Fished Joe Pool Lake over the weekend. The lake is full of sandies. difficult to put a limit together. most fish in the 6-9 inch range. caught lots of large mouth bass schooling with the sandies also 10-15 inch range. two days fishing was able to fillet 36 total. lots of fun the kinds had a blast! Lloyd Park Camping was fun - and the fish fry was a good time for all. all fish caught on bomber A style crankbaits off the creek channel.

Joe Pool has not been much of a lake,but in the last year or so the sand bass population has exploded along with the carp.But when the sand bass and carp are hitting the topwater,the largemouths are right underneath.

Whats up with all the dinks in our oh so close lake?

Not enough shad

REALLY!!! bummer, Thats it<? what can we do to fix that problem? Surley lack of funds cant be the root is it?

Trying it tomorrow.

The problem is that they don't reproduce that good. They would have to stock them every year.

Wonder what that would cost? could be done ! (its done privately on other lakes. What about an alternative food scource like a fast growing multipling brim?

Saturday morning my wife and I got on em on the edge of the trees just outside Loyd Park,they stayed on top and hardly moved for an hour and a half,we were the only boat there.We caught about 35 with only 4 keepers,pretty disappointing,but fun!
Btw,Hydrasport hope we werent too loud,somebody sure was til about 3 am!!

A/C Man it wasn't me ... LOL ... i was gone by mid-night out there every night .. OMG ... had to clean fish every night .. it is very difficult after 48 beers & a 1/2 gallon of vodka - but i manage - as do my friends - sorry if the rest of my friends are too loud ... we had tons of fun on the lake

i have fished Joe Pool since 1999 and it has always been full of small sand bass and lots of LMB. i haven't ever caught a carp or catfish though.

I agree with Hyrda Sport----Pool has always been full of small sandies and lots of largemouth. While it was never a "big fish" lake, it seems to me that when the grass was growing well all over the lake, more "over the slot" fish (bass)were caught. Most seasons during that era I would boat at least 25 to 30 overs during a normal season and the last couple that has dropped to less that 10. Lack of shad? Maybe, but I would blame the low fertility and the lack of cover more. JMO.

this weekend is the dodge boat weekend - 4th of juy - there will be so many boats out there and watercraft - it'll be way to crazy for me and my group : LOL -

Fished Joe Pool again Tuesday July 5th - PM - Sandies all over the place surfacing throughout the afternoon into the late evening. lots of fun for my kids, caught well over a 100 fish. Most fish caught around the creek humps to the West of the Bridge out by Lloyd Park.

Read this report and it will explain everything.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1315/