I hadn't been down there in a while so on Friday I ran up to around Good Enough springs and found some good grass along the drains. We caught a 4.5 on a c-rig, a 3 on a frog, and a 2.5 punching hydrilla. Then some little fish. It gave me a little faith so went back on Saturday and struggled. Finally about noon, I caught a 3 pounder punching grass in the mouth of Zorro and then partner caught a 15.5-incher on deep point. We weighed those 2 on Saturday and were somewhere around the middle of the pack. Decided to go for broke on Sunday knowing that we needed 10 pounds or so that day to get a check. So I punched grass all day yesterday while partner slung a swimbait. We caught fish but had no weighers
We fished lots of good looking water. Grass edges in 19 foot within 100 yards of the river channel. Just no quality fish holding in places that should have held a few.
To answer the question above, there is good, healthy grass on the US side from about marker 19 to marker 22/23 on the points and following the drains. Looks really good. Not holding as many fish as you would think. I didn't fish any water between Box and 18 so I couldn't speak to that.
The mouths of Zorro, Tule and Caballo all have decent grass although the grass in Tule and Caballo isn't close enough to deep water for me. Some of the deepest grass I found (although not close to the river channel) was on the right-hand (North) side going into Caballo. There is about a 10-acre patch that looks really good. Caught some fish out of it, but they were all small. And it is a super windy spot if it is breezy.
I grew up down there and have fished it for 40 years. To me, this is about as tough as I have seen it in terms of catching decent fish. Of course, it is fishing somewhat like it did the in the 70's and 80's before there was any grass. But I haven't seen it be this slow since the mid 90's. Another crazy thing is that the fish are not only short, but we caught a bunch that just weren't healthy looking.
Oh well, it is what it is. I had a nice time and enjoyed seeing some old friends. I didn't expect to do any good--and I didn't. All in all, a good weekend and nice trip back home from up here in southern Canada.
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Originally Posted by 6BOOMER
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