great report HLS! there is still hope !! i will definatly be out there this week if not this weekend!

I went down to Newman's Bottom this morning around 9:30. I found whites stacked up at a couple spots and manages to snag 10 using a 1/16 oz yellow grub jig. They were all in deep pools downstream from rapids. I also caught two gaspergoos as well as hooking into what looked to be an 8 pound goo until he spit the hook. There are only a few good pools with a good spot to cast from the bank but a kayak would have a lot of options. The whites bite shout down around 11 as they started getting deep. I got a few of the deep ones to bite but it wasn't worth losing my jig every other cast to the bottom structure. After that I transitioned to catfish so I wouldn't have to retie all day. I used beef liver and nabbed 7 cats primarily from bends in the creek. The whole time I was there I only saw 4 other people so many missed out on a good day of fishing. The only downside was the gate is not open and walking back to the car with a 20 pound stringer is hard work

I also saw an otter munching on a white bass which was pretty cool. I didn't know there were any in there.

hey raider im off wed.thur if ya wanna go....

Anyone want to go Monday? I am thinking about it. It would make the long walk in and out alot easier if I had someone to talk with. I would get there about 8:30-9:00am. I wil check back before 10pm tonight

tommy, we put the boat in this weekend at newmans...

for sho i be there

tommy..call me tomorrow. im gonna do some work on it...could use your help maybe thursday.

If time allows I'll walk back into Nails creek Tuesday about 4PM if anyone wants to meet me there.. WMA on CR 125 1/2 mile west of CR 180.

I did well. I got the first 12 in the 1st hour and then the rest came over about 2 1/2 hours. They were all males.The mosquito's did well also, I forgot the off. I probably would have had a limit in 2 hours if I was not constantly getting attacked from the air force

monsterfireworks were you catching keepers or throw backs?

hopin everyone is alright with all the tornado warnings. dont know if any have hit the ground but few through the areas.

Most of the whites we caught Saturday were keepers but only 5 or so were big females...

Nice to see the White Bass run wasn't a complete bust this year. Does anybody know if they are releasing water from the Somerville Dam?

jsinn, probably not.the lake is probably just now at normal pool. i did hear a word that the yegua busted its banks today. if so, wont take long for the lake to fill up even more. think i just may run some trotlines this weekend for the big nasty yellows.

i went to the lake somerville website and there currently releasing at 1 cfs.

see for yourself what the lake level is and what is being released @ http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/reports/fish.htm

thanks for the link HLS. never knew that was out there.lol
snapper...as far as the 1cfs..i can tinkle harder then that lol
they almost always have a trinkle going through there. if theyd open then wide up...gooooooooood fishing. if you can get past all the...

There are alot of large females in the creek right now! All have under developed eggs, so the run might be going on for a while.

maybe a few weeks left....need some of this rain water to run through and get everything back to normal before the bits is back on.....

The bite is back on. I caught a limit tuesday morning in a hour and half. Took my son this morning and we each caught a limit. Most of the fish came from 200 yards down from the NB bridge. We also caught 16 fish at the large sandy bend upstream 1/4 mile or so.

are the gates open at newman's bottom or did you have to walk?

I walked in.

i just read in another post that tpwd opened the gates today at 3pm!

How far of a boat ride is it to NB ?

matts its not that far. if the fishing is hott, we need to hit it brother! hope yall didnt get leveled by the rains and carp(wont le me say cra*). i guess ya made it through it all ok!?