2/4/2012 Took Mike, Danny and Mike's Grandpa Richard for a cool windy, and productive day. Started at 10 am with a stiff north wind at 18mph, checked several areas with very little success, catching a few White Bass. Then we moved to Bull Branch and found the large Hybrids' willing to bite. Boated 6 keepers and a few undersized and some White Bass. Ended the trip at 3 pm with around 40 fish caught today and the 6 Hybrids they keep.

2/1/2012

The calendar says it is February 1st, but you would never believe it out there on the lake today, 82 degrees and very little wind. I took a couple of friends out to do some Bass fishing, they would not cooperate for us so at 1 pm we decided to go catch some fish for their fish fry on Super Bowl Sunday. Let's say the big girls were biting very good, the three on the left were all 22 3/4 inches long and weighed around 8 pounds, the others were all solid 19"+ inch Hybrids'

1/24/2012

Paul and his son Keston had a great time catching one after another and double and triples all morning long. Most of the fish were 16" to 17" Hybrids with a few keepers mixed in and also some White Bass. They boated over 100 fish on this trip, below is Keston with a couple of nice Hybrid's they caught.

1/21/2012

James and Ken limited out on keeper size Hybrid Striped Bass. We started the day at 10:30 because a front had blew thru in the morning, the wind was slowing down and was around 10 mph, the temperature was warming up and the sun started to break thru the clouds. They immediately started catching under sized Hybrids and a few small White Bass. By noon they had 3 keepers and then we moved up the lake and found the big Hybrids biting. They filled out their limit by 2 pm and then caught and released a few more keepers. It was a great time for both of them, catching over 50 fish in four hours.

  1/15/2012

John and Fred had a great day catching 50 plus undersized Hybrid and White Bass. This windy day ended with 3 keeper Hybrids and 10 or so large White Bass. Sorry forgot to get photos.

1/14/2012

Chris and his son Austin and Will and his son Alex enjoyed a very cool morning catching over 40 undersized Hybrids Striped Bass, 15" to 17" and one keeper along with several White Bass. Here is Chris and His son Austin with their Hybrids

Will and His son Alex with their Hybrids

1/2/2012

Elton, Dan and Doc caught several undersize Hybrids and 25 White Bass on there trip. Sorry did not get any photos.

12/26/2011

Casey and Brian had a slow morning then at noon, the action broke loose. They managed 7 keeper Hybrid's with the largest 6 pounds. They enjoyed the day after the clouds burned off and the sun warmed us up.

12/13/2011

Chris enjoyed the day catching numerous undersized Hybrid Bass and many White Bass. Here is the lone keeper Hybrid he did catch.

12/3/2011

Mike and Clayton had fun out on a cold rainy day. Started out slow catching mostly small Hybrids and Whites. Then about 1030 am we found the larger Hybrids and caught a couple of them and loosing a couple more before we had to leave so they could get back to Dallas. Here is Clayton with a couple of the Hybrids the caught.

11/23/2011

Micheal, Tyler, Cannon, Prince and Alf had a great day catching over 150 fish, most were 14 to 16 inch Hybrids but did have a few Keepers. What a beautiful day they had, light winds and fish biting, what more could you ask for.

11/4/2011

Sorry for the missing photo's for the month of Oct. 2011 my computer was down. I am working on updating my computer and photo's and will post soon.

9/25/2011

John and his son, Sam, had a great morning with Hybrid's and White's on top most of the time. They caught 30 or so Hybrids from 15 to 21 inches and another 30 or so White Bass.

9/18/2011

Jeff and Matt enjoyed the morning fishing a Carolina Rig for some Black and Smallmouth Bass, Below is Matt with a nice 2 pound Smallie. Then we spent a hour or so learning the jigging spoon technique. Below (second Photo) some nice Hybrid Striped Bass we picked up along the way.

9/3/2011

 Joel, Todd, Reggie and Rick (not in photo) had a great day starting off with top water White Bass and small Hybrids. Then we moved to a school of larger Hybrids and White Bass and caught the majority of these fish on slab spoons. We then moved again and using live bait (shad) we caught a few on bait and several more on artificial lures. It was a great morning for all.

 8/15/2011

Charles and I went out searching for fish to keep on top of them. We had a great day, limited out by 8 am and just caught and released to 10 am. We had a few fish over 5 pounds with the largest going 7, 23 1/2 inches long.

8/7/2011

Clayton, Luke, Ed, and Nathan, enjoyed the morning fishing with jigging spoons and live shad for Hybrid Stripers. Here are each of them with one of there days catch. It was great watching these kids catch these fish. We had a nice breeze that keep it cool out there until around 11 am, at which time the kids took a swim break until 11:30 the end of the trip.

8/6/2011

Larry, Ian, Grayson and Keaton enjoyed a gentle breeze which took the edge off the 100+ predicted high temperature. The fish were also cooperating but we seemed to have a bit of trouble keeping them on all the way to the boat. They did however manage 7 nice keepers and several 17 inchers and some White Bass.

8/1/2011

Wes, Paul and his cousin Brandon from Arkansas enjoyed the morning catching 6 keeper Hybrids and several undersized Hybrids. Brandon caught the largest Hybrid, a 23 inch nice keeper.

 7/24/2011

Wes and Jen had a very memorable day of fishing. Limited out by 845 AM and then just catch and release on Hybrid Striped Bass, non-stop for nearly 3 hours. Boat over 50 hybrids 35 or so were keeper. They also caught 8 Channel Cats, 2 very nice 4 pound cats. Below is Wes and Jen with the first limit they caught. The pictures below are the largest of Wes and Jen's catch today.

7/23/2011

Sara, the good luck charm, joined Ed, Justin, Josh and Jacob on today's fishing adventure. The morning started out slow on artificial lures by 730 am the last I heard was Sara, up 10 to 3 over her boyfriend Justin. Then we hit the mother load of Keeper size Hybrid's, up to 23 inches long, about 7 pounds. Below, is good luck charm Sara with some of today's catch and the last fish in the boat. Then below is the whole gang with there memorable catch....

7/22/2011

Ed, Justin, Jacob and Josh enjoyed some fast action on slabs early, lots of small White Bass and Hybrids. Then we switched over to live bait and started catching the keeper size Hybrids. We lost or broke off as many as we boated.

7/18/2011

 Allen and Steve endured a very slow bite this morning, only 2 fish by 11 AM but, then thing got better, boated 6 keeper Hybrids and ten 17 inch Hybrids, and 25 or so small Hybrids/White Bass.

7/14/2011

Sam, Zack and Cody enjoyed some great action on Hybrids this morning. Most of the fish were 16 to 17 3/4 inches but, they did manage 5 keepers, a couple of nice Channel Cats and a few whites.

Zack with a couple of nice Hybrids

Cody with a couple of Hybirds

And here is one from on the lake with Zack, his first Hybrid.

7/8/2011

Chad, Joe, Nick, Tyler and Troy Enjoyed the morning with light breeze and partly overcast sky. The Hybrids seemed to be constantly on the move, we would mark fish on the graph and get a couple of bites and then they were gone. We did a lot of looking and a few undersize and a couple of keeper Hybrids. Slow day over all, but the guys all had a great time out on the lake.

7/7/2011

 Ed and Tanya Enjoyed a great day catching 3 keeper Hybrids, 20 or so 17 plus inchers and numerous small Hybrids and Whites.

 7/4/2011

Had a great day catching 35 Hybrids, most were 17 inches but we did manage 8 keepers and a few White Bass on this busy day. Fish were mostly caught on Temple Lake Park area in 27 to 35 foot deep on both live shad and spoons. No top water action today for us. Here are a couple of the kids, (Isaiah and Keston) with a couple of their fish.

6/25/2011

Arbie, Ze, Jimmy and James had a great time catching about 200 fish. Most were White Bass, they had 20 or so Hybrid's 16 to 17 3/4 inch and only one keeper Hybrid.

Here is Arbie with his keeper Hybrid Bass.

6/20/2011

Tobin, Landon and Mitchell enjoyed a very windy day catching lots of Hybrid Striped Bass. Below is the group with their day's catch.

Here is Mitchell with one of his nice fish

Tobin caught this nice Hybrid.

6/19/2011

Dan and Judy spent this morning catching some nice Hybrids a couple of Catfish and a couple of White Bass. Here is Dan with the largest of the Hybrids, 7+ pounds.

6/16/2011

Gladys and Charles had a much better time at catching fish on this outing. They caught 3 keeper Hybrids, 1 nice Channel Cat and a 6 pound Black Bass and 20 throw back Hybrids, some whites and small blacks. Here is Gladys with here nice Hybrid and her Black Bass.

6/14/2011

Keston had a great time reeling in this 6 pound Hybrid along with two others over 6, all in all the day started slow then at 10 am we hit them, Wes and Keston caught 8 keepers and 6 throw backs. They had lines twisted up for an hour but it was great fun!!

6/5/2011

John and Linda enjoyed the afternoon catching 5 keeper Hybrid Stripers and loosing another limit or so. Also had 8 throw backs 17 and change size Hybrids and two Blue Cats, one over 10 pounds. Here are a couple of the nice Hybrids boated.

6/2/2011

Jay, BJ, Chris and Jason had a great day fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass on Belton Lake. Here they are pictured in front of their catch.

Chris managed the Big fish, here is the photo

5/28/2011

Ian, Greg, John and Steven demonstrated that even an Aggie can catch nice fish. Just kidding with you Ian, these guys are all Texas A&M graduates. Here is a couple of the nice Hybrids they landed.

5/25/2011

Today I had the opportunity to provide my services on Lake Austin in conjunction with a fund raiser for the new Scott and White Children's Hospital. One lucky child from the Hospital (Dustin) got selected to spend a few hours bass fishing with Colt McCoy, Cleveland Browns Quarterback and previous University of Texas standout Quarterback. Dustin had a great time not only catching the biggest bass, but also the first and the most. Dustin is a very good angler and Colt can handle a stick great.

Left to right, Dave Hogge, Colt McCoy, Paul Stokes and center Dustin

Dustin's mother (Jennifer) catching a nice bass

5/24/2011

Charles and Gladys enjoyed some quality time together on their 41st anniversary. The weather was nice, the company was great but the fish seemed to be doing something other than feeding. Very tuff fishing day. I would like to wish them a very happy anniversary, with many more to come.

5/23/2011

Dwight caught some good Hybrid Striped Bass on Belton. Here is one of his catch.

5/16/2011

Carlos, Ryan, brothers James and Cory and dad Murph had a good time fishing on what was a very off day. The highlight of the trip was Cory whom not only had the most, but also the biggest fish. Here is Cory and his big fish.

5/8/2011

 Carlos and his dad fished a split trip, Hybrid Striped Bass in the morning and Black Bass in the afternoon. Fishing was slow on this windy day but, Carlos and his dad (Encincio Spelling?) still had a great time learning how to catch these fish and landing a few nice one's.

4/24/2011

Jeff and Trevor caught several nice Hybrid's and Black Bass on Belton Lake trip, Below is Jeff with a nice Hybrid Bass.

Below is Trevor with a nice Black Bass from Belton.

4/23/2011

Mike and Tina on a trip to Fayette County Lake, we caught several real nice bass. Below, Tina with a nice 8 1/4 pound bass.

Below, Mike with a nice Fayette 4 pound bass.

3/25/2011

Nate managed his personal best, 3.0 lb bass on a Fluke. The bite was slow but we did manage 6 keeper bass on the trip.

3/20/2011

Steve spent this windy Sunday, catching both Black Bass and Smallmouth Bass. He had a great time learning new fishing styles and catching fish. Here is a couple of the fish Steve boated...

3/18/2011

Curtis and Katharine along with their beautiful daughters, Alex and Haleigh had a great family outing catching Hybrid and White Bass.

10/29/2010

Dan and Elton had a great morning fishing for Hybrid Striped Bass and Whites, they caught well over 200 fish, the cooler is full with their limit of fish.

10/20/2010

Brandon caught this nice Hybrid Striped Bass along with 49 White Bass on our trip. Grandpa Ed took Brandon (7 years old) and his nephew Patrick and Max. We had a good time.

8/20/2010

Austin had a great time with his mom, (Amber) catching lots of Hybrid Striped bass and White Bass. Austin is a great little angler.

8/7/2010

Paul caught this nice Black Bass on a jigging spoon in 28 foot of water. Had a good afternoon trip for whites and Hybrids

8/1/2010

Ken and Hoyt had a great day fishing for Hybrids and White Bass. These are the 10 they kept, but they caught and released another couple of limits along with 50 or so White Bass.

Ken with one of his nice Hybrids

Hoyt with a nice Hybrid

7/21/2010

Ed landed his personal best Black Bass, a beauty at 26.5 length and 16.5 girth, 9.65 pounds. Here is her picture and the release back to fight again.

6/13/2010

Ed, Sara and Justin had a great Hybrid trip. Limited out at 10am with several fish over 8 pounds.

6/3/2010

Ed and I went out for Hybrids this morning, the bite was slow only catching 8 Hybrids and only 2 of them were over 18". Caught about 6 whites also. Then spent a couple of hours fishing for Black Bass, managed two keepers one 5.5 and one 8.5 14 pounds with two fish.

Dave with the 5.5 lb Bass, sorry for the bad photo, partner must have been moving.

Ed with his 8.5 lb Bass

6/2/2010

Had a great day on a bass fishing guide trip to Belton Lake with John Kirkpatrick, Started the morning off with a nice 5.5 lb large mouth, then a 3.5 lb Smallie, had a few keeper size to 2 pound bass in the boat by nine am. Hit one spot later in the morning and caught a 4.5 Black, followed up with a 5 and then topped it off with a 8.5 Black. All fish were on a C-rig.

Guide Dave Hogge's Day off 16 to 19 Oct, 2009. Fished for four days with my friends Ed and Robert for two days on Belton Lake and then two days at Port O'Conner with Guide Kenneth Gregory.

Dave (front) Guide Ken to rear of photo

Dave with the first fish of the morning, a nice 40 inch Bull Red

Dave and Robert with a pair of nice Red's

Guide Kenneth Gregory, Ed and Roberts with the days catch

Dave with the days smallest catch, yes I felt it bit and caught it in the mouth, this is not the bait-however the bait we were using was much larger than this one.

This is what the Shark left after this nice red was hooked
 then ate by a shark on the fight.

16, 17 Oct, 2009 Dave out on a fun trip with his friends, Ed and Robert
on Belton Lake

3 Oct, 2009

Glenn with a nice Belton Lake 4 1/2 pound Bass.

Guide Dave Hogge, with a great 8 pound Belton Lake Bass

28 Sept. 2009

Josh With a great Belton Lake Bass

27 Sept. 2009

Jarrod and Shannon had a great day learning how and were to catch fish on Belton Lake, Below is Jarrod and Shannon with a great keeper on Belton Lake.

6 Sept 2009

Greg Liscomb and I had a good day on what has been a tuff bite on Stillhouse Lake. We had 5 fish between 3 and 4 pounds, here are a couple of the pictures of these nice fish.

Aug 30. 2009 Buster Caught this nice 4 pound Bass early in the morning on his half day trip.

Gary Smith and Buba with one of the five fish caught over 8 pounds on our trip on 5 June 2009. This one went 10.55 lbs, great fish Gary

Blake Barmore with a nice 9.55 bass from Stillhouse Hollow on 6 June, 2009

Mike Barmore with a great 8+ bass on 6 June, 2009

Dave with a great 11.5 bass on 5 June, 2009

James and Glenn with some nice Stillhouse Bass on 18 July, 2009

Dave's Guide Rig, Ranger 520, 225 Evinrudee

Dwight with his 10 pound bass from Lake Belton, August 2004

Dave with 6 of his 7 brothers whom came down from Utah and Colorado
for a fishing trip to Choke in March 2008.
Left to Right, Dave, Larry, Danny, Mike, Steve, Bob, and John.

Guide, Dave with Pete and a nice bass!

Robert with guide (Dave) enjoying a beautiful day on the
water, catching some sun and a few fish!!!

Adrian and Dave with a nice jigging spoon bass
from Stillhouse Hollow in December , 2007.

Ed with a nice fish on Lake Amistad.

Mike (Dave's brother) with a nice but, skinny Stillhouse
bass in May, 2004.

Leana (Dave's Daughter) with 3 of the over 50
3 pound bass we caught on this day, man they were biting good.

Union Grove Boat Ramp during the flood on 2007,
water was all the way into the guard shack at the end of the road.

Dave, landing a nice 8 pound bass in October 2007,
on Stillhouse Lake while the lake was still 15 foot high.

Dave with friend and fishing partner Rick in front of the boat
 we won on Lake Buchanan in Bass Champ Classic.

Dave's wife Elena, with a couple of Stillhouse bass,
we had a double hook up, yes yours is bigger honey. Aug. 08

Bebe, (Dave's sister-in-law) on her very first time on a boat.
 She was a little frightened.