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Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015
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11/29/15 07:11 PM
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Lake Tawakoni is 3.76' above pool as of today. Tempting to hit the spillway later today... Need more rain...
Why do I go fishing? To catch a box of fish and/or some quality time under the sun. Thank Heaven I never fail fishing in Texas, catching box fish or plenty of sunburn.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015
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11/30/15 03:31 AM
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Dang I looked through here before making my post about it and I totally glanced over your post. Did you end up heading out there today? I am curious about fishing back there. Any tips?
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015
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11/30/15 05:24 AM
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Yeah I did go and did about 30 minutes casting, no luck. As you already know the water is up to the tree lines and rising, so you need waders to wade down beyond the treeline, be VERY CAREFUL deep dropoff in many places... 2-3 foot column of water come over the spillway creates lots of oxygen, looks very fishable, very little underbrush remain, no snagging, just some short grass bed which you can easily pull off. Don't have any specific to give you because haven't caught a fish there yet... I tried top water and swim bait this afternoon with no luck. Next time I'll just focus on the river channel and around the little submerged dam, Carolina bucktail with 2 oz weight or soaking baits across the channel... Here's couple pics from this afternoon. ..
Last edited by BankAngler50; 11/30/15 06:01 AM.
Why do I go fishing? To catch a box of fish and/or some quality time under the sun. Thank Heaven I never fail fishing in Texas, catching box fish or plenty of sunburn.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015
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12/01/15 03:04 AM
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Poor man fishing
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Please report if fish biting,tired combat fishing at Denison dam!! Maybe fish will show up in a week or so hopefully!!
Fish on!!!
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015
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12/01/15 03:06 AM
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Poor man fishing
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Please report if fish biting,tired combat fishing at Denison dam!! Maybe fish will show up in a week or so hopefully!!
Fish on!!!
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015
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12/02/15 04:28 AM
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This has been one very WET year!
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/08/15 02:36 AM
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12-7-2015, the river is down 3-4 foot,is choked with bait fish, saw several people fished at the swirls area but didn't see anyone caught fish, people came and left quickly... I made a couple casts with a Carolina bucktail b4 it got caught up with the power lines, lol... The river is choked with bait and I couldn't get a bite on fresh gizzard shad...
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Why do I go fishing? To catch a box of fish and/or some quality time under the sun. Thank Heaven I never fail fishing in Texas, catching box fish or plenty of sunburn.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/08/15 03:11 AM
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Daaaaang! Nice bait pic! Don't see a lot a those...
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/10/15 01:56 AM
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That place is so slow...maybe when the water goes down it will be on fire...atleast thats what the locals are telling me....hmmmm.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/12/15 02:21 AM
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It's on now, football size whitebass and fat 5-6 lb hibrids are being caught every day. Birds are swamping waterfall... go get you some.
Why do I go fishing? To catch a box of fish and/or some quality time under the sun. Thank Heaven I never fail fishing in Texas, catching box fish or plenty of sunburn.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/13/15 04:26 PM
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Saw a couple of nice fish taken there yesterday on shad
Hooking a fish is like playing string with a cat. The exact size, shape, color of string matters less than how you wiggle it- and little cats are easier to fool than big ones. John Gierach
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/14/15 05:03 AM
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Saw a couple of nice fish taken there yesterday on shad Great to hear that, fish were active feeding ... the bad news is river is rising again, hope they still hang around. I still have some 5 days old shad just in case...
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Why do I go fishing? To catch a box of fish and/or some quality time under the sun. Thank Heaven I never fail fishing in Texas, catching box fish or plenty of sunburn.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/15/15 02:49 AM
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Update for 12/14 after the big rain, Birds no longer flocking the spillway, there were two of us throwing weighted bobber to the spillway but there were no taker...but managed to catch a fad 24" hybrids and two 16" whitebass.
Why do I go fishing? To catch a box of fish and/or some quality time under the sun. Thank Heaven I never fail fishing in Texas, catching box fish or plenty of sunburn.
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/15/15 03:40 AM
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hamster1
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Skunked out... fished 4 hrs with nothing to show. Went down stream and fished for a bit with spinners hopping for sandies. So much bait fish in the water it's crazy.
Going back to Denison
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Re: Tawakoni Spillway 11-29-2015 (updated 12-7)
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12/15/15 06:05 AM
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Terek
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Fished for 2 hours... not even a bite. Baits every where... Hope that they make up there in couple weeks.
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