Chad I caught six in two hours tonight... well probably an hour and half

2 damn cold! Only thing I'm catching is zzz's maybe in a week or 2 I'll come out of hibernation and do a little fishing. I bet your the only 1 fishing out there at night or day

how far up river did u go envy54? i was out today for a little bit...nothing...water is way way up and moving

Gonna be a week before anyone can put a boat in there!

So what's your guess chad as to when the fish will b n the river?
The water needs to warn up a lot first

Past the power lines

Has anyone tried fishing up around the 64 bridge or 279 bridge past the airport? Just curious if any sandbass or up that far?

I'd say it would have to warm up to at least 47-52 degrees before a huge run starts. I think those few warm days awhile back triggered a small run. I've seen em run 2 to 3 times in 1 spring

fish dont know what to do. they start to move in then we get snow and ice... hit it last weekend and caught 5 females, and 1 crappie. This week with the rise of the rivers and cold temps i doubt its worth getting out there.

Anyone hit the Neches today by boat or shore by chance? We went to Sabine and struck out. High and fast! Heard report of someone catching 18 at river ridge in a creek. One guy caught a couple on minnows as well. I'd avoid Sabine till the water drops.

The neches is up and moving way 2 fast. Not worth a stop

Another couple days of 48 deg rain falling on 48 deg veg/soil.
Warm sunny days predicted ahead will do little to warm the
water flowing in Neches/Kick. Water just doesn't warm up that
fast. The L.Palestine spawning run usually starts in earnest
Feb 20, peaks March 7, and is mostly over March 20th. Looks
like a slim to poor run this year. Perhaps, they'll wait and
spawn on main lake windy points, which isn't very productive.
Most of the concern by the fisherman is catching fish...da.
However, I'm also concerned about the amount of successful
spawning and the survival of the fry. In normal years, haven't
had many with the droughts, the fry migrate to the upper end
of the lake where it is warming & the biology (plants/zooplankton/etc)
is in full swing to support their growth. So, what will be
future spawning runs be like? Slim to poor? Perhaps TPW
or someone with a Bio degree can weight in.

I would think its triggered by water temps and not calendar dates. once it hits 55 degrees in the creeks and rivers they should head on in. I would think some years its early and this year unusually late...I hope you are wrong. but I am not an expert on it.

when dog woods bloom they will be there.. late run i hope

UPDATE, sand bass run cancelled. All have drowned.