Been checking out the community lakes where I live to wet a line while waiting for warmer weather.

Made several quick trips to Celebration Park in Allen to fight a few of the Catfish in the ponds.

Been catching and releasing them consistently these past few days.

Posted pictures in the link below.

try chicken liver . i bet that eat that up mmmmm

fshng84, are you seeing any carp or koi in any of the creeks and ponds you are fishing?

ScottEvil, I have not seen any Carp or Koi as of yet. Figure since I am using Corn I will eventually hook one. Will keep an eye out for them and provide updates.

FYI - I have been limiting myself to Corn and Fishing Flies for the community lakes mainly because I can keep them in my car indefinitely.

Hey Scott.
There are at least 2 Koi's at Jefferson Park in Irving. One is black and white and the other is orange and white. They will go 10 lbs each by the looks of them. I was there in the last part of November and the guy that was with me accidently foul hooked the orange and white one while Bass fishing with light tackle. That sucker took off towards MacArther and there was no turning him around. We were at the back end of the park but from what I understand they both cruise up and down the whole area.
Good Luck!

Fished Celebration Park in Allen. Caught small Sunfish and small Catfish on Corn.

Also, stopped by Bethany Lakes at Noon. Looks like fishing for Trout at Bethany will have to wait until next season. No activity at all.

Pictures posted on link below.

Fished Celebration Park's East Pond. Caught Catfish and a small Bluegill and Sunfish.

FYI - Used the Zebco Deliar; Catfish weighed 1/2 lbs. Posted pictures of the Catfish and Bluegill in the link below.

Quick notes from the field.

Checked out several community lakes in Allen. With the warm weather decided to try flyfishing for Bluegill and Sunfish. Stopped by Bethany Lakes' Back Pond and Creek, a pond recommended by one of the forum members located along North Allen Heights, Allen Station Dam, and Celebration Park's North Pond.

Caught several Bluegill and Sunfish fishing a Bead Head Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph slowly on the bottom. Suspect that other nymphs would produce as well as a Wooly Bugger.

More details/pictures in the link below. All for now. Good luck and good fishing!

Fished Celebraton Park's North and East Ponds this afternoon. Caught three small Sunfish on flyfishing gear using a Prince William Nymph in the North Pond. Caught two small Bluegill using a Bread Fly in the East Pond.

Will give it a shot tomorrow and post results. Looking to hook a Catfish on a fly.

Update: Chummed the East Pond at Celebration Park with bread and started catching Bluegill and Sunfish. Catfish followed with the action remaining steady. Hooked but did not land a nice size Catfish - maybe 2-3Lbs. Kept at it for a couple of hours finally landing one on the Bread Fly. Picture posted in the link below.

Update: Fished the East Pond at Celebration Park several times at lunch this week. Have been trying to catch some of the larger Catfish. No luck in landing them yet. Regardless, the bite is steady with a few small fish landed.

Finally took one of the larger Catfish at Celebration Park's East Pond. Catfish went 20" and about 2 lbs in size. Used a Bread Fly and chummed with bread. Had to soak the bread and let it sink this time. Fish were not taking anything on the surface. Picture of the Bread Fly and Catfish posted in the link below.

I saw your bread fly but it is a little blurry. Can you give me the recipe or tell me how to do it. Pretend I am stupid, because I am a new tyer. I have done my own crappie jigs though.

Roger (Anyfish), I posted instructions on the link below. I used the largest image size available. Else, you should be able to select the illustration and print it as well.

Not the best illustrator, so I included comments.

Update: Fished Celebration Park's North Pond to test out a new fly pattern - Cigarette Egg Fly. Chummed with bread, and then casted a fly to the spot. Caught five Sunfish / Bluegill in 15" with a lot more missed strikes.

Looks as if the panfish are more active given the warmer weather.

FYI: For flyfishermen, I posted instructions on tying the fly on the link below.

hey man this is almost you're own thread... figured i'd put something on here! try fishing rowlett creek!

Thanks for the tip BassProJD.

FYI: Stopped by Celebration Park's East Pond at lunch and after work today. Still field testing the Cigarette Egg Fly that a member of our team created.

Caught 4 Sunfish and 1 Catfish on the Cigarette Egg Fly. Pictures posted in the link below.

Plan to try other fishing areas and continue to test the fly. Will post results!

Participated in the City of McKinney Trout Derby this morning at Towne Lake. Caught five fish limit in less than 30". Opted for spinfishing gear and fished corn on the bottom on a Carolina Rig.

Returned later in the afternoon with my fishing partner. Same story, different fisherman, five fish limit on corn fished on the bottom on a Carolina Rig.

Pictures posted in link below.

Returned to Towne Lake in McKinney for another chance at Trout in the late afternoon. Started out slow with no hits on a Carolina Rigged corn but then it picked up about a half-hour later. Partner and I ended up limiting out - 10 Trout ranging from 8" to 10.5" in size. Pictures and more details posted in the link below.

FYI: Saw the Game Warden out issuing citations, so beware and heed the five fish per person daily limit and ensure you have a license.

FYI - Posted details on what bait we are using and how we rig our fishing poles when fishing for trout. See link below.

Trout activity at Towne Lake in McKinney remains steady. Fished a Carolina Rigged Corn on the bottom and caught a 5 fish limit ranging in 7" to 9.5" in size in less than 45 minutes.

Cleaned the fish and noted the stomach contents. Most were filled with Corn. However, two Trout had a Chartreuse PowerBait Nugget along with Corn in their stomachs.

Pictures posted on the link below.

Fished Celebration Park's North Pond and caught five Bluegill / Sunfish in 15" on the Cigarette Egg Fly, fishing fly that simulates a piece of bread floating and/or sinking in the water.

The fly is tied using material from a cigarette filter and works well in community lakes and ponds.

The fish were small but still fun to play with on light tackle. Pictures posted in the link below.

Fished Friday night at Towne Lake in McKinney for Trout. Bite was slow and required trying different tactics before finally getting strikes.

Settled on fishing with bread on the bottom but without a weight. Caught 4 Trout ranging from 8.5" to 10". Posted pictures in the link below.

Fished Bethany Ridge Park pond in Allen yesterday morning to test a couple of fishing flies. Caught several Bluegill and observed a number of fingerling Catfish under the bridge that crosses the feeder creek.

Posted pictures of the fishing flies and a few Bluegill on the link below.

Fished this evening at Celebration Park's East Pond. Caught Bluegill and Sunfish. Fish were small.

Pictures posted in the link below.

Fished Celebration Park's East Pond at Lunch today. Caught one small Catfish by chumming with bread, and then slowly crawling it along the bottom. Cold and windy and did not wear gloves. Picture posted in link below.

Fished Celebration Park's East Pond this morning and then returned later in the Evening.

Caught Catfish, Bluegill, and Sunfish. Posted a slideshow of the fish in the link below. Pictures are not the best. Still working on getting a better camera.

Largest Catfish went 1 lbs and was 16" in size. Still seeing bigger one's working the area; just cannot get a good hook set.

Went back to Celebration Park's East Pond to have another go at Catfish.

Caught a 17" and 19" Catfish. Picture for the 17" Catfish saved; picture of the 19" Catfish did not save. Weighed it before releasing back into the pond - weighed 1.75 lbs. Have other pix in the link below.

Bottomline: Panfish are readily caught in the East and North Ponds. Catfish are best in the East Pond.

Fished Bethany Lakes this evening. Caught Bluegill and one small Bass on flyfishing gear. Pictures posted in the link below.

Note: Fish were caught shallow and were readily taking nymphs and streamers.

whats the best flies for bass?

Bass fro chop - Not sure what the best fishing flies are for bass. But, what I have seen work at Bethany has been Black and Red Zonkers, a Purple Zonker, and Black Woolly Buggers.

Will post a picture of a Black and Red Zonker on the link below for your reference.

Returned to Bethany Lakes and caught a number of Bluegill and 3 Bass on flyfishing gear.

Used a Black and Red Zonker. Bass were small, ranging 8.5" to 9.5" in size. Pictures posted in link below.

FYI - Observed several 2lbs+ Bass working along the shallows.

Made a quick trip this morning to fish Bethany Lakes. Caught Bluegill but no Bass working the shallows with a Black and Red Zonker again. Pictures posted in the link below.

Fished Bethany Creek Pond located just past Bethany Lakes this morning. It is a small neighborhood pond that feeds into Bethany Lakes.

Caught Bluegill and Sunfish on flyfishing gear using a White Clouser Minnow. One Sunfish went 7" in size.

Pictures posted in link below.

Fished the Bethany Lake's Back Pond in the afternoon. Warmer than this morning with a strong breeze blowing.

Caught small Bluegill and two Bass using fishing flies. Fish were active, hitting artificials on the surface and below.

FYI - Observed two 2 lbs+ Bass in their spawning bed. Shallow water - less than 2' deep.

Checked out two ponds that the team has not yet fished in Allen.

First was Glendover Pond - small neighborhood pond ~ 1 acre in size. Located at the intersection of Glendover and Scottsman.

Second was Auburn Springs Pond. Actually 2 ponds located off Angel Parkway and Auburn Springs Road and east of Celebration Park.

Promising locations. Had trouble casting with the strong wind but did manage to hook a couple of Sunfish in the feeder creek at Auburn Springs.

Posted pictures of the ponds and fish in the link below.

Fished Bethany Lakes' Back Pond this evening. Started out slow with no strikes for the first hour. Was trying to catch Bass lurking in the shallows.

Switched to catching Bluegill using a Brown Dryfly. This worked as the Bluegill fed in the shallows. Then, changed to a Foam Rubber Spider when the fish started hitting on the surface. Caught more Bluegill(pictures posted in link below).

As it got dark, did have a Bass strike the Foam Rubber Spider but failed to set the hook. Nice evening with much calmer wind than earlier in the day.

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Checked out Suncreek Pond, a small pond at Suncreek Park in Allen.

Caught small Bluegill and Sunfish on flyfishing gear. Should pick up as the weather warms and the fish begin nesting.

Posted pictures in the link below.

Fished Bethany Lakes' Back Pond for a quick trip this evening and another try at Bass.

No Bass but caught Bluegill on flyfishing gear using a Foam Rubber Spider. Fish were active on the surface and were all caught fishing the surface.

Pictures posted in link below.

Fished the early morning at Bethany Lakes. Caught Sunfish and Bluegill mainly from the Feeder Creek with a few taken in the Canal and Lower Pond. Lost a small Bass in the Back Pond, else no others observed.

Cold morning with a moderate breeze. Fish were caught using a Peacock Herl Nymph in size 12. Pictures posted.

Fished Lake Lewisville at Little Elm Park in the late afternoon Saturday. Observed a fair amount of fishermen but only few catching Crappie using minnows from the bank.

Fished the shallows near the flooded treeline but was not able to get a strike. Crappie were chasing baitfish occasionally; just could not get them interested.

Fished Bethany Lakes' Back Pond for about 45". Caught Bluegill and Bass despite the strong wind and cool temperatures.

Fish were shallow and caught using a White Foam Rubber Spider or a variant of the Clouser Minnow in blue and white.

Pictures posted in link below.

Fished the ponds at Colleyville Nature Park this afternoon. Water is still pretty stained from recent rains. Only caught 1 confused bass on a live worm.

Fished Sandy Lakes Road Boat Ramp and Bethany Lakes yesterday and today, respectively.

No luck at the Boat Ramp. Two Bass and a Bluegill at Bethany. Pictures posted in link below.

Fished the ponds at Colleyville Nature Center with my grandson this afternoon. Caught several sunfish - and 2 bass - on live worms

fished bethany today 3pm to 5pm caught 3 bass 5 BG all on plastic worms

Fished Celebration Park's North Pond this evening. Caught three Sunfish and lost several more. Pictures posted in the link below.

Fished Bethany Lakes' Back Pond. Caught 2 small Bass and a Bluegill. Pictures posted in the link below.

More misses then hook-ups while working the shallows for Bass. Seems as if the Bass prefer the Clouser Minnow variant in blue and white.

Fished Bethany Lakes' Back Pond again this evening. A lot of short-strikes but managed to land four Bluegill. Pictures posted in link below.

Fished Bethany Lakes' Back Pond this morning in hopes of Bass. No luck.

Observed several 3+ lbs Bass on their nests in the shallows. Looks as if the spawn is on. Bass appear uninterested in the fishing flies presented.

Did have fun catching Bluegill/Sunfish on various fishing flies.
Fish were hitting on the surface as well as just below the surface.

Pictures posted in the link below.

Fished Bethany Ridge Park Pond. Caught 11 Bluegill/Sunfish and observed several small Bass in the feeder creek. Pictures posted.

Fished Colleyville Nature ponds this afternoon. Several sunfish and 2 small (very) bass

Fished Shadow Lakes, a small neighborhood series of ponds in Allen. Was able to find a protected area from the wind and catch 2 Bass flyfishing with a Blacknosed Dace. Had several more strikes but failed to set the hook in time. Switched to a Black Marabou Streamer and had more strikes but no hook ups.

Ran to Bethany Lakes to try the Black Marabou Streamer on Bass. No luck on Bass but did manage to land a small Sunfish on the Marabou Streamer.

Pictures posted in the link below.

Fished the pond at Bethany Ridge Park today. Caught Bluegill/Sunfish using fishing flies. Posted pictures in the link below. Also, posted a delayed picture of a nice Crappie caught at Lakeside Marina on Ray Hubbard on 20 March.

Made a quick trip to Bethany Ridge Park Pond's feeder creek yesterday. Caught a couple of Bluegill.

Fished this morning at Bethany Lakes' Back Pond. Caught Bluegill and Sunfish.

Fished this evening at Celebration Park's East Pond. Caught Bluegill and Sunfish.

Pictures posted in link below.