Fishing Report
2006
for
Lake Alan Henry by Capt'n Mike
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Fishing Report By Capt'n Mike and Friends: Email Reports to Capt'n Mike
Temp cold* up gobbler creek
12/20/06 Not many more days to fish this year, but for those who do it has not been bad. Capt'n Mike
12/7/06 You will have to suffer the cold but it might be worth it. Capt'n Mike
Jerry Smith
- Rick Williams 11.0
- Dave Kuntz 8.14
- Mike Hines 6.22
- Jeff Cloud 5.83
- Richard Howell 5.23
- Larry Wayland 5.21
- Kenny Enloe 4.93
- Armando Galaviz 4.35
- Harridge 4.32
- Blake Cockrell 4.15
09-03-06 AND 09-04-06 Ten boats on the lake, how often does that happen on Labor Day? Water temp was-- warmer than the rain!!!! The lake looked to be at pool level but if not, it should be running over the spillway soon. Sand Creek and the lower Brazos were gushing under the highway. Fishing was as good as it gets. Take your choice on lures because it all worked. I through buzz baits, jigs, topwater, cranks, spinner baits, and I caught fish all day at all depths. And I managed to get into a school for about half an hour before the rain got to hard to for them to surface. The only true patten was that the bigger fish seemed to come from deeper water.
08/31/06 The shad are schooling, now is the time to fish right in the middle of the schools, small tubes etc, let them fall slowly. That should produce some bass. The crappie and catfish are starting to pick up at night. Capt'n Mike
08/20/06 There is a little increase in catch on bass but not much. Most all has been worming, some trolling but not much top water. The catfish have been real good at night as well as crappie under lights. Capt'n Mike PS my hats off to JR
$ 100 per trip till aug 25 th.
07/26/06 What a summer, fish continue to be caught in this heat. The bass are deep 20 to30 ft. but worming is working now. Capt'n Mike
07/12/04 We got about an 1" of rain last night but the fishing has still been good this morning, they seem to be right at the edge of the deep water usually in about 25ft to35ft water. Top water early morning and late afternoon seems to be working too, but the big ones have been deep. Capt'n Mike
07/10/06 Well this lake never quits on bass, this week several good fish up to 12# were caught. The fish are deep in about 25 to 35 foot water. Plastic worms motor oil color with gold flecks are what worked this past week. The crappie are at night ant the catfishing is good. Capt'n Mike
07/03/06 It's been hot but not that hot this week. The bass have responded to the break in tempeture, with several caught in the 10# range. The catfishing has been real good, especially on trotline. The crappie have been picky as usual, with night fishing proving to be the best. There was a lot of boat traffic this past weekend, with most of it being skiers. The lake is full and very beautiful, how lucky we are to have such a great lake in West Texas. Capt'n Mike
06/05/06 It is sure warming up. The bass are going deeper during the heat of the day, and coming up in the early morning and evening for a top water bite. The crappie are hard to find especially the keepers. The catfishing had been good with the new water. Capt'n Mike
Your web page is awesome! Thanks for the work you put in
it. Top water was
great this weekend. Kept a Chrome PopR tied on all weekend.
Caught alot
in the shallows in the early morning, and late evening. I boated a
7+
pounder early Sat. morning up gobbler creek. She was still spawning,
so
she went back! Gotta love catch and release!
05/30/06 Big weekend and still lots of big fish caught. Even thought the crowd was big the week and weekend proved that the bass are still biting. Lot of bass caught this week weighing in at 10 to 11 lbs. Some still on beds, some caught with crank baits and spinners. The crappie were good at night and the catfish are really starting to bite. Capt'n Mike
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Lake Alan Henry record bass 15#
Mike,
Braved the Sunday crowd! Several Bass caught largest was a 12#,9# and 6#.
All on topwater in the heat of the day!
Thanks as Always!
J.L.
05/026/06 Fishing has been good all week, several bass caught this week over 10#, still seeing bedding fish. Crank bait have been good also. Capt'n Mike
Lubbock
05/19/06 It looks like a good weekend coming up, still seeing bass on the bed. With the still wind the past few it has been real good.. Capt'n Mike
Gone Fish'n Guide Service
05/18/06 Lots of big fish caught yesterday, it was still and clear and you could still see fish on the beds. Water temp was 69*. Lot of bass in the 10# range still being caught. Capt'n Mike
Eric Gibson
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I caught this bass on May 11, 2006 at approximately 8:00 am. It
weighted 11 pounds and was about 24 inches long.
Harold Kyle
Lubbock, TX
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05/08/06 The crappie have been good at the crappie house at night, the bass were so so, because of the cloud cover. With friday nights storm it good to be alive. It got pretty hairy down here. My good friend Mac McConnell was injured when a Tornado picked up his trailer, him and his dog up and tore it apart. Any one wanting to help Mac, can send donations to me at Mike Burk for Mac, box 111, Justiceburg Texas 79373 and I will see he gets it. What a good fisherman, good guy and friend, he lost everything. Capt'n Mike
05/01/06 I sure warming up, been windy all weekend. Real hard to site fish with this wind. Still bass being caught on beds. The crappie are small that are being caught. Capt'n Mike
Tory Stephens
Hey Mike,
The fish are biting and its a great time to take the children and get them
hooked on fishing. We caught many little bucks and my boy Riley caught this
hawg.
Fuzz
We braved the crowd and the wind on Sunday and it paid off. I caught this
12.48 at 10:45 A.M in the mouth of Little Grape. She took an 8 inch black zoom
lizard. My friend Andrew Reese netted her for me. It has been a great week out
on Alan Henry. I dont know any other lake where you can two 12 pound fish in
back to back days of fishing.
Good fishing,
Brennen Teel
04/27/06 Its been a tuff we on site fishing seems the wind and clouds are taking care of the lake. There are still some big ones being caught. This is the only lake in Texas that you can catch a 10#er and be disappointed. During the first of May when we start getting the thunderstorms fishing usually is very good. Seems that it has been a good week for Mr. Teel. Capt'n Mike
Mike I caught this fish yesterday on a black 8 inch worm. She wieghed 12.04.
It took about a hour to catch her.
Good fishing,
Brennen Teel
04/27/06 Still catching bedded fish, several report of 10#ers but no sharelunkers yet this week. Capt'n Mike
Kyle kulig caught this 9.3 yesterday. I think we tossed 11 different soft plastics at her. She finally took a sour grape ring fry. Lots of big fish were on the beds yesterday.
Thanks
Brennen Teel
04/24/06 Number 9 sharelunker was caught today, by Curtis Norrod. They just keep comming. Capt'n Mike
Was @ the Lake over Easter weekend and had an great time sight
fishing. Did not
catch anything over 5lbs but we caught good numbers of fish. Had a trailer
misshap on Sunday in
the boat ramp parking lot, but with the nice people @ Grubs letting me take
all the parts they had without
paying until I knew which part I needed to get the problem fixed then
settling the bill later.
I would have never gotten on the road and back home if it was not for Rick
Browning that man was great,
I was @ grubs getting the parts and he overheard me talking about my
problem and said he had tools
and would be their to help me when he finished his great lunch @ Grubs.
Rick and his friend (forgot his name, from the dallas area) are great people
and just wanted everyone out their to know their are great people and great
businesses still!
THANK YOU GRUBS & RICK BROWNING and FRIEND
Mike,
Sunday was great! No double digits but caught one 8#,two 7#'s,one 6# and a
41/2#,
Several 2-3#'s and best of all on topwater bite.
J.L.
Capt
Mike,
Just
wanted to thank Rick Browning for coming down a second year and enjoying the
lake and releasing their catch again this year.
It is visitors like Rick that will
help this lake continue to produce. I
am sure there are others that are practicing CPR and have not posted anything.
A big thanks to all of those sportsmen too!
Now
if I could just get to the lake!
Chris
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<<Untitled-2.jpg>> Capt Mike,
Rick here again from Ohio, I sent pics last year of a
12lber I
caught and released at Alan Henry, well you couldn't keep us away this
year, here is a pic that shows some of our better cataches over the last
week and a few days, there is 1-10.01, 3-over 9, 2- over 8, and
obviously a good bunch of 4's,5's, and 6's, etc.... Alan Henry sure
makes for a great fishing trip, was really hoping to top the 12 lber
from last year but I guess I can't complain.
All fish were released alive back into the lake to be
caught and
released again. I would like to say thanks to the folks at Grubs for the
great meals and hospitality, they are a great bunch to visit with. Hope
to report again next year if diesel prices don't keep going up, don't
know how long I can justify 800.00 in fuel to catch fish, hopefully for
ever. Thanks for a great lake I hope Alan Henry stays productive for
allot of years to come.
Rick Browning
04/23/06 Amistad and Lake Fork read'em and weep, by the time they post the 4 lunkers caught this past week, which makes 8 for the year. Lake Alan Henry put every lake in Texas in it's dust or should I say wake. By next week I predict it will be 12. Folks we are just getting into the best part of the spawn. No other lake can compare. Capt'n Mike Share lunker program
04/22/06 Four sharelunkers have been caught in the past week out of this lake. The fishing is unbelievable. This lake truly has the biggest bass in Texas. Capt'n Mike
04/20/06 Only one Sharelunker caught yesterday, whoa! We are get a rain today so site fishing is off, but still plenty of fish being caught. Catch and Release or put in the sharelunker program. Capt'n Mike
04/19/06 The big ones just keep coming in, yesterday I know of one 13# and several around the 11# range that were caught. There are many more being seen but not caught and I do not here everything. My complements to the fishermen who catch a big one, take it's picture and put it back on the bed. You are the ones that make this lake great. Capt'n Mike
04/14/06 Yesterday, the big one's came back, there were two 12# and a 13# lunker caught. This weekend should be a good one. Also some big crappie are being caught. All of the big bass were caught on beds. Capt'n Mike
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Mike,
I was at Grubs when the 12.85 & 13.05 were brought in on Thursday. It is hard to believe that bass can get that big and harder to believe that two guys in one boat could each catch the fish of a life time. One was caught on a water-dog and took over an hour of work before she would bite. The other fish was caught on a plastic lizard and hit it only seconds after he dropped it in front of her nose. It was a treat to see the fruit of this lake.
Steve Winger
04/03/06 Ready set go fishing, it is time folks, the first news of bedding fish are coming in with a new lake record black bass caught this last week. The record fish was caught by Billy Greeson it weighed in at 15.04#, but in the past week there have been two 14#ers caught and several in the 11# range. The fish were caught on wide range of bait so that means they are biting. One friend went yesterday and said "that definitely the spawn was on" landing a 10,8, and 6 pounder. The crappie are biting some bass lures so that tells me they are getting more aggressive now. This coming weekend should be great, the Sun County Bass tournament is this weekend, which is out of Albuquerque, and last year's winner boated a whopping 73#s on 2 day ten fish limit, will be right on the money again this year. Don't quit your job to go fishing but you might think about it. Capt'n Mike
03/31/06 Well hot day yesterday and prediction of warm days ahead, by next weekend it should be great unless weather comes into play. There have been several nice bass caught this week, including a 14#er released back into the lake. There are some bass starting to come up but they are not holding on the nest yet. It will be soon though. The spawn is this lake is funny in that it will last to the end of May, as years past have proven. The big fish was caught on a tube lure. Capt'n Mike
03/28/06 For the most part the weather won last week, with the cold temp and winds, it really slowed the spawn. It will take a warm week to get back to where we were. There were still some fish caught though. Most people are saying the temp has been around 54* last week. Since yesterday was warm I will say it is around 57*now and should get warmer this week. Still the white double bladed spinner worked slow off the bottom or tops of trees in about 10 to 15 ft. water was the ticket. It is all changing day by day as the fish stage in prespawn. Most Texas lakes are in spawn now but not this one it will be April as I predicted. I think the real fishing will start next week unless we have another cold spell and will continue into May like the years past. The crappie are still a little hard to find but improving. Capt'n Mike
water temp 60 * clear
Dustin caught the fish while with NC Calahan around 3:45 pm. White spinnerbait. 30 ft of water..
We have had a crazy winter. First it was warm and the bass started to move up , then we have had a cold front that doesnt want to go away. The bass are ready to move up . This is what they call the staging mode. All we need is about 7 or 8 days of 70 * weather and they will be all over the place. They will be hungry and chasing baits such as spinners...crankbaits...senkos. Then after a few days the males will start looking for a place to build a bed. The large females will not be far away. ....well thats another stage we are not at yet, I can fill yall in later on where they lay those eggs and how to catch them. I have had a few cancellations due to the cold weather. Call soon and grab the best days before theyre gone. I have specials deals to fill in some weekend days.
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On 3/18/06 Friday morning about 7:30 before the front came in we stuck a 10#02ounce on a white jig in about 9 to 10 ft of water towards the mouth of gobbler, on the outside edge of one of those bushes. We also caught a couple more but didn't catch another fish after 10 am on Friday. Saturday we picked up some fish, fishing the outside edge of bushes on the main lake, nothing big at all, everything on Saturday was on pumpkinseed tube jig, tx rigged really light. Sunday we almost drowned from all the rain and headed back to Kansas were we haven't seen rain in months there. We also haven't seen any fishing either though
Thought I should report this fish caught 03/18/06. Weighed 10+ Caught it in submerged trees in 20' of water. Didn't have a partner!
03/20/06 The weather had everyone stumped this weekend. Lots of trying to catch the big one but no cigar. I should say it slowed the bass fishing down. Which everyone thought the full moon would help. The rain was much needed, it will put oxygen in the water which will make the fish more active. This past week the crappie fishing has sure picked up. Several reports of good catchs of crappie came in. Some thing most people in the area do not realize is that this lake is so clear you can sight fish it in the spring for black bass on the beds. This is something new for West Texas, since most of our lakes are brown and muddy color. When the sun is high and the wind dies down you take your special fishing sun glasses out and go fishing. If you have never done it what a thrill. See the bass before you catch it and watch it all the way into the boat. It takes a little skill, but you will get the hang of it. Remember the wind has to be still, maybe that is how the lake protects it's fish. How many days in March and April does the wind stop, not many. Water temp is coming up but needs to reach 60* before the fish really turn on. It can change any day but still a white spinner with big blades of silver or gold seems to be a stand by at this time. See ya fishin Capt'n Mike
Remember Catch and Release is the
way to insure the future of good fishing especially when catch bedded bass.
03/12/06 Wind blew like hell today. Best thing about it is there have been some real big fish caught the past few days, a 11# a 13# and a14#. Nothing on the beds yet, still to cold. The lake is showing some crappie action. Capt'n Mike
Lake Amistad Sun Country Tournament Results
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:20 PM
Subject: Lake Amistad Results
> Sun Country Bass started off the new year in a big
> way. Seventy two teams left the boat ramp Saturday
> morning in a stiff Southeast breeze with high
> expectations. After all it was just last week the
> 400Th share a lunker bass was accepted in to that
> prestigious program. That fact along with the
> notoriety that ESPN bass center has brought this
> magnificent fishery by labeling it the best bass lake
> in the world.
> The Big Friendly once again lived up to it's
> reputation. Every boat entered in this two day event
> brought fish to the scales. Several of those five fish
> bags tipped the scales at over 30 pounds each.
> Sunday evening after all the weigh slips were added,
> the team that traveled the farthest was also the team
> with the largest stringer. John Newlun of Arkansas
> and Bill Fortner of Las Vegas Nevada had a total of
> 58.56 pounds to claim Two thousand dollars for first
> place. The pair claimed they were fishing spawning
> coves with Sienkos, a pattern that several of the top
> ten boats were also using. Trent Loukas and Jimmy
> Patterson of Amarillo were second followed by Jim and
> Augie Martin of ElPaso. Forth place was Chuch Rizuto
> and Steve Ragsdale, Fifth Chad Reagan and John Myers,
> sixth Bill McCoun and Jay Friemal, Seventh Butch and
> Angie Colantonio Eighth Tim Ludwig and Gary Wirths,
> Ninth Mike Kelley and Kenny Kiker, Tenth place went to
> the team of Joe and Hector Godina.
> Big Bass of the tournament went to Larry Robinson of
> Amarillo with a 9.55 Tim Ludwig and Gary Wirths of
> Missouri won the Ranger Cup for being the highest
> finishing team entered in the Ranger Cup. Most teams
> were targeting shallow fish that were moving up to
> spawn. There were a lot of beds on some parts of the
> lake but the fish were not holding well yet. The lures
> of choice were Sienkos, spinner baits and shallow
> running crank baits. There was also a good deep
> pattern if you could find the right place. Deep
> running jerk baits, DD-22s and lizards were working
> well.
> The next Sun Country tournament will be on Lake Alan
> Henry April 8Th and 9Th. The Big fish should be up
> shallow and looking to bite. Early entry is $140.00
> Go to suncountrybass.com for more info. There are
> still plenty of tournaments left to qualify for the
> championship which will be back at the number one bass
> lake in the world. Lake Amistad.
> A special thanks to Dr. Dan Foley and his wife
> Christine. Who are both fish biologist who helped over
> see the fizzing and release of the fish after placing
> them in holding tanks full of Release Me.
> With there help and the continued efforts of the
> anglers to keep good live well systems in the boats we
> can insure the longevity of this great resource.
>
> Photo
> top left. Jimmy Patterson, Trent Loukas, Bill
> Fortner,
> John Newlun,
> bottom Jim and Augie Martin
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> If you have trouble (as I did ) with photo try saving
> instead of opening.
>
> It is also on the home page of suncountrybass.com
> or shoot me an e-mail and I will try again
>
>
> Many thanks Mike Kelley
03/07/06 Watch the temp it been hot today, numbers are changing. Capt'n Mike
03/05/06 Sunday night just got back from the lake, most were singing the blues but a couple of fellows who fish the lake all the time said that it was a pretty good weekend with the big fish in the 5# range. They also said that a 10#er had been caught on top water. Lots of bugs flying around the lake. On Feb.28 I killed a mosquito on my arm, that is very unusual for West Texas this time of year. Top water fishing seems to follow the bugs. The crappie seem to be improving. There was several folks on the crappie house Sunday night. That's a good sign, more folks mean more fish being caught. If I were fishing these staging bass, I still think the white spinner big gold blade is good, but I might start throwing some top water and maybe a buzz bait and let it run under the water some. Be lazy about it the fish still are. Capt'n Mike email mburk@door.net
Capt'n Mike's points of interest on Lake Alan Henry. To the right of the boat ramp up the first draw to the left, there is a live oak tree that three of us can barely get our hands around, what a tree. The biggest I have seen in Garza County.
03/04/06 If we get a rain anytime soon this lake is going to turn on. Water temp is still a little cold though. Some nice fish being caught, but no lunkers yet. Capt'n Mike
03/03/06 Yesterday the fishermen were coming droves. Why all the interest, the TP&W and Budwieser who sponsors the program, sharelunker in Texas is offering $400 a pound for the 400th black bass over 13# caught in Texas. The #398 was caught in Lake Fork recently. Go get'em, it's to early for the spawn here but you might just get lucky. Also, there was 15 1/2 inch crappie caught the other night off of the crappie house. Capt'n Mike
02/23/06 The fish and fisherman are staging on the lake. Who will catch the first big one this year you know it"s coming. I will be updating more regular as the season gets into full swing. Right now, it still winter, lake is cold but we are having a few real nice days. That's the ticket, if you can fish on multiple days your chance's are better. Remember this lake is not very populated so lake break downs can become serious business, so be prepared. Capt'n Mike What a story below!
Mike,
Caught good numbers up in Gobbler on Wednesday largest was a 6# . Water stained
51degrees- working a 1oz white spinnerbait with #7gold colorado blade, slowwwww
rolllllllllll. Witnessed something I have never seen on main lake with water
temp of 45. As you know the weather was beautiful Wednesday, a large school of
shad came up in the chanel in 60ft of water and soon after a school of very
large bass attacked on the surface. These fish were in the 7-8# range. They
never came up again!!! I've heard of this happening at Fork but I personally
have never witnessed this in all of my years of fishing.
Talk about making your heart pump!
God Bless!
J.L
02/13/06 The bass are staging right now of the points and above the deep tree line. Always on this lake bring you white spinner with gold blades and some kind of small minnow to work slow. The was one !0#er caught last week. Capt'n Mike
Mike,
I would like to thank all of the people who helped me out this las Sunday. I had
an accident with a knife up in Gobbler and put a hole in my leg and into the
artery. Needless to say I shortened my day early and went to Lubbock in an
ambulance. Several local guys stayed to help my dad load my boat and make sure
that everything was secured. Thank you to all who helped, it is greatly
apreciated.
J.L.
01/12/06 This past weekend was pretty good. Don't even think about going to this lake in the winter fishing for bass without a white spinner bait in your tackle. It may not work always but it is the most active bait now. Some report of fishing close to the bank and letting it fall, others say about 15ft water in the tops of trees is best. Capt'n Mike
I am writing new articles on cold water fishing in my personal webpage. These big bass require heavy tackle. Call me for tips on exactly what you need to use so you wont loose that lunker. I will have news as to when the big bass start moving up. just clk guides on the alan henry homepage and go to http:members........link.
The water is COLD. use that life jacket and dress warm.
This is a super bass lake. check out 2005 archive fish reports and just a few photos I posted. These were caught
by the customers..not the guide. Total count for the year was : 175 bass 5 to 7 lb.s ,,,, 30 bass 8 to 9 lb.s and
14 between 10 and 13 lb.s I have a CD full of digital pics with date .
01/13/06 They are deep and it seems like you will have you will have better luck with spinners right now. Next weekend the first tournament of the year takes place. Remember last year there were 4 lunkers over 13# caught during last years January tournament. Its been dry but the lake is in good shape. Capt'n Mike
01/10/06 Hello Mike,
Sunday water temp 46, caught bass up to 3 1/2 lbs on DD22's Main lake points.
Found 48degree water up Gobbler near bridge, caught up to 5lbs on spinnerbait
fishing verrrryyyy slowwwwww!
It was a beautiful day!
Thanks J.L.
01/01/06 Actually the bass fishing has been rather good for winter, it just been getting around the wind and cold. The ones last week were reward with some big fish. Capt'n Mike
At the top of this report are the past 5 years history of fishing the lake. This should be a great year. Remember always Catch & Release.
Happy New Fishing Year, Best of Luck
Capt'n Mike