Myself,Mike(USMC-GY) and Fred (Rionator) fished the Nueces River. We fished from 7am till 1 pm and boated around 75 fish. Most fish were fat females in the 12 to 14 inch range. We had several just under 15 inches.Fish were located at the ends of currents in 2 to 4 feet of water.Chartreuse Roadrunners with jigs Chartreuse/black attached were the early morning bait of choice. Chartreuse Roadrunners with jigs,white in color with a Chartreuse tail was the bait of choice from 11am till we finished. Last two hours was non stop action. Most of the fish were released to fight again.We also kept a bunch for dinner. After a day on the river we stopped at the EL Tapatio Mexican Grill in Three Rivers for a GREAT lunch. Fishing the Nueces River with friends. It just don't get any better.

Mighty nice haul of whites there, banker. Hope to hit em like that up here in North Texas, and soon!

Great pics ! Water color looks great. This warm spell should get them piled up even more. When you clean them, check the egg sacks; if the eggs start getting translucent they are ready to be fertilized. Thanks for the report ! Rio

Thanks Rudy and Riotex for the replies. Riotex: Thanks for the information.

Awesome report. Always enjoy reading your posts. I haven't fished for 8 weeks now. I don't do too well in the cold. Looking forward to this Friday and scout the creeks.

Very NICE!!!

Thanks I love fishing and BKT for the replies. The run is on!

Man its been a long time since I have been to three rivers. Where did you put in?

Put in at the Live Oak airport. I guess its about 7 miles or so from Three Rivers south off of 281. There will be signs signaling the airport. Hey guys and gals how long will the white bass be up in the river. Seems like its still very early. I havn't seen any redbuds yet lol. However looks like everyone is catching these fantastic fish. Does anyone go as far as the "Rapids" or can you intercept them at the 1st real right angle bend on the river?

Thanks ace02 and Scott 79602 for the replies. The Air Port ramps and the 59 bridge ramp are the ramps I use. As for the rapids. It was to shallow for us to get to em. We fished just right before them. Seems the only ones making it past the rapids to the sand bars were john boats and kayaks.

Look fun!

Thanks for the reply.


Side Note: Friends of mine reported limits the other day and they put in at the 59 bridge. They stated they did not have to go that far to find plenty of fish. Spawn is on!

Nice work Chuck. Did y'all happen to find any crappie? I have caught them on bare jig heads there before.

Thanks for the reply. Did not have the time to fish for the Crappie. We were to busy catching Whites. Matt told us some spots to look for and a few places to hit but we just did not have the time. Maybe next trip.

Side Note: Choke Canyon is picking up!

Nice ones Chuck and good fishing guys. Fished the Nueces Friday and launched at the 59 bridge. Boat traffic started picking up by late morning. Me and Jeff ended up taking 30 nice ones for the frying pan. We boated about 50 fish from 7am till about 1pm. Roadrunners with light colored jig attachments worked the whole trip. We started finding good fish about a mile from the ramp. You going back anytime soon?



Side Note: We also ate at the El Tapatio. Thanks for the great tip. The food was very good.