Went one time. I fell in.

She's not dead yet! My son and one of his fellow Texas A&M Aggie Anglers college teammates had a 25 lb. bag last Friday. I will miss this special lake as we knew it that's for sure. I caught a 9.90 on New Years Day 2017. I just hope Luminant Energy that also owns the power plant on Martin Creek keeps that one generating but the future is uncertain. They are putting all future resources in both wind and solar power.

Yes, Garcia was his name! Wow!

Monticello was a place to go and find plenty of active fish when water temperatures were 39 degrees on cold water lakes. Will people still catch a few good ones in the dead of winter? Yes, but like other cold water lakes for most people it is going to be a struggle to get more than a bite or two.

A lot of casual anglers don't get much enjoyment out of going out in freezing cold and getting no bites or maybe one or two. They aren't necessarily hunting for a trophy, they like getting a lot of bites. That is what is going to be lost.

There was a period of time when my daughter lived in Tx that I would head down there every year for the month of March of March. Finally wised up to the fact that since we would go down for Xmas or Thanksgiving I might as well store my boat down there for the winter and fish Monticello. It was so great for a northerner to be able to fish a good lake in the winter. This lasted for a few years and I caught lots of fish on this very fun lake to fish. Another memory though was the occasional fog and the tournament that blasted off with, at least where I was, zero visibility , and some guy (idiot?) yelling yahoo while running on plane down the lake.