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by Greg Crafts

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We are pleased to have veteran Toledo Bend Guide Greg Crafts as our prostaff member. With his 20+ years of guide and tournament experience, Greg is the man with the big bass plan for the biggest lake in Texas. Check out Greg's family of great sponsors: Berkley, Abu Garcia, Trilene-Big Game, Power Bait, Castaway, GLoomis, and Columbia sports ware and appreciation to Futrell Marine of Nashville, Ark. Procraft dealer. We are pleased to add the toledo-bend.com link which is a great resource for information on the Bend.

05/10/00 Fishing Report
Lake Level: 170.08 ft and rising
Water Temp: 70 to 80 degrees
Clarity: muddy to stained
Black Bass: A lot of fresh water coming into the lake causing muddy to stained conditions. High winds have kept most people off the main lake this week. Bite is slow and fish are scattered. Early work shallow grass close to deep water with buzz baits, spinner baits and finesse plastics. When the sun gets overhead, back out to deeper water throwing crank baits and Texas or Carolina rigged soft plastics. Also work main lake points falling off into deep water with deep diving cranks and soft plastics. Fish are holding tight to structure.
Bream: are moving onto the beds in two to three foot of water. Crickets and worms working best.
Catfish: Good reports of Catfish on trot- lines using cut or live bait.
Crappie: some Crappie showing up in shallows. Work outside grass lines with jigs or shiners. If you catch one slow up, you should catch some more.

May 2000 Forcast:
The spawn is just about over and the bass are starting to fall into a typical summer fishing pattern as the water continues warming. We'll start the day by fishing the shallow grass flats close to deep water creeks with a buzz bait, spinner bait, top water plug or finesse plastic until the sun gets over head. Use white colors on clear days and white/chartreuse on cloudy days. Once the sun gets overhead, back out to the deeper creek channel drops and concentrate in the bends of the creek. Throw Model A's and Little N's in shade colors. Cast to the shelf and crank back into the creek. Also throw a carolina rigged lizard or french fry off the points close to the creeks. Watermelon seems to be the most productive color at this time. As the day warms up, the bass will usually start schooling on the edges of the creeks. Throw chrome rattletraps or shallow diving crank baits that match the size of the shade the fish are chasing or a chrome pop r or chug bug. In the latter part of the month as the water continues to warm, the lake continues to fall, and the grass starts growing on the main lake humps and ridges, we will start fishing the grass ridges and the old river channel drops. Use carolina riggs in the grass and deep diving cranks (DD 22 and 30) in the old river channel. We'll also throw a carolina rig on the shelf of the river channel and drag it back into deep water concentrating on the bends and the points in the river channel.
The white bass are back in the main lake running up and down the old river channel. Concentrate on the outside bends throwing a slab spoon, small cranks, or tail spinner baits. As the water warms the whites will start schooling on top chasing shad. A clear tiny torpedo or 1/4 oz chrome rattletrap usually produces good results. The bream are just now starting to bed and will continue to get better through out the month, crickets and worms working best.

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