O.H. Ivie March 30, 2012
I have wanted to hit up Ivie for quite a long time. The fishing has been slow there from all the reports I have read but has picked up in the last few weeks. I watch the weather reports for wind there since the lake is so open, it could be easy to get into trouble if you don�t pay attention. Friday had a good forecast for wind (less than 5).

I got up at 3 am and headed out. From my house in west Ft. Worth to the ramp at Kennedy park its 3.5 hours. I arrived there before light, paid my ramp fee and launched. This was my first time out to Ivie and didn�t really know what to expect or even where to start. There are only 3 ramps and another up the Colorado River. For those that don�t know Ivie is about 30ft low at the moment. They need rain bad. That said, there is still plenty of deep water. The lake has very defined creek/river channels. Below is a pic of the areas I fished.



The morning started up pretty well with 2 18� pretty quick. I did not catch any big fish as hard as I tried. To start I moved south from the ramp mostly to see what the areas near the ramp offer. I found the sloughs near the ramp don�t have much cover. This lake is mostly structure oriented. But when I did find some wood (cover) you could usually find a fish on it. Later in the morning I moved north up a feeder creek, in search of spawning fish. The water was warm. It started off in the mid 60�s and by the end of the day I was seeing 78 deg water. I did not see any fish spawning shallow, although I talked to a guy who had caught 30 and his best was a 9 lbr that day. He saw spawing fish and he was fishing 2 ft water where there was cover. I learned some about this lake this trip and will be a bit more prepared next time I venture west. I ended up with about 10 fish for the day with the largest in the 18.5� range. Not what I went for but I did learn a bit what the lake is about. When the lake gets more water there will be some nice structure ledges to drop baits off of.

On the way out I stopped off at Elm Creek village for my dinner and get cleaned up a bit before my long drive home. They serve a great hamburger with more frys than I could eat. They are friendly and will tell you where and what the fish are biting on. They also offer up rooms for $45 per nite.

Here�s a short video of my trip.

Nice Report. Good job and thanks for sharing.

Would like to get out there sometime.

Great fish. Nice video!

Great Report! Where did you get that map?

That map was from bing maps.