Reservation Number : 25040
Property Name : Trinity Lakes
Reservation Date : 06/27/2020 All Day -
Total Fish/Sizes : 36 - .5 to 4 lbs
Lures Used : Everything worked.

Fellow PWF member Tommy Reyna and I went on a full day trek at Trinity Lakes, Covington TX. This was our 2nd trip out to this wonderful property. We didn't fish Arrowhead for very long on our first trip, so we decided to start our day there. Glad we did.

If you have read previous reports, then you know that Arrowhead has larger fish on average than the other two lakes. You can catch just as many fish walking the dam as you can fishing the center channel in the boat. The weather was great in the morning with partly cloudy skies and a nice constant breeze. That breeze, however, sent us sailing from the dam to the opposite shallow end. So if there is anything I have learned from fishing these properties, do not wait to use your anchor. We missed multiple fish because we were not stationary, or we were confusing hitting grass with bites. We even startled quite a few fish. 

Let me go back to the beginning. Before getting the boat set up, I am usually impatient and want to cast a few times. I passed on the first cast tradition to my friend. No bites, so I tried to throw a few. Starting with the topwater frog. There is a grass patch just to the left of the boat ramp. I cast a couple of time and the ripples started. Within the first 3 casts I had blowups on the frog. Didn't reel any in. They would always dart into the grass patch. After we got in the boat, we set out along the damn and towards the pipe. Everything was getting action from the stick worms, mini-chatterbaits, and flukes. I could list off the colors, but that would be wasting your time. Everything worked and every color worked. The fish just bite at this place. However, the frog bass was elusive. Tons of blowups and tons of missed connections. I thought about downsizing my frog, and I probably should have. They bit all over the lake, but the best action was between the edge of the trees and the dam. We graphed a lot of fish either suspended from 3 down to 11 feet, or at the bottom. We caught 29 of the total bass at Arrowhead, and they ranged in size. Only 2 of the bass were smaller than 2 lbs. So I would expect 2 to 4 lb bass at Arrowhead. We scanned larger fish, but they eluded us or just didn't like what we were throwing. I will go ahead and list all colors and lures used at the end, just to be proper. 

We broke for lunch around 1 PM. Reluctantly on my part. I was super excited about how much they were biting and didn't want to stop. We headed towards Cleburne and visited their nice HEB store and picked up supplies and some food. Also made a pit stop at a Wendys. They have just about any fast food you want there. 

When we got back to the ranch, we went back to Arrowhead to get some of the items we left in the boat. We were not sure if we would continue there or head over to Commanche. Sure enough, we started fishing the dam for a bit. The bluegill were making beds and attaching dragonflies and grasshoppers. The bass were ambushing the bluegill at the dam as well as the insects. Watch out for the turtles going for your frog by the way. 

After catching a few more bass, the numbers of Commanche were calling our names. So we unloaded the boat and made sure everything was clean, then headed over. We arrived to find a murky Commanche lake. This was different from the last trip as the water was clear. The water on Arrowhead was crystal clear down to 4 or 5 feet of visibility. So if you were approaching a wake or swell, the bass saw you and swam away. Commanche had delivered numbers on our last trip. So it was no surprise that they hit my fluke on the second cast, just north of the pier. Right as it hit the water. Small 1 pounder. I caught 2 from the pier and then we set up the boat. The boat on Commanche is newer and very nice. Much more stable than the boat at Arrowhead. I wish they had a newer more stable boat at Arrowhead. We were concerned about tipping over on multiple occasions. We set out towards the damn. and Scanned a nice pocket that went deeper than 9 feet. There were really big fish scanned there. No bites. We continued down the damn and we picked up a few more scrappy fish. The wind was really bad and the anchor was a must. Between the one exposed tree and the west bank, i broke off on something. No doubt in my mind it was a bite. I set the hook and it moved and then stopped moving. Broke 20 lb test flourocarbon. The lure used was an accidental purchase. I usually get the black and blue fleck Bass Pro Tournament Stick-Os. This was larger than what I had purchased before. The package says 7 and 1/8 inch. That is huge along with the huge weight I had on. Now I have seen smaller fish take on big worms, but the fish that hit my worm yesterday wasn't small. I kick myself thinking, was that the 9 or 10 pounder? I cast time and time again back at that area and never had another bite. We ended up only catching 5 bass and 1 aggressive bluegill. Yes a bluegill hit a 4 inch fluke on a 5 ought EWG hook. It had a big mouth for a bluegill. 

Sun was getting lower and we figured we only had about an hour left. So we hightailed it over to Arrowhead to fish the dam. We picked up right where we left off. Picking up more nice quality bass on stick worms and topwater. FINALLY! Finally got 2 on the frog and one on the whopper plopper. Topwater bite is on and was pretty much on all day. I think the most fun was having two of the most explosive bites on topwater that I have seen in a very long time. One of them launched out of the water like a submarine that had lanched an underwater missle. Airborne. That was on the frog and the other was on the whopper plopper. Tommy heard it and he was halfway down the damn. Then the wind stopped and the bite shut down. It was strange, like a switch turned off the bass. 

In the end, we caught 35 bass and 1 eager bluegill. Low numbers compared to other members visits. I don't know how they catch so many. Maybe we are fussing with the boat too much. 

Lures: Flukes - White or Smoky Shad, Small chatterbait, Stick worms every brand - Black and blue fleck, bluegill color, junebug, watermelon with chartreuse tip, and bubblegum pink, Hollow Body Popping Frog - white belly (top color didn't matter), Whopper Plopper

Oddly enough we didn't tie on the spinner baits that worked so well last time. We brought our entire fishing arsenal and didn't really need it. We didn't have to tie on different lures unless we broke off. Everything just worked. The fish are hungry, but the lunkers evaded us. We never fished Goose, but then again we had too much action on Arrowhead to leave it. This is a great property. They mowed around Commanche and I would say it's 100% bank fishable now. The only downside if I had to mention it, was that we wish the boat at Arrowhead was like the one at Commanche. Great place to fish either way and we definitely will go back for a 3rd trip and more if i take my kids. Love this property.