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Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
4-17, to 4-21-08. Flow at Baker's Crossing approximately 204 CFS, water crystal clear. Water temp. 67 degrees F. Guide trip with Greg Gardiner, Kevin Vincent, John Boatwright, and Bryan Baker produced many good bass, and some were too big for us to land with 8 weight fly rods. Our first day was epic with clear blue sky, light north wind about 70 degrees. This made for perfect sight casting conditions. Cool nights in the high 40's made for good camping. The wind blew like hell the next day, but we still landed some nice fish and we also had sight casting conditions during lulls in the gusts. Pictures from the trip are above and below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
4-30-08, Canyon Dam release app. 148 CFS. Water temp. at mile 7.5, 61 degrees F. Water slightly chalky. Guided trip with Paul and Gail Wallace produced several nice rainbows, a couple of sunfish and a yellow cat, caught on fly. Trico hatch was in full swing by 10:00 AM. There was also good numbers of BWO's going off. Even with the big hatches, there were very few rising fish. Guadalupe Fishing Report and River Conditions: 5-04-08, Canyon Dam release app: 148 CFS. Water temp. 61 degrees F. at mile 7.5. There were caddis hatching in fair numbers early in the AM. There were also good numbers of BWO's going off. Guided trip with Ed Collins and his fishing buddy Jack from Arizona produced some nice "Bows". We hooked several fish that were too big to land on a 5 weight Sage.
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Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions:
6-7-08, Canyon Dam Release 218 CFS. Water temp. at Dam 59 degrees F. Water slightly chalky with green tint. 1/2 Day Float with Dr.Paul Rocheck from Connecticut produced several chunky rainbows fooled by dead drifting nymphs. No tubers or rafters showed until afternoon. There were 2 other fishermen, but we really had the beat to ourselves. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-14-08, Canyon Dam Release 238 CFS. Water Chalky with green tint; Temp. 59 degrees F. at Dam. 1/2 Day trip with Bill Cason, Carrie, Nick and Daniel yielded several hook ups with fat 'Bows on nymphs. Nick and Daniel's boat also did battle with smallmouth and a huge Carp. We started early and got off the water as the "Rubber" hatch began to peak. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-24-08, Canyon Dam Release 257 CFS. Water chalky, with green tint. Bass scouting trip with Sterling DeMasters produced several fiesty fish. We had a "hairy" portage over a dam near IH 35, and lost an oar. Luckily, we had a spare oar strapped to the raft and chased the other oar downstream where we recovered it. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-26-08, Canyon Dam Release 250 CFS. Water temp 66 degrees at mile 7.5. Guide trip with first-timers Tom and Patricia Gerino produced several hook ups with acrobatic rainbows. We also landed a carp about 6 lbs. The heat was OK because the cool water kept us comfortable while wet wading. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 6-27-08, Canyon Dam Release 246 CFS. Water temp. 66 degrees. Guide trip with Dave Agerton and his son Ted yieded several nice hook-ups with hard fighting rainbow trout. We also landed some sunfish on nymphs. BWO emergers and caddis emergers were the ticket. By the end of the trip, Ted Agerton was an expert nymph fisherman. San Marcos River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 7-05-08, Flow app. 110 CFS, water clear. Water temp. 72 degrees F. Two boat guide trip produced several nice largemouth and smallmouth bass. Quite a few fiesty sunfish rounded out the action. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 7-11-08, Canyon Dam Release app. 208 CFS. Water chalky with light green tint, AM temp. 65 degrees F. 1/2 Day trip with Dusty Thompson from Lubbock produced several chunky rainbow trout on nymphs. Dusty has fished all over the mountain west; and said these were some of the biggest fish he has tangled with. We encountered 6 kayakers and no tubers. One of Dusty's Rainbows is pictured below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: Canyon Dam release 208 CFS, water temp at mile 17.5 in the City of New Braunfels 74 degrees F. Bass fishing trip with Scott Mathews and friend Phil from Horseshoe Bay yielded several brightly colored sunfish, a largemouth bass and several smallmouth bass. We encountered 6 kayakers and 5 tubers on a 3 mile float trip. The largest fish was a 3.5 lb smallie pictured below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 8-01-08, Canyon Dam release 208 CFS. Water clear with light green tint. Guided trip with Rick Niles and his Dad yielded several smallmouth bass and one big rainbow trout in the 3.5 lb range. We encountered very few tubers and rafters. Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 8-10-08, Canyon Dam release 200 CFS. Water clear. 1/2 day guided trip with Kevin Worfe and Kevin Worfe Jr. yielded a nice smallmouth, sunfish, a small rainbow trout, and a "Monster, Slab-sided" rainbow in excess of 5 lbs. Kevin Jr. did a super job bringing the big fish to the net. We never lifted the fish out of the water and shot a picture of him in an oversized net. Picture Below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 8-30-08, Canyon Dam release app. 200 CFS. Water chalky with green tint. Guided Bass fishing trip with Barry Paiga from San Francisco, CA, and brother Daryl from Austin produced several nice smallmouth and largemouth bass. We also released many colorful sunfish. We stayed ahead of the rafters and tubers after starting early. The water was refreshing and the scenery and mild rapids were great! Guadalupe Fishing Report and River Conditions: 9-27-08, Canyon Dam release app. 206 CFS. Water clear with light green tint. Julie Dietrich and her friend Jeff from the Woodlands, TX. yielded several scrappy hybrid Guadalupe bass and several large sunfish. We encountered no other traffic on our long 1/2 day float from Rio Raft to Gardo's (app. 6 river miles). The weather was fantastic! Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 9-30-08, Canyon Dam release 206 CFS. Water clear with green tint. Half day scouting float produced several nice smallmouth bass and lots of brightly colored sunfish. We didn't encounter another soul on a 3 mile float. San Marcos River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 10-03-08, flow app. 115 CFS. water clear with green tint. Kevin Hutchison hosted a 4 boat trip on the Martindale to Staples run. We caught and released many sunfish and smallmouth bass. We encountered no other traffic on a 6 mile float. Llano River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 10-04-08, flow at Mason app. 113 CFS. Ryan Westbrook came from San Bernadino, CA to fish the Llano. We went from White's Crossing to the James River Crossing. We landed quite a few Guadalupe Bass and many colorful sunfish on a four mile float. We also landed a nice largemouth on a cone head bugger. See picture Below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 10-11-08, Ron Ernst and brother Erik came from Dallas area to fish for bass. The water was clear on the lower Guad. We landed largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass. Erik landed a Rio Grande Cichlid and a nice largemouth that jumped in acrobatic fashion. Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: Flow at Baker's Crossing 190 CFS. Water crystal clear about 70 degrees F. Jeff Schmitt, Alan Bray, and Erik Bataille were hosted by Kevin Stubbs at the Spencer Ranch about 6 miles downstream from Baker's Crossing. The weather was spectacular with cool nights and 70 degree days. We didn't land a lot of fish, but the fish we landed were monsters. All of these guys are expert fly fishers. See pictures below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 12-22-08, Canyon Dam Release app. 60 CFS. Water clear with light green tint, temp. 59 degrees F. Kyle Sorenson came from North Carolina to fish with his dad, Scott. The wives said they were crazy because it was so damn cold. We floated and waded app. 3 miles from Rio to Lazy L&L. The guides froze on our rods, a first for me in Texas. We had several short hook-ups, but the action was slow. Scott landed a rainbow approaching 5 lbs, and Kyle landed a largemouth that was about 4.5 lbs. See picture below.
Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 10-17-08, to 10-18-08, Flow at Baker's Crossing app. 190 CFS. Water temp. 68 degrees F. Water Crystal Clear with unlimited visibility. Guides Kevin Stubbs and Alvin Dedeaux hosted the "Horton Gang" with Dad, Lee Horton hailing from San Angelo, TX. The weather was spectacular with riverside camping in the 40's at night and 70 degree daytime temps. We spent 2 days and 2 nights at the Spencer Ranch. The days were calm with little, or no wind at all. This made for excellent sight casting. We landed and released many smallmouth and largemouth bass. See picture below.
Guadalupe River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 10-22-08, Canyon Dam Release app.
85 CFS. Water clear with green tint. Guided trip with Dick Roseland from Phoenix, AZ provided many colorful sunfish
and some small bass. We hooked some larger smallies, but we couldn't get them to the boat. Some topwater action,
but heavy coneheaded buggers were the best producers. We didn't encounter another boat or person, on our 3 mile
float.
Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 11-03, to 11-04-2008 Flow
at Baker's Crossing 190 CFS, water gin-clear with light green tint. Bill Cason and his gang from Austin toured the
Ranch that we have access to, adjacent to the Devils River State Natural Area. We caught smallmouth, largemouth and
sunfish. We also toured a Cave and marveled at the 4,000 year old petroglyphs. Hollis Corman entertained us by
playing her fiddle on the Ranch House porch, overlooking the river. The weather was beautiful! Pictures above
and below.
Devils River Fishing Report and River Conditions: 11-08-08 to 11-09-08 Water gin-clear approximately 68 degrees F. Flow at Baker's Crossing app. 190 CFS. Mark and Pam McCurley from Cordillera Ranch accompanied Angie and Connie Smith from Montgomery County, on a sight-seeing and fishing excursion at the Ranch adjacent to the Devils River State Natural Area. The calm weather conditions made fishing tough in the crystalline waters, although we managed to land a few fish. We toured Dolan Falls and saw the rock art in the area. We also explored a nearby cave that had been inhabited for 10,000 years. See pictures below.
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