Fishing Reports - Lake Baccarac

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards

Currently highly recommend from Duane’s Customs Baits 276 796 5321 the following colors Watermelon Red Candy and Watermelon Golden

Feb 1st to Feb7th

Feb 5th and 6th

Good numbers of fish up to 7 pounds caught up the river with senkos and meduim running Bomber Fat Free Shad .

The bigger fish once again harder to find the last two days but overall excellent action and water temp should start warming now

This just in from Jerry Kelley of Dallas, TX. 

I just wanted to share a little about my recent trip to your lodge at Baccarac. It was one of my better trips to your lodge. We didn't catch alot of really big fish, but we caught hundreds of bass in the 3 to 6lb range and missed several BIG ones and just one fish over 10lbs. I know they will start showing up in the next few days. Our last day on the lake we caught 275 bass between the two of us and the guide. I have fished all over Mexico and never found a better place to fish or lodge, your lodge is 2nd to NONE ! The staff is the best I've found anywhere. The food is excellent and where else in the world can you know with any cast you stand a chance to catch the biggest fish of your life or possibly the next world record. I keep hearing from lots of people who are afraid to go to Mexico and I just don't understand this. It might be dangerous in the border towns and I even agree to this, BUT FOLKS , I assure you, THERE IS NO DANGER IN COMING TO THIS LODGE. So I tell you this if you want to catch not only alot of fish and have a chance at the biggest fish of your life then the only choice is Lake Baccarac, and the ONLY choice for lodging is Lake Baccarac Lodge. FISH ON !!

Jerry Kelley

FEBRUARY 3 -

This just in from the lodge:  Excellent numbers upriver with 1 to 4 lb. bass on 5 inch watermelon senkos and white medium running Bill Dance crank baits.

The bigger fish are more shallow with the lodge reporting eight fish over 10 lbs. this week.  The bigger fish were caught on pearl swim baits. 

Since late yesterday afternoon, huge rains have hit the area again.  There is a forecast of rain for the next two days.  We have more groups arriving today. 

FEBRUARY 1 -

Baccarac is heating up!  Excellent numbers up the river and Jerry Kelley did land a 10.5 lb. bass on a swimbait.  Terry forecasts the big ones are almost here!!

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards

Currently highly recommend from Duane’s Customs Baits 276 796 5321 the following colors Watermelon Red Candy and Watermelon Golden

Jan 5th to Feb 1st

FEBRUARY 1 -

Baccarac is heating up!  Excellent numbers up the river and Jerry Kelley did land a 10.5 lb. bass on a swimbait.  Terry forecasts the big ones are almost here!!

JANUARY 27 - UPDATE FROM THE LODGE:

Huge rains and a cold front that came through on Friday and Saturday, the 22nd and 23, have caused a dramatic change in the fishing.  This week has not produced much in the way of fishing results with very few fish caught in shallow or deep water.  The water temperature has cooled six degrees in five days.  It remains to be seen if the fishing will improve next week.  We will keep you updated.   

JANUARY 24TH:

Tough fishing Friday and Saturday with very high winds and big rains forcing us off of the lake.  However, before the storm, fishing was excellent upriver with fish up the river caught up to 6 lbs. and at the south end of the lake producing fish up to 9 lbs. in deeper water.  The bigger fish are moving up slowly and still are a little out of reach. 

Jan 14th

THis week has not produced very many big fish but the numbers of small fish in the first 20ft of water is outstanding.... small being 1 to 3 pounds...Eddie Carmon did catch a 11.9  in 25 ft of water and was broke off within minutes after catching that one ......We are marking lots of bigger fish in 45 ft of water.It also seems that most of the shad and talpia are also in 40 to 45ft of Water

JAn 10th

High-quality fishing - countless numbers of 1 to 3 lb. bass and Russ reports a fair number of fish over 8 and seven fish over 10 lbs. The big fish are coming deeper with Carolina rigged watermelon lizards and wacky style 5 inch watermelon senkos. Watermelon jigs along with black and blue 1 oz. jigs produced a good number of quality fish. It seems as though the big fish are moving shallow and we will start seeing more and more trophy bass caught in the next several weeks.

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards

Currently highly recommend from Duane’s Customs Baits 276 796 5321 the following colors Watermelon Red Candy and Watermelon Golden

Jan 5th and Jan 6th, 7th and 8th

Jan 8th

Leo Osburns group report excellent numbers and also reported a 10.8 amd 9.8 caught on Carolina rigged watermelon Lizzards. Six boats on the water all doing very well with 150 fish being caught per boat

Jan 5th and Jan 6th

Scott Sinclair's group of four had a blow-out day yesterday, January 6.
Although the biggest fish was only an 8.13 (very respectable fish) Scott reported up to 150 fish for his boat with so many 5 and 6 lb. fish, they stopped counting. Little Miguel, who is now guiding for us, has turned out to be an exceptional guide and had the best numbers of the day.

Mike Drain's group of eight flew in yesterday direct from Dallas, departed at 8:30 a.m. and were at the lodge at 11:30 a.m. Our private flights direct from Dallas offer the best convenience clients have ever had - short time to get there and luxury all the way. Mike's group fished 1/2 day yesterday and caught phenomenal numbers.

Narlin's comment, he feels that the big fish are just about ready to bite.

5 inch senkos, 1/2 rattletraps silver/blue, Meduim Bomber crankbaits, worms, lizzards

Currently highly recommend from Duane’s Customs Baits 276 796 5321 the following colors Watermelon Red Candy and Watermelon Golden

Dec 31st 2009 to Jan 4th 2010

Jan 2nd and Jan 3rd

Red Hot action but no Baccarac Big Boys. Good action up the river and in most parts of the lake. The rattletrap bite is excellent. and the topwater bite is good early. Water temp has now drop to 68 degrees and the Lake is 82% full

DEc 31st and Jan 1st

Lots of small fish with no big fish biting the last two days, excellent numbers can be caught on watermelon lizzards and watermelon worms, June bug senkos and silver/blue 1/2 oz rattletraps. We did have some topwater fish the last two days.

Dec 30th

Last report of the year!!! Good numbers of fish caught of ratltletraps silver/blue with some topwater early and late 80 per boat up to 6 pounds the norm. Weather is very nice  and the water temp has now dropped to 73 degrees

Dec 28th

The airport at Bacubiritio is open again.

The last fews days have been excellent with topwater fish early and late. 5 inch senkos in Watermelon along with meduim and small crankbaits. 4 inch swimbaits and junebug worms deeper on the main lake points  Fish up to 10 pounds according to Manuel Salazar

Dec 19th

Well, it's official - the big fish are showing up. Russ called in an excellent report with the big fish starting to hit 3/4 oz. and 1 oz.
silver-blue rattletraps. Brad Drake landed one over 11, as well as Norm Klayman, with Terry Rader reporting 140 fish for his boat caught mostly on silver/chartreuse rattletraps, and Terry claimed to have lost the biggest fish he has ever seen in his 40 years of bass fishing. Terry missed the big fish using a medium sized chartreuse Excalibur crank bait. John Taylor caught good sized fish, one over 9 lbs., using watermelon worms. Russ Johnson states the fishing is only improving every day now. With some top water, excellent action and big fish showing up now, we can't wait to see what January brings.

Dec 18th

Terry Raders group of 8 reports Great action with big fish showing up. Norman Klayman caiught a 11.1 on a 3/4 oz rattletrap.

Dec 9th

Topwater Explosion!

With the extremely cool weather, with low temperatures in the 40's, the water has cooled off immensely which has created a topwater explosion!  This is the topwater action we have been waiting for since October.  Russ Jhnson says that the average size fish keeps getting bigger and BIGGER! 

December 2nd

The Gil Wright group of eight has fantastic action - 1125 fish in three days of fishing on the lake.  Denis Bootenhoff said it was his second best trip to Lake Baccarac, as far as numbers and size. 

Dec 1st

It's getting to be that time of year. Mr. Big Bass, Gil Wright, will be at the lodge this week. Sonny Talkington, the fabled resident at Baccarac, is returning to the lodge next week. Both have a keen sense of where the big fish are and when the big fish are going to bite.

Gil's story is remarkable. Last season alone he landed two over 14, two over 13 and to date, 44 over 10. Gil has methodically canvassed Lake Baccarac and has marked many of the best spots on the GPS on his 22 foot Skeeter he keeps at the lodge. Gil is quite confident that this week will produce some giant fish. Looking at his results in the past, I am quite confident he will have such luck. The water temperature is cooling and it should be any day now that the fall top water bite will be in full swing.

Sonny, a man of few words, simply states in reference to the big fish: It won't be long. We will have a very detailed fishing report to post within a
few days.

Also note:Southern California Big Bass Team of Bubel/Mitchell” will also be down at the lodge next week.

Nov 30th

We have had an unusually high number of small fish caught at the lake. The key to catching the big fish is, don't get frustrated with the small fish, use your bigger presentations, 8 inch watermelon seed lizards, 6 inch swim baits. Russ and Narlin had the best luck fishing the humps in the main lake. The mornings are getting cool and the water temperature is dropping.
I would not be surprised if we see some topwater action shortly. Check the photo gallery because new pictures will be posted soon!

Also note: Mr Big Bass " Gil Wright" will be at the Lodge this week

Nov 16th to Nov 21st

Tom Reddington's group of 8 have come an gone for the week. Overall good action but the big fish did not show with the exception of one fish over 9 and and couple of bass over 8.  Good numbers of 1 to 3 pound bass caught up the river and not very many mid size fish showing up with the smaller bass but moving off a little deeper is producing the better quality bass

Russ's hot bait of the week is the Rapala Rattlintrap in Blue/silver

Note://See the special page for the listed special

Nov 15th

Fishing remains very strong for numbers and also Tom Redington's group on Nov. 15th landed four fish over 8 lbs. All big fish were caught on Rapala
3/4 oz. rattletraps. Rancho Padre seems to be holding not only the big fish but good numbers as well.

Nov 12th Scott Sagger group

This was my sixth trip to Mexico, my second trip to Lake Baccarac, the first trip being in 2005. This experience was the best I have ever had. Forget about the lodge being beautiful and the food being great. The first two days on the water, fishing by myself with one of the local guides, I was amazed at the numbers of fish that could be caught. I could have easily caught 100 fish on day one and day two, although most were in the 1 to 3 1/2 lb. range. I did manage to eek out a couple of 8 lb. fish. But it seemed like every point, you could have mined for fish for hours. We fished mostly the first two days 6 inch watermelon lizards, throwing close to the bank and working out to 14 feet of water. Very few casts did not produce a fish.
The third day, however, was an unbelievable day on the water. I heard the prodding and joking around the camp from Narlin Salazar directed at his brother Manuel that the recent story being written about Manuel about him being anointed as the king of big fish in Mexico So I asked Manuel if he would be my fishing partner on day three. Lucky for me, he chose to forego his obligations to the lodge and insisted that his brother Narlin go as a guide and from that point forward, brotherly joking and ribbing never stopped. After trying some early topwater with no success and Manuel joking and telling his brother that it was time for a different guide, Manuel directed the boat towards a little cove up the river. We made several casts and caught several fish and before anybody realized it, we might have had 40 fish in the boat with the biggest one being 4 1/2 lbs. So with my limited Spanish, I requested that Manuel find me a big fish. He responded back, I have already found the fish; I'm just waiting for you to catch them! And I explained to him, well, so far, they have only been small. Manuel said, okay, I will catch one big one for you. He made a long cast over the point out in just a little bit deeper water and I would not have believed this if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes; he brings in a 9.8 lb. bass. From that point forward, I was amazed at the number of big fish that Manuel caught almost on demand. That day's total in our boat, myself fishing out of the front, Manuel fishing out of the back and Narlin guiding us, we caught in excess of 160 fish - 14 fish over 8 lbs., three fish over 9 lbs. and two fish over 10 lbs. Manuel Salazar is the king of big bass.

Some great news ...New runaway at Bacubirito.

Sept 15th

Our first official group has come and gone.  Manuel Salazar entertained our four friends from Mexico City.  Sixto Figeroa, having unbelievable luck fishing up the river with his clients, catching 40 fish over 6 lbs. on September 12th.  It looks as though the numbers are back with Mario reporting 80 fish the first day guiding between 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 lbs.  If you will remember, we could not find this size fish last year.  Topwater action which is typical for this time of year, was unreal according to the clients, with all four catching fish over 10 lbs.  Jose Torrez from Mexico City caught an incredible nine fish over 10 lbs. in his three days of fishing.  Lipless crankbaits, silver with chartreuse back, were the crankbaits that everyone used this past weekend.  Lake Baccarac is currently 78% full.  The water temperature is 88 degrees. 

On a side note, Narlin Salazar is still here in the US and fished the recent BassChamps tournament on Lake Ray Roberts and has a "lost-the-big-one" story.  Thanks to the BassChamps guys for putting on a great tournament! 

August 28th and 29th

Narlin Salazar and Sixto Figeroa fished the lake on August 28 and 29. Narlin reports excellent fishing, with the same action for big fish as he had last year at this time, reporting catching no fish under 5 lbs. Using Strike King king shad, Narlin caught a fish every fourth or fifth cast. Sixto, using only plastics along with a Yum money minnow, reported a little slower action but bigger fish. He caught a 10.3, a 10.7 and an 11.12, all on the money minnow. The lake is currently 60% full, with huge rains heading towards the area. Our next customer group will arrive on September 11.

The Weekend of August 8th and 9th

We normally don't entertain many guests during the hot, rainy summer months. This year, we are trying something new. Our recent guest from Mexico City, Dominic Luna, described it as a tale of two lakes: Late afternoon, as the rainshowers move in and as the clouds build up, the fishing was nothing short of phenomenal, with Dominic and his friends, along with guide Sixto catching one fish over 14 lbs. on a Rico Pop'r; three fish all within three ounces of the 14 lb. mark on solid chrome Husky Jerk baits. The fish were shallow while the lake was covered with shade from the clouds, so Sixto consistently threw his Revenge solid blue jig right up on the bank and slowly drug it into the water. Over and over and over, he caught the fish feeding on the bank. The clear skies in the morning offered no fish at all, according to the recent group. Dominic said: The morning bite is just terrible. 
Yet, every afternoon, the fish they could not find before the rains would show up.

 July 23 - July 28 fishing report:
Yes, it was hot and yes, it was rainy...an excellent recipe for the huge Baccarac bass to be shallow. It happens at the same time every season. Our four recent guests just crushed the big fish, with a total of 27 fish over 10 lbs., two of those fish being over 14 lbs. All of the big fish were caught on Magnum watermelon seed lizards. It was reported that in the late afternoon, you could actually see the monsters right against the bank looking for food as the water was rising. When the big fish stopped biting and moved off to the points, throwing big Bill Dance crankbaits led to reports of catching fish after fish. If you can stand the heat and you want to get away for a few days, you should really try some of this summertime fishing. 

2008/2009 season summary

What a season it was at Lake Baccarac. Fishing in October started out with nothing but huge fish, literally with a 6 lb. average, sometimes not catching fish under 6 or 7 lbs. for the entire trip. Many personal bests.

Read the report from Bobby Knight, from Gil Wright, from Greg Riggle during the beginning of October 2008. Booking agent Ricky Green came back testifying, this is the best trip I have ever been on fishing 20 years in Mexico, with nine fish over 11 lbs. and 32 fish over 10 lbs. and an estimated 100 fish over 8 lbs. on his October 21st trip. Ricky wrote to us, saying Baccarac is just an incredible place.With the late October hurricane, the lake was flooded and fishing changed dramatically. Clients were still landing plenty of big fish, but numbers of fish caught were very low. With the high water and high population of shad, it was very hard at times to get the bass interested in biting artificial lures. There were many isolated stories about excellent numbers and excellent big fish, but after October, there were many challenging days on the water.

Gil Wright, who is a monthly guest at the camp, had a great trip in November, catching 13 over 10 lbs. and 36 over 9 lbs. Go back and read Tom Redington's report from the first of December - unbeliveable big fish action.Predicting the numbers would pick up at some point, we did not really see great action again until June, although all during the season, without a doubt, the average big fish this season was larger than the average big fish last season.

We started the new year out January 1 with multiple 14 lb. fish. We continued to have sometimes unbelievable action and incredible numbers, but sometimes we had neither. All of this was contributed to by the overpopulation of shad and the high water all season. Please go back and read the corresponding reports.In summary, by the time late May and June came around, Baccarac was repeating what it had done the year before. As a forecast for next season, we look for great fishing. We saw an incredible spawn in the spring of 2009. Those new fish will absolutely devour the excess shad in the lake.

Baccarac, without a doubt, is and will remain the best bass lake in Mexico.

black and blue 1 oz. jigs, big swimbaits, and Bill Dance Fat free Shad crankbaits.

watermelon seed senkos

New pavement on the Runway ,,WOW the runway is now in great shape

Mike Murawski Group - fishing June 7 thru today - They

report phenomenal Baccarac fishing, with one fish over 14, two fish over 13, and countless fish caught over 10 lbs.  The area in Papachaw is producing the biggest fish. 

We see this every June and we are glad we are seeing it again.  Groups are catching great numbers of fish with good size.The weather is heating up and so is the fishing!   

It's not too late!  We still have openings through the end of this month so don't hesitate to call us up and schedule a trip. 

Wednesday, May 13th 2009

black and blue jigs were catching some fish but the BIG fish are being caught on swimbaits and super flukes

see lures above

SOON, THE BRAND-NEW RUNWAY AT BACOBURITO WILL BE COMPLETED - THAT'S RIGHT!  BRAND NEW ASPHALT, BRAND-NEW RUNWAY

May 13 update: Two days after the full moon, fishing has been tough - very little action.  A few big fish but the numbers are down. This is a typical pattern after the full moon. 

May 11 - latest report from the lodge: 

The last five days have been nothing short of phenomenal!  Keep reading below: 

May 3 - 10: 

Earl Rideau -While fishing with Chino for five days, he caught a total of 24 fish over 10 lbs.  His biggest fish was 15.4 (30.5" X 23")  Wow!  His second biggest fish was 14.1 lbs.  Quote:  "I look forward to my next trip to the World's Greatest Big Bass Lake and there is nothing that is even a close second." 

Ed LaRose group from Italy -These guys had a great trip - more 8 - 10lb. fish than they could count.  All big fish were caught in deep structure using weighted flukes. 

Sportswriter Matt Williams from Texas will have a great trip to write about when he gets back into the office.  While fishing with Gil Wright of OKC, he broke his personal best - a 12.1.  The also caught an 11.8 and two fish over 9 lbs. 

OTHER CATCHES OF NOTE:  These guys just arrived May 8th and this is so far:  Tim Boatman of Nacogdoches, TX caught a 10.5.  Ed Spencer pulled in a 10.10 and a 10.9. Jamie Tillman came to the lake to beat his personal best and did so on his FIRST CAST - catching an 8.8 fish. 

,Lizzards, Black zaraspooks, Must bring 7" super flukes

Swimbaits

senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

April 6th report  : The Ross Rushing group from Lubbock Texas, arriving and fishing 1/2 day today had excellent results  Explosion of big numbers of big bass countless numbers of 4 pound bass also 7.3, 7.5, 7.13 8.0, 8.11, 9.7. 10.6, 11.8

JAson Carney from Boston landed a 11.15 and reported excellent numbers with 70 fish caught forthe boat

Jim Etheridge catching 2 over 11 pounds

Shane Ryal catching 3 over 9 and 2 over 10

EXcellent fishing the 6th of April

, pop'rs, 5 inch senkos, 7 inch watermelon Russdingers OZ JIGS,,Lizzards, Black zaraspooks, Must bring 7" super flukes

Swimbaits

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

MArch 23rd to April 5th

We now have a bigger plane operating out of El Paso direct to the Lodge at Lake Baccarac so on many of the flights we have 2 extra seats. We also have a couple of spots that have been discounted deep

Must bring 7 inch super flukes.

Black Zaraspooks ...recommended by Narlin

April 3rd and 4th   The numbers have slowed down but bigger fish being caught on topwater in Papachaw Bill Doll returning for his 6th trip did catch a 10.2 on topwater yesterday

April 2nd report   more big fish with Tony Mandil catching 3 over 10 this morning and John Lange landing two over 10 this morning. Dr Monachek also getting his personal best after fishing years at El Salto..The Doc says Baccarac is the best in Bass

Tommy Baxter gets a 13.5 and harry Nichelsongets a 12.5

April 1st morning report  NOW READ THIS! Our good friend Tommy Baxter broke the 10 pound mark with 13.10   ..And of course Gil Wright Lands another one over 14 with a 14.5 along 3 more over 10....all on Big Flukes

April 1st afternoon report:  Big fish, big fish with many fish over 9 pounds coming on Big FLukes ( watermelon, bady bass ) recorded 7 more over 10 from the group at the lodge

March 31st from Russ at the Lodge. Russ reporting some very good size today with 7 over 10 pounds withthe group 16 at the Lodge. Suspending swimbaits and topwater working best the big ones and lizzards working best for the numbers.

March 30th   Gil Wright and Bob Gisy have returned to the Lodge. Gil Wright using only topwater plugs yesterday caught a 11.1 and 11.8 while Bob Gist also caught 10.2 on topwater. Numbers good fishing Green Lizzards the weather has been very hot

March 28th   Narlin Salazar very good fishing with several bigger fish being caught. Bill Q has caught several big ones with 24 people at the Lodge this week Narlin said many, many big fish caught

March 26th very low numbers this morning but some good size on swimnbaits and Russdingers ...Pedro has been the top guide this week

March 25th : from Russ_ Harry Scott group of 8 having great succuss with several over 10, 11 , 12

March 25th report   Bill Q from Bills Bait and Tackle caught a 11.8 on a swimbait this morning  Real good numbers and some real good size to report- a full report posted from the Eric ALinger group of 10 later today ..excellent report  with boats catching from 40 to 100 fish a day and many personal best   

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

March 5th to March 24th

We now have a bigger plane operating out of El Paso direct to the Lodge at Lake Baccarac so on many of the flights we have 2 extra seats. We also have a couple of spots that have been discounted deep

: overall fishing has slowed later in the week compared to earlier in the week 7 inch Russ dingers working the best

March 24th report  time _ March 18th to 22nd  fishing has slowed some but boats have still managed good numbers fishing in shallows . The bigger fish being caught around the inlands and on the main lake points using swimbaits and russdingers. Harry Scott caught two over 11 yesterday Dan True reported 14 over 7 pounds using Watermelon Russdingers

Today the President of the Lake Baccarac fan  Club is arriving " Bill Q" lets see want he can do!

March 15th, 16th , 17th aand 18th   Russ reports improvement in numbers all over the lake with 7 inch Russdingers working the best. Ham Chatman report an all around great trip with day 1 being slow but day 2 90 fish for the boat and 3 fish 10 pounds and 11 over 8 pounds

MArch 11th and 12th , 13th and the 14th Russ reports excellent results with 12 more fish over 11 caught on the Lake Senkos seem to be the best bite and we are starting to see some very good topwater All boats catching 50 to 80 fish in day with several more over 10 reported Pat Kemf caught his personal best 11.9 and then jumped in the lake- Henry Dotson catch a gaint 12.8 and then on his next cast caught a 12.9

March 10th EXcellent Excellent

Gary Whitehead caught 91 bass today with Guide Ramon

11.2, 9.8, 9.4, 9.2, 8.10, 8.4, 8.2, 7.4 being be the biggest

This report just in from Jack Anslover who just returned from his trip: " Better trip than last year at the same time" reports Jack Jack Anslover's big fish was 12.9 , MIke Smith 11.8 and Jesse Smith 9.8 with boats in his group catching over 100 bass a day using 6 inch Pumpkin Lizzards Mike Smiths best day was 140 fish

The morning of the 9th of March: WOW Mike Hinnekkamp group reported excellent results the first morning on the water with 7 of the 12 in the group catching fish over 10 and breaking their personal best: 7 inch watermelon and pumpkin seed senkos worked best in the shallows

Fishing today is outstanding according to all at the Lodge

March 5th to March 9th report: Russ reporting great big fish action over the weekend. The Lizzard bite is the best  with some really good Zara Spook action early morning it seems that the best boats are catching upward of 80 per day with Gary Whitehead catching 110 the morning of the 8th.

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

watermelon/red

Feb 27th to March 5

March 3 - update from Russ Johnson at the lodge:

Alan Sharp from Pampa, TX caught three fish over 10 lbs.  Most boats catching 80 fish per day, excellent day on the water at Lake Baccarac Lodge! 

The fish are concentrated in the back of the coves; using watermelon lizards and white spinnerbaits is producing the best numbers, while the big fish are coming on suspending swimbaits.  We look forward to having you down at the lodge!

March 3 - from Terry: Wow! What an incredible big fish day with Greg Riggle catching two fish over 11 lbs.!

Gustavo Alameda and his friend Paco came all of the way from Spain to fish Baccarac and they say that this is the best fishing trip of their lives.  Since arriving last Friday, they have caught six fish over 10 lbs.

James Bradley's group out of Texas also caught two fish over 12 lbs.  I'm sure James, who was not able to come with them, will be mad he could not make the trip! 

Lures:  White spinnerbatits, 1 oz. are will the hot lure.  Many boats are catching 80 fish a day.  

March 2:  The Mike Wilson, whose group fished Feb. 27 - March 1, reports:  "We had another great trip.  Not as many fish as last year, but not bad.  We had 4 fish over 10 and 4 over 9 lbs.  We also had boats that caught up to 80 fish a day. The food and service were fist class.  Hot weather and cold margaritas just go together.  We can't wait until next year.  Thanks for everything."

The weather is HOT!  Close to 100 degrees but a cool front is expected to move in in the the next day or so.

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

Feb 23rd

Need Two people on direct flight Departing March 4th and returning March 9th

As good as fishing was last week the bite took a little break yesterday the 23rd with no fish over 10 pounds to report but we did have some very nice 8 and 9 pound fsh caught in the flats in the ranch area. Pedro boat produced the best numbers fishing a weightless 8 inch watermelon lizzard.  The weather has warmed up since the beginning of the month and has been near prefect fishing weather.

...WE have 2 seats available on a couple of direct flights to Lake Baccarac. 

Terry Hollan-

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

Feb 8th to 23rd

FEBRUARY 21ST - Gil Wright gets another big one - 13.7 lbs. on a 1 oz. Black.blue jig  Gil Wright says " This might have been the BEST trip I have ever had to Lake Baccarac "  That is saying a lot Gil makes the trip about 4 times a year

Our guide Alfonzo, who we mentioned below on February 20, gets another three more over 10 lbs. with his guests.  He has made his mark and now is without a dbout putting his clients on the best fishing sports. 

FEBRUARY 20TH - The last three days - February 18 , 19 and 20 - on the lake have been fantastic.  There have been 25 fish over 10 lbs. caught.  The largest was brought in by Bob Gist of Oklahoma City - a 14.12.  This fish beat his personal best by over three lbs. 

Ten minutes later, his buddy Gil Wright, also of Oklahoma City, landed a 12.5 off the same submerged island. 

Jimmy Manley of Marianna, Arkansas who had only been fishing a day and a half, has caught two over 12, two over 11 and four over 9.  Where else but Lake Baccarac? 

Denis Bootenhoff of Oklahoma City, had caught his personal best back at the first of January at Baccarac, now broke his personal best record again by catching a 12.12 this week. 

Peter Riley, who was at Baccarac filiming Aaron's Outdoors TV show, caught an 11.15 and his comment was simple:  "Baccarac is to bass what Churchill Downs is to horses." 

JUST THIS MORNING, Friday, Feb. 20:  Peter Riley caught two 12 lbers! 

Pete Hollar caught two over 12 and two over 11 and while the fishing was slowe for his trip this timer, said  "Baccarac is unreal." 

Lodge guide Pauli, using a watermelon lizard with no weight, Texas Style, has racked up the numbers - numerous fish over 8 lbs and his boat has been catching over 100 a day. 

Not to be outdone, lodge guide Alfonzo has caught more big fish than any other guide on the water in the last two weeks. 

FEBRUARY 18 - Narlin reports from the lodge that the big fish are moving up and they are seeing more and more big bass. 

FEBRUARY 14:  Fishing is much improved with Troy Wells' group catching several fish over 9 with one over 14.  Terry Rader's group also had excellent results with four over 11 and several over 9.  Full report later! 

Feb 8 - Tom Lane's group of 16 caught 12 fish over 10 lbs. during their stay, with Ralph Reis lucky enough to catch an 11.2 on his first cast using a white spinnerbait and then three 1/2 days later catching a 12.0 on his last cast on a Zara Spook. 

Numbers of fish caught range from 15 a day to 60 a day per boat.  Most big fish being caught shallow running the banksand obviously, many small fish arebeing caught on the banks.  The majority of the big fish have yet to move shallow which is resulting in very sporadic big fish action. Rancho Padre and up the river are not producing fish like we saw last year, but the areas near Guasama and Papacha are producing the best action this year.  With incredibly cool mornings over the last week, we have seen the water temperature drop two degrees.  Russ and Narlin continue to be out on the lake every day looking for the hot spots.   

Narlin

white spinners, popin imagebaby bass, senkos gray/white...watermelon seed

black/blue worms

read report below

New report soon...WE have 2 seats available on a couple of direct flights to Lake Baccarac WE need two people on flight April 11th it will be discounted

Report: Another up tick in the catch rates today Jan 27th...Black/blue worms and black/blue Yamamto grubs produced best the last two day.. The mornings have been cool but the temp has reached 85 degrees the last couple of days with some strong wind . The water temp is 70 degrees and is on a warming trend

THe numbers have improved but today no fish over 9 but a few in the 8 pound range

The reports will not posted daily after Jan 30th ... I will be in Mexico at the Lake   Terry Hollan

Narlin

read report below ending the 25th

Please take a look at the specials page as we have dates that need to be filled and we can offer at a discount... Several groups of TWO needed

No fishermen on the water at Baccarac on Sunday the 25th   full lodge today the 26th will have report laterfor Baccarac and we do have current reports of Lake Huites on the Lake Huites Lodge website

Morning Report Jan 26th fishing very spotty with one boat only catching 7 fish and the best boat catching 33 bass with 2 fish over10 pounds. It is the same story with bass patterns not holding from day to day and many suspended bass in 100 ft of water. White 6 inch senkos and white super flukes produced the bigger bass this morning..Area near Carezo is holding some nice bass

Afternoon of Jan 26th A little up tick in action today with Black /blue worms, watermelon lizzards, 1/2 oz spinnerbaits

THe boys from Basschamps will arriving today the 27th

Jan 11th to Jan 22nd

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Jan 11th to Jan 19th at Lake Baccarac Lodge : Over the last week we have hit both ends of the fishing spectrum at Lake Baccarac. The fishing is great but the catching is very challenging. Myself, I had the best ½ day the water I had in a couple of years catching a 11, 10, 9 the first hour of fishing Tuesday the 13th of January that was only after catching 2 total fish the day before. Mike Price in two days on the water at Lake Baccarac his five biggest fish weighed over 55 pounds but others in his group struggled. Alberto Smith from Reading, PA came down to catch a trophy and went home with an 11.8 after fishing for 6 days. Downsizing and going small was the answer for me a 4 inch rootbeer colored senko worked for my big fish. Mike Price used a mostly 4 inch watermelon flukes. This pattern did not hold the next day and the big fish and actually all the fish became very hard to find. There are just tons of fish suspending in open water (100ft of open water) using electronics you can see the big bass suspending underneath the thick layer of shad.  We have been able to find plenty of smaller fish on the banks and concentrated on the inlands in front of the lodge. Very few big fish are mixed with the smaller fish at this time in the shallow water.

The fishing has been very slow at times....

Report for JAn 20th:  downsizing and fishing shallow did produce better numbers today  boats catching 25 to 30 bass between 2 and 8 pounds with only 1 fish over 11 pounds   Larry Person caught 11.8 on 1/2 oz white spinnerbait

Report from Russ Johnson at the Lodge on Jan 21st: Cool morning but warming very quickly. We have had some cloud cover lasting until midafternoon. Catching 30 bass a up to 9 pounds using mostly 5 inch watermelon senkos, they don't like the 7 inch senko this year. White 1/2 oz spinnerbaits  producing fish on the bank but these bank fish don't have much size. The water level is starting to drop about 6 inchs a da. We are locating many bass suspending in 100ft of water not relating to any structure at al. Topwater is very spotty!!!l

Morning report From Jan 22nd most boats catching 15 fish this morning Dan Peirson caught 2 over 10 pounds fishing the long points. Russ reports a little better bite on the points this morning. THe afternoon of the 22nd

sticking with the morning pattern did find fish once again Long points are holding good numbers of fish. Our Guides Pedro and Sixto have been finding the bestbite. 4 inch Basstrix swimbaits are working very well along with Gary Yamamoto rootbeer senkos

THe JAn 23rd fishing report  the mornings continue to be cool until lunch. The fishing/catching the past two mornings has been much better early morning with senkos, flukes, small swimbaits. A few topwater fish but not many early morning. The afternoon bite has been very slow and no patterns seem to work as the fish move out in deeper water. We are seeing many bass in the 30 ft suspended in with the shad.

From The :Lodge Narlin

JAn 6th to 11th 2009

Early in the week the fishing was good as we had lots of cloud cover. THe high blue skies have really slowed down the fishing. MIke Drain and his group did pull 4 over 10 from the Lake this afternnon the 10th of January. It does seem that the shad in the lake are just much more attractive than the lures. More reports will be coming soon.

We are filming TV shows are both Huites and Baccarac with hook.TV .. this coming week

January 14 - FROM TERRY HOLLAN AT THE LODGE WHILE FILMING:

First day of filming, January 12, fishing was absolutely a bust.  We were fishing with big lures in deep water, looking for the big fish and ended up the day with only four fish caught with four anglers fishing. 

The fishing Jan. 13th - much improved as we downsized fishing with 4 inch rootbeer color senkos in shallow water, after realizing the bite is very subtle and almost nonexistent. I caught an 11, a 10 and a 9, which were all caught on camera and will be on the show HookTV, hosted by John Diestch.  We had a phenomenal morning, 50 fish cuaght, many fish between 6 to 11 lbs.   

The fish are the most finicky I have ever seen on Lake Baccarac. Altough our boat had an incredible morning, we did have two boats that struggled with almost no fish.  It is definitely a case of being in the right place at the right time when the fish decide to feed.  If you need further reports, please call us and you can get ahold of me directly in Mexico. 

Date:

Spinnerbaits, pop'rs, 5 inch senkos

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Basstrix Shad, Zara Spooks,Sebile crankbaits

Nov.25 to Dec.04

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Swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and some topwater, sluggos....Hot bait Chatter Baits

Nov.17 to Nov.21

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Swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and some topwater, sluggos....Hot bait Chatter Baits

Oct.15 to Nov.7

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October 15 to 18

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1/2 oz. spinnerbaits, rattletraps, crankbaits__ TOPWATER

Sept. 26 to Oct.12, 2008

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Swimbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs & cranks

June 17th to July 5th - Last report of the season

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Swimbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs & cranks

June 10th to 17th

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Swimbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs & cranks

May 21st to 29th

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Swimbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs & cranks

May 1st to 19th

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Bill Dance Cranks , big flukes( Russ Flukes)

rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits

topwater in the clearwater, bone superspooks

April 20th to April 25th 2008

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Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes)

rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits

topwater in the clearwater, bone superspooks

April 11th to April 20th 2008

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Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes)

rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits

topwater in the clearwater

April 1st to April 11th

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Jerk baits, big flukes( Russ Flukes)

rusdingers, big crankbaits, spinnerbaits

topwater in the clearwater

March 26th to March 30th

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Russdingers! 6 inch peral swimbaits uusdingers, black jigs, 1 oz spinnerbaits, ,Topwater

March 11th to March 21st

Terry Hollan from the Lodge