Forums59
Topics1,039,337
Posts13,963,100
Members144,199
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
LAKE PALESTINE
#12641759
02/22/18 09:32 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178
hawkeye442
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178 |
I've never seriously fished this lake, I was hoping someone might point me in the right direction for this time of year, I hear it can be kinda tricky to run. I'll be honest with y'all. I've got a tournament coming up here in late March and don't want to blank again.. (PM'S GREATLY APPRECIATED)
If you'd like to share any info , I'm all ears..
Thanks In advance..
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641779
02/22/18 09:41 PM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 7,737
GIG'EM AGGIES
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 7,737 |
I've never seriously fished this lake, I was hoping someone might point me in the right direction for this time of year, I hear it can be kinda tricky to run. I'll be honest with y'all. I've got a tournament coming up here in late March and don't want to blank again.. (PM'S GREATLY APPRECIATED)
If you'd like to share any info , I'm all ears..
Thanks In advance.. Like I told several others, above the bridge is where most of the big sacks come from and is also the burial ground for many lower units. If you don't know the lake anti up and hire Tom Mayne to show you how to navigate the lake and how the fish relate to different lake levels, water clarity and structure. Money well spent.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed. Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641814
02/22/18 09:58 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178
hawkeye442
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178 |
Thanks Gig'em!!
Don't know if I can work a guide trip in such a short time, but its exactly what I was thinking I need to do..
Guess I'll just idle...
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641841
02/22/18 10:11 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 451
Hobbs McAvoy
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 451 |
Some big sacks can from the south as well. Target shallow flats in some coves next to deeper water. There's been plenty of big fish caught south of the bridge. They get much easier to find in the spring too.
If you go north and don't know where to run then idle. It's easier to run right now because the lake is above pool but when it drops to pool or below watch out. Trying to win a trail tourney is not worth a lower unit in my opinion. Just idle. You will pinball around a bunch but hopefully not do a lot of damage.
It's a great fishery. You shouldn't zero north or south.
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641874
02/22/18 10:24 PM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 7,737
GIG'EM AGGIES
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 7,737 |
Thanks Gig'em!!
Don't know if I can work a guide trip in such a short time, but its exactly what I was thinking I need to do..
Guess I'll just idle... If you can trailer you could launch at 315 and already be in Kickapoo or you could launch at Ledbetter and fish Ledbetter and Highsaw. Not many places to launch on the south end. There's the one by the dam but I hear it's not safe. There's another ramp north of the Villages if you plan on fishing the Neches. Lots of options but be patient above the bridge especially above the villages. You'll learn a lot prefishing.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed. Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641882
02/22/18 10:27 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178
hawkeye442
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178 |
Greatly appreciated Hobbs, If I go North I'll just take it slow and easy
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641916
02/22/18 10:43 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178
hawkeye442
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 178 |
Thanks Gig'em, we launch from the villages, no trailering..
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641941
02/22/18 11:00 PM
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 445
MarcM64
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 445 |
Late March, I would fish south! Lots of good spawning fish that time of the year on the south end and most of the time tourneys are won down south in late March or April!
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12641952
02/22/18 11:05 PM
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 706
hookedon
Pro Angler
|
Pro Angler
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 706 |
What tournament do you have there
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12642161
02/23/18 01:29 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,559
Jarrett Latta
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,559 |
It's never a bad time to fish the north end. Spawn post spawn it doesn't matter.
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12642382
02/23/18 03:05 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,895
DBFishing83
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,895 |
Jaret -- what part of Flat Freek do you concentrate on ?
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: DBFishing83]
#12642449
02/23/18 03:53 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,559
Jarrett Latta
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,559 |
Jaret -- what part of Flat Freek do you concentrate on ? The part with stumps...
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
#12642589
02/23/18 07:06 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,639
Allen Bass Fisher
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,639 |
Jaret -- what part of Flat Freek do you concentrate on ? The part with stumps... That does not narrow it down much.
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12642802
02/23/18 02:12 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 1,166
Shallow Waters
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 1,166 |
No fish in Flat Creek, everyone need to go up to Kickapoo, thats the only place to catch fish on Palestine
|
|
Re: LAKE PALESTINE
[Re: hawkeye442]
#12642810
02/23/18 02:14 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,559
Jarrett Latta
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,559 |
It's all mud right now anyways in the best spots
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|