 pounds.
All of the bigger fish are coming on swimbait and big spinnerbaits.
Day one of the Bill Hicks Grp ( grp of 24 from Hobbs )
fishing the 18th ... The over all numbers of fish caught per boat was way down( some boats only recording 15 fish ) ...But the size was not. With 24 anglers on the water today a total of 16 bass over 10 pounds recorded ranging from 10.3 to 14.1. Russ Johnson also was on the water and reported 2 fish over 10 and breaking off on one that was a gaint. Russ has been fishing the deep structure on the south end of the Lake. Rene has been fishing up the river.
All the big fish coming from deep water on swimbaits and slow rolling 1 oz spinnerbaits on the botto. So far the topwater bite has not been like last season......
Will not report again until Monday...Have a good weekend

Date: Tuesday Oct 16th 2007
Name: Jimmy Irish
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Hottest Baits: rattletraps, Bill Dance Crankbaits, swimbaits...SPINNERBAITS
Hottest Colors: pearl, watermelon, Black Blue,
Date / Time Fished: Oct 15th
Son OF Bass
Father/son group consisted of David Miller, Kyle Miller, Paul Miller, B.J. Hacker, Michael Sestak, Jimmy Irish, Jim Irish and Jeff Irish.
October 11: B.J. had a 10.8; Jimmy a 10.11 and 10.2; and first timebass fisherman, Paul, had a 10.2 and 10.9! The SOBs had 5 bass over 10 lbs; 3 nine pounders (two by David, one of which was 9.13); 7 eights; 7 sevens; 6 sixes; 8 fives; and 4 fours. About 130 total bass. October 12: Jim had a 12.4, the largest of the trip for the SOBs, and a 9.1; Jimmy had a 10.11; Jeff had a 11.6 (next largest for trip); and Kyle had a 10.0 and 9.3. The SOBs had 4 bass over 10 lbs; 2 nines; 7 eights; 14 sevens; 9 sixes; 5 fives; and 9 fours. About 105 total bass.
October 13: Paul, Jim and Jeff each had 10 pounders, with a 10.5 for newbe Paul; and another big niner for Michael. The SOBs had 3 bass over 10 lbs; 5 nines; 3 eights; 6 sevens; 8 fives; and 3 fours. About 50 bass. For the three day trip, the SOBs had 39 fish over eight pounds with 12 fish over ten pounds. They caught at least one ten pounder in each of the six half day outings. Cranks and swimbaits caught most of the nines and tens, with a few on big spinner baits. No large bass were caught on topwaters, and the SOBs abandoned them after the first morning to focus on larger fish. Only a few bass were caught on sinkos and lizards. Most of the larger bass were caught on flats (20 feet plus or minus) next to deeper water, both in the main lake and up the river channel. A few good fish were caught on points, but they were usually the smaller four to seven pounders. The ratio of big bass (over four pounds) caught to total bass caught was incredible (30%, 50% and 60% for the three days). As the days passed, the group was undoubtedly fishing more for larger bass and passing up top waters, plastics, etc. The six, seven, and eight pound bass were extremely hard fighters, usually more than the ten pounders. A large number of big fish were hooked and lost, usually if an SOB couldn’t keep them from jumping or didn’t get a good hook set! The weather was hot and humid, which made the beer and margaritas taste even better. The lake was smooth and the boats were trouble-free. The guides, food and Lodge hospitality were all excellent

Date: Thursaday 11th 2007
Name: Gary Whitehead
Email: garywhitehead@grandecom.net
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Hottest Baits: rattletraps, Bill Dance Crankbaits, swimbaits...TOPWATER
Hottest Colors: pearl, watermelon, Black Blue,
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful trip we had to Lake Baccarac Lodge. Terry, Rene and all the staff just keep making this trip better and better.
The food was exceptional and the service was the same. Of course all of us are there for the fishing and this trip was the best fishing that I have ever had!!!!!!!!!! We only keep up with the big fish this time and here is the count: 18 fish between 8 and 9lbs, 9 fish between 9 and 10lbs, 1 10.4 fish, 1 10.8 fish, and 1 13.1lb fish. The report from the lake said that I caught a 13.4 and Tina Gilcrease the 13.1 but the reverse was the actual truth!!!! Can you imagine that a gal that has only been fishing for bass seriously about 2 years beat me with that 13.4!!!!! But she did. At one place we fished for about 2 1/2 hours and caught many fish the smallest was over 6lbs!!!!!!!! I just have never seen such a huge % of the fish caught running over 6 lbs. Well I can't wait to get back for my next trip which is Oct 15. By the way they told us there was no topwater bite yet but we averaged 22 on top every morning early and the 10.8 was one of them. Yesterday morning we lost at least 4 fish over 10 lbs on top and got 2 over 8 and one over 9 in the boat. I guess it is pretty obvious that I am pretty pumped up about Baccarac and Terry's lodge.
Gary

Date: Sunday Oct 7th 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: rattletraps, Bill Dance Crankbaits, swimbaits
Hottest Colors: pearl, watermelon, Black Blue,
Date / Time Fished: Oct 5th and 6th
Big Rains at the Lake this week with the Lake rising about 4 feet the fishing remained good but did slow down compared to last week. Fish up to 9 pounds being caught using 6 inch pearl swimbaits. The topwater action is picking up with 1 fish over 10 being caught using Zara Spooks the ole watermelon Lizzard producing lots of action up the river. This just in! Gary Whitehead caught 13.4 using chrome/blue rattletraps...Tina Gilcrease caught a 13.1 and Ricky Gilcrease 10.00 .. Rattletrap fishing was good this morning....
THe weather is very, very Hot and humid!

Date: Sunday Sept 30th 2007
Name: Terry Hollan
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Hottest Baits: rattletraps, Bill Dance Crankbaits, swimbaits
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Date / Time Fished: Sept 26 to Sept 30th
It's official - we are now open and on the water. What a way to start! Opening afternoon, Russ Johnson caught an 11.2 in Norte Canyon. All boats reported excellent fishing. Today, September 27, was a special day for the Bobby Knight group. Ross Jones caught an 12.8 and a 9.9. Also, he caught 30 fish between 7 and 8 lbs. Tim Knight landed an 11.12 and a 10.4. He reported that he caught more fish today than at all his previous trips combined to El Salto. Pat Knight's big fish of the day was a 10.2. Randy Farley caught a 10.2, a 10.0 and six fish over 8 lbs. Chris Cassidy caught an 11.2 and reported excellent, excellent fishing. Coach Knight didn't break the 10 lb. mark today, but we are confident he will tomorrow! Sept 28th fishing: As a group the Knight group caught 8 more fish over 10 pounds. Tim Knight found one spot where he caught 23 bass over 6 pounds and 8 over 9 pound.
UPDATE:
Sept. 29th fishing - Another great day on the water! Chris Cassidy caught a 10.12. Tim Knight caught a 10.9 and a 10.0, and they also reported several 8 and 9 lb. fish. Pat Knight landed a 10.1 fish; Bobby Knight caught a 10.1 and Mark Dalise caught an 11.4 and a 10.8. They all three report that they caught numerous 7, 8 and 9 lber Crankbaits, rattletraps and swimbaits are working up the river and in the small canyons near the lodge. Topwater is very slow. Zero topwater right now

Date: Sunday August 18th 2007
Name: Rene Salazar
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad/firetiger
Date / Time Fished: August 15th to August 18th
We are normally closed during the rainy season but this season we have had a couple of groups. I just returned from the Lodge with a group of 4 Amigos from Texas. Big, Big rains and Lake Baccarac is coming very up very nicely . The fishing could not have been any better with the fish very shallow because of the rising water. Crazy Joe Dillard fished with me the fish day and caught a 16.1 whose picture is already postd at the Lodge. The monster fish was caught in Sonny's cove in very shallow water. During the heavy, heavy rain the fish feed on the surafce. Tom Secrest caught a 15.2 fishing with Juan in the same cove. Dalton caught 4 fish over 9 near the Damn and Dee caught one over 10 and one over 11. These fish where caught the first day at the Lodge during the rain. The second day was also very good with tons of big fish. I rate the fishing right now as excellent. We are working hard getting the Lodge ready for the regular season kick off.

Date: Friday July 20th 2007
Name: Weldon Bennett
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, crankbaits, worm, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: July 20th to 22nd
A short recap of the best fishing I have ever had and also a word of thanks to the staff at the Lodge. Before I say much more I will make this claim “ Lake Baccarac is the best Lake in the world “
The private flight arrange for our group was first class and could not have been better. We landed at Bacubirito at 2:10 before 3 pm I was on the water and within the first 10 minutes I caught a 15.6 that’s right a fish over 15 pounds> by 4 pm the rain was like a waterfall at the guide’s request we continued to fish near the Hotel. Using nothing but crankbaits I caught 4 more fish over 13 pounds. Our group of 7 anglers all had similar results using everything from crankbaits to big spinnerbaits and big jigs. Just an unreal trip. Over the next 1 ½ days we caught all classes of fish Huge to small. The lake is alive with the best and toughest bass I have ever seen. I WILL BE BACK

Date: Wednesday July 4th 2007
Name: Mike Barton
Email: kbmb3045@cox.net
Home Page: Barton Fishing Team
Hottest Baits: swimbaits, crankbaits, worm, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: June 24th to July 4th
TERRY AND CHERYL: JUST GOT BACK FROM ANOTHER "GREAT" TRIP TO THE LODGE. YEAH, WE CLOSED DOWN THE LODGE AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR. RUSS, RENE AND TONY TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF US AS DID ALL THE STAFF. THERE WERE 5 OF US FROM PHOENIX, SCOTT ANDERSON, BILL MEREDITH AND MYSELF. WE HAD TWO BUDDIES FROM FLAGSTAFF AND SEDONA, DAN BRIGHT AND STEVE ASH. STEVE AND DAN USED SWIM BAITS AND CAUGHT A BUNCH OF GREAT FISH IN THE RANCHO PADRE AREA. DAN HAD AN 11.10 AND STEVE A 9.6, THEY ALSO CAUGHT NUMEROUS FISH IN THE 6 TO 9 POUND RANGE. SCOTT, BILL AND I ALSO DID VERY WELL, WITH BILL BAGGING AN 11.9, SCOTT A 10.14 AND ME WITH A 10+. WE CAUGHT A BUNCH OF FISH IN THE 6 TO 9 RANGE AND TONS IN THE 4 AND 5 POUND RANGE. BAITS USED WERE SWIM BAITS IN WHITE AND/OR CHARTRUSE, JIGS IN WHITE, BLACK AND GREEN, WORMS OR LIZARDS IN DARKER COLORS WITH WATERMELON THE BEST. I GOT TO FISH WITH RENE THE LAST DAY AND HE IS UNBELIEVABLE - HE WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH A BILL DANCE CRANK BAIT AND IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD PROBABLY CAUGHT 40 BASS ON 39 CASTS, ONE WAS A DOUBLE HOOK UP, WE HAD A BLAST ( THESE FISH WERE 2 POUNDS "DINKS" ). AGAIN THANKS ALOT, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE FALL.....MIKE BARTON

Date: Sunday June 24th 2007
Name: Will Garrison FNF construction grp
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, crankbaits, worm, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: June 20 to June 24th
Will Garrison's grp of 26 anglers recorded an unbelievable trip with 40 fish over 10 pounds recorded. 23 out of the 26 anglers caught a fish 10 pounds with the biggest fish weighing 15.6 and the second biggest weighing 14.9 David Davies catching the 14.9 along with 5 others over 11 pounds on the same day. Many boats boats reporting catching between 150 and 200 bass a day. Rene could not even begin to describe how productive the lake is right now. Crankbaits, Crankbaits!!

Date: Friday June 15th 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, crankbaits, worm, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: June 1st to June 15th
Fishing is excellent! Good numbers and lots of bigger fish.
Jack Prewitt caught 4 fish over 10 pounds. The Fransworth group of 16 all reported excllent results with several fish over 10 Bill Cromer first day on the water caught 2 over 10. Most fish are on the main lake suspended in 18 feet of water. Spinnerbaits, crankbaits, swimbaits...excellent. Gil Wright who just returned today the 11th reported excellent fishing. Mike Mcvey and hid partner both caught there personal best. Rene has found some nice fish in the north canyon. Super, Super action at the Ranch. Now is the time to be at Baccarac!!!

Date: Friday June 1st 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, crankbaits, worm, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: May 24th to May 31st
Tommy Baxter reports excellent fishing trip with fish up to 9 pounds caught up around the ranch. At one point Tommy reports catching 17 fish in a row that weighed 107 pounds. Glen Burda caught 11.4 and 10.5 and his partner also catching two over 10.Overall excellent ! Don Regus while fishing with guide Jesus caught 11.9, 11.7, 11.6, 10.1, 10.0 THIS MORNING the 28t. David Lundsford reported that his group has had a great trip with 4 out of 6 in his group catching fish over 10 pounds Rene says most of the fish are in 14 to 18 foot of water and hit almost any kind of crankbait . On May 31st Jeff Hannes while fishing with Chino caught 2 over 8, 1 over 10 and a true trophy that weighed 14.8 pounds Jeff was using a spinning gear rigged with 17 pound Test. Also today 12 year old Justin Del Ray while fishing with Rene caught a 10.1..Lots of fish!

Date: Thursday May 24nd 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, crankbaits, worm, white jigs
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: May 17th to May 24th
The numbers of fish the last few days has been excellent. Lots of nice 7 to 9 pound bass being caught. We have not found a bass over 10 pounds since the 17th of May until the morning of the 21st of May. The area around Rancho is still holding the largest numbers of Bass.! George Hudgins and Jerry Pitts both caught fish over 10 pounds on this morning session May 21st reported excellent numbers.The afternoon of May 21st was also excelent with Tim Boatman catching a 12.2 and 10.4 Tim Boatman cauaght a total of 4 over 10 Tim's fish where caught on watermelon lizzards, Also bring down some white/pearl jigs we have be doing very well using white jigs with watermelon lizzards trailers

Date: Friday May 18th 2007
Name: Gil Wright
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, 5 inch grubs, jigs, topwater
Hottest Colors: pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: May 14th to May 17th
Reporting from the Lodge. Outstanding results the first day on the water. Most in the camp are using 4" to 6" swimbait. My boat using only 5 inch pearl grubs rigged with 5/0 hooks we just found a bite all over the lake. A total of 167 fish caught today May 14th with 12.2 being the largest. Fish seemed to be just stacked around the islands in 18 foot of water. The other boat in my party caught a total of 125 fish with many fish near 10.0. Topwater bite is good early and late with some good blow ups of bigger fish., but the best pattern for us is grub fishing in the deeper water.The average size fish is the best we have seen it all year long. Today May 16th the swimbait bite has been excellent with many good fish being caught. North Canyon is holding lots of fish that can be caught using the big crankbaits BILLDANCE crankbaits. Tequlia Sunrise Worms produced fish over 10 pounds. If coming to the Lodge soon bring some Tequila Sunrise Worms, Gil Wrights group of 6 caught a total of 1201 bass

Date: Thursday May 10th 2007
Name: Terry Hollan
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, swimbaits,
Hottest Colors: watermelon, pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: May 2 to May 12th
It is Excellent! Orlean Smith and his fishing partner Leo Osburn from OK. on May 4th caught 10 fish over 10 pounds using topwater and swimbaits. Donny Harkey in Leo's group caught 2 over 13. Out of the 12 fishermen in Orlean's group 20 fish over 10 where caught. The lodge has added 36 more fish over 10 pounds to the trophy board this week. Stephen Jones Excutive V.P. of the Dallas Cowboys Stephen Jones caught a 12.4 the first 20 minutes on the water at Baccarac. Joe Hickman caught a 12.7 . Pyror Blackwell caught 10.0 and the list goes on. Rod Wilson found in his words the best fishing lake in the world Lake Baccarac! The top guides feel that the fishing will actually get better in June.

Date: Wednesday May 2 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, swimbaits, topwater, Super SPooks
Hottest Colors: watermelon, pearl/white/ shad
Date / Time Fished: April 24 to May 4th
Overall great fishing according Rene. Some boats catching up to 180 a day. Don Harkins caught 13.8 , Gary S caught 11.4, Russ Johnson 10.00, Tachi Salazar 10.2--all these fish came using Super Spooks TOPWATER!!!! FRank Zuniga caught a nice 13.5 on May 1st using a 6 inch swimbait. Randy Potter reports his biggest fish today May 1st to 46.5 poundsall caught using 1 oz gold/chart rattletrap. Chuck Misak reports catching 90 fish the first 3 hours on the lake and at one point catching fish on 40 consecutuve casts Guide Eddie can put you on the fish! Dale Quisenberry caught 10.8 and 12.3 this morning on topwater. Guide Eddie has been able find a good topwater bite the last 3 mornings. Big Swimbaits have been doing very good on the long points

Date: Friday April 27th 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, swimbaits, topwater
Hottest Colors: watermelon, black/blue, pearl/chart, ghost blue, red shad
Date / Time Fished: April 24 to April 27
Guide Eddie can put you on the fish! Dale Quisenberry caught 10.8 and 12.3 this morning on topwater. Guide Eddie has been find a good topwater bite the last 3 mornings. Big Swimbaits have been doing very good on the long points

Date: Tuesday April 24th 2007
Name: Rene Salazar
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Hottest Baits: zara spooks, senko, 10" worm, swimbaits
Hottest Colors: watermelon, black/blue, pearl/chart, ghost blue, red shad
Date / Time Fished: April 16 to April 24
Wow. this is a good one James Fraioli writer for Bassmaster yesterday April 22 caught a 13.10, 11.5 and 10.14. On April 23rd James's camera man Kevin Goodrich caught a 15.2 using a storm swim bait then James again landed a 10 and 10.7 and 11.4 On April 24th James Frioli caught 2 more over 10 and Kevin Goodrich caught a 14.1 April 23rd John Thurston caught 11.4 and 9.14 Barry Weiland also caught 11.4 this afternoon
Mike Hammer had a great topwater day today April 19th catching 3 fish over 10 on topwater Wilo Blackwell caught 11.10 using a 7" senko Kenny Crutcher reports great fishing and caught a 9.6 on a 10" red shad worm Dr Chris V caught a 9.12 Today April 20th Mike Hammer had another great day his 3 biggest fish 13.6, 10.7, 10.4 all on Swimbaits George Hudgins caught 10.0 using swimbaits and said he caught over 60 fish this morning alone. Armando G while fishing with George Hudgins caught a 10.10 and a 9.1 all boats reported numbers and numbers of 5 to 8 pound bass Harris Hatfield reports more 6, 7, and 8's than he has ever see. Water temp is 78 degrees

Date: Monday April 16th 2007
Name: Russ Johnson
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Hottest Baits: zara spooks, senkos
Hottest Colors: watermelon, black/blue, pearl/chart, ghost blue
Date / Time Fished: April 14 to April 17th
TopWater! Topwater! It's back
Steve Gilcrease from Dallas caught 12.00 Jody Reese from Dallas reports the best day of fishing ever on any Mexican lake. Jody catches 2 over 10, 2 over 9, 2 over 8, 1 over 7 and 4 and 5's were common. Easliy catching over 100 fish in day. All 10 boats reporting excellent fishing. April 17th Jody Reese lands 2 more over 9. All boats catching excellent numbers of good fish

Date: Sat April 14 2007
Name: MIke Barton
Email: kbm3045@cox.net
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Hottest Baits: swimbaits, Lizzards
Hottest Colors: watermelon, black/blue, pearl/chart
Date / Time Fished: April 9 to April14
THANKS TERRY AND CHERYL FOR ANOTHER GREAT TRIP TO BACCARAC. AS ALWAYS THE FOLKS AT THE LODGE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF US. THE FISHING WAS TERRIFIC. I PUT ON A LITTLE TOURNAMENT FOR OUR BUDDIES AND EACH GUY PROVIDES ME WITH THEIR BIG FISH WEIGHT EACH DAY. WE HAD OVER 50 FISH BETWEEN 6 AND 9 POUNDS. WE DID NOT HIT ANY DOUBLE DIGITS, BUT WE CAUGHT A LOT OF BIG FISH THAT HAD JUST SPAWN AND THE 9'S CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BROKEN THE 10 POUND MARK. THE SENKO BITE ON A "WACKEY" WAS EXCELLENT, COLORS OF WATERMELON BEST, BUT WHITE WORKED AS DID BLACK W/BLUE FLECK. 8" MAGNUM LIZARDS ALSO EXCELLENT IN WATERMELLON, I ALSO HAD GOOD LUCK ON SWIM BATES IN PEARL W/ CHARTRUSE AND RAT'L TRAPS 1 OZ IN CHROME AND CHARTRUSE..... POINTS-HUMPS AND SUBMERGED ISLANDS SEEMED BEST, WHICH IS TIPICAL. THIS WAS OUR FOURTH TRIP THIS YEAR AND HOPE TO DO AT LEAST ONE MORE IF NOT TWO, THANKS - MIKE BARTON, KBMB3045@COX.NET

Date: Monday April 9 2007
Name: Terry Hollan
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Hottest Baits: senkos, Lizzards
Hottest Colors: watermelon red, watermelon seed
Date / Time Fished: April 2 to April 9
Baccarac just keeps surprising me trip after trip. With the most of the fish already spawned out and the water level dropping fast and fishing right on top of a full moon you would think the odds would have been stacked against the fisherman at the Lodge. Recently George Bain from Phx, Az reported catching 4 fish over 10 . George Mitchell of Midland, Texas catches a 10.8 using a Senko rigged wacky style. Mike Short also of Midland caught a nice 9.8 and 9.0 using senkos rigged wacky style. Mike Barton’s group from Phx, reported 100 plus fish days with lots of quality fish with biggest fish pushing 10 pounds. The fish are moving a lot from shallow to deep it seems like several times a day. Humps holding fish one day are not holding fish the next. I personally had my best day on the Lake in over a year. Fishing near the white cross Rene and I found a hump about 18 feet under the surface. We made a few casts and caught several small fish then we hit a 45 minute dry spell and did not catch a thing. Then right before we pulled up to depart Rene suggested we make a few more casts. The next cast I made I landed a 11.0 and then the next 5 fish weighed 40 pounds. We continued catching 7 pound fish for the next hour. Finally George Mitchell and his boat stopped to chat and George on his first cast on to the hump landed a 9.5 and Mike Short caught 9.0. Rene and I then gave up the spot to George’s boat and headed back to the Lodge for the evening. A Great day on the water at Lake Baccarac. The current water temp is 78 degrees and the lake level is %70

Date: Monday April 2 2007
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Hottest Baits: senkos, senkos, senkos
Hottest Colors: white watermelon, chrome blue
Date / Time Fished: March 25th to April 2
Senkos, Senkos! Great fishing on Baccarac right now.
John Grossman caught 5 over10 and 4 over 9
James Strickland remarks best trip ever! James caught 11.5 and many other nice bass. John Mcter caught 10.2 and 11.2 Hal smith caught 11.4 and 10.2 and 6 over 9 The Backus brothers from Az report a 13 pounder and many, many fish between 8 and 11 also from Mike Knight this report What an absolute paradise! We really enjoyed the great fishing with plenty of huge bass. But what really stands out is the excellent service, experienced guides, delicious meals and superb lodgings. Once again, you have ruined us for any other lake! It was a real treat to see Russ & Renee again. Thanks from St. Louis. The water level is about %70 and everything looks great

Date: Monday March 26 2007
Name: Tony Guerra
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Hottest Baits: green lizards and senkos, spinners and swimbaits
Hottest Colors: white watermelon, chrome blue
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Terry, Since you have opened the Lodge I have fished there 10 times in 6 different months. I am now a true believer that my June trips have been the best, with October being second best and then November ranking a close third. This trip however was good, not very good or excellent but good. But this ranking only applies to Lake Baccarac at this point in time. No other lake can compare. The results from this trip are as follows 2 fish over 10 ( nothing over 11 ) 6 fish over 9 then I had 32 fish over 8 countless fish in the 4 pound range. We could easily have caught over 100 per boat a day but stayed in deep water too much of the time. I do feel like out of all the guides I have fished with that Heil ( Hill) is the most professional and helpful guide you have, in my opinion. We did very well on 7” senkos and 9” Lizzards and had some luck on swimbaits. Slow rolling spinnerbaits in the brush produced the biggest two fish . Always good to see Rene and Russ the lodge is running like a well oiled machine . Many thanks and we will see you again in June. Tony Guerra

Date: Wed March 21 2007
Name: Lodge Report-
Email: at the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits and green lizards and senkos, chug and spits
Hottest Colors: white watermelon, chrome blue
Date / Time Fished: March 7th to March 21st
Wrote...14 more fish over 10 pounds added to the trophy board at the Lodge since last report. Details will be posted later.Also today March 13th 4 fish 10 recorded with the biggest one being caught by Fred Warner of Az. a huge 12.1 while fishing with guide Eddie. Fishing was slower on the morning of the 15th but the fishing was great the afternoon of the 15th. Big Bass bite was has been on. A lot better numbers on Friday with some boats able to catch over 100 bass. The number one bait has the 7" senko. Some have produced some nice fish using 1/2 oz rattletraps. The area of the lake called Norte is holding more bass than any other part of the lake according to Sonny Talkington. Randy Sweigart just called in a report from his trip. His group caught 2 fish over 10, 15 over 9 and countless fish over 8. Two days in a row his 5 biggest fish weighed 44 pounds. .Just awesome results. Swimbaits and senkos are the best baits on the lake right now.

Date: Monday March 12 2007
Name: Lodge Report-
Email: at the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits and green lizards and senkos, jigging spoons, chug and spits
Hottest Colors: white watermelon, chrome blue
Date / Time Fished: March 7th to March 12th
Wrote...11 more fish over 10 pounds added to the trophy board at the Lodge since last report. Details will be posted later.

Date: Friday March 7 2007
Name: Lodge Report- Terry Hollan
Email: at the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits and green lizards and senkos, jigging spoons, chug and spits
Hottest Colors: white watermelon, chrome blue
Date / Time Fished: March 1 to March 7th
Wrote...I just returned from the Lodge today . We have had some really great days over the last week. MIke Wilson's group report 10 fish over 10 pounds. with Harvey Barton catching 4 of the them. In Mikes group of 12 all but one guy caught a fish over a 8 pounds. Gil Wright from OKC caught a nice 11.13 Monday morning on topwater ( Gil descride the fishing as an average day at Baccarac, figure that one out ) Ed Delgado's group from Puerto Rico landed 2 over 10 today and commented that Baccarac was th best lake they have fished in Mexico. I got lucky and landed a 9.2 on topwater yesterday while Rene landed a 10.8 on top at the same time. We were using the super spooks. We fished lots of different kinds of water and really found more fish on the flats near the Lodge. Anything over about 18 feet of water was to deep for us. Others at the Lodge did have good luck in deeper water. The water temp was 68 degrees yesterday morning and was 71 degrees yesterday afternoon. More reports coming soon
Terry Hollan

Date: Thurs March 1 2007
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
Email: Russ at the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits and green lizards and senkos, jigging spoons, chug and spits
Hottest Colors: white watermelon
Date / Time Fished: All day
Wrote...Great fishing at Lake Baccarac staggering numbers of mid size bass can be caught right now Some boats in the KBI groups reporting 150 fish per day. Tuesday was big fish day with Danny Westfall reporting a 11.14 for the day with photos addeed to the wall and 3 others in the group also catching fish over 10 pounds on Tuesday. Senkos big and small working very well. Topwater getting better in the mornings spinnerbaits producing around the stick ups Green Lizzards also working in the midday

Date: Sat Feb 25 07:06:09 2007
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits and green lizards
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Date / Time Fished: All day
Wrote...With the water temperature now warming up to 71 -72 degrees, the numbers of big fish between 5 and 8 lbs. being caught in the back of the coves and the shallows is staggering. Most all at the lodge have stories of losing giants or seeing giants. Ron Davenport's group from Amarillo left the lodge reporting the best trip to Baccarac yet. Lloyd Croslin of Lubbock caught a 12.13 using a watermelon red brushhog. Dr. Larsen Brown caught a 10.4, a 10.8 and an 11.1 fishing the shallows. Julian definitely got top guide honors this week, winning the big fish pot for the Andrus group just returning. Sonny Talkington, on the water every day, says we'll start seeing some incredible topwater if the water will warm up another two to three degrees.

Date: Sat Feb 17 07:06:09 2007
Name: Gil Wright
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Date / Time Fished: All day
Wrote...Great trip at the lodge! Andy Archbald of Oklahoma won the Great Oklahoma vs. Kansas Fishoff, winning almost $2000 from our big bass pot and also a free return trip to the lodge. Our group caught 38 fish over 7 lbs., two fish over 11 lbs., two fish over 10 lbs., five fish over 9 lbs. and eight people broke their personal best, and in one day, managed to catch 108 bass. I witnessed my good friend, Joe Gann, catch a beautiful 11 1/2 lber on his first cast Wednesday afternoon, using a bright yellow 7 inch senko. Papachaw is definitely holding the bigger bass. Rancho Padre is holding the numbers. We flew private charter and this made the trip very memorable.

Date: Fri Feb 16 07:06:09 2007
Name: Terry Hollan
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Home Page: Lake Baccarac Lodge
Hottest Baits: flukes, 7" senkos, topwater
Hottest Colors: watermelon, solid yellow
Date / Time Fished: Feb 12, 13 ,14
Wrote...THe bigger fish are showing up again at Baccarac. Jeff Kickla caught a nice 13.8 and a 13.3, using watermelon senkos Enrique clients landed a 11.8 and 10.0. on topwater. Joe Gann on his first cast of the day landed a 11.4 Also serveral nice fish in the 8 to 9 pound range caught. The numbers of fish being caught is much better than a week ago and the size is getting better. The water temp is back to 70.1 degrees

Date: Sat Feb 10 07:17:22 2007
Name: Rene Salazar
Email: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Hottest Baits: flukes, senkos, spinnerbaits, topwater
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Date / Time Fished: all
Wrote...The fishing at Baccarac right is getting better after all the cold fronts and the new water. I would consider the fishing to be rated as good but not excellent yet. You can go towards the ranch and catch 100 plus day but of the fish are the smaller ones. Randy Hiesler and his group did catch two over 10 today. Spinnerbaits producing along with crankbaits. The bigger fish are suspended. We are seeing more and more spawning fish in he back on the coves. The water temp is 68.5 degrees

Date: Thurs Feb 8 19:05:48 2007
Name: Terry Hollan
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Wrote...Thanks goodness we are having some better weather. Also congrats to Louie Myer on his 10.4 pounder caught yesterday on topwater.The fishing is still a little rough compared to a month ago but we are managing to get at least one good session in per day. Much better than a few days ago.Big senkos, big spinnerbaits, medium crankbaits, and some topwater. The ranch area is offering the best numbers and the main lake points are holding the bigger fish, but the main lake point’s right are not very productive. The fish are moving, it seems like moving all day long and biting at different times every day.Soon the water will warm and the consistent bite will return. See at the Lake. Terry Hollan

Date: Mon Feb 5 19:05:48 2007
Name: Terry Hollan
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Hottest Baits: senkos, green lizzards, some topwater action
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Date / Time Fished: from 1/31 to 2/5
Wrote...Well, it was bound to happen. The stars were just not lined up. Cold weather, full moon and the rising water along with a high pressure system has made it pretty tough. We did record 7 more 10 pound plus bass to the record book but over all the bite was very slow. Some boats caught up to 100 fish a day but it was mostly the smaller bank runners. I fished hard on THursday and did find fish in 20 ft of water on the flats near the ranch but no real large numbers. Senkos and flukes worked very slow was overall the better bait. Some topwater early but is pretty random. Mike Barton at the Lodge today did catch a 10.7 on pumkin/chartuse lizzard in 22 ft of water near the cross. Will report more on Thursday Terry Hollan

Date: Mon Jan 29 11:43:22 2007
Name: Jeff Klicka
Email: jeffklickains@yahoo.com
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Hottest Baits: Rio Ricos, Large Senkos (wacky style), Lizrads
Hottest Colors: Watermelon/ red Flake
Date / Time Fished: Jan 24-through 27-07
Wrote...Simply Awsome!!! Easily caught 50 bass per day. Lake is a little dirtier than usual(so back off the white!)Large Ricos early and late caught some monster bass. Watermelon/ Red flake Senkos and Lizads caught many bass, as well as a few 9's and 10's. Lake should be getting better by the day, as water will cintue to warm. Great service. "Julian" and "Pista" were fun and put us on some TOADS! I never did meet up with "JOHNY CHICO " but I heard he was on the lake in the midnight hours. Also, if anybody can locate a missing Black and Green t-shirt (lost on an island)I would like it back!! Jeff Klicka

Date: Mon Jan 29 09:59:00 2007
Name: Johnny C.
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Hottest Baits: Senkos, Ricos-Albino
Hottest Colors: Watermelon/Redflake
Date / Time Fished: 1/25-1/27
Wrote...Awesome Trip!! Fishing was a bit slower than usual due to the rapid rise of the water level, but overall still a lot of fish. Nothing over 9, but several in the 7 and 6 range. Started out trying white flukes, but couldn't get anything to hit. Changed to 7" Senkos, and it was on. Senkos all day, and topwater in the afternoon seemed to be the ticket. The guides were great, and the service was extremely classy. If you happen to get hooked up with Teo, aka "Pista", let him know Johnny Chico sent you. He'll take it from there. Regards, Johnny C.

Date: Mon Jan 29 05:42:53 2007
Name: Rene and Russ from the Lodge
Email: at the Lodge
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Hottest Colors: senkos, flukes
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Wrote...The warmer day on Sunday did improve the fishing. Some boats reporting catching 100 plus yesterday and some boats did not do very well. Bob Welch did land a 10.6 pound bass and Chino's boat found great numbers of 8 to 9 pound bass near the rock. Slow presentations are working the best with the bank runners not fairing that well. The smaller swimbaits are working better than the bigger ones. Senkos and flukes are producing the best fish

Date: Sat Jan 27 09:39:45 2007
Name: Russ and Rene at the Lodge
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Hottest Colors: senkos
Date / Time Fished: all
Wrote...Not much improvement, the big fish are deep. Lavonne Newsome did pull 2 over 10 pounds from the deep water but most of the fish being caught are small males. The water temp is now back to 68 degrees. The weather is showing improvement but still very cool for the region

Date: Thu Jan 25 18:10:37 2007
Name: Rene and Russ from the Lodge
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Date / Time Fished: all day
Wrote...Well, the cold weather and the rain has caught up with the lake. Today fishing was pretty slow. Crankbaits near the bank can produce ok numbers of smaller fish but the only bigger ones found have been in 30 to 40 ft of water We will have an addtional report tommorrow

Date: Wed Jan 24 16:32:06 2007
Name: Rich Schulze
Email: tl11629@verizon.net
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Hottest Baits: 7 inch senco & Lucky Craft sammy 128
Hottest Colors: watermelon seed
Date / Time Fished: 1/17 to 1/21
Wrote...I would like to thank Renee and the crew of lake baccarac lodge for a great week of fishing. It was our first trip to baccarac and we found the service and fishing to be top notch! Our group had an absolute blast we caught 2 fish that topped the scales at just over 11 lbs another 10, three that were 9 to 91/2 and at least another fifteen fish in the 7 to 9 lb range. The fishing in general was great we had a little rough weather but our guides Teo, Pablo and Sixto put us on quality fish not a day went by without at least 40 to 50 fish in the boat and at least several 5 to 7 lb chunks. Thanks again from Paul, Vinnie, Steve, Pat and I. See you next year.

Date: Tue Jan 23 10:23:34 2007
Name: Scott Lykins
Email: slykins@mchsi.com
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Hottest Baits: senkos, lizards, poppers
Hottest Colors: watermelon,pumkin, shad
Date / Time Fished: 1/17,18,19,20
Wrote...GREAT SERVICE! THANKS RENEE,TONY AND EVERYONE, the lodge and food was excellent. Our fishing was great despite the cool rainy weather, averaged 60-70 fish each day, many 3-5lb fish, several 7's and 8's no double digit fish for us but a few caught during our trip. We will definitely return for a attempt at "Big Momma" Mario was a wonderful guide.

Date: Mon Jan 22 10:31:35 2007
Name: Marshall Bubel
Email: marshall.bubel@goodrich.com
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Hottest Baits: Luckycraft 115 Gunfish (MJ Herring & Chartreuse Shad), River2Sea Magnum Popper (White), 7 " Senko's
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Date / Time Fished: Jan 17 to 20
Wrote...My good friend Kirk Mitchell and I, just returned from fishing four days down at Baccarrac. This is my fourth trip with Terry H. and Rene and as always it was an absolute pleasure. As is usual with this group everyone at the lodge worked extremely hard at ensuring a fine time was had by all. My fishing compradre and I (guided by Enrique) caught and released 56 fish the first day, 53 the second, 74 the third and 40 the fourth and last day. We had good top water fishing each day with the larger size poppers (river2sea and Rio Rico's in white) being the best producers, although I did have two "six's" the first morning on the Luckycraft Gunfish. The balance of the day was then spent fishing points, humps and flats with watermelon seeed or green pumpkinseed, 8" lizards, 7" senko's and the big 8" yamamoto grubs. At times the Zoom superflukes produce fish also but these were generally on the smaller size. Our big fish was 7 lbs and we had two other at 6.5, the rest ranged downwards from there. Other boats scored on bigger fish up to 11 lbs I beleive but not us. The fish (and the lake) seem to be in great shape, with multiple year classes very well represented. The lake is really in the midst of a strong "up cycle" and I beleive that as good as it is now, the best fishing is ahead of us. All in all it was a wonderful trip and I can't wait to go back. Many thanks to all the wonderful folks at the lodge (and Terry and Cheryl also!!) for making the trip a memorable one. Combined, this group are easily offering the finest run operation in Mexico these days. Best Regards Marshall

Date: Sun Jan 21 08:56:17 2007
Name: Russ at the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: senkos, flukes, yumdringers
Hottest Colors: all
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Wrote...The lake is on the rise the air temps are very cool/cold. The water temp has dropped about 4 degrees. All but a couple of boats reported excellent catches. Rick Z reported today it was the best bass fishing he has ever seen, Rick has been fishing in Mexico for years. Guide Teddy got top honors the last several days with 2 over 11 yesterday in his boat. Spinnerbaits have produced the bigger fish but senkos-yumdringers producing the best overall. Rene is on the water this morning and has reported that some fish are starting to react to the bigger crankbaits

Date: Sat Jan 20 17:45:31 2007
Name: Russ at The Lodge
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Wrote...Rain,,The lake is up about 5 ft since yesterday.. Lot's of snow in the mountains...Will report the catches in the morning

Date: Tue Jan 16 07:12:46 2007
Name: Rene and Russ from the Lodge
Email: from the Lodge
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Hottest Baits: jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, TOPWATER, swimbaits
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Date / Time Fished: the last 3 days
Wrote...We have been having some rain recently with more on the way. The weather has been very cool and the water temp is down to around 68 degrees. The fishing has been excellent. The numbers of fish you can catch around the area near the lodge is awesome. Using 8" grubs and the Yumdingers we have serveral in the 7 to 8 pound range. The area near the ranch is holding tons of fish but really there is no need to travel that far. The group that departed yesterday recorded 10 fish over 9 pounds with the biggest one being 12.5 pounds. The big fish hit everything from topwater to swimbaits.

Date: Mon Jan 15 13:05:41 2007
Name: Vernon Grizzard
Email: vgrizzardj@aol.com
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Hottest Baits: topwater, stick baits, spinner bait(white)
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Wrote...We fished 12/31,1/1,1/2. Fishing was great. Caught 2 10's and 3 9's on big topwater baits. Caught one 11 on a senko up the river. During the day we used 5" stick baits and caught bass 2-5 pounds. Everyone at the camp was great. The guides did a really good job finding fish and showing us how to catch them. Hope to make it back in May.

Date: Thu Jan 11 09:56:44 2007
Name: Rene Salazar
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits, flukes, worms
Hottest Colors: white, shad , camo
Date / Time Fished: all day
Wrote...Ok, the fishing is getting slower because of the cold weather and rain. Yesterday we did add one more trophy ( over 10 pounds ) to the wall. Overall the numbers are down and fish are harder to find. Most boats can still catch 50 fish in a day if they work very hard The 8 and 9 pounders are still showing around Russes inland mostly on whitespinners. We are excepting rain this afternoon with highs in the 60's so the fluke and senko bite should be good. The three brother guide team of Eddie, Miguel and Jorge have been fishing the best of numbers and size of fish

Date: Mon Jan 8 06:02:44 2007
Name: Russ
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Wrote...The last three days has offered some good catching. With the lodge full the last 3 days we had 8 more fish added to the 10 pound plus club and many anglers reporting several near the 10 pound mark. The best patterns still being senkos and flukes . Spinnerbaits working very well but make sure you use the 3/4 oz all white spinners. The best water to fish right now is near the Ranch. Most boats catching 50 to 90 fish a day

Date: Fri Jan 5 09:36:59 2007
Name: Russ at The Lodge
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Hottest Baits: topwaters, chug and drag, senkos
Hottest Colors: white, bady bass
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Wrote...The water temp has dropped and the bass are suspending a little. The recent clouds have produced some topwater action but not nearly the topwater action we had in November. Good numbers of 6 to 9 pound fish being caught using senkos and the special flukes we have in the tackle store. White spinnerbaits working midday. Sonny's Cove loased with fish right now

Date: Tue Jan 2 12:35:01 2007
Name: Lake Baccarac lodge
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Hottest Baits: flukes, senkos, spinnerbaits
Hottest Colors: ghost, pearl
Date / Time Fished: 12/31 01/02
Wrote...Happy New Year from Lake Baccarac Lodge. The recent weather changes have us thinking a little bit about the next patterns that will be present on Lake Baccarac. With some very cold and cloudy weather recently over the area the the fish have suspended near the available cover. Mr Vernon Grizzard from Georgia who arrived 2 days ago found 11.6 pound Bass throwing a HUGE senko, others in his group caught 50 bass this afternoon using white flukes and white spinnerbaits. Yes the patterns have changed but the fish can still be caught. Until the cold weather passes patience will be the key during your bait presentations. Lake Baccarac Martin has been doing an excellent job targeting the suspended Bass

Date: Wed Dec 27 04:42:16 2006
Name: Al Muth
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits, crankbaits, them more spinnerbaits
Hottest Colors: white, shad
Date / Time Fished: one week ago
Wrote...Great trip, What more can I say. Private charters within a 10 minutes of the best Lodge in Mexico, the best service with the best boats in the business. Your guides " Miguel " did an outstanding job. I just can't say enough. The fishing was everything it was advertised to be. With big BIG spinnerbaits with huge trailers catching nothing but 5 to 9 plus pound bass. Then you could switch to a big BIG crankbait in the afternoon and catch fish up to 12.8 pounds and then spinnerbaits in the evening. The first day the five biggest fish in our boat weighed more than 50 pounds. The next two days was just about a repeat of the first>just awesome I will return,,,many, many times

Date: Wed Dec 27 04:42:16 2006
Name: Al Muth
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits, crankbaits, them more spinnerbaits
Hottest Colors: white, shad
Date / Time Fished: one week ago
Wrote...Great trip, What more can I say. Private charters within a 10 minutes of the best Lodge in Mexico, the best service with the best boats in the business. Your guides " Miguel " did an outstanding job. I just can't say enough. The fishing was everything it was advertised to be. With big BIG spinnerbaits with huge trailers catching nothing but 5 to 9 plus pound bass. Then you could switch to a big BIG crankbait in the afternoon and catch fish up to 12.8 pounds and then spinnerbaits in the evening. The first day the five biggest fish in our boat weighed more than 50 pounds. The next two days was just about a repeat of the first>just awesome I will return,,,many, many times

Date: Sun Dec 17 19:24:35 2006
Name: MIKE BARTON
Email: KBMB3045@COX.NET
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Hottest Baits: TOP WATER, SPINNRS, BILL DANCE DEEP DIVER
Hottest Colors: CITRUS, WHI SPIN
Date / Time Fished: DEC10-DEC15
Wrote...MYSELF, GARY BARTON, SCOTT ANDERSON AND TIM COONING ALL FROM PHOENIX FISHED LAKE BACCARAC AND HAD ANOTHER GREAT TRIP. WE WERE THEIR IN OCT WHEN THE TOP WATER FIRST STARTED AND IT WAS STILL ON FOR US. GW AND TIM EACH CAUGHT A 10+, SCOTT GOT THREE 9'S AND I GOT LUCKY WITH AN 11.5 AND A 9.9 WITH ALL BUT TWO ON TOP. SPINNNER WORKED IN WHITE, W/WHITE AND/OR CHAR TRAILERS. GREEN LIZ WOULD CATCH FISH ALL DAY BUT MOSTLY IN THE 2-4 POUND CLASS. WE ALSO CAUGHT AN ASSORTMENT OF 6'S, 7'S AND 8 POUNDERS. ALL THE FOLKS AT THE LODGE ALWAYS WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE THE STAY SPECIAL - THANKS RUSS, RENE, TONY AND ALL THE OTHERS. MY NEXT TRIP IS ALREADY SET FOR APRIL, BUT WILL PROBABLY SLIDE ONE IN FOR FEB!!!! TERRY AND CHERYL, AS ALWAYS - THANKS -- MIKE BARTON

Date: Sun Dec 10 06:25:41 2006
Name: Tom Reddington
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Wrote...Just getting back from Baccarac, and all I can say is WOW! First class all the way from the resort to your boats and guides to the VIP treatment. I'm very impressed and had an awesome time, already can't wait to go back. Mark and I fished with Eddie the whole trip and he was a very good guide, as good as I've fished with in Mexico. He put us on a good deep structure bite the first few days, using the depth finder to find schools on deep humps, then changed up and put us on the shallower fish later in the week when conditions changed. I had a 9 and good numbers of 8s and 7s, no double digits but I had my chances. Only 8 of us in the camp but big fish were caught daily and Sixto's customers did especially well, getting 2 12s, 2 11s and I think 3 or 4 more 10s. Muy caliente. We also saved a 10 lb'er that was choking on a tilapia, so evidence of grandes abounded. I'm looking forward to getting another crack at those big ones and I look forward to working with you to book anglers down there for an unforgettable trip. The lake certainly lived up to the fishing hype in my book. Tom Reddington

Date: Fri Dec 1 10:32:38 2006
Name: Gary Whitehead
Email: garywhitehead@grandecom.net
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Hottest Baits: top water, swim baits, fat free shad
Hottest Colors: white, green
Date / Time Fished: Nov 27-29
Wrote...food and service was second to none and the fishing was very good also. Our boat caught a total of 241 bass with a 10.0lb and a 11.2lb being the largest. We had a couple of other bass on that I am sure were 10+ but you never land them all. I have said it before but once again I think this is definitely the best big bass lake in the world today. The total number of bass caught each day very good also with our 80 bass per day average. Any questions feel free to call me at 432-3320697. Gary

Date: Sun Nov 26 09:38:02 2006
Name: Sonny Talkington
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Home Page: Lake Baccarac Lodge
Hottest Baits: DB22's, topwaters
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Date / Time Fished: all day
Wrote...I am truly enthusiatic about the fishing I experienced today. I have seen big fish that I haven't seen since the early 90's. This moring while fishing in my favorite cove, I caught an 8 lb. bass that was being followed up to the boat by the biggest bass I have ever seen. I caught three fish over 16 1/2 lbs. since 1988 and the bass I saw today was without a doubt much bigger than the 18 3/4 that I caught in 1993. The big monster bass are still in the lake and hopefully, someday, will be caught by one of our guests. H. L. Talkington

Date: Tue Nov 21 14:32:48 2006
Name: Casey Dean
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Wrote...Jim Weathers and I had a GREAT time and a AWESOME trip down to Lake Baccarac Lodge. We fished November 16th, 17th & 18th with Sixto. This was our second trip down this year (we were there in early January) and most certainly, will not be our last. The topwater fishing had slowed down due to a cold front that had come thru the weekend before and the first day was a little slow (by Baccarac standards) but we caught 50 -60 fish with most being in the 4 lb to 6 lb range. The second day was a different story, Sixto was bound and determined to put us on big fish, and he delivered in a big way. We boated 5 fish over ten pounds on that second day. A 10.4, 10.14, 11.3, 11.6 and 12.6, we also had many in the 5 to 6 pound range and one 7.13. The big fish were caught on Crank Baits and Rattle Traps. We were not able to get any big ones in the boat the last day, though we had a couple of chances. As usual Rene, Russ, Tony and the rest of the Lodge staff did everything to make our stay the most enjoyable fishing trip we’ve ever been on. Special thanks to Sixto for all his help. I’ve attached pictures of all the 10 plus pounders. Thanks again for a great trip. Casey Dean Chico, Texas

Date: Wed Nov 15 16:36:52 2006
Name: Mike Dusek
Email: w_dusek@msn.com
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Hottest Baits: rat l traps, super spooks, chug-bugs, super flukes and swimbaits
Hottest Colors: chrome traps, pearl flukes and swimbaits, gold chug bugs
Date / Time Fished: 11-10 thru 11-14 all day
Wrote...Great trip, first day a little slow although my brother Marc Dusek caught his first double digit fish 10.11.His fishing partner Jim Jennings caught a 10.3 . Both of our guides Miguel and Pablo are highly recomended, when the big fish bite would slow down a bit they would take you to a cove where the fishing was crazy.We could catch 20-30 fish 2 to 6 lbs. per hour on topwater plugs,swimbaits,buzbaits and rat l traps.Our next 3 days were even more productive. Kelly Mayo and myself had 2 days with over 100 fish per day. In 4 days our group caught 4 fish over 10 lbs,5 over 8 lbs. and lost count of the fish 5-7 lbs but it was an amazing amount.The lodge and staff were great,our group is already counting the days until next year. Thanks again for the fishing trip of a lifetime. Mike Dusek

Date: Wed Nov 15 06:49:47 2006
Name: Scott Johnson
Email: sjohnson@melloncr.net
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Hottest Baits: SWAYBACK SPOOKS, DD 22
Hottest Colors: PEARL BELLY CHARTRUCE BACK CLEAR SIDES
Date / Time Fished: ALL DAY
Wrote...Just got back from a four day trip at Baccarac and had a fantastic time.Took my dad along this year and on his third cast landed a 9lb 140z, a few cast last later he landed a 8lb 8 oz, I then tied on a sway back spook and got an 11.1lb. We threw top water 95% of the time for four days and landed 5 over 9lb,6 over 8lb,5over 7lb and numerous fish between 3-6lb.Manuel was our giude and he was all about big fish.He can find them and has some really good spots. I n the afternoon on one day a small Island produced an 8.8,8.0, 7.1 and double header 4.8.All on top water.He also found a cove where you could go and catch all the 2-4lb fish you wanted. These fish were busting bait fish for two days at the same time each day.We were catching fish on every cast for about 30-40 minutes and could have stayed longer but Manuel wanted to find the bigger fish wich we did.The food and service is awesome and Russ at the store is a great guy.We did cath fish on DD22's but all of our larger fish came on topwater.I would like to thank everyone at the lodge for another great trip and hope to see everyone next year.

Date: Mon Nov 13 13:32:13 2006
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Hottest Baits: topwater, lizards, crankbaits, swimbaits
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Wrote...Another great morning at Lake Baccarac! All ten boats recorded a fish over 10 lbs., with the numbers of topwater fish better than last week. Green lizards were experimented with around the white cross and had excellent luck.

Date: Fri Nov 10 12:14:25 2006
Name: Everett+Jane Wrightington
Email: shynon1934@msn.com
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Hottest Baits: Poppers, Rattle Traps,Cranks
Hottest Colors: Chrome,silver,gray
Date / Time Fished: Nov. 2,3,4, 2006
Wrote...The best fishing trip ever. We are a husband and wife team, and we enjoyed every minute of our trip. We were with the group of 26 from Bill’s Bait and Tackle. We caught a total of 211 bass. The biggest of which was a 10.11 followed by the next biggest of 9.1 which was caught by my husband. Several of the fish were 4-8lbs. Almost all the big fish were caught on top water, poppers. What a thrill it is to see those fish explode on your popper. (Like someone threw a brick in the water.) We could have caught many more if we settled for 3-4lb. fish, but we, and our guide, Hiel?, who was an excellent guide, decided to look for bigger fish. The 10.ll was caught in the last 5 minutes of our fishing on the last fishing day. What a way to end an already spectacular fishing trip. The service is by far the best. They help you in every way they possibly can. What more can you ask for great service, great food, great people, great fishing, lots of laughs, and the list goes on. From a woman’s point of view, if you like fishing, don’t hesitate to go there. You will not regret it.

Date: Fri Nov 10 08:46:52 2006
Name: Bill Q
Email: BILLSBAITANDTACKLE@COMCAST.NET
Home Page: BILLSBAIT.COM
Hottest Baits: Poppers, Spooks ,Crankbaits
Hottest Colors: didn't seem to matter much
Date / Time Fished: 6am. - 6pm. Thurs 2 - Sat 4
Wrote...What an unbelievable trip!! Our group of 26 had the entire lodge..The topwater fishing was incredible!! We fished basically nothing but topwaters throughout the day and caught so many fish in the 4-6 lb. range that they started looking small compared to the big ones..22 of the 26 people on the trip caught the biggest Bass of their lives!! The group totaled 12 fish over ten pounds including a 13-2 , 12-3, 11-11 , 11-4 , 11-1 , 10-14 , 10-11 , 10-9..The last day,my partner Dave Clay and I had over 50 lbs. on our best five, ALL ON TOP!!Most boats averaged between 65-120 fish per day..The Service and food was great and everyone is looking foreward to returning ASAP to this very Special place!! Bill Q.

Date: Fri Nov 10 08:45:40 2006
Name: Bill Q
Email: BILLSBAITANDTACKLE@COMCAST.NET
Home Page: 1515 NEWMAN AVE SEEKONK MA.
Hottest Baits: Poppers, Spooks ,Crankbaits
Hottest Colors: didn't seem to matter much
Date / Time Fished: 6am. - 6pm. Thurs 2 - Sat 4
Wrote...What an unbelievable trip!! Our group of 26 had the entire lodge..The topwater fishing was incredible!! We fished basically nothing but topwaters throughout the day and caught so many fish in the 4-6 lb. range that they started looking small compared to the big ones..22 of the 26 people on the trip caught the biggest Bass of their lives!! The group totaled 12 fish over ten pounds including a 13-2 , 12-3, 11-11 , 11-4 , 11-1 , 10-14 , 10-11 , 10-9..The last day,my partner Dave Clay and I had over 50 lbs. on our best five, ALL ON TOP!!Most boats averaged between 65-120 fish per day..The Service and food was great and everyone is looking foreward to returning ASAP to this very Special place!! Bill Q.

Date: Fri Nov 10 06:26:44 2006
Name: edward taylor
Email: fishfearme61@hotmail.com
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Hottest Baits: popper,spooks,swimbaits
Hottest Colors: chrome/blue...white/blue,green
Date / Time Fished: nov2-4th
Wrote...what a trip, had manuel for a guide and got 120 or so bass in 3 days,popper bite was unreal,caught fish on everything, deep cranks, spooks,poppers,rattletraps,worms, brushhogs,swimbaits. it was a trip of a lifetime.great service,great place. many thanks ed

Date: Wed Nov 8 11:14:05 2006
Name: Steve Parker
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Hottest Baits: spinnerbaits, topwaters
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Date / Time Fished: 3 days
Wrote...The trip was fantastic! Norm and I caught over 125 very nice bass the first two days. The third day we asked our guide Hil to take us to where we could catch "super grande". We did not catch as many fish the next two days, but we caught several 8's and 9's. My biggest was 11 lb 3 oz. We weighed all the fish that we thought would weigh over 8 lbs. The biggest fish we caught were caught very early and very late. We caught them on topwater and spinnerbaits. The lodge was great. The food and service was superb. Tell Tony I said hi. Steve Parker

Date: Sat Nov 4 08:50:52 2006
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Hottest Baits: storm/wild-eyed swimbaits, 1 oz. spinnerbaits, excalibur spittin' image, rappala skitterpops
Hottest Colors: various
Date / Time Fished: recap of the last seven days
Wrote...In a word, AWESOME! Topwater, topwater, topwater. Gil Wright of Oklahoma City fished topwater all day long, fish up to 9 lbs., 60 - 100 bass per day being no problem. Alex Kozel of Paris, TX, catches three fish over 11 lbs. fishing with guide Hiel throwing big Bill Dance crankbaits. Crane Cameron of San Antonio gets a fish over 12 lbs. on a swimbait. Walter Baker of San Antonio, TX describes the fishing as unbelievable topwater, his boat catching 39 fish on topwater in one afternoon. Tog Rogers catching two fish over 11 lbs. and his fishing partner, Teddy Hart, catching a 14 lber. The last two days of fishing have been the best topwater Rene and his guides have even witnessed. Our new guide at Lake Baccarac Lodge, Miguel, and his clients yesterday caught 22 bass on topwater throwing Spittin' Image between 8 and 11 lbs. Miguel's brother, Eddie, and his clients had 12 bass between 7 and 10 lbs. caught on Zara Spooks. Rene reports 60 to 80 bass caught on topwater alone up to 9 1/2 lbs. The hottest parts of the lake now continue to be Sonny's Cove and Russ's Island. Rancho Padre coming in third place and Papachaw producing better fishing in the evening. The lake is stable at 85% capacity and we predict that topwater will only improve until we get the first cold snap (no telling when that may be).

Date: Thu Nov 2 17:42:22 2006
Name: cezar lopez
Email: clopez99@hotmail.com
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Hottest Baits: Jigs
Hottest Colors: Lizards
Date / Time Fished: Swimbaits
Wrote...Caught a 17lber today, never seen so many boats on the water.

Date: Mon Oct 30 17:45:43 2006
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Hottest Baits: topwater prop baits, swimbaits, crankbaits, willow-leaf spinnerbaits
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Date / Time Fished: October 24 - 30, 2006
Wrote...Lake Baccarac has received 12 feet of new water since Oct. 25th. Fishing has remained very strong. Bill Hicks and crew from New Mexico described it as "incredible topwater action." His group of six caught multiple double-digit fish. Buddy Carlton of Florida caught a 12.3 bass. Gil Wright of Oklahoma City says, "fantastic topwater!" Mike Barton and Scotty Anderson of Phoenix caught 40 topwater fish the last evening they fished. Teddy Hart of Houston, Texas caught a 14.0 the first two hours he was on the lake. The lake is now 85% full and topwater action should be with us until we see a cold front this winter.

Date: Mon Oct 23 08:45:17 2006
Name: Gary Whitehead
Email: garywhitehead@grandecom.net
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Hottest Baits: chug bugs, swim baits
Hottest Colors: white, green
Date / Time Fished: Oct 25-28
Wrote...Wonderful trip as usual!!!! First day little slow. Caught total of 59 bass with 1 8lb and 1 8 1/2lb. Second morning caught 11 on top.One 11lb., one 9 1/4 , 3-8's, 6 sixs. I could not believe the size that we caught on top!!!! The entire day we caught 89. I have a counter that I wear around my neck. The third and last day we caught 49 on top in the morning. They ran very large again with the largest being 9 1/2. There were many 8's, 7's, 6's and 5's. We caught almost all of our very biggest fish on top. I found that unusual after 55 years of bass fishing. The total for the third day was 107 bass. This is without a doubt the best big bass lake in the world at this time. Terry all your guys and gals came through with the same wonderful service that they always do. This was my sixth trip to this lodge. Gary

Date: Mon Oct 23 07:24:34 2006
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
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Wrote...Rene called in a fishing report last night. He says topwater action is getting better every day. Also there are plenty of big fish - 10+ lbers. - being caught off Russo's Isla. Mike Wilson of Tulsa, OK, landed an 11 lber., along with a 10.8 from his boat, and reported the average size fish is the best he has ever seen in his years of coming to Lake Baccarac. Mike fished topwater in the morning and fan casts, swimbaits across points and islands in the afternoon. Steve Groom of Amarillo, TX, had an unbelieveable trip! First three fish after lunch his second day of fishing - 8.2, 9.9 and 8.6. Steve said, "We caught so many big fish that we were calling 3 and 4 lbers. small." Floyd Brown of Odessa, TX, landed an 11.0 within the first five minutes of the day. David Humphrey of Phoenix, AZ, yesterday caught three or four over 10 lbs. In his words, "Incredible." As you can see, topwater action is getting better every day. If it mirrors last year, we will have a strong topwater bite until Christmas. Hurricane Paul is due to hit the West Coast today and should make a direct hit towards Lake Baccarac and Lake Huites. We'll keep you updated on conditions and fishing reports.

Date: Thu Oct 19 09:24:06 2006
Name: Lake Baccarac Lodge
Email: kingfish135@hotmail.com
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Hottest Baits: Popper,Buzzbaits,Swimbaits
Hottest Colors: Chrome,White,Pearl
Date / Time Fished: 10/17,18
Wrote...Well...the topwater action finally exploded yesterday. Along with the standard crankbait/swimbait bite, poppers and buzzbaits absolutely whacked 'em yesterday. Most boats reported 120 to 140 fish with 80% weighing 5lbs or over. There were not a lot of fish over 8lbs yesterday, but thats probably cuz they can't beat the other fish to the bait! There was a 9.3 caught on a popper, and 6 or so over 8, but most everything else was 5-7lbs. When the wind picked up, there were two choices, throw the Storm 4" pearl swimbait, with a reel and stop cadence, or throw topwater in the calmer coves. Action was non stop for most boats and everyone here at the lodge is ecstatic