July 29-31
I guided on Red Willow Reservoir all three days and my clients
and I caught northern pike, wipers, white bass, walleyes,
channel catfish, and largemouth bass. We caught these fish on a
Carolina and a drop shot rig using gizzard shad, ¾- and 1-ounce
Lytle's Secret
tailspinners, ProMinnow swimbaits, 5-inch flutter spoons, and
topwater plugs. They were caught around main lake points,
underwater humps, road beds, edges of creek channels, flats next
to deep water in depths of 28 feet or less. The surface water
temperature is in the mid 70s.
July 28
I fished with my chiropractor at his sand pit lake in the
afternoon, and I caught a Master Angler largemouth bass at 21
inches. We also caught good numbers of largemouth bass between
10 and 19 inches. We caught these fish around points, edges of
weed beds, and underwater brush piles using football jigs with a
Strike King Rage Craw, and a Spro Bronzeye Frog.
July 27
I fished at Red Willow Reservoir for about three hours in the
mid afternoon. I caught good numbers of white bass up to 14
inches, wipers up to 23 inches, a 30-inch northern pike, a
17-inch largemouth bass, and a 12 -inch crappie. I caught these
fish on a ProMinnow swimbait and a 5-inch flutter spoon around
main lake points, underwater humps, edges of a creek channel,
and near the dam areas. The surface water temperature is in the
upper 70s.
July 25-26
I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients and I caught
northern pike up to 36 inches, white bass up to 13 inches, a few
walleyes and wipers, and a 26-inch channel catfish. We caught
these fish around main lake points, underwater humps, road beds,
edges of creek channels, and back in a deep cove in depths of 28
feet or less. We caught these fish on a Carolina rig using
shiners, 5-inch flutter spoons, and a Pro Minnow swimbait. The
surface water temperature was in the upper 70s in the morning
and warmed up to the lower 80s in the mid afternoon.
July 23
I took my friend from Colorado fishing at a private sand pit
lake in the late afternoon for a few hours. We caught a little
over a dozen largemouth bass between 16 and 19 inches using a
¾-ounce football jig with Strike King Rage Craw around deep
points in depths between 18 and 28 feet of water.
July 22
I took my friend's 5-year-old daughter fishing at a private sand
pit lake for a little over an hour in the late afternoon. She
caught largemouth bass up to 17 inches, and bluegills up to
eight inches, using Berkley Gulp! Nightcrawler around points,
edges of weed beds, and underwater brush piles.
July 20-21
I guided both days on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients and I
caught three Master Angler northern pike between 10 and 14
pounds. We also caught smaller pike, walleyes up to 18 inches,
white bass up to 14 inches, wipers up to 22 inches, channel
catfish up to 28 ½ inches, largemouth and smallmouth bass
between 12 and 16 inches, a few nice crappies and freshwater
drum. We caught these fish around main lake points, underwater
humps, edges of creek channels, underwater road beds, coves, and
near the dam areas in depth of 28 feet or less using a Carolina
rig with live baits, ¾- and 1-oz.
Lytle's Secret
tailspinners, 5-inch flutter spoons, 3- and 5-inch ProMinnow
swimbaits and topwater plugs. The surface water temperature is
in the upper 70s.
July 18-19
I guided the same clients both days at Red Willow Reservoir and
my client caught a Master Angler northern pike at 37 inches. We
also caught smaller northern pike between 24 and 33 inches,
white bass up to 14 inches, wipers up to 20 inches, few channel
catfish up to five pounds, a few largemouth bass, smallmouth
bass, and a fresh water drum. We caught these fish on a Carolina
rig using live bait,
Lytle's Secret tailspinners,
ProMinnow swimbaits, 5-inch flutter spoons, and topwater plugs.
The fish were caught around underwater humps, edges of creek
channels, underwater road beds, main lake points, coves, and
near the dam areas in depths of 25 feet or less. The surface
water temperature is in the upper 70s.
July 16-17
I fished with my chiropractor at his private sand pit lake for a
few hours in the afternoon on both days. We caught largemouth
bass between 11 and 19 inches, and a channel catfish that
weighted a little over 20 pounds using ProMinnow Swimbaits,
5-inch flutter spoons, and plastic worms around deep points,
underwater brush piles, and edges of deep weed beds.
July 10-15
I guided on Red Willow Reservoir all six days and my clients and
I caught 25 Master Angler fish including 22 northern pike
between 10 and 17 pounds, two wipers at 28 ½ and 26 ½ inches,
and a 32-inch channel catfish. We also caught smaller pike
between 24 and 35 inches, wipers between 13 and 23 ½ inches,
white bass up to 14 inches, channel catfish between two and six
pounds, a few walleyes up to 20 inches, and a few largemouth
bass and freshwater drum. We caught these fish on a Carolina rig
with shiners,
Lytle's Secret tailspinners,
topwater plugs, 3 ½- and 5-inch ProMinnow swimbaits, and 5-inch
flutter spoons around underwater humps, main lake points,
underwater road beds, edges of creek channels, and near the dam
areas in depths of 30 feet or less. The surface water
temperature is averaging in the upper 70s in the morning and in
the lower 80s by mid-afternoon.
July 8-9
I guided the same clients on both days at Red Willow Reservoir
and we caught 14 Master Angler Northern pike between 10 and 16
pounds. We also caught smaller pike, wipers up to 22 inches,
white bass up to 14 inches, an 18-inch walleye, and a channel
catfish using a Carolina rig with shiners,
Lytle's Secret tailspinners,
5-inch flutter spoons, 3 ½- and 5-inch ProMinnow swimbaits, and
topwater plugs. We caught these fish around underwater road
beds, underwater humps, main lake points, edges of creek
channels, the mouth of a cove, and near the dam areas in depths
of 28 feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the
upper 70s.
July 6-7
I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients and I caught
nine Master Anglers northern pike. We also caught smaller pike,
wipers up to 22 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, a few
walleyes up to 20 inches, a largemouth bass, and a channel
catfish. We caught these fish around main lake points,
underwater humps, underwater road beds, and edges of creek
channels in depths of 28 feet or less. We caught these fish on a
Carolina Rig using shiners,
Lytle's Secret tailspinners, 5-inch
Flutter spoons, 3 ½- and 5-inch ProMinnow swimbaits, topwater
plugs, and a jigging spoon. The surface water temperature is in
the upper 80s.
July 5
My son Jeremy, brother Tim, and my cousin and his son, and I
fished below Medicine Creek Reservoir in the spillway and the
creek. We caught white bass, wipers, largemouth bass, and a
northern pike using
Lytle's Secret tailspinners, ProMinnow
swimbaits, and flutter spoons.
July 4
I
took my two sons fishing at a private sand pit lake for a few
hours in the afternoon. We caught good numbers of largemouth
bass between 13 and 19 inches around the drop off next to
points, and edges of deep weed beds in depths of 25 feet or
less. We caught these bass on a football jig with a plastic craw
trailer, and a Texas rigged plastic craw. The water clarity in
this sandpit lake is very clear.
July 3
I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients and I caught two
Master Angler northern pike. We also caught smaller pike between
seven and 10 pounds, wipers up to 21 inches, a few small
walleyes, and a largemouth bass around underwater humps,
underwater road beds, and edges of creek channels in depths of
28 feet or less. We caught these fish using a Carolina rig with
shiners, 5-inch flutter spoons, and ProMinnow swimbaits. The
surface water temperature is in the upper 70s.
July 2
I
guided on Medicine Creek Reservoir. My clients and I caught
walleyes up to 18 inches, white bass up to 14 inches, a few
catfish up to 20 inches, a largemouth bass around three pounds
and a small crappie. We caught these fish on
Lytle's Secret
tailspinners, flutter spoons, and 3 1/2-inch ProMinnow swimbait
around underwater island, points in a cove, and edges of a creek
channel that swing next to the rocky shoreline in depths of 15
feet or less. The surface water temperature is in the upper 70s,
and the water clarity is stained.
July 1
I guided on Red Willow Reservoir and my clients caught a Master
Angler wiper at 30 inches and a 36-inch northern pike. We also
caught smaller pike between 28 and 35 inches, wipers between 15
and 22 inches, walleye up to 21 inches, and white bass up to 13
inches. We caught these fish around main lake points, underwater
humps, underwater road beds, and edges of creek channels in
depths of 30 feet or less on Carolina rigs with shiners, 5-inch
flutter spoons, Pro Minnow swimbaits, and topwater plugs. The
surface water temperature is in the upper 70s.
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