Anyone been fishing Gibbons lately if so how is the fishing? Has the plant been generating? I'm planning on making a trip there this weekend and would appreciate any advise. I have read where the ramp is somewhat hazardous. Is it safe to launch 20' boat?

BassColonel posted in the other thread that it looked like it was up slightly last Saturday and was able to use the ramp.

I'm interested in any other opinions or insight too, since I'm on the fence about heading out there Saturday morning.

I'm looking for a backseat on Saturday to Gibbons, Fayette or Bastrop. I had a new driveway poured yesterday and I cant drive on it until later next week so my boat is stuck in the garage. I was out there last Sat and was able to get in and out ok with my 18ft boat. There were several other big boats out there so I assume they got in/out ok. The fishing was definitely slow but you never know, they might be biting tomorrow!

Sending you a PM now.

Thanks! I'll be fishing tomorrow with fcag. Hope they are biting.

Thanks to fcag for the fishing trip today. We fished hard for about 6 hrs and only caught 1 gar. Didnt get a single bite?? Luckily the weather was great.

It was great having you in the boat. I learned a lot, even if we didn't get any bites.

Went to Gibbons today. Our bass club had a tourney. Some guys didn't catch anything or even get a bite. Then others had a limit. We mark any fish on a board over 14" and limit is 5. No problems getting boats in or out of the ramp. I caught 1 fish over 14.

The Gibbons plant folks have been helping the launch ramp out by clearing the sand accumulations so we don't have to back so far out to get into the deeper water.

Went out yesterday. Ramp was fine. I saw all that sand off to the side. Hopefully we keep getting rain.

I was there from about 1 to 4pm. Caught 2 bass, one was about 3 pounds. Both were near stumps in water 2-3 feet but close to deeper water. Caught both on a brush-hog. Water was 62-63 degrees.

Went yesterday afternoon. No fish. Tried multiple spots, baits, and depths. Water was 60 degrees.

I got 6 bites this morning but only got two in the boat before the wind starting howling. Biggest was 3 lbs but lost one that was probably closer to 4. All were in less than 2 feet of water. Water temp was 58-60 this morning.

Went this afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30. Not one bite. Wind was tough. Fished Plum Creek, trees on the right approaching the discharge from the lake, north & east side of island in front of ramp, trees on east shore in front of ramp, rock shoal in front of spillway, rocky point west of spillway and east bank of cold water intake. Temp ranged from 58 to 64. Very little activity. Only fish I saw caought were a couple of 8" catfish by some bank fishermen. Tough day, but it still beats working.

After only catching three this morning on Conroe, I decided to try Gibbons this afternoon with a good friend. Sure glad he said yes, because I was blessed with an 8.4 on carolina rig and 4.4 on crankbait. The bite for us was better than what it has been here recently, but still few and far between. Dave

Sounds like Sunday was better than Saturday. I think they're moving up in the shallow water when during the warmest part of the day.

I will be visiting college station (family) from 10-16 feb so I have been lurking the gibbons thread since its the closest lake to the city. Its seem the ramp is fine to launch, i have a small 16 foot boat. Is the lake easy to navigate and not hit stumps

Yep, the ramp should be fine for you. It's easy to see the areas with stumps so just go slow anytime you are around those areas and you will be ok. Good luck.

Fished Gibbons on Sunday from 6:45 to noon. Water level was up about 6" from the recent rain but I was surprised it wasnt more. It's going to take a lot of rain to fill it up at this rate. Water was muddy and temp was about 55-57 when I started but got up to almost 59 by the time I left. Here is a video of my only bite:

Great video

Thanks for the video. Blue cat or flathead? About how big?

Colonel, maybe you should invest in a fighting belt. Dave

I really couldnt tell what kind of catfish he was because I only saw him for a split second. He was definitely big...my arms were smoked after I got done with him.

THE BASS ARE BACK...
AND THEY ARE HUNGRY!

Fished 10am-3pm today through the rain showers. '7'(yes-'7') of the bigger girls today weighed in the 4 & 5 lb range.

They are fat, healthy and bellies look ready to spawn before long.



I do need a wider angle camera lens or either a longer arm. (The lab is quite trainable but he takes lousy pics having no thumbs to snap the shutter.)

How low is the lake currently? Guessing it got even higher after tonights big storm. I live in the college station area and would like to get out and try gibbons this spring. Yall seem to be doing pretty well out there.

Yesterday, it was up only a foot after being down perhaps nearly 4 feet in mid January. Gibbons watershed being on the east side of the Navasota, missed most all of Fridays runoffs from the heavy showers that flooded Bryan/College Station.

But I got up at 4am (Saturday)to watch Radar and Gibbons watershed directly was being hit as the actual cool front passed and Gibbons surely collected a lot of heavy rain. I hope, it will be enough to nearly re-fill it. Surely some weekend anglers today/tomorrow can give us an update.

UPDATE:
From the Eagle newspaper blog by an Iola resident at 1pm Sat:
Its flooding a bit by what the locals call "Hog Creek", a Gibbon's run off... a few of the homes in the country are fishin out their porch...