The Brothers Bollinger

Fishing Report - 6/01

I took Bruce and Burt Bollinger out Sunday for a full day trip. Eventhough the wind was a relentless 15-20 mph out of the south, we found fish and were able to land about a dozen. Damsel and dragonflies of multiple species are all over the flats and the carp are FEEDING like there is no tomorrow.

The lake was about 2 inches high on Sunday and this had fish back in the grass. We had to take shots at several as they came out of the grass, moving to another feeding spot. Several of the MONSTER carp (20+ lbs.) were spotted but the one we had a shot at wanted nothing to do with Burt's offering. I don't really know what we would have done if he hooked it - he was fishing a 5 wt. rod and the reel only had about 100 yds. of backing.

Bruce seemed to have a talent for catching the unusual: he got a carp to jump - TWICE, caught a gar, and then brought in a catfish.

This is a great time of the year to hit the flats . . . everything that swims in the lake is cruising the shallows. In addition to the above species, we also saw drum, buffalo, and bass.

(Strong winds are forecast for the next several days with clouds and rain into the weekend - I start guiding FULL TIME next week so a little time to tie flies and rest the flats is welcome. I don't know about you, but this has been the windiest spring I can remember - I've only been able to fish about 1/10th of the flats on the lake. When things settle and we get some SE or SW winds, some really PRIME spots will open up -- call me soon! (940)391-9480 )