Early Spring Creek Longear!

Fished a local creek and the Longear were in a playful mood. The creek flow was excellent and the creek was in very good condition. Fished the end of currents and caught a bunch of hungry Longear. Fished from 11am till 3pm and caught over thirty Longear. Several small bass,a few Redbreast,and a few fat Bluegill rounded out the catch. All fish were caught using worms on ultra light tackle. Bottom techniques were used. The water was stained and clear in some spots. If this is any indication of the upcoming bite,April should be very, very good. Early Spring Longear fishing. It just don't get any better!

Some pretty fish Chuck! Glad you had a good day.

Thanks CK! Catching creek Longear makes the day a whole lot better!

Very nice!

It's good to hear creeks are in good shape, DFW has been saturated the last couple weeks. I know lakes are rising and creeks flowing. Nice to see some Longear being caught already, but may be a few weeks before that happens here.

I think this could be a good summer water wise and El Nino may really be showing up to help us out.

Nice catching, Chuck. May get a break in the rain on Monday. Hope to get out and wet a line.

Bob

Thanks "Fishing_4_Life",Andrew,and Bob for the replies. Andrew: Yes Sir looks like a good sunfish season awaits. Hopefully we will see a lot of catches this year. Looking forward to it. Bob: Hopefully you will get the chance to wet a line. Nothing beats being in the outdoors with a line in the water. Catching fish is icing on the cake.

It's Longear time in the creeks. Nice fish. Looks like that creek is in very good shape. Can't wait until the Longear really start showing off their colors.





Side Note: Is March through May the best time of the year to catch Longear? Also is this the time of year when they really start showing off their colors?

Now that looks like a great experience. I have never fished for Longear in the creeks before, only in ponds. Thanks for sharing all these scenic locations and stories Chuck!!

Awesome banker,gonna try me a little creek fishing this week......(weather permitting)

Nice looking LE's.

I would say Late March thru June is when the colors are at their finest from the Brazos to down south. The best time to catch Longear is normally from Late spring to right before the peak of Summer because that is the time when the current is most consistent and desirable. After that good current will gradually become more difficult to come by most years thruout most of TX

Yes Sir they will really be showing off those bright red/orange colors. Thanks guys for the replies.



Side Note: "Gitter": I have always caught my bigger Longear from March through Mid May. They bite year around but seems to me the bigger ones are caught during those months. Just my two cents. It will also depend on where you are fishing. Jamie: The creeks down here are loaded with em. Mike: Looking forward to seeing some catches.

Looks like that Creek is in great shape. Also love the Longear. The Longear bite should be super good the next few weeks.





Side Note: Be careful fishing the creeks. Snakes are on the move and also there are some very slippery creek banks. Stay safe. Chuck: Is that the Cibolo?

Thanks Curtis for the reply. Great tips for sure. Snakes,slippery banks,hornets nest,fire ant hills,and oh yea poison ivy and poison spiders.

It's getting that time of year to "WATCH OUT"! Saw my first snake of the season the other day fishing a creek channel on Mcqueeney. It was a water snake.




Side Note: Are you catching any Longear on the Comal? I noticed you are getting some nice Bass.

You are right Curtis. Snakes are out! Have not seen any yet but it's only a matter of time.


As for Longear on the Comal. I have caught a few not many. I have caught a lot of Red/Orange Spotted.

Fished the Comal this past weekend. Caught some nice Redbreast and a couple of nice fat bass. Gonna be a super year.

Yes Sir Curtis. So far it has been a GREAT spring!

Thanks!

Will all of this latest rain effect the bite on these creeks? I would think that all of the fish sitting on beds would be washed down the creeks and rivers. How soon after a major rain do creeks get back to normal?

Once the water subsides and the creek gets back to normal the bite will follow. The fish will simply make new nest if necessary. Just what I have experienced over the years.

Yeah, Chucks right. With all the rain yall been getting, most of the creeks and other riverine areas is gonna be a bit rearranged. Gonna have to learn em all over again.

We got another 2" early this morning. Mike said the Cibolo was really flowing in the area where he lives.

Cool report Banker!

regarding the colors - I think the male longear in full on spawning colors is about the prettiest sunfish we have in Texas. Those little guys put up a heck of fight too.

Thanks Jon for the reply. Yes Sir to are 100 percent right about both the colors and the fight. They can give an ultralight and flyrod a workout.