Fished an entire day today at Escondido, beat my all time best by landing 75 fish.  Culled 25.  Wacky Rigged senkos and TX Rigged PowerWorm.  Also had a good late morning   top water bite…..and an outstanding evening topwater bite which I didn't expect.  Two biggest fish weighed 4.2 and 4.7.  It's crazy how just recently I had a slow evening at Kyle compared to today.  

Weather was perfect today….very little wind and sun was out.  Started at the dam as usual and immediately caught my first 4 lbr on a tx rig.  Noticed a bunch of top water action   so decided to get in on some of the action and at one point had two fish on both treble hooks.  I also noticed small schools scattered around the dam.  Worked my way up the east shoreline and caught fish under every tree with TX rig and senkos.  Also caught a good amount of fish on standing timber while working my way around the east shoreline.  

Made my way to the Northeast corner and got into a good amount of fish there as well.  Took out my flipping rod with braid to work the lilly pads and got a bird's nest which I couldn't resolve—-so much for that lol.  Least I was able to reel one out of the pads.  

Decided to work the deep standing timber and pulled out some nice fish including my second 4 lbr.  Took a quick break for lunch then started all over again from the dam with good results….sun was a tad bit unforgiving though.

Now the funny part….I decided to leave about an hour early and talked with the owner (who was very nice).  As I was getting ready to leave, the entire lake erupted with topwater action around 45 minutes prior to sunset.  I decided to pull my topwater rig out again, got the boat out again, and fished for the remaining 45 minutes versus going home early.   When I got in on the action, it seemed like every other cast landed a fish.  Even caught two bluegill.  There were some big fish….and I mean BIG fish that were really chasing the baitfish near the surface.  One thing I did notice….if my presentation was "off" (exm: didn't walk the "walker" properly), then the fish didn't seem to "fall" for the bait…..but as long as the presentation was correct, the fish were all over my topwater lures.

I don't know what it is with this lake, but I really do enjoy it.  Wasn't expecting the top water action today so that wa a bonus….if I had to guess I'd say I caught a quarter of my fish on topwater.  

I'll see if I can post photos tomorrow.

 Posted By: Nicholas Borowski