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Lake Texana
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02/06/18 12:41 AM
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Lepomis4Life.
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12613015
02/06/18 11:11 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Nice fish Don! Good job. Side Note: What time of year is the best sunfish fishing time on Texana?
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12613470
02/06/18 04:51 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
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Gitter Done
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Winter time Bluegill! Will not belong until the spring bite. Nice fish. Great to see you posting again.
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12615047
02/07/18 03:01 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 19,021
Laker One
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Nice fish. Never fished Texana. Maybe one of these days I will make it out there! Seen form past post that there are some gators in that lake!
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Laker One]
#12616473
02/08/18 05:43 AM
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Lepomis4Life.
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Definitely. I have a buddy who wades in there still. One day I heard this weird crackling noise and I looked down and saw a little gator staring up at me. I moved and he took off.
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12617840
02/09/18 01:03 AM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,079
Wildman of the navidad
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Is that lake always chocolate milk colored ?
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12617842
02/09/18 01:04 AM
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Wildman of the navidad
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Nice slabs
Psalm:91
Quote on the wildman" They Said he'd eat the hair off of a man's head when he was hungry and squeeze the water out of rocks when he was thirsty"
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Wildman of the navidad]
#12618146
02/09/18 03:19 AM
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Joined: Mar 2016
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canyoncreek06
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Nice afternoon of fishing. Nice fish. Never fished Texana. Maybe one of these days I will make it out there! Seen form past post that there are some gators in that lake! Gators? There are no big lizards there. Definitely. I have a buddy who wades in there still. One day I heard this weird crackling noise and I looked down and saw a little gator staring up at me. I moved and he took off. I have a few friends that wade the area within the old State Park during the crappie spawn and do well. Is that lake always chocolate milk colored ? The three tributaries (Navidad River, Sandies Creek and Mustang Creek) that feed it have very good clarity if it doesn't rain. With the Navidad being the clearest (almost too clear at times) then the two creeks being about the same. The area they call "The Jungle" gets very clear and will clear the fastest after a big rain. After Harvey the main part of the lake had a little bit of clarity to it (about 12" visibility) due to the flood washing much of the accumulated silt away. I haven't been to check it this winter so I'm not sure if the 12" visibility has remained. I had heard from some of the locals that they had expected it to remain "fishable" for at least a year possibly more. I fish the three tributaries quite often. Haven't been on the main lake in years with the exception of last October. Mainly went to go check and see if the reports of improved visibility were true. I caught a few crappie at some old stomping grounds I use to fish back in the mid 80's. The lake is about 3.5 to 4ft low right now and it's actually kind of scared seeing areas that I have been running. There are stumps sticking out of the water everywhere. >E
Columbus took a chance and he made it.
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Wildman of the navidad]
#12618439
02/09/18 01:01 PM
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Lepomis4Life.
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Most often milk chocolate. There are many downed tress and stumps. Turtle city at times and occasional snags. But it's still fun to fish it. It's a nice body of water. You would think it would be a crappie mecca.
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Re: Lake Texana
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#12618665
02/09/18 03:10 PM
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Gitter Done
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That lake stays "chocolate milk" all of the time so I am told!
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12619042
02/09/18 07:06 PM
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canyoncreek06
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Yes, the main lake is like "yohoo". But, if you venture up some of the tributaries the water is very fishable. And, yes it holds a really good population of crappie and a great supply of food. Is it a constant "limit" lake? No, but the quality of fish is very good. You just have to be patient and trust that you can catch fish in less than ideal conditions. These crappie were caught up a feeder creek during the tail end of last years spawn in about 18" of water. Caught a couple of stragglers in the main creek channel. These were caught after the spawn a week and two weeks after a good rain the water clarity the first week was horrible but managed 9 and 13 the following week once the water cleared up a little.
Columbus took a chance and he made it.
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12619693
02/10/18 02:54 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,520
banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Pumpkin Head
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Nice slabs canyoncreek06!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Lake Texana
[Re: Lepomis4Life.]
#12620755
02/10/18 10:27 PM
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Lepomis4Life.
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Yeah, that's what it looks like....Yoohoo
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