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| Name: Richard Willams Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 2 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 1/12/03 - 1/15/03 Total Days: 4 Largest fish of trip: 11.8 lbs Total fish for the trip: 125
How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent General comments: Top water bite was excellent. Our guide was one of the best anywhere. Boats were perfect. Weather was great. The people thatworked at the resort are the most polite and well mammered that I have ran into while over fiswhing for 50 years. We are getting ready to set up trip for next year already. Outfitters comments: This place is so well run,you have to go there to really appreciate what a great job they do!!! Bookers comments: Keep up the good work.
Name: Jeff Olson Terry and Mitzi,
Name: Alan Martin I and my brother caught 150+ fish in 3 days. Two at 11 pounds, 3 at 9 pounds, 5 at 7 pounds, and the rest between 1.5 and 4.5 pounds each. What a great trip and wonderful people!! I would recommend it to anyone. I also met the owner while I was there. I have already booked the first week of May 2002 for 4 people. Regards,
Name: Michael Moore Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 2 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 1/10/01 - 1/13/01 Total Days: 2 1/2 Largest fish of trip: 10.2 lbs
How were the accommodations: Good How was the food: Good How was the service: Excellent General comments: We committed a lot of our time to plastic baits. Weather changed the fishing after day 1. We caught 5 over 7lbs. first morning using Silver w/black flake sluggo's. We were getting ate up with fish and we missed a lot of hits. Next day we switched to 10" Power Worms (Blue Fleck) and 8" Lizards (Black w/blue Tail). We had a lot of success fishing cover with these baits. After 3 outings am/pm/am we had all of our big fish for the trip. We had a hard time getting a big fish on the last day. I will say that on the 12th of January, 17 fish over 10lbs. were caught (amazing). I am glad my buddy, David Maserang was one of the anglers with a fish over 10, or I would have been humiliated. We had a great time fishing this lake. We laughed about it today, both of us are still feeling the urge to set the hook while at work. For anglers who have never been, it is easy to get so caught up in trying to land the big one that you do not relax a lot. The scenery is some of the best around! The eagles were amazing ! Outfitters comments: Well organized, trip was great! Bookers comments: Good web-site, we were well informed.
Name: Mark Monroe Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 4 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 1/11/01 - 1/14/01 Total Days: 2 1/2 Largest fish of trip: 11 lbs
How were the accommodations: Good How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent General comments: Best lures were: black sluggo with gold flakes (8+"), white sluggo,
black worm with blue tail (10"), june bug color worm, large pop-r
topwater, suspending shallow running lures (gold or shad color), white
spinnerbait. We had 2 guides, one was very good, the other was ok. Boats were
good.
Name: Dr. Don Gossett Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 3 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 1/03/01 - 1/10/01 Total Days: 7 Largest fish of trip: 10.1 lbs
How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent General comments: My son and I went in for the first three days of cast and blast. The hunting was great. Need say no more. We immediately caught fish when we first arrived. Top water was very active and we used Sammy's almost exclusively. My son killed me the next day on Blue Fleck 10" power worms. I tried lots of different plastic baits and caught fish on most of them. The best colors were blue fleck, black, black/blue tail, watermelon, and green pumpkin. There was very little crankbait action until the wind came up and jerk baits were excellent. Sluggos in white and white /silver sparkle were excellent. The boats were good. Our guide was excellent and we had a lot of fun fishing with him. He worked his bottom off trying to get us on fish. Weather was great-80's.One front came through. Terrific time fishing.
Name: Fred Pierson Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 4 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 12/14/00 - 12/18/00 Total Days: 4 Largest fish of trip: 12.2 lbs
How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent General comments: Lures that worked best were spinner baits, Zoom 8" worms, Zoom flukes,
Pop-R type lures for top water and 10" Power worms. Bookers Comments: Terry Rader did an excellent job of keeping us informed with periodic
updates.
ANGLER'S INN Temperature: Night: 62 F Day: 80 F Numbers of Big Fish caught:
Comments: Popular Lures Used this Week Most Productive Lure Used
Sorry for being so long getting this fishing report out. This is the week I
was at the Lake. This report only represents about 14-15 anglers. At the last
minute a group of 16 canceled to go to Lake Comedero. I cannot imagine why
anyone would want to drive two hours past Lake El Salto, stay in a lesser
quality lodge that requires an armed guard be with you at all times, even when
you are fishing, and not have the same quality fishing. It rained every day we
were at the Lake, putting the Lake on a rise and caused it to get murky in some
areas. The quantity was down some, but the size was incredible as you can see
from the report from Anglers Inn below. I caught the 14.6 which is my lifetime
best and my fishing partner Creighton Pickering caught the 13.8 which is also
his personal best. Additional Info or changes:
Name: Dan Pendley Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 2 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 11/01/00 - 10/05/00 Total Days: 3 1/2 Largest fish of trip: 12.2 lbs
How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Good How was the service: Excellent General comments: Top water bite was slower than expected but some fish were caught on double Outfitters Comments: Very organized. Couldn't imagine anything different. They seemed to do Bookers Comments: Terry kept us well informed of fishing and travel conditions and made certain
Name: CiCi and Walt Hallberg Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 2 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 10/01/00 - 10/05/00 Total Days: 3 Largest fish of trip: 15.4 lbs
How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent General comments: 10" Watermelon Power Worms, Watermelon lizards, 10" Junebug Power
Worms. We fished mostly plastics. Outfitters Comments: We will definitely be going back!
Name: Dan Swindell Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 2 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 10/11/00 - 10/15/00 Total Days: 3.5 Largest fish of trip: 14.9 lbs
How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent General comments: 10 IN. POWER WORMS, BLUE FLAKE, SOLID BLACK, BOTH TEXAS AND CAROLINA RIG
Name: Les Melton Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 2 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 05/22/00 - 05/27/00 Total Days: 6 Total fish or birds for trip: 500 Fish Approx. how many fish or birds per day: 83 Largest fish of trip: 13.2 lbs
General comments: All caught on 10 inch Berkley power worms. Dark colors worked best. The guide
I used was terrific and the equipment was more than adequate. The weather was
superb - cool in the mornings and evenings with temperatures reaching into the
90's during the day. Outfitter comments: Undoubtedly, Anglers Inn is the BEST there is. Nothing goes unattended.
Nobody does it better. The service and quality are unparallel. You will not be
disappointed.
Name: Lake Pointe Medical Center-Ken Teel Administrator Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 22 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 05/17/00 - 05/21/00 Total Days: 4 Total fish or birds for trip: 4000-4400 Fish Approx. how many fish or birds per day: 1100 Largest fish of trip: 13.8 lbs
General comments: Some top water early for smaller fish then it was 10 inch power worms and 3/4
ounce fat free shad crank baits. Outfitter comments: Billy Chapman has put together a great team at Anglers Inn and is sitting on
the best bass lake in the world right now. Booker comments: Rader's Fish and Game did an excellent job for us. Our reservations were made late last summer and everything went smooth.
Name: Terry Rader Address: PO Box 574 City, St: Pittsburg ,TX Zip: 75686 Telephone Daytime: 903-856-1858 Telephone Nitetime:903-856-1858 Fax : 903-855-0193 Email: trader@radersfishandgame.com Where did you fish or hunt: El Salto Who was your outfitter: Angler's Inn How many persons are included in this report: 1 When did you take your trip: Date Began: 02/18/00 - 02/25/00 Total Days: 6 Total fish or birds for trip: 450 Fish Approx. how many fish or birds per day: 75 Largest fish of trip: 13.4 lbs
Comments such as lures, how were guides, how were boats, how was weather and anything else that you feel someone like yourself would like to know. 3/4 ounce Citrus Shad Fat-Free Shad for big fish, Pop R for top water and 3/4 ounce spinner baits. The guide's boats and weather were great. How were the accommodations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent Any other comments about outfitter: Probably the best in the business. Any comments about the booker: I booked myself a great trip.
Some info for the trip that might be helpful to others: The fishing starts each day after breakfast at approx. 5:40 a.m.. The temp. each morning ranged from 47* to 51*. The first two hours were spent using topwaters and all of our success was on the smaller Pop-Rs (lighter colors). We had some luck with the black baby torpedoes. I heard some of the fishermen complain that they were "wasting" time with the topwaters. Personally, I found it very productive and we caught plenty of fish with lots of size. We would eventually switch to crankbaits (shad/blue) and these were also productive. After one to two hours of crankbaits we would switch to worms and lizards for the rest of the day. I used 7 inch green/chartreuse lizards exclusively ( #4 hooks and 3/4 oz. sinkers) and had constant action. My son used red and purple 7-9 inch worms and also had great action. The wind picked up significantly in the afternoon but was never a big problem and provided relief from the 90* heat. At the end of two of our three days of fishing we spent the last hour with topwaters. Lots of fun but not as productive. The most productive baits, by far, were the worms and lizards. The early morning topwater was great fun. There were no biting insects but sunscreen is a must. My son caught his big fish on a 7 inch purple worm, #4 hook, and 3/4 oz. sinker. He was using 20 lb. test line. This is amust, as you know, because of all the timber. We probably lost at least 5 fish in the 7-12 lb. range because they got tangled in the wood. Comments to Booking Agent: Terry, I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know how our trip to El Salto Lake went. The lodge and people exceeded all of my expectations. I found them all to be genuinely concerned that we have a good trip. The service and hospitality was excellent! The fishing was outstanding. My son caught an 11.0 and he is still excited. We will get a replica made. In addition we caught a 10.0, 9.7, 9.5, 9.3, 7.8, 6.7, 6.6 and a host of other bass that I previously would have referred to as "lunkers". In total we caught 209 bass in three full days of fishing. Thanks for the assistance and I look forward to going back. Jack DeVaney
Name: Creighton Pickering Where did you fish? El Salto Who was your outfitter? Anglers Inn How many persons are included in this report? 1 When did you take your trip? 11/3/99 - 11/7/99 total of 4 days Total fish for the trip: 298 Approx. how many fish per day? 75 Largest Fish of trip: 11.4 Number of fish in each category:
My guide was great as were all the others. There was no problems with the boats, all were great to fish out of. The weather was great. If you like to catch fish from 2 lbs to whatever, please do yourself a favor and go to Angler's Inn at Lake El Salto. How were the accomadations: Excellent How was the food: Excellent How was the service: Excellent Any comments about the outfitter: I didn't need to ask for anything except
"Could I stay longer?" Any comments you have about me your booking agent? It was everything your said it would be and more!!
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