Oct 04 2022
Joe V. Smith
Keeper
Member Since :
2008
Number of Posts :
263
Reservation Number : 33991
Property Name : Alysha Ranch
Reservation Date : 10/03/2022 AM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 30 11" to 2.25 lbs
Lures Used : worms,flukes and wacky
Fished Alysha Monday morning with another member.Shortly after our arrival he observed three otters at the spillway and dam area.Based on the poor results of ths one short trip the otters have devastated the fishery.Since 2013 I have been going to Alysha six or more times per year and it always produced a majorty of fish between 2.25 lbs and 3.25 lbs . A few over 3.5 lbs up to the Ilargest we have caught there of 5.25 lbs. It does not produce huge bass but a lot of great catching size fish.
This trip we only caught two fish at 2.25 lbs . A total of 30 bass of which only eight were over 14” and not much larger.The lake was only 2ft low and visibility of 12” at thr dock and 18” at the dam.In some lakes this result may be good but it is very poor for Alysha.
The fish hit on flukes,wacky and tx rig ,using wat/red ,wat/seed , brused bananna and pumpkin chrt.
Oct 04 2022
Joshua Massoud
Keeper
Member Since :
2021
Number of Posts :
487
Still confused why people thought it was a good idea to restore otter populations in the U.S. and now finding good trappers is really tough.