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Navarro Mills
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02/28/11 08:16 PM
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Doug Martin
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Anybody doing any good in the boat slips at Liberty Hill, or below the dam, or at Oak Park? I'd appreciate any help, thanks!
"I go a fishing," John 21:3
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Re: Navarro Mills
[Re: Doug Martin]
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02/28/11 08:40 PM
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crappie_hook
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Like to know the same.. When they turn back on at NM marina I'm planning on staying down there a couple days. Hopefully in the next 2wks they'll be on
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Re: Navarro Mills
[Re: crappie_hook]
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02/28/11 09:06 PM
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waldo69
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is the docks the best place to catchem
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Re: Navarro Mills
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02/28/11 09:32 PM
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RedTopLady
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is the docks the best place to catchem Dock at the marina is a really good place to load up, but when they are there in numbers, so are the people. A couple of weeks ago I was told there were so many people there the line was long getting in the gate when the park opened and one of the narrow slots between the seats which really has only enough room for about 3 people to fish comfortably, there were 16 people fishing in that one spot. That would be very frustrating for me. I do not like to fish elbow to elbow and everyone tangled up everytime someone hooks a fish. There are lots of brush piles around the dam. Then Crappie Point is also a good place to catch them from the bank, as long as the water level is up. I have never had good luck from the bank unless the level is up. And, last time I checked, the water level was still holding good.
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Re: Navarro Mills
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02/28/11 10:19 PM
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Eldon V.
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Hi; Red Hat Lady: I have seen little from you for some time. Glad you are up and running. I hope all is well with you.
"Freedom" is not free. Many men died to bring freedom to you and to me. Some of them sang: "...Christ was born across the sea with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me. Entitlement programs are not free. Someone did the work for you and for me.
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Re: Navarro Mills
[Re: Eldon V.]
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02/28/11 10:24 PM
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r63pappy
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Aquilla in the mornin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TONTO SOUTHERLAND
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Re: Navarro Mills
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02/28/11 10:54 PM
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hunter1st
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Me and the family are headed to Navarro Mills (Liberty Hill) for the first time in a couple of weeks for Spring Break. Anyone want to suggest some areas for crappie? Not looking for secret spots, just a starting area. We'll have my Whitney/Aquilla boat, so access isn't an issue.
Also, may do some catfishing from the bank in the evenings, any good shad netting spots on the lake?
OR- would it be better to just head over to Aquilla for the crappie?
Thanks for the responses in advance.
hunter1st
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Re: Navarro Mills
[Re: hunter1st]
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02/28/11 11:22 PM
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crappie_hook
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i would imaging theyll be on the banks for spring break..finding them shouldnt be hard....
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Re: Navarro Mills
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03/01/11 01:03 AM
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Keith Speer
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NM is up a little... one small gate open at the dam.. Go to Google Earth & check out all these places.. They are all good fishing from the bank in the spring...
Oak Park: 31^ 58.022'N - 96^ 41.908'W Near Oak Park: 31^ 57.622'N - 96^41.500'W Wolf Creek Park: 31^ 56.981'N - 96^ 42.952'W Liberty Hill Park: 31^ 56.949'N - 96^ 42.837'W Marina: 31^ 57.005'N - 96^ 43.349'W
Crappie fishing... what else is there ??
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Re: Navarro Mills
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03/01/11 03:32 PM
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Doug Martin
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Hunter1st, the best place I've found for catfish off the bank is off the rocks near the dam on the Liberty Hill side. For shad, try the aerator at the north end of the dam; it's outside the roped-off area by the release gates. For crappie, try along the point opposite the Liberty Hill boat slips; also along the dam; and up the creek in Oak Park, especially across from the fishing dock. I think it's still a bit early to get crappie in numbers; we've always done best mid-March thru mid-April. Hope this helps - good luck!
"I go a fishing," John 21:3
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Re: Navarro Mills
[Re: Doug Martin]
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03/01/11 08:26 PM
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hub_cap
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Was down to NM on Sat. from about 12 noon to 6:30...the fish were not biting in Wolf Creek on Sat afternoon (heard they'd been biting there last weekend). Started fishing Crappie Pointe around 1:30, and wound up with 14 by dark. Caught em on the Bobby Garland Cajun Cricket color using a 1/8 oz jig head, with a char. crappie nibble. The fish were down in the brush up until around 5pm...then they started moving around a bit. The darker it got, the better they started biting on minnows. The minnow fisherman were fishing around 4 ft deep. Also -- the darker it got --- the closer to the bank the fish bit. Hope this helps.... Oh -- out of the 14 that I caught most were males. Caught two really nice sized fish, the others were a disappointment -- only 10.5 - 12.5 inches. (seemed really small for Navarro Mills to me)
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Re: Navarro Mills
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03/01/11 09:37 PM
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DPDALAN
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Me and the wife had a week of vacation and fished NM every day last week. Started on Sat 19th. Lots of fish in the creek next to wolf creek park, the locals call it tin creek. Limits possible if you stayed all day. We never topped 20 in a day. They said they were killing them in snake creek. The creek bite shut off after the front moved through. Found a few on the points suspended at 10 feet in 20 feet of water. Minnows seemed to do better. The barge was good Fri 25th but slow Sat 26th, but did catch a 16 incher, long but slim.
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Re: Navarro Mills
[Re: DPDALAN]
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03/02/11 01:37 AM
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hunter1st
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Thanks all for the helpful hints. I'll post up what we find, me wife and three tenagers we should find something. Fun if nothing else.
Doug.
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