Cedar Creek Reservoir
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Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
63°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
My tournament partner Iain and I fished the lake on 03/23/24 for the Bass Champs TX tournament being held there, as well as the day before for practice. The water temperatures on the lake ranged from 58-65 degrees, with an average of about 62 degrees in most places. The water clarity ranged from about 6 inches of visibility to about 1.5 feet of visibility, and the outside temperatures both days started in the higher 40's and lower 50's, with the high temperatures later in the day being about 75 degrees or so both days. During the practice day, it was cloudy outside with small showers happening periodically, and a steady north wind at about 15-20 mph, and the fish were chewing. We caught them everywhere and doing everything, from carolina rigging in 20 feet, to texas rigging and pitching docks in 5-10 feet, to throwing a chatterbait or squarebill in dirt shallow water, they were eating! However, on tournament day, the bite got much tougher for us as the nightly temperature dropped a bit colder than the night before practice and the sun came out with almost no wind at all. During the tournament day, we were still able to catch a couple on the chatterbait and squarebill (including the 4 pounder pictured with the report courtesy of the squarebill), but had to slow way down after the first few hours of the morning and methodically work a jig or texas rig to get bit up shallow, and our deep bite completely went away. Needless to say, we struggled a bit in the tournament and only had 11.40 pounds on 5 fish, our worst finish and bag by far on Cedar Creek ever. However, we still caught a good amount of fish and a couple nice ones both days and learned a ton, and had a lot of fun while doing it! I hope this report can help you lean on a few out there, good luck!
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
I went out to the lake on 03/27/22 to practice for two upcoming tournaments I have next weekend. It was sunny all day with lows in the lower 50's and highs in the mid 80's, a steady southwest wind that picked up later in the day, and water temperatures between 55 and 64 degrees. The water clarity was between about 6 inches of visibility to a foot of visibility across the lake. I spent the morning looking deeper trying to find fish on points or in brush or rock piles, but did not have much success, so I then transitioned to fishing shallow and targeting docks along rockier banks as well as rocky seawalls in 2-6 feet of water with a texas rig. I focused mainly on main lake stretches or stretches just inside the mouths of creeks as I could not seem to get bit in the backs of pockets. The water in the lake was about a foot and a half low, so I think that may be why some of the fish haven't pushed all the way back yet even though the water temperature and conditions are starting to get right for them to start moving back. I was able to catch 4 fish throughout the day, and my tournament partner was able to put 3 in the boat as well. In total, we probably had between 10 and 12 bites, and our best 5 would've probably been around 16 or 17 pounds, all on the Texas rig. Fishing stretches that had the wind on them seemed to be key later in the day as well. Below is a photo of one of the better fish we boated that day! Thank you all for reading my reports, and tight lines!
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