Thanks Curtis for the reply. Glad you guys got on em. Were you in the main channel? Also what baits were working? As for fishing again I have some areas I will be fishing once the water clears up. The river is pretty muddy after these rains.




Side Note: Down South will be picking up also.

Good to hear a positive report over there. We were on Lake Gonzales a week ago and we caught one crappie all day. It was our first time out on that lake and while we found several BPs that were holding fish, we couldn't buy a bite to save our lives. When we were pulling our yaks out of the water we met a guy who fishes the lake all the time who had only caught three, so we didn't feel quite as bad but it was still a little disappointing.

If you don't mind my asking, TPWD claims Gonzales is an "excellent" crappie fishery while Wood is "good" but I seem to see more reports on the web regarding Wood (though there's not much info on either ), and I am unsure how often they actually update their little charts for each lake. If you've fished them both, which would you recommend from a kayak? I'm hoping to get out late next week and try my luck again, and if I'm already driving more than an hour, if Wood Lake seems the better choice I don't mind driving the extra 15 mins

Doc the Crappie bite has picked up really good all along the Guadalupe River especially these past two weeks. All the river lakes hold good populations of Crappie. The more you fish em the better you get on finding em and figuring out their patterns. Right now I have been catching em in 18 to 21 feet of water holding next to structure such as brush piles and bridge pillars. The spawn is fixing to start and the fish will be moving to shallow water in creeks and coves. As for baits Chartreuse/black,Chartreuse/pink,Jigs by "Jig Em Jigs"(light green in color) are working good. I had some very good brush piles marked on a GPS a couple of years ago. They have all been since washed away by flooding. Had to start over again. Good luck and keep fishing for em. Some days you will find em and others you wont.


Side Note: I like fishing Meadow Lake better than Wood Lake! Meadow is much deeper and has some great structure.

Thanks again! I was on Meadow once before, at night last July. I might have to make another trip there soon! At the time I did not have a depth finder on my kayak so was fishing blind, and in the dark

Anyway, thanks for the info. Hopefully I'll have something to report here eventually.

Man you guys got into em. Good job!

Thanks "Gitter" for the reply.

was at the guad yesterday. Water was clear, no runoff staining....bite was a bit slow (post front)..made me work hard for the 6 I caught. But sunny days and higher temps will gettem going again.

Thanks for the update "sabugguy" and to the Texas Fishing Forum!


Side Note: Friends of mine caught 40 yesterday. They were fishing creek channels 14 to 18 feet of water! "Jig Em Jigs"(Light Green) and Crappie Magnets (Chartreuse/Pink) were the baits of choice.

boated 20 crappie today.....or I should say 'kayaked' 20 today. couple whites, and lmb's and thanks for the welcome

welcome to the forum!

How deep were you finding em?

About 10'....with the most activity between 4-6pm

Fish the creek channels. Been getting great results in 8 to 10 feet of water! I think the fish are starting to stage close to shallow water for their spawn.

Thanks "Sabugguy" and Curtis for the updates and information!