Reservation Number : 43817
Property Name : Deer Trail Ranch
Reservation Date : 06/18/2025 All Day - 06/18/2025 All Day
Total Fish/Sizes : Around 30 from dinks up to 3.9lbs
Lures Used : Swimbait, Chatterbait, Frog, Tx Rig, Fluke

My guest and I fished from 6:30am under overcast and calm conditions with even an unexpected 5 minute rain shower.  The pads and coontail are plentiful and the water was tea colored with about 2-3’ visibiltiy and 83-84 degrees throughout the day.  Tried the frog in the pads in the morning and got a bunch of blow-ups but only 1-2 hookups (my fault mostly).  My buddy was throwing a weightless small swimbait all morning into the pads and grass and had a bunch of hits but also misses.  When we did hook up it wasn’t a guarantee we’d land the fish as we lost several in the thick coontail.  We made our way around the lake working the grassline and shore catching a few here and there and missing a bunch.  My guest had to leave early for a work thing, but I stayed and fished till about 6:15pm.  The sun came out, the wind picked up and the bite dried up in the early afternoon.  I moved out to deeper water and graphed a bunch of fish all suspened in 10’ of water, but couldn’t find anything that would trigger them, so I took another shore break to get some shade and lunch.  I went back out around 3:30pm in search of a shade pocket and found the magic spot in the cove just to the left of the boat ramp.  I caught a fish or two on a swimbait and decided I’d try to clean up another one with a Tx rigged stick bait.  Bingo, there was the school of fish and the presentation combo.  I proceeded to catch mulltiple fish and the biggest of the day with several over 2lbs, a couple over 3lbs and one just shy of 4lbs.  I stayed in that spot for over an hour  until I went to check to see if there was another shady spot like it further toward the dam area.  There wasn’t, and so I went back and caught maybe one more before giving in to my oncoming migraine and the thought of loading up solo with a long drive home.  I’ve had a few very memorable days at this lake, and this afternoon flurry will be one of those I’ll look back on for a long time.  Thanks PWF and land owner for the great lake to get to fish.