Lake Tawakoni
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Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Crawfish
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CatfishSeason
Fall
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Baitfish
Water Temperature
68°
use gulf coast shrimp for catfish
HotbaitVMC Octopus Hook #4 / Black Nickel
Out of Stock
Species
White BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 20'+
Structure
Humps
White bass and hybrid stripers are good on slabs, spoons, and Alabama rigs.
Species
CatfishSeason
Winter
Technique
Live Bait Rigs
Structure
Ledges
Catfish are excellent on live bait, cut shad, and stinkbait in 25-45’.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
My tournament partner Iain and I fished the first stop of the 2024 Team Trail Outdoors TX Season on Lake Tawakoni on March 2nd, 2024, and we also fished the lake the day before for official practice. During the practice day, it was cloudy outside, with outside temperatures between 40 and 55 degrees, and a slight north breeze at about 5 mph. During the practice day, we caught several fish flipping a jig and throwing a chatterbait around flooded brush, haygrass, and dead lily pad stems in the back halves of creek arms that serve as spawning flats for the bass. During the practice day, the water temperature on the lake was between 51 and 55 degrees, but the fish were already in 1-3 feet of water, as Tawakoni bass rarely go deeper than 5-8 feet regardless of the time of year. During the tournament day, it was bright and sunny out with outside temperatures starting in the mid 50's in the morning and then warming up to the mid 80's by the end of the day, and a steady southwest wind at about 10-15 mph. The water clarity on the lake both days ranged from about a foot and a half of visibility on the south end of the lake, to a couple inches of visibility on the north end of the lake. During the tournament, the water temperatures started out at about 53 degrees, and the bite was overall pretty slow for us for the majority of the day, as we only had 2 keepers in the livewell for about 5.5-6 pounds at 1:45 PM, with several unfortunate missed opportunities at more. At around 2 PM, with an hour to go before weigh-in, we made the decision to go as far back in the creek we had been fishing at the mouth of all day where nobody was fishing, and try flipping a jig into the flooded brush in 1-3 feet of water present in the area, and it paid off. In the last hour of the tournament, we were able to fill our limit and cull out our small keeper from before flipping a jig into the brush and in standing timber, and throwing a spinnerbait with a Mustad trailer hook on it around the standing timber as well. The water in the back of the creek had warmed up all the way to 60 degrees, and the fish had made their push back their to begin looking for where they will spawn. Our best 5 ended up weighing 16.18 pounds, which was good enough for 23rd place out of 219 of the best teams in Texas, and a nice check to start the year! It was a stressful day, but persistence paid off for us in the end, and now we are in a solid position to make a run at winning AOY this year, which has always been our main goal. I'd imagine that with the warm weather we have had since the event, that there are several places on Tawakoni right now where you can find and catch spawning fish, so get out there and wet a line, and never give up! Thanks for reading, and tight lines!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Keeping a slow steady retrieve with twitches about every ten rotations, my brother and I were able to catch a few off of some points reeling into shallow water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
I went out to the lake with a buddy on 04/05/22. The water temperature on the lake that day ranged anywhere from 62 to 68 degrees, and the water clarity ranged anywhere from a few inches of visibility to a foot of visibility. Air temperatures that day were approaching 80 degrees and there was a mild south wind, with sunny skies throughout the day. We spent the day targeting laydowns and brush along the bank with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits, focusing on the back half or third of pockets or creek arms with some stain to the water. Overall, we had a good day, catching decent numbers and our biggest 5 would have went somewhere between 17 and 18 pounds, including a 5 pound 8 ounce kicker (pictured below)! Good luck out there and tight lines!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
I fished the lake on 06/04/22 for the last north region event of the Bass Champs TX tournament trail. It was partly cloudy all day with outside temperatures starting in the upper 60’s and reaching the high 80’s by the end of the day. Water temperatures on the lake ranged from 74 degrees up to 81 degrees, and water visibility ranged from 4 inches of visibility to about a foot and a half of visibility depending on where you were on the lake. We started the morning on the dam and we’re able to catch 2 solid fish close to 5 pounds. After that, we scrambled around until we found a key stretch of docks in 3-6 feet of water and were able to catch them flipping a jig on the docks late in the day. We ended up falling short of a limit this time by 1 fish but our 4 keepers went 18.37 pounds which was good enough for 22nd place out of 200 teams and a small check. It was a grind as we only had probably 7 bites all day but most of them were the right ones. If you want to get on some good fish, get out to T-wak and flip some docks! Good luck everyone and tight lines!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
80°
I fished the lake on 06/03/23 for the final stop of the North Region of the Bass Champs TX tournament trail for the year. The water temperatures on the lake ranged from 76-83 degrees and the water clarity ranged from about a foot and a half of visibility at the clearest, to about 6 inches of visibility at the dirtiest. It was a partly cloudy day with outside temperatures starting out in the 60's and working up to about 85 degrees by the end of the day, with pre-frontal conditions as a storm blew in later that night after the tournament was over. In the morning, we concentrated on rip rap and seawall banks with docks utilizing a popper and a chatterbait to take advantage of the shad spawn and put some bass in the boat, including the nice 3 pounder I have pictured with the report. After the shad spawn died, we spent the rest of the day throwing chatterbaits, frogs, swim jigs, and jigs into flooded brush and underneath docks, and were able to get a pretty consistent amount of bites doing so all day long. Shallow junk fishing was the name of the game. Unfortunately, several of the biggest fish we had bite came off, so we only ended up weighing in 4 keepers for 9.76 pounds in the tournament, which got us 55th place out of 192 teams. However, with what we caught and what we had bite, we should have had around 15 pounds and been inside the top 15. Overall, it was a fun day although it was a grind, as we had around 12 bites total throughout the day. The lake has been fishing tough, but they are still out there and they are still eating, so get out on the water and give it a try. Everything we caught was in less than 5 feet of water, as there is a lot of good flooded cover in the lake right now keeping the fish shallower. Thank you all for reading my reports and tight lines!
