Going to go fish RC in the morning with a friend. (Mckinneycrappiecatcher) Been tying jigs all week to get ready. Going to hit it pretty early in the a.m. Then taking off to Carey's seminar at BPS @ 2p.m. (Everyone that can make it should be there) After the seminar, we plan on heading back to the creek for a few hours to see what we can jerk out of there. Will post a report afterwards. If you see me out there, stop by and say hi. Always looking to meet fellow TFF members.
SOOO READY!

Im ready to get out there. My jigs are all ready to go.

I tied 25 jigs yesterday. Plus 7 roadrunners. That's all I'm keeping in my box. Can't wait to make some more jig heads. I'm just carrying one 5"x3" box with everything I need in it. Send me some pics of the jigs you've tied up.

you will be sure to find some! Ive fished the creek a few times this past week and havent come up short handed yet, crappie, sandies, and LMB. Only 2 crappie have been keepers so far tho

you will be sure to find some! Ive fished the creek a few times this past week and havent come up short handed yet, crappie, sandies, and LMB. Only 2 crappie have been keepers so far tho

Keeper sandies?

nope, all dinks

I got a limit out of there.

of what? sandies or crappie?

do any good txpacker?

I totally forgot to post the report. Caught a good mess of fish, given the conditions. Quite a few keepers and TONS of dinks. Bobby garland (blue ice) and minnows.

Sounds like a fun trip! no luck with your tied jigs?

so is it worth trying now i might go thursday

Yeah. Definitely after the rain. Shouldnt be bad on thursday

uhmmm quick question peoples uhmm what is the best clorled tube jigs i usally use refrigerator white with blue any suggestions

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and what brand tube jigs

agreed. i smell a little bs. but thats ok cus i bs 99percent of the time.lol

I drove over it this past sat and it looked pretty nice and clear.

not sure what pics will prove??? still doesnt make it true if its not!...... anyway, creek is full to the brim after the rain, if any have been staging theres nothing from stopping them now!
and yes I know it will be back down in a day or 2 but thats not my point

so are the crappies in yet if not would there still be some catfish in the creek
.........i really want to try the creek but if not i might just hit rayhubbard bank

theres always catfish, and just a few crappie yet

ima hit the creek around 11am-12pm .ima see if there some crappie. i never fished the crappie at the creek .would you fish the crappie the same way you did for the sandbass run

Fish deeper than sandies. Fish around miller.

heading out there this weekend. Debating whether or not to take the toon out. its been a full year since ive pulled it out of storage. Anyone else wanna team up and attack these crappie?

what day and what time u goin bro? i might join.

fished firewheel pkwy... 11am-3pm... caught about 20 fish
largemouth bass,sandie,crappie,bream... all caught on xraps and minnows..

might hit it later this afternoon on foot. ill probably be out there saturday and sunday morning

Under the toll bridge, its 6 ft of water. 100 yards north of that its 2-3 ft all the way to the mouth of the creek, with a lot of it less than a ft deep. In the creek, there is a 400 yard sandbar, less than a ft deep. They didnt show up last year in numbers due to low water. This year its 2 times lower. There are none under the toll bridge, and a couple under 30, but nothing to catch my attention enough to drop down on one. They are not going to show unless we get massive amounts of rain. There are resident crappie in there, but those are already dwindling. Good Luck.

Anyone going in the morning ? Might check it out after taking the kids to school.

didnt fish this weekend because I was out hunting, but here are a couple pics from one day last weekend, and my first trip down there. Been 3 times, and caught fish all 3 times. 1 time all the fish were given away, so no pic of those. So here's the proof. Carey is right, though. Most of these are resident fish. The keeper to dink ratio is about 25:1 There's still better places to fish.

nice haul!

So will the shad and crappie stay in the lake. I hope so!!! What u think Carey.. better to lake fish on hubbard or bank rc???

No where to bank for crappie right now on the banks of Hubbard. Fishin barges are producing some numbers right now. very early AM till about 8 am, right before dark till an hour or two after, then 12 am till they quit again. If ur in a boat, the bridges are always producing and will get better the colder it gets. You really have to work to get a limit of crappie there. Lewisville bridges are producing way better right now.

The big Black crappie are pretty thick when the winds let us fish.






Fished the same places today. Not much happening. Air pressure was falling way to fast. Mike and I saw the shad doing something we have never seen before. Flickering on the surface by the millions like they were being chased, I guess they were eating flies hatching on the surface. We didnt see anything they were eating, but they do eat small stuff..... there were millions of shad from 28ft to the surface. No predetors though...? Wierd.

but, the crappie and shad are showing up on stucture near the mouth of one of my creeks, but no water for them to pass.... just need freakin 6 inches of water..... 4 inches for me to get in there.....

ill try to get to WRC here in a few days and see whats happening.

So even if there is a big rain they will still be in the lakes.. I would rather be comfy and dry on my boat than wet and uncomfy on my toon.. that's all I'm saying.

those crappie were catch in RC?

If there is no land from the lake to the creek they should still go up it. I recently have seen fish swimming upstream in as little at 8inches of water. Too many shad up the creeks right now for them to not try and go up it.

yup..

those are some big looking crappie from the creek, when are you going again?

First trip evening, second morning, third afternoon. Catching them at all times. Just have to experiment until you find what they're biting. Watch the pressure and fish according to the charts.

Sounds like I need to get my fast net and head upstream and get me some shad!!!

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just got back, tried all my holes, skunked today

Really wnt to try that area cab anyone give ne a god idea of where to park
Aqiuiles

Miller

I went by WRC Friday Afternoon & not much happen. Lots of Yellows!!

Hi! Ive been wanting to fish RC for sometime now but don't how to get there or where to fish once there. Thanks any assistance would be appreciated.

how do you get to WRC from Duck Creek and Broadway in Garland

Welcome to the forum, banks, read the whole thread from page one. Weed thru the Mumbo jumbo, and u will find every question u need..... Get some popcorn, long read, but again, everything is in there with maps too.... Not this thread, the annual crappie run thread.......