So thanks to the recent pictures posted under the urban fishng thread I was encouraged to go try leon creek by my house. I generally stay away from there due to the bums and the small puddles that used to be a true creek but now Im glad I risked it.



Here are two of the nicer Rio Grande cichlids



Here are two of the nicer bass I cought. The larger one was cruzing by after one of the rios were cought I literally saw him as I was releasing the rio and I made a horribal cast right on his nose, as if I was shooting from the hip but for once it worked. I guess these fish are hungry.

I got there around 6:00PM and fished till 8:00PM or so. I must have cought a fish atleast every 5 minutes. I started with nymphs around size 14 and ended with cats whiskers and guadalupe greens that were size 6 and 8. Now I know what to start with. I didnt get to touch the good hole though becouse Im waiting till I am concealing more then a knife before I get to close to the Bum's. I might make it back tomorrow. No need to alert the authorities, I made it back safly; this time.

well if you go out today let me know. i can handel the bums. but i dont know about the smell!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway sorry i didnt make it out with you.

Definitly going to give it another try today around 6pm I hope you can make it.

Here are some new pictures from todays adventure with texasdjl.





These were the two larger ones for each of us but there was plenty of action to go around.

Fighting size bass there. Glad you all found the way free to go fishing today.

Nice, let me know when you go again and I'll try to come.

are you talking about leon creek in san antonio?

Ummm. no.
??????

NSA do you work for them and live in the San Antonio area?

sorry, i didn't read you original post completely. but i do live in san antonio, which has a dried up creek (leon creek in leon valley) with a few puddles in it that i know has fish in it. also there are a lot of bums around it.

Stay away the fishing is horribal. If I find you there the bums will be the least of your problems. HEHE J/K If you are willing to brave the bums try it out.

i have always wanted to try the creek but i can't shake the wife and kids to go exploring, and there are times that it's not good to have them around. after the flooding earlier this year, earl scott pond was dumping lots of fish into the creeks.

have you ever fished cibilo or salado creek? a buddy and i went fishing on salado creek at 410 and starcrest back in the early 80's and were catching catfish, perch, and one small gator. there used to be another spot right across the street from eisenhaur flea market for salado creek fishing, lots of bass and very large perch.

we went to salado creek. and there was alot of nice fish, but no way to fly fish. it was very over grown and only 3 or 4 feet across. it could be a great spot if you removed a few trees. you should come out with us some time. its always a good time.

Where is Leon Creek?

I hate it when a great spot is all grown over!
Have you guys tried overlining and roll casting? Just a thought.

it was so over grown i couldnt get near the water with my rod.. well we did get in salado creek and found one or two spots we could cast. but most of it had a canopy over the water. it was only 6'to 7' tall. so me 5'11" with a nine foot rod. i couldnt move it was bad. so i dont think we will be hitting the salado any more. unless you find something better.

leon creek is in san antonio.

well that's a shame. Glad you did find some fishable water.

in san antonio,there is a pond at wurzbach pky and thousand oaks that has bass and perch in it. we stocked it when i was just a kid, taking fish from one pond to another.

A gator in the salado ha I knew it Ieven told texasdjl. Man I'm glad we stopped wading where we did before the water went to my pits. Yah the water had a little to much brush I was flipping my flys under trees with 2 feet of line out. That was as far as a cast could go.

jeffnsa, are you talking about the pond behind capitol cement park???? i think you are. i might have to check it out. think it still might hold fish??

longhorn cement co. was the name, and its just off wurzbach pky between thousand oaks and starlight terrace. i haven't been out there for about 10 years but i see kids on it occasionly.

well i think our peice of the leon is almost gone(dried up). so that sucks it was a fun little i mean little spot to get the fly wet.

but the secret bass pond is in full swing. hehe

we will have to wait and see just how much is swinging on a sunday. my new 6wt should swing pertty good. when you gettin your new setup? today? befor 5? we can go with you its always fun to look around.

R.I.P my old 6 wt. we should throw it in the creek. you know like paying homage. whatever that thing was a pos.


TEXAS LAND SHARK is one mean SOB

So here we are at the normal spot and as I land another 7 pound bass on my 3wt. I hear something make a noise behind me. My fishing buddy spence has an interesting look on his face and half his rod is lying next to me. I look at the water and see a 7 foot gator coming at us. Aparently the fresh water land shark either wanted the fly or my fishing buddy and my buddy broke his rod trying to catch or run from the fresh water land shark.



Or maybe just maybe this is a slight exageration in a bad incident that ended with a broken 5wt and a new 6wt TFO. Im jealous now I have too get my TFO profesional 3wt setup. I like the rod bud now my buddy will have to learn to cast with a real fly rod.

p.s. the broken rod was a 50 dollar dicks combo, incase anyone was thinking about getting one.

Doesn't take you guys very long to check out a gator huh?
Me too!

I fish Leon creek on Lackland quite a bit. Lots of bass and bream in there. Also good sized carp, catfish and some huge tilapia. No fly rod fishing, but ultralight and occassionally light bass rods. I also used to fish Salado creek on Fort Sam Houston back in 94 when I was a kid. Lots of fish in there too. Gotta love the little creeks.

Gator smator been wade fishing the Lampasas River with them for years

damn If anybody goes out there, im willing to go and bring some beers, I was thinking of trying millers pond tomorrow I have never been there or caught a catfish on a fly but im bored and need to fish

feel free to contact me or texasdjl. We fish together quite a bit here in San Antonio. recently we have been doing alot of night fishing for reds out on the power plant lakes. However, we plan on hitting the creek today for a couple hours.

Yeah hit us up!! we hit the creek this afternoon it was hot and slow but still got a few nice fish. beer is soooo much better at the power plant lakes!!!!!

agreed.

Antywhere that can produce 6 reds 2 nice cats and a good carp in one slow evening is a good time. If you can sit in lawn chairs and drink till you cant fish anymore well maybe then its heaven on earth. lol

sounds like my kind of fishing, I have been known to catch a 10# buzz while fishing, lol. Im heading to a friends ranch to shoot some doves and fish some stock ponds tomorrow, but I will definitely get in contact with you guys. I have been wanting to go out to the lakes around here for a while but I didnt know where to start

Ronnie

Let us know when you wana meet up. Are you going to oktoberfish?

I was thinking about going since my family just got a house in fredericksburg but I havent registered yet. have you been to it before? if so how was it.

Havnt been but ill be there for this one.