Any reports on Gibbons? Any help would be appreciated.

Finally went caught 6.

I think it was three? Fishermen and their stories.

Well if I would've had a decent guide, maybe it would have been 6.

Well.... any reports?

Like I said caught 6, water temp around 65. The lake is about 1.5 foot low.

Caught 4 today.1 dink,a 1,4 and 5 1/2#. Lots of boats.Mostly fishing point drop offs.All of mine come on rattle traps.Water 66-69.

1.5????? hahaha try 3.0

I thought that it wasn't that low. Check out Bass Colonel last trip on you tube. He said what I said.

Was out this past saturday from 1-5:30 and put 15 in the boat on a square bill crank and a shaky head. Most fish in 4ft or less. Most of the fish looked ready to pop.

I fished last Sunday and the wind was howling so it really limited where I could fish. I ended up with 4 in the boat and missed lost/missed at least 3 others on lizards/crank bait. Water temp was 65 and the lake is down at least 1.5-2 feet. A lot of my spots from last year are no good now due to the low water. This Saturday is looking windy as well but may be ok on Sunday. I'm dreaming of my 7 day trip to Lake Fork during Spring Break!

I fished last Sunday and the wind was howling so it really limited where I could fish. I ended up with 4 in the boat and lost/missed at least 3 others on lizards/crank bait. Water temp was 65 and the lake is down at least 1.5-2 feet. A lot of my spots from last year are no good now due to the low water. This Saturday is looking windy as well but may be ok on Sunday. I'm dreaming of my 7 day trip to Lake Fork during Spring Break!

I may try tomorrow. Hopefully the winds will be calm so I can try some finesse fishing.

Let us know how it goes

Took my big Lab out for a swim in the lake today not getting on the water until 10am. Water Temp:65. Winds:South Overcast Water; Stained .....Lake level has just come up to normal level after being 2-3feet low as Power plant must have purchased and pumped in much needed water. Looks like new higher lake level may have compromised previously make beds as they cannot be seen. Left lake by 3pm.

Boated and weighed total of 8 Bass each between 4 and 5 lbs and also several unders....one of my better days in a while for this lake.

Also had to remove treble hook from my lab's nose....Hurt me more than it did him.

Great, I hope to get out on Sunday.

Nice report.

Lou r Pitcher, glad to hear the lab is doing ok. Sorry I couldn't get over to your boat fast enough to help get the hook out.

Nice fish.

Here's the only one I managed to catch.

Yea, looks like you too snagged a hungry Gibbons pre-spawn female there.....Never seen so many egg laden females and so few males bite pre-spawn. I'm kind of wondering if all the males were too busy rebuilding their deep beds since the water just came up? I only caught one more after I saw you. Yesterday, I was just going out to try to spot some beds for next full moon and got lucky and happened to find some of the gals all staged up together.

But thanks again about the Lab.

Good info. Haven't been out there in two weeks. Planning to go tomorrow afternoon.

Did you guys catch any word on the Crappie bite there at Gibbons??

Went out yesterday from 1:30 to 5. Pretty slow. Missed 3-4 bites. Got one 3-4 pounder in the boat. Only bites were on a watermelon brush hog.

Water level was at least 2 feet higher than 2 weeks ago. Water was muddy and around 65 degrees.

Surprised it was so slow for this time of year in a warm water lake. The time of day and Saturday cold front may have slowed everything down. But, still no good patterns and not a lot of spawning activity that I can find.

Haven't done any Crappie fishing.

Sunday was definitely slow. I think the cold front and drop in water temp affected the fish. I ended up with 4. First was 5lbs 4oz in 8 ft and the 3d was 3lbs 10oz in about 3 ft of water. Both were caught on CBs.

Nice pics of the LAB showing some love for the bass.

Thanks; He knows he better give them a quick taste as they go back into the lake and on most days its a long wait before he gets to see me catch the next one.

Heading out on Gibbons today. Any updates?

how was it. Did you catch anything?

One bite all day and didn't get it in the boat. Tried crankbait, swimbaits, and spinnerbaits. The only bite came on a little white spinnerbait.

Lots of boat on the lake today. Trailer parking was overflowing into the side lot.

Water was at least a foot higher than it was 2 weeks ago (and it was pretty high then after they pumped water in). Could just barely see the tips of the second set of metal dock pilings over near the intake. 2 weeks ago they were at least a foot out of the water.

It's been slow but the water has come up 2-3 feet. I went Tuesday and only had one bite. Threw frogs, C-rig, and mostly T-rig brushhog. Caught one on the T-rig. I was only there a few hours until dark. The temp was still right around 70 in the creeks near the discharge.

I've only had my boat 6 weeks and have been out there 5 or 6 times so I'm still figuring it out. I really don't know where they should be. I fish pretty slow so I haven't fish much of the lake yet. I've been saving the deeper parts of the main lake until its too hot to fish the creeks. But right now, I'd expect the fish to be in the creeks. I've caught some nice fish, one was 7 lbs, but no numbers at all. It's really slow, especially for Feb-March. There seems like so much useless or really shallow water. But when the lake was a lot lower a few fews ago I saw there's a lot of hidden hardwood. The big fish was right by a stump, now I can't see it but the GPS can.

I'm going in the morning, I'll report back.

Just got back fished from noon till 4. We caught 11, depths ranging from 3 foot to 8 foot. It looks like the fished have spawned or atleast the females we caught have already spawned. Water was really stained and 70 degrees. Good Luck

I went from 7 to 2. Caught 5 and missed a few bites. Most were small. Biggest was about 4 lbs. One female that hadn't spawned was my next largest. No pattern at all. Pretty tough for March.

There were way too many people fishing from the dock.

Way to many people on the dock.

Went out this afternoon from 5:30 until dark. Didn't get any bites but I spent more time looking around than fishing. Tried some places I've never been before. Water was still right around 70 degrees. Not sure what to think.

kdr have you tried Somerville? it's about as close as gibbons and the fishing is alot better.

Here's my take....

1st I found male bass were busy in early March pre-spawn building beds with females nearby out in 8-10' of water... but about 3-4 weeks ago power plant bought and added about 2-3 feet of water which destroyed all the beds.

2nd) They abandoned the now deep beds and males quickly rebuilt the beds and they looked poor and ragged but every single bed had a bass on them at just before full moon but had no eggs or fry yet.

3rd) I went out a few days ago after full moon on a cloudy day after a night of unusually low temps and the beds all were finished and looked in great shape but every single one of them were abandoned...I guess the eggs/fry could not survive the much cooler water and died.

So far they have not come back and must be stacked up awaiting another opportunity to spawn if the power plant waters don't warm too much and too quickly.

I like your assessment. The rising water changed everything. I haven't seen many beds, the water had been dark since the level came up. It could also be that I'm in the wrong spot.

But I think you're right, they must be backing off in a post spawn pattern.

One of the most difficult things about Gibbons is that in my opinion there are too many spawning areas. Seem like half of the lake is 4 feet or less and full of stumps. The fish don't have to concentrate as much as when there are narrower defined creek arms. The was good article in FLW that was posted here about deep spawn fish.

Along with the changing water level, the temperature has been wierd. It's be 68-71 for a weeks. Maybe the rising water kept it from warming more, maybe the plant isn't generating. I would expect it to be higer by now. Most non-power plant lakes are the same temp.

Yes the temp for Gibbons has been weird....much cooler than in the past years. Don't think the plant has been offline...they did though switch to a different type of coal...one that burns cooler and places less heat loads into the lake and that is why we are seeing the much cooler lake temps this year.

I think with the stained waters, all the Gibbons bass spawning remains shallow like in <3-4 feet. Saw over 50 (empty) beds this week and the nearby small Tilapia schools numbered in the thousands in one area.. Lots of baitfish now for the bass which may also explain the slow action on our lures, but that should help bump up the future years bass numbers if they ever get to spawn.

i feel the same way went way back into a creek and found surprisingly clear water (for gibbons) last week and there was a bed every 5ft on both sides of of the bank and not a single 1 had a fish on it! It made me sick! There were lots of hyacinth in the middle of the creek that were in the middle so we worked it over really good with no luck so I guess they pushed out of there. I'm just ready for the pads to start thicken up so the frog bite will get going!

I just LOL'd

Anybody been out lately? With work, the wind, and othet stuff I haven't made it out there.

Heard there were bass on beds again but not sure where.

I'm really sick of the wind.

Bass Boat bouncing in waves = Uncomfortable
Bass Boat bouncing in waves in a Gibbons stump field = Costly

Definitely. It makes me really nervous. I have't been up the creek lately because of the wind.

Just got me a new trolling motor with +10lbs of thrust over my old one and I also got a heavier anchor!

I am heading out to gibbons in the morning with a buddy of mine. I have never seen the lake and we have a little club tournament the middle of next month. Any hints on what technique to try. Hopefully the wind will die down a little but i guess we will have to see. We will be in a red skeeter zx200 with a 200 yammy on the back.

Good luck & be safe....Look forward to results of your trip facing the mighty Texas wind...Do you yet have a TV contract and airdate of your "Deadliest Catch" episode on Discovery channel?

Tomorrow: Windy. Cloudy skies will become sunny in the afternoon. Near record high temperatures. High 93F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph.

Yah i here you there. Its texas and the wind its seems like never calms down this time of the year. Will hoepfully be back to give a report tomorrow night.

Hate that lake good luck.

Well i survived my first trip to Gibbons Creek today. We got on the water at day break and headed straight for the intake. We fished the right side up to the bouys throwing topwaters with no luck. We switched to a t-rigged watermelon lizard and i caught one around a lb or so. My buddy caught another one soon after on the edge of the reeds. I swicthed to a sqaure bill crank in the sexy shad color and picked up one more that could have been used for bait. We left that area since the wind was getting worse and went to the three points over on the right side of the dam. We were graphing what looked like shad all over the end of one point. We threw everything in the box around there and nothing bit. My buddy did manage to catch a huge shad with a flutter spoon so we knew the bait was there but couldn't buy a bite to save our lives. We then moved over to the right side of the dam to fish. I made my first cast with a c-rig and fish on. Nothing big but a decent fish at least. A couple of lbs. BassColonel came over and we chatted and did a quick meet and greet because of the wind. It was a pleasure to meet you sir. After he left i re-tied my c-rig and through back out there. The very next cast i hook this pig.

I didn't weight it but was thinkng between 5 and 6 lbs. She was shallow and in great shape. That was all we caught today. Got off the water at noon and headed back to Katy.

Great fish!! Sounds like you found a post BassColonel pattern!

It was great meeting Basspro out on the lake. That's a great fish! I ended up with 8 and the biggest was 4lbs 7oz. Fish were shallow around points. All of them on stumps or brush. My video is up on the Bass Colonel You Tube Channel. Wind was crazy and it doesnt look like it is letting up anytime soon??

Thanks again bass colonel for the help out there. Gibbons is a neat lake that hopefully I will get to learn a little more in the future.

Come back when the wind dies down...hopefully that happens sometime soon??

Yah that's the truth.

Decent day on Gibbons. The fish are tight on the stumps, doesn't matter what depth. Saw a bunch of empty beds.

I also found the post BassColonel pattern. Good to meet you.

Glad to hear yall are on some fish. I went the other day with some friends and got 14 tilapia. Bow fishing.

Another report from Apr 23...Windy was the word. Our local Club was there with 7 anglers. Me and my partner started out shallow around the point one up from Sulphur and not a bite. No topwater, no plastic, no spinnerbait bumps. Then I smacked a stump and it must have jammed my cables because I wass not able to turn the motor in any direction, so I shut it off. A Club member called and said he needed help as he spun his prop and he was way up there. So we went to get him and idled back to the ramp taking on water from the waves, but we made it. then off to the East side in a pad area and I found some grass with a crankbait around there. Good thing I had a Power Pole, stuck in it about 3 1/2 ft and fought the wind with casts and everything. Started throwing a worm and BAM! Got a nice 3 lber...then another and another and I rigged up my buddy and he got two. I got 5 altogether and we each lost a nice hefty one under the boat. Nice day despite the TM trouble and windy conditions. Starting to like Gibbons alot more now...Go figure! We'll be back.
Ended up the one day tournament with just over 15 lbs and landed 2nd place. Can't complain about that!

from Gregj's report:
....Windy was the word....
....started out shallow and not a bite. no bumps.
.....Then I smacked a stump and jammed my cables
....I wass not able to turn the motor in any direction.....
....A Club member said he spun his prop .
....went to get him and idled back to the ramp taking on water from the waves
.....fought the wind with casts and everything. ......
.....Starting to like Gibbons alot more now
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.....and no doubt you are a "glass half full" kind of angler which is exactly what you have to be to fish Gibbons.

Congrats on the 2nd place Greg J. Its a neat little lake. I cant wait till next month for our club tournament.

Yup...It has taken about 4 times on the lake to start to appreciate it. I look at the maps, google earth, read reports from others and ask questions and eventually it works. I hate to have a lake whip me - constantly...now its my turn to have some fun!
Back in January when we fished it, caught ZERO but did rescue three conoeists who overturned after a boats wake gave them trouble. Just glad we were coming around the point and noticed them waving from the side of the canoe. Water was COLD and they were a ways from the ramp. Pulled all three on board and towed their submerged canoe to the dock where EMT and Park Ranger was waiting to check 'em over and ask questions.
Good luck on your trip and "let the fish tell you what they want" Later...

Kudos to you for lending a helping hand.

Finally a day on the water without getting blown back up on shore...

Lake level down more than a foot...very low for Gibbons...they surely will be buying water in the next few weeks for the power plant needs if we don't get some rain. Water temp just over 80 at inlet. Water clarity , 14"...poor even for Gibbons likely due to recent winds. Lily pad fields sparse and look like shredded lettuce after the high winds but they do show new growth and should quickly come back. Bull rush/reeds are healthy and reappearing in many new locations this spring after declining over last several years.
beds are all long abandoned.

Spent late morning trying numerous lures and was perplexed without a bite. Managed to get 7 in boat by mid-afternoon fishing for bass tight to wood cover using Senkos rigged weightless. Would have stayed for sunset bite, but I had run out of Senkos and my other plastics/lures proved useless.

Thanks for the report. I had the opportunity to go out this afternoon but the wind was just too much. I really wanted to get out yesterday but I didnt get off until about 6:30?? I'll be out by noon tomorrow but I unfortunately it will be windy again. I also hope to be out Sunday morning until about noon.

You are not kidding about the water dropping. It looks like it dropped at least a foot in the last week?? I hit the lake Fri afternoon but the wind was really cranking by then. Only caught 3 fish and one of them was drum. This morning was better. I ended up with 10 fish by 10:00 am when I left due to the wind. Had my best luck in the lily pads using lizards. Cant wait for this wind to finally back off?? You can see the video on my Youtube channel.

Nice catch BassC.

Took the daughter out to Gibbons to introduce her to 'sight fishin' just before the beds were destroyed by last month's high waters. This was her 1st good bass.... hooked, fought and landed all on about 6 feet or less of line. (I told her later she needed to return the hat and glasses back to Jack Hanna):

I took the day off today to take advantage of the beautiful weather. I picked a good one to take and ended up with 19 fish. I had the bonus of running into Lou r. Pitcher on the lake as well. I enjoyed visiting with him and his blonde lab. I am loading a video now on my Youtube channel if you want to check it out.

Was glad to finally meet BassColonel on the lake....seems as I most always fish during mid-week mostly on Thursdays, I had until today always missed meeting him on the water.

We shared a community fishing hole for a while and with his 19 fish this morning, he landed several more today than I could manage in the afternoon. . After he left the lake, I did hang around for the evening sunset and was rewarded with a 6 1/4 lb. bass and sorry BassColonel I must confess, she came from the very same fishing hole we had worked over earlier.




Talk at the ramp tonight indicated a couple of post spawn bass (one above 10 lbs and another just barely below 10) were also caught yesterday and today.

Congrats on the big bass and I definitely enjoyed fishing with you! I didnt get anything over 3 but I'm heading back out this morning to give it another try.

I was out Thursday evening and Friday evening. Should have gone back this morning but stayed up too late watching the Mavs beat the Lakers. Might go out this evening.

Lou, I saw you at the ramp yesterday and didn't realize it. Just after you pulled your boat out of the water, I pulled mine out. White GMC with a white and silver Ranger. Lots of Rangers yesterday evening. I'll watch for you next time.

Thursday was perfect, almost no wind. The water has dropped a lot since I was out there 2 weeks ago. Maybe another foot. I fished about 3 hours and didn't catch much until after 7. Biggest was 3-4 lbs right before dark in some stumps between the island and ramp. There are a lot of fish in the larger patches of lilly pads and they're still hanging close to stumps. I caught 1 on a frog and missed another but the rest were on Texas rigs. I'm hoping the frog bite improves. I think they are gradually moving deeper but still lots of fish in shallow heavier cover.

Friday was much slower for me because of the wind. It was harder to fish the same spots I caught fish Thursday. I love worm fishing and its tough in the wind.

Fished Sat morning until about 10:30 am, caught about 8 fish before the wind cranked up. The early morning bite and the bite in the lily pads wasnt as good as Fri. Looks like another week of high winds...ughhh?? My wife and I are headed to Caddo for 4 days on Memorial Day weekend. Taking today off from fishing for Mother's day brunch, I dont want to push my luck with the wife!

I fished Gibbons Creek for the first time in almost a year on Thurdsay April 28th. We caught 5 fishing from about 7:30 til about noon. 3 fish were caught on Phenix Vibrator Jig with a Zoom Fluke trailer, white/shad color. The other 2 fish were caught on a white tandem spinnerbait. All fish were caught in less than 5 feet of water. Biggest one weight just shy of 5 pounds.

Thanks for report.....looks like the shallow water bite is still the pattern of choice. Hope the wife doesn't find out or ask why I internet ordered myself a Phenix vibrator jig.

Tough morning out there today with the North Wind and maybe from the big rain we had on Thur?? Took my cousin this morning hoping to catch a lot of fish but the wind kept me off a lot of my good spots and the bite was slow. I ended up with 6 and he had one. We both did miss a few bites as well. Here was the best fish at 5lbs 2oz:

Just got back and was skunked again. I really need to follow one of you around to figure this place out. I saw Lou r Pitcher heading out as we were loading up.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that while we didn't get a single fish to bite, I was very happy not to get bit by the 6 to 8 foot moccasin that swam under the boat and popped up right between my legs. I thought I was going to fly off the other side of the boat.

Yea, I had to post separately on another thread yesterday regarding my little Gibbons dive and swim.

Went back today, this time with my daughter home from college (and always the Lab) but again today, I only had similar mediocre results. I did though, manage to stay dry.

And I too 'personally' might know your snake's family if he's the one livin over on the rocks near the lake dam. Have a story 'bout him,(his grand-daddy is buried in my front yard) but can't tell it here as no one would ever believe another word I ever said on this forum ...not that they do now.

Fished today from 5:30 till dark. We caught 6 fish. Largest was 5-7 lbs (forgot my scale, might have been good luck).

All were in shallow (1-4 feet) lilly pads on Grande Bass Rattlesnakes. The seemed to like it wacky rigged best. The bite turned on around 7:30 but tapered off a little as it got closer to dark. They hit it right as it hit the water. No frog bites. We lost at least as many as we caught.

My buddy that caught the big fish had never been bass fishing before, neither had his girlfriend. They were thrilled. Neither could use a baitcast reel so I thought they did really well with a zebco and spinning reel. I need a pair of spinning reels with light braid.

Have always heard that more current TX lake bass records were landed with Zebco 202's or 33's than all the Shimanos or Abu-Garcias or whatever.

Beautiful day to be fishing today!

Would love to hear the story of the grand-daddy snake.

The one that spooked me was two coves to the northwest of the damn and was swimming back to the lily pads from deeper water.

Today I'm fighting a massive sun burn because I got out there and realized that I left my sunscreen in the smaller trout fishing tackle box that in my garage.

I took Ayon12 with me to Gibbons yesterday about 3:30. It was slow until about 5:00 when we found a bunch of fish. I had the first fish but he somehow ended up with the most and biggest from the back of my boat. We ended up with about 16 between the two of us and we missed several others. Here are the two biggest:

Da'ang!!! I'm gonna have to be calulating out/plotting the GPS coordinates from the photo. Nice fish!

So I need some advice.

About the only time I can go out on Gibbons is between 9am to 3pm. Am I wasting my time? Granted, I am happy to just be out on the water with nothing else to think about, but it sure would be nice to catch a fish here and there.

I personally fish most of the time out there in the mornings and I've caught a lot of fish after 9. You just have to keep at it until you find the fish. Good luck.

I guess more people look at the background in these photos to jump spots than you guys realize. Good job.

Great photo, but ... ....thought that was mine and BC's secret spot!!!

Yea, there may not be very many unknown 'secret spots' left on Gibbons. I know seeing Bass Colonel's great videos that he has already found 'bout all my other ones on his own as he until lately had never much fished on the same days that I fish it.

Secret spots on Gibbons for me may seem to work for a little while, but they only work for me a season or two. The spots, lures and fishing styles all just change from one year to the next. That makes it challenging, but fun. I also always crack up when someone posts their advice on the TFF 'bout where/how to fish on Gibbons and then say they haven't been on it since when it 1st opened up and is so 'easy a lake'.

i was in one of those boats in the picture above. It was crazy how many fish were pulled from there from all the traffic. The bite would be good for everyone then die off but an hour later it was on again. Everyone in our club tournament caught plenty of fish. It was a fun day. Cant wait to get back out there in the future.

I've fished Gibbons Creek hard for three years now and all three years have been almost completely different from the others. This year it is really different with the low lake levels. A lot of my "secret" spots are just not fishable anymore. I'm still having some good days on the lake but I also have a lot of dissapointing days. This dang wind hasnt helped either?? I'm headed to Caddo this weekend!

Good luck on Caddo...I hear it is a good lake with some BIG BASS! Let us know how you do!

Anyone fish Gibbons in the last couple of days? I'm planning to go out tomorrow (Friday) around 9am.

Got on the water at 9am today. Looked around a few places and saw fish on the sonar, but couldn't get them to bite. Finally came back to the first spot I went to around 12:30 and had 6 good bites, with 2 in the boat at about 1 1/2 pounds each. Was using a new reel that I just got and hadn't set the drag. The 1 1/2 pounders reeled in easy. Then I had one hit it and it took line like the drag was all the way open. It jumped and spit the hood right back at me. I think they could hear the expletive on the other side of the lake.

By 1:15, the wind picked up and was really bad. The bite just stopped as soon as the wind picked up. I was impressed with my iPilot though. It did a decent job holding my position in the strong winds.

Here's one of the ones I managed to boat.

Going to try it tomorrow afternoon. Do yall think the shallow bite is still on?

Nevermind tomorrow its closed.

ive been fishing out at gibbons once a week lately only in the afternoon. is that lake better in the morning? i love the place but usually we just fish in the lilly pads and catch between 3 of us we catch around 5 all on spinnerbaits. we dont ever go in the creeks just because of all the stumps

I have more luck late afternoon. I also fish main lake. It seems to me the later you can stay the better it gets.

I certainly prefer Gibbons very early morning and very late evening on bluebird days as I struggle fishing shallow with the sun on the water. So with the drought and few overcast skys lately, it has been usually slooooooow fishing deeper or in the cover much of the midday.

Bite was on Sunday evening. Fish were really set up on timber in 5-7 feet. Caught this 8-0 beast to top off the day. Went out tonight but only got in a few minutes of fishing before the rain/lightning chased me off. The lake is so low you almost need a ladder to get from the dock down to your boat??

man that bass is rough looking!

Yes, she looked like she had been thru a rough life but she still put up a heck of a fight.

nice fish......congrats

Great Gibbons bass...Congrats....is that a P.B. or at least a top 3 for you on Gibbons?

Top 2 for me. I caught an 8-7 in May 10.

Was there a bass club tournament at Gibbons this morning? Saw a half dozen boats lined up in the water at 6am and then they all took off at the same time.

Unfortunately, my motor went kaput in the middle of the lake first thing this morning and I barely made it back to the ramp. So no fishing for me

That sucks

Wind was tough out there today! All the boats were huddled together on the points trying to stay out of the wind.

Yes the Conroe Bass Club held a measly 5 boat tournament there this past weekend. We caught a few fish but i don't think that it was worth the sunburns or the beatings we took in the wind.

Went out this morning. I haven't been in a month. Looks like the water has dropped at least a foot.

Weather, wind, and fishing were nice from 6 to 8:30. Caught 10-15 from 0.5-3 lbs on spinnerbaits, frogs, and rattlesnakes. They'r near stumps in 5-10ft and in the pads. After the sun came up and the wind starting blowing, the bite turned off. Boat traffic was picking up too.

Overall, good day on the water with my dad.

Hit the water just after 6am this morning. No bites early at the stumps, so we moved to the lilly pads and had several bites, but nothing in the boat. Moved back to the stumps around 9 and got two 2 lb'ers in the boat.

When the sun came out, we tried out the new "shade" system. It held up pretty well in the wind, but made the ipilot work overtime to hold the spot.



When the umbrella wasn't on, the pvc pipe made a great rod holder while tying on a new hook.

That's impressive

Obviously taken early in the morning before the wind cranked up!

Actually, we put it up at about 11:30 just to test it out and the wind was starting to gust pretty good. Took it back down after about 20 minutes because it was acting like a sail and making the TM work overtime.

Cloud cover was actually pretty good until about noon.

hey yall, i live on lake conroe so i fish it most of the time, but with this weekend going to be as wild as it is im thinking about trying gibbons, never been on the lake before is the problem. are the fish still in 10' stumps, and the pads? not looking or wanting anyones hotspot, just kind of wondering what types of structure and depth the fish are holding in right now. any help so that i am not going completely blind is appreciated, if any info for conroe is needed, its just a pm away

Thanks

I fished gibbons earlier this week and only found small sized bass biting and they were shallow. Surface Water temp was almost 90 at the intake and the outlet area was unbearable with the high humidity and I was wishing for any breeze. Don't know anymore that gibbons is any safer than Conroe for dodging the ski boats..... My neck was getting tired watching out after bc's accident.

Fishing was really slow this morning. Only caught a couplereally small fish, both on a spinnerbait. The water has drop a few inches since last saturday. Boat traffic was picking up by mid morning. At least the wind wasn't blowing.

fcag, nice setup. I am just wondering if there is gusty wind, would it be dangerous to have the umbrella open? Will that destabilize the boat?

I tried the big umbrella mounted on the boat idea twice. Never provided shade for long, but i did find they tend to hold a bass or two nearby setting on the lake bottoms sfter some winds had sent them flying.

Anybody fishing Sunday? I havent fished in over two weeks so I'm looking for an open backseat!

What time can i meet u at the boat ramp Bass Colonel? I plan on launching a little past 1st safe light.

Lou r Pitcher. I just sent you a pm. Thanks.

BassColonel,

I'm not heading out this weekend because we just got back from a week of fishing down in Galveston, but you're welcome on my boat any time that I can get out there.

fcag, thanks. I'm hooked up with Lou r Pitcher for tomorrow.

Hiiting the ramp when the gates open.....

Thanks to Lou r Pitcher for taking me out today! We ended up with about 17 fish between the two of us before leaving a little after noon. Nothing gigantic but we did catch a lot of very solid fish.

It was a fun day fishing together and was happy to sub in while your boat is out. Whenever you are ready again, my batteries are already recharged and my fishing cap is close by.

I cant believe how long this forum has lasted. If I could only get one going on Lake Limestone I would be set.

Lots of people fish Gibbons, especially TFFers. It's been a good thread.

I'm planning on heading out there this evening for some cats. Water is down 3 feet according to the park ranger. Really wanting to get up in gibbons creek (the creek itself) but I think the stumps are too bad out there. Went out 7/1 and the stumps were thick. I wish we'd get some rain though. That would sure be nice.

Was nice out at Gibbons yesterday morning with a nice breeze. Found some LMB at the used-to-be submerged island over in front of the plant that ranged from 1.5-2.5lbs, and then found a couple of bigger ones on the north side of the intake around 10ft. and about 600 yards off the little point. Other than that, couldn't locate them anywhere else. Saw a lot of nice sized catfish on the surface on that north side of the intake too. Wish I would have brought a setup for them as they looked pretty active. Everything died down around 10am though when the weather started getting hotter and the breeze turned into 10mph wind.

I'll have to check out that intake next time I'm out there. I went in the evening, which just isnt working in this heat. We caught 2 cats on thursday at the discharge. I have been wanting to go up gibbons creek but the stumps are just too thick to risk it.

Thinking about heading out to gibbons tomorrow for a lone run. Gotta keep an eye on the weather though. Not sure about this slight chance of rain.

Boat is totaled and I'm getting the full insured amount! Should be back in a boat very soon!

Did you total it at gibbons?

Yep, a ski boat ran into me! Kind of ruined my day and dang near killed me!

I would imagine it ruined your day. Personally I can't stand skiers and wakeboarders. Many of them I have encountered have little to no respect for those of us who prefer to fish. Glad you're okay and are getting another boat soon.

Wow, I hate to hear that Colonel. Hopefully you wll get back on the water soon!

Another slow morning at Gibbons. Caught 1 large mouth on a carolina rigged pumpkin crawler and then a few decent sized channel cats on cut bait and CJ's. Also caught a nutria in my cast net. Nearly impossible to get out.

I bet

This lake is starting to drive me crazy. I have fished it for years with excellent success, but this summer is unlike any other I have seen so far.

Gibbons is tough from mid July thru the end of August!

Went out this morning and it was tough. Didn't catch any and only had one good bite. Didn't take long until the wind picked up. I tried some lilly pads and several deep humps/ridges. Frog, T-rig, C-rig, jig, spinnerbait, nothing worked.

Water was 87F and a little lower then a couple weeks ago.

I have never done well at Gibbons in heat of summer. Is there any hydrilla out there?

If there's any hydrilla I have't seen it.

I was thinking about going out tomorrow or tuesday. Don't know if i'll bother though. Catfish haven;t been biting at all the past few times I've fished out there. And I heard somerville is getting dangerously low.

The Bass Colonel has a new ride now so keep an eye out for me on Gibbons Creek and please dont run over me! Caught 30+ out of it on my first trip on Sunday so it is already bringing great luck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd31O8dCPIw

Congrats Colonel!

B.C.,

Nice! Thats gonna be the perfect boat for bass fishing Gibbons and East Tx area stumpfilled lakes..


See you on the water......I know why you selected bright Red.

Sweet boat man!

Glad you're back. Boat looks sharp. I've fished out of a couple 175 Trackers. They're good rigs. Look forward to seeing how you like the Talon.

Nice

Heading out to gibbons early tomorrow morning in search of some whisker fish. Will report back.

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Caught this little mess of fish out at Gibbons today. Took awhile to locate the fish but finally found them over off the first point to the right of the boat ramp in 13-14 feet of water on some stumps. Got into a great spot and started catching them on CJ's punch bait. After we ran out of punch bait (I only had 2 half full containers) we went back to the dock to catch some shad and perch for cut bait, then we started heading back to our spot and somebody had filled our spot after watching us reel in several fish. So we called it a day and headed out with 10 keepers. Nothing of great size. Good eaters though. Also a great day to be on the lake.

Just added a Minkota Talon to my boat. I'll be out Saturday morning for it's first test. Check me out if you see me on the lake!

If the lake keeps dropping, you should be able to hold position by reaching bottom just about anywhere out in the middle.

Lets keep this thread going! GCR reports are rare enough as it is

I plan to head that way soon

1. How low is lake right now?

2. Is there ANY hydrilla out there???

I'd say it is about 4 feet low. No grass anywhere that I've seen. Lily pads are starting to die off. Just came in from a morning of fishing...very slow! Water temp was 80 degrees.

When you go to/ from the boat ramp launch, it may be easier to beach the boat if you didn't bring a stepladder to access the high boatdock. The. 1 foot difference is about a 5 foot step now.

Here is my biggest bass from our club tourney this past Saturday out there. She went 21" long and weighed 5lbs 6ozs.

A few days ago it was 4 foot low, I was told they plan to keep it at that level, so I do not expect it to keep dropping. They have been buying water from Lake Limestone and pumping it out of the Navasota river.

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Great bass.... How was the fishing for most of the club?

For the most part it was a tough day, alot of small fish were caught. The big bass was a 22.5" caught i believe around the dam area first thing that morning. The winning person caught his fish down there as well off one of those points. He said it was slow until the north wind picked started blowing against those southshore points.

I will be going out there saturday morning. how deep are the fish right now and is there any sort of a topwater bite in the morning? I just bought some pay check baits repo man and i am itchin to try them.