Fishing El Salto with pre-release Shimano Tackle and Jimmy Houston (continued)
 

Big Fish at El Salto: There are those that say that the fishing at El Salto isn’t as good as it once was, and if that’s true I can’t imagine what it was like before. Over the course of our trip the fishing was exceptional, with each angler  boating an average of 50 plus fish per day, and some catching up to 70+ per day!

In terms of quality the smallest fish were a pound in weight, but the average was around 3lbs, and almost everyone at the event caught a few 4 to 7lbrs a day, and few of us even landed double digit fish each day. JIP’s personal best fish was 7.3lbs and Zander’s weighed in at 11.5lbs!

The biggest fish at the event was landed by a Shimano dealer and weighed in at just over 12lbs. There are bass in El Salto that are over 14lbs, but we figured we did pretty solid for just a three and a half day period. The fish at El Salto fight hard too, and seem to fight a little more like “meanmouth” than your garden variety largemouth bass.

At times it certainly was deceiving, as the fish would fight so hard that we were sure we were into a 6 or 7lb fish only to pull up a 4lbr into the boat. If you are looking to bag your first double digit bass El Salto is a great place to improve your odds of making that dream a reality.