September 29, 2008

Lake Ray Roberts Fishing Report

Lake Ray Roberts is about a foot below normal level and water temperatures are 74 to 77.

Shorter days and cooling water temperatures have shad moving into shallow water and largemouth bass are following them. Best fishing is early and late but in the middle of the day there is good size bass in shallow cover to be caught if you are persistent. Numbers of fish caught per day are down from a couple weeks ago but larger fish are showing up more as we head into fall. Most mornings now there is a pretty good topwater bite early. As the sun gets up a 1/4 oz. white spinner bait is working and the best all around bait now is a Yum Dinger in 4 or 5 inch junebug color with the watermelon and green colors working as well. We are rigging the Yum Dinger with a small split shot about a foot ahead of the bait or t-rigging with a 1/16th oz. weight. For the topwater fish we are using Heddon Super Spook Jrs. in Lake Fork Shad color or a clear color Chug Bug.

White bass fishing is very good now with limits being caught on every trip in September. We are fishing as if it were already October since about mid August, the fish went to deep water structure when we had the cool week of rain in August and have stayed there since. The fish are on the move and somedays takes more looking than others to find active feeding fish. "They are always biting somewhere" is what anybody who has been with me on a trip has heard me say as we are looking for a good bite. As the water cools and days get shorter it gets easier to find the biting fish. We are getting a few catfish every trip now as they will hit the same baits as white bass and friday we had a 21 lb. blue cat on a sand bass trip. Cotton Cordell CC Spoon 3/4 oz. chrome color with a Flies-By-Night fly tied 14 inches above the spoon is what we use to catch most of the sand bass in deep water. Fall is a great time to get on the lake, boat traffic is down and it is really relaxing to catch a bunch of fish and be one of a few boats on the water.

Have fun fishing,

Tim

Fish Species: Bass
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Water Temperature: 74 to 77
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Kyle and Grady with a 21 lb. blue cat
Kyle and Grady with a 21 lb. blue cat

Rob, Eden and Bob with limits of white bass
Rob, Eden and Bob with limits of white bass


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About The Author: Captain Tim Wike

Company: Reelin Ray Roberts Guide service

Area Reporting: Lake Ray Roberts

Bio: Tim is a full time licensed professional fishing guide on Lake Ray Roberts. He has been fishing all his life and for the last 35 years has been a serious bass fisherman. Having fished Lake Ray Roberts exclusively, since it opened to motor boats in 1990, he knows the lake. Prior to fishing on Lake Ray Roberts, Tim lived in East Texas spending a lot of time on Lake Palestine, Lake Athens, Cedar Creek Lake, and Lake Tyler. Fishing for largemeouth bass in the warmer months, and white bass all year round, Tim has always had an obsession with deep water structure fishing. Having spent countless hours on Lake Ray Roberts studying maps and searching the depths with electronics, he knows the the main lake structure on Lake Ray Roberts like the back of his hand. Using triangulation, he is as comfortable fishing spots in the middle of the lake as most fishermen are fishing stumps in the back of a creek. Sand Bass Fishing Largemouth Bass Fishing Rates Photos Fishing Report Testimonials Links Contact Us Your Lake Ray Roberts guide trip with Tim will be as instructional as you want it to be. You can learn a lot in one trip about electronics, GPS's and triangulation if you have the desire to. Before opening Reelin Ray Roberts Guide Service, Tim was in the grocery business. Knowing the value of good customer service, he will work hard to make your fishing trip one you will remember and leave wanting to book another trip in the future. The father of four daughters and grand father of five he enjoys teaching beginners how to catch fish introducing them to this great sport of ours. Fishing 200 days a year, Tim will know what the fish are doing. If for some reason the fishing is off he will tell you. Go to the Fishing Report page of our site to see what the fish are doing this week. Call or email Tim to book a trip or just talk fishing Lake Ray Roberts.

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