hey Bryan,
Back when I fished Margarita a lot I fished almost exclusively on weekdays and fishing was pretty darn good. I wasn't fishing just for big fish back then, and I'd say on average I got skunked maybe 1 in 20 trips? There were just a ton of 2-5lb fish in the lake at that time, 1997-2000. 7lb+ fish were very uncommon and there would usually only be one or two 8-9lb fish reported each year.

In more recent years, the top end definitely increased at Margarita and a lot more 7-9lb fish were caught. There were some really nice limits caught in tournaments there, like 25lbs+ for 5 fish type stuff. That was unheard of when I fished there.

Now I don't know. Everything I heard this year was that fishing was terrible. I don't know why but certainly the huge increase in the water level had something to do with it. What next year will bring, I have no idea really.