Anyone fished the Neches Sunday, if so any good reports

Anyone fished the Neches Sunday, if so any good reports

I fished sunday morning from 730-11. Took home 15. Some good size males and females

The parking lot was empty when I left at 9:30



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Nice

Any report on the Neches river this week

My uncle who lives in tyler drove out to the 31 bridge yesterday, said he saw one guy with a stringer full, 3 almost 18" in length.

If they were almost 18" they were hybrids, not sandbass.

Fake news
Everybody has cell phones but, he didn't bother to take pics ?
BTW, does his eye sight have auto measurement function ?
I've fished that area for years & never seen a 18" Whitebass caught there.
NOBODY is catching limits...........period






Hybrids & Stipers MUST be 18"+ to be legal to keep.





I have been there 3 times in the last 2 weeks & NOBODY is catching limits.
I was there this Friday (2-24-17) till 2:30
Very few people caught more than 5-6
Most were small males about 11"

Water is very murky & barely fish-able.
Game Wardens were out also.

3 guys on this forum keep posting false info. with no proof of what they say.
They did it last year too.
Post the pics or move on down the road.
Creekside Sports in Chandler is also saying that limits are being caught but, have no proof.
They're just giving people false info. to drum up business.

Yes the weather was nice.
If you think conditions are good for fishing, you should go.
You might get lucky enough to hit it just right like I did today.



I caught 6 Whitebass but, only 2 were keepers at 13"
I also caught 2 Stripers.
1 was 17-1/2" & was released.
The other was almost 19" which I kept.

I also caught 3 Hybrids.
2 were 17-1/2" & were released.
1 was almost 19" which I kept.















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I totally agree with you Hookinup. I dont understand why someone has to tell fish stories about how much or how big the fish they caught, pictures say a 1000 words. I was out there yesterday and caught 11 fish with a buddy. I know guys that say they caught a 100 or 150 fish on the Neches this year already. Full of [censored]!!! The conditions didnt call for the fish yet!!!

In the age of the internet, I only believe what I see..........not what I read or hear.
That's why I post pics.

The water north of the bridge is very murky or dirty with maybe 6" of visibility.
South of the bridge gets a bit better the farther you go but, still not what it needs to be.

There's a few tricks to catching them in dirty water but, mainly slowing the lure retrieve so slow it's almost not moving.
I saw most everyone reeling real fast which is why few people caught very few fish.

A spinner bait works well sometimes as the vibration from the blade causes massive disturbance that the fish can sense easily.
I could have caught more fish if I had stayed longer.
Considering the water conditions, I had to work hard for the ones I did catch.

Also, I don't see anyone using weedless hooks.
Personally, I always use weedless hooks which makes for far less snags (if any) & more time catching fish.

I make my own weedless lead head jigs.
I also use weedless bait holder hooks.

I think I'll take some small crawdads if I go one day next week.
I think it may get better in a couple weeks if rain don't change things.




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Hybrids & Stipers MUST be 18"+ to be legal to keep.
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My point was that sand bass don't get that big. If they were almost 18" they had to of been hybrids and should have been thrown back if under 18". Been way to many people keeping undersize hybrids that they think are huge sandbass. I hate to see so many get taken out before they reach their potential.

UH OK
I have personally caught Whitebass 18" at the Somerville spillway & Lake Conroe before the die off a few years ago.
On the Neches I have caught 17" Whitebass albeit on rare ocassion.
In fact, the last great Whitebass run in Feb.-March 2014 I caught several 17" females on the Neches at the 31 bridge.

I educate people when I can about the difference in tooth patches so they hopefully don't get a $500. citation from the game warden.

You're right. I meant to say the sand bass usually don't get that big on the Neches. You may occasionally catch some around the 16-17" mark but I would say that it would be unusual to catch that many that were nearly 18" there.

There are stripers in lake Palestine?