San Saba 11/18 - 11/19

Nov 21 2011

Steve Alexander

Admin

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2002
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1189

Fished San Saba on 11/18 and 11/19 along with two guests. The first day started out slow, possibly due to the cold front that had passed through the day before. Even with overcast skies, we struggled to find anything that would work reliably. Things picked up on Saturday. In the end, we managed to boat 63 fish. While no real pattern emerged, blue/white spinner baits and a good ole fashioned silver spoon were by far the most productive. Topwater was non-existent. We had only five strikes and no fish landed with a mix of buzz baits, PopRs, Hula poppers, Jitterbugs and everything else we could find in our tackle boxes.

We were very impressed with the quality of the fish. Only two dinks and two crappie. (In total, we harvested 5 LMB + the crappie.) We did not get into any of the lunkers I have heard so much about. However, I was very impressed with the bass in this lake. Almost all were in the 2.5 – 3.5 range with all of them being strong, healthy fighters.

This was my first trip to San Saba. What an amazing place. Fantastic setting for a great lake. I’m very much looking forward to returning to chase the big ones.

Nov 23 2011

Bryan Durrett

Slot Fish

Member Since :
2010
Number of Posts :
149

What was the water level like. The last time I was there the lake was probably down 12 feet below the top of the drain by the dam.

This lake is outstanding if you catch it right and the quality of fish is noteworthy. It’s one of my favorites for sure. Last trip bait balls were everywhere early in the morning. Fish had all they wanted to eat there.

Nov 25 2011

Tim Judson

Fingerling

Member Since :
2011
Number of Posts :
55

Plenty of water in the lake. From the deck of the boat we were able to easily look down into the drain you mention above. We didn’t have any problems getting around. We fished way back up into the flats in the northwest section (chasing some fish we saw jumping back there). We stayed in the creek channel and were able to get far back into that area, and land a couple of those active fish. We also wandered back into the creek in the southern extension of the lake. It was a little shallow in spots but we got back into that creek as well.