Went upriver Approx 1 mile. Worked several deeper holes. And yes i did drag canoe several times. Ended up with 16 whites and 2 nice crappie. Prob 20 to 25 throw backs. Bite happened from 12 to 1. Thanks for all your help guys. Its good to get out and wet a line

Fished from the bank at the airport launch this afternoon from 4:15-6:30. Caught three whites, small males. On white grubs.

Airport. Saturday lots of kayaks on the water. Most people caught a few here and there. Not a very productive day for throwing lures from what everyone told me. Me and my bother ended with 44 whites and a whole bunch of throwbacks. Worked really hard for those. Caught 5 nice blues cats to 4 pounds 3 goo 3 keeper crappie and a whole mess of throwbacks. Started at daylight and bite was steady but not great. At eleven am it cut off. Moved to fast water. Caught another 15 kept 7. 4 females and 40 males. Cant complain. But it aint like the good ole days

Why arent there any big consistent keeper crappie in the nueces? One keeper every 10 fish maybe if you are lucky. i have fished there for 25 years and only one year were we able to limit on crappie. Just curious. Blue cat fishing is improving though

Please don't take this wrong, and I know you wrote "can't complain" at the end, but it sounds almost like you ARE complaining!
Anyway I do appreciate your report and I think you did great!
As for the crappie, I know it was a few years back and the river seemed to be full of big slabs. I've always heard that the crappie go in cycles of up and down years. This must be one of those down years as is the evidence to far.
Just hope we get some rain this summer and fall to bring the river up for next year as this year it's too late.
Leave a few for me!

Good point jimbo. I do complain way too much. Im a negative person trying to change. Spoiled big time. In mens group at church im reading about a lady who at 12 went blind because of doctor error. She did not blame him. Instead she went on to be a teacher. Never ever complaining. Made me think. So many things to be thankful for. So thank you. One step to change i hope.

You and I seem to be a lot alike!

Meant to report earlier the 16 caught were 1 female and 15 males. Maybe females have not moved up river yet.

Nothing scientific here but it seems that reading these reports and talking to a people I know who fish more often than I do.
The females haven't made it up that far past the airport launch yet.
If you read the past reports they were catching the whites around Sweeney Switch just a couple weeks ago. The water was muddy in the river and the clear water was way downstream about 10 miles from hwy 59 launch.
Last week I fished and the big females were caught about 2 miles from 59 and reports out of airport were mostly males as is the report now.
The eggs in the females I caught were not quite fully developed in that they were still a pale yellow and kind of milky.
When they are yellow and firm and full of blood viens they are ready to drop.
Some were starting to get that way but not quite ready.
About another week or two you should start seeing them up past airport in my opinion.

Well fellas it was an awesome white bass season on the nueces this year for me managed to get a couple of great limits. Just hope and pray we get some rains this year to keep the lake up but we all know when the lake mathis gets water in it they let it out so who knows how the river will look this next season AND MAYBE A MIRACLE WILL HAPPEN AND CHOKE WILL FILL UP. So now it's crappie and good ole saltwater fishing time!!!!! SEMPER FI

We will need some help from the tropics for that "miracle" to happen!
It's been a long time since we've seen anything in the form of a tropical storm. We don't need the wind and the flooding God forbid, but some good soaking rains, and folks just being smart we could get through some serious rains and have our lakes fill up.

Any recent reports for nueces river? Have a free weekend before tax season really kicks in.

Sunday was a good day. Yes they are still there. I caught 40 along with my bro. 20 huge females still with eggs and 20 males. Along with a lot of small throwbacks. You have to be willing to wait for the bite to turn on and then load up. It can be dead and you swear no fish in this hole. Then bam fire they turn on. Yes it is crazy. Unexplainable. If thats a word. So go get em before it gets cold again.

Weirdofish, did you put in at hwy 59 or airport? Not sure to take canoe or boat.

Airport. Not deep at ramp. Small john boat ok no motor. You have to lift boat offf. And lift to load. 6 inches at ramp. You will drag it a lot. I also just walk the river, chest deep some spots.