I just moved to Navasota and have been fishing Gibbons Creek for about 3 weeks now. I have caught most of my fish on a white bleeding spinnerbait with grub tail trailer. I have caught some on blue chrome ratltraps, as well as watermelon seed paddle tail worms texas rigged. about 1 week ago I went right before the front came in and caught 9 fish none were under 4lbs all were in about 2 feet of water biggest was close to 8 and had 2 around 7...I was fishing on the inlet side mostly I am going in the morning as well I will report after lunch

See you there. I'll be in the maroon and silver Ranger 520.

be sure and give us a report, guys. Am thinking about headed that way on Monday

I saw the ranger trailer there at the ramp hooked up toa yukon?? I was in a white and blue triton..fished the inlet caught 2 and accross the inlet by the spillway caught 3 I caught mine on lake fork magis shad swimbaits dad caught his on watermelon wacky worms..all in about 2-5 foot of water...

thanks rich...what was the water color like?

little stained using a white spinnerbait had about 8" of visibility more or less in some spots...

exactly where is the intake and discharge located?

Intake: When you launch your boat and go out of the marker bouy's you will turn left about 10 o clock go straight towards the plant, you will come to a cove opening that has standing timber all around the inlet. Thats the intake if the wind is blowing fish the windy side of the cove (just something I have noticed)

Discharge: Launch your boat go out the marker bouy's to the right about 2 o clock go around the first point on the left and turn left you will see a deep cove there are usually boats there fishing right at the roped off area. YOu will also notice a dramitic water temp change usually about 6-9 degrees difference..

hope that helps if you ever plan on going out there let me know maybe I can meet up with you. I saw brett out there this weekend they were doing pretty well with white spinnerbaits I was fishing behind them catching the stragglers with a swimbait....

I went out today too - didn't see you Rich. Guess you were smart. We got our asses blown all over the lake. Left early. Terrible day.

I shoulda gone there yesterday instead of Conroe...a fishing tournament was going on and it was crowded to say the least.

Just wondering if the cats are biting at Gibbens? Last year in the spring I caught e pretty well

yea brett i couldnt make it today man the wind was blowing here so i figured the lake would be bad. Im leaving thursday for choke canyon and wont be back till the 12th good luck out there if you go back...

Has anyone been out since this front came through? I'm just getting into freshwater fishing and my dad let me bring the boat up this week. Thinking about hitting gibbons thursday and friday.

i was there right before the front came but havent been since I am leaving thursday to go to choke canyon or I would meet you out there... Good Luck fish points and grass inlet has been hott lately....

how are yall doin it? we fished from the grass point (hogs?) over to the discharge and got skunked. threw rat-l-traps, swim baits, spinning, frogs, all kinds of stuff of different color. biggest catch of the day was a foul hooked 2 inch minnow

plan on going out there sunday morning...anybody else going?

we'll be there when the gate opens tomorrow. grey triton 175

what time do they open the gates?

I think the gate opens at 6:00

ill be out there today
it might be to windy
we'll see

early morning i caught a 14 inch largemouth
on a green and white YUM split tail worm
but i left my scale in the truck
ima guess about 3-4 lbs
then i caught 2 more little ones 10in and 8in
nothin else the rest of the day
got a bit to windy
if its nice tomorrow i may go
we'll see

booned and I went out today. The wind blew us around, but we were able to pull in three. 16", 14", and 18". Nothing to write home about.

Me and Boone went to day I met him at the ramp around 630am we fished till about 1pm Caught between 16-20 Fish all over 14" biggest was about 6 lbs or so Boone's Personal Best at that Congrats bro..I caught one around 5lbs and had a lot between 3-5lbs... I LOVE GRASS!!!!!! thats all im gonna say...Show me grass I will show you what a bass looks like..

we went out this past saturday and wore it out.. all in grass from 1.5 - 2.5 ft of water.. biggest was around 5.5, it was a good day minus the terrible sunburn i got.

i was out there today from about 12 to 4 and only got 1 bass weighing around 2 pounds on a senko. did anyone else fish today? i'm hoping the cool front turned off the fish and it wasn't just me!
ben

it was just you lol no im kidding man i wasnt out there today should been good this morning though shouldnt have gotten to bad till after 2pm or so

trying something
click it and tell me if it works

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=...4c4054fcfb5ec32

we need to use this more often if it works

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if you press calaborate and sign into google you can add stuff to it

can you figure out a way to take off the big red unknown spot? there's some spots in there we can add...

done

where did you fish at?

me? everywhere theres a fish at ive caught fish

ima head out there bright and early tomorrow morning
we'll see

i didnt make it early
but i was out there from 10 till 3
nothin
no bites
nothin
did have a huge nutria parallel the boat for awhile
one guy caught a small one close to me and then left

next time you go i'll pull you in your kayak behind my boat haha

Fished Gibbons from 1 to 6PM Sat. Cloud cover, mild winds(finally), temp 70s. Water stained (8"vis) to slightly muddy at creek arms. Pads are just starting to emerge. Hydrilla & water hyacinths beginning to recover. Nutria active. Boated about 15-18 decent LMs largest running about 2.5 - 3 lbs. All bit shallow in/close to avail cover. No clear pattern apparent....assorted plastics on drop shot, tx rig, Carolina as well as a couple more on spinner bait, each produced briefly.

what is nutria?

A large rodent, nearly as large as a beaver but with long, rounded, scaly, ratlike tail; hind feet webbed; incisors orange-colored; female with mammae along each side of back, not on belly; upperparts reddish brown; the underfur dark slaty; tip of muzzle and chin white. External measurements of adults average: total length, 31-40 Inces; tail, 13-15 Inches; hind foot, 5-6 Inches. Total length may reach 4'. Weight, normally 15-25 Pounds.
Their natural food consists almost entirely of aquatic and semiaquatic vegetation, but when these animals live along the coast they also feed upon shellfish. Cattails, reeds, and sedges appear to be especially prized items of food. When established near gardens, they take cabbage readily; they are also fond of carrots and sweet potatoes.

wow...

thanks for the info.

yea it was either a nutria or a beaver
it wouldnt let me get close enough to check out its tail
but im almost positive it was a nutria

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supposily they are good eatin in cajun country haha

There are no beavers at Gibbons to my knowledge. It was a nasty, large nutria. They started showing up at Gibbons in the late 90's and have never left or been killed off (too bad).

So I guess those beaver looking homes that used to be in the intake, the Nutria build?

Hey guys a buddy of mine said they cut the hot water discharge off? anybody heard of this or is this false?

any hows the crappie doing?

One thing to add, they get really pissed if you hook them with a spinnerbait. But, they sure pull good!

I think a couple of us our heading out tomorrow. Any tips? It'll be my first time there

monarkman, they didn't cut off the discharge.

sealy, throw anything watermelon. white or chartreus spinnerbaits also. If you're wanting specifics, Lake Fort Tackle Magic Shad, 3.5" have been real hot.

Had one today that was near 10 lbs. got it up to the boat and it went under and snapped off.. still ended up with about 20 fish all together..

next time i'll have the net handy

I'm definitely interested in giving Gibbons a try, but I'm short on a boat (my buddy graduated) and I have no idea what to do or where to fish out there...

I went out on Monday and it was my first time there caught two fish one on a chartreuse spinner bait and the other on a Ribbit frog.
Any tips on where to fish and what to use? Maybe gonna try to texas rig the intake next time i heard there was a shelf there

Me and Boone will be heading out there if any one is interested in meeting us there and fishing for a day please let me know


Rich

Not a bad afternoon. Caught 8 or so between us, Rich got a few 4+ pounders.

well sunday was the first day we've been skunked at gibbons since december. i dont know what was up

struck out at GIBBONS CREEK!!!?????? where the h were you fishing?

same damn places as always.. by the old game warden boat ramp, all along that west shoreline near it all around the trees by the intake.. nothing.. i got 1 massive hit next to a tree and it wrapped around the tree and that was it

next time your going let me know I am without my boat for a month.....If you need a backseater just let me know.

Alright sounds good i'll let you know