The gates are closed. THe area is open, but not the gates.

Have you met Joe? He feeds a heron named "Toby" he also says the same thing about them just not being there yet.

Thanks

I haven't met him yet. There are def. some characters around the lake and can be fun to shoot the sh... with. Haven't met many bad ones yet.

Is he an older guy in a small boat? Watched a guy catch undersized crappie, whistle at a heron, then threw the crappie toward the heron for him to eat. Tried it myself one day when a heron flew by and it damn near broke it's neck trying to turn around.

They were not in the cove behind Collin Park marina last weekend. We fished it hard all the way to the power line and hooked one. I will give you all one clue to catching them. Seek out flooded willows and fish tight to them. What's up with the boat ramp closures? East Fork is open to camping but ramp will be shut down all summer. Avalon is not open at all.

Good clue.


Not sure about the closures. All I know is that there are a LOT more ramps open now than there have been in the past year or so.

This guy fishes out of a tube. He is an older feller, and is also a talker, I like to hear old timers stories.

His name is Joe and he actually raised two birds there that were abandoned babies. A white egret and a blue heron. Pretty cool to watch him on that point and then he will call for them, and they fly over. Joe lives in a tent in East Fork. He is homeless. He has lived in the park as long as I can remember. East Fork Park gave him a job and he cleans up the trash on the banks of Lavon. He did a major cleaning below the dam when they drained the basin. Yes - he's a talker but has stories that will help you out in the future while fishing the lake.

Get out of the boat and jig the bases of the button willows in 2-3 ft. Black and Chartreuse seems to be the color for me. 1/16 -1/8 oz jig. I even have a hard time catching them out of the boat right now. You'll only have to be knee-deep or thigh deep to get these things out of the Willows. Every cove I have waded, produced fish. They have definitely moved back after that major storm that rolled through. With all this rain they might Open the flood gate and I don't have a clue what that will do to them. But till then, pound those coves in 2 to 4 foot and you will catch them. I have had many emails and texts telling me they got out of the boat and actually started catching. This is the easiest time of year for anybody to catch one of these fish that does not have a boat. Google earth is your friend right now. Figure out how to get into a cove make sure you don't sink more then over your ankles in mud and go have fun. If you do sink over your ankles you might want to find a different Cove. The harder the bottom the more fish you will find.

Best advice given.

The females still haven't moved up.

Again today in deeper water was fun.

Great to see the party hasn't really started.

15' from surface on Bluegrass Slim Sticks.

Two of us put 27 in the box on Saturday jungle style, 80% of them were males

I finally caught a few on Saturday morning too. They were hitting a jig right on the creek bank in less than a ft of water. Now there is a river flood warning.

Hate it when you finally start getting them down and something comes along and messes it up all over again lol

Thanks for the info Carey I stop by and see Joe every time that I'm out there. I am going to get back out there pretty soon and try and develop a plan to stock the freezer.