Little eary for the Dirty-Bottom, but I do miss that wonderful smell of success it gives off! LAke is catching lots of water as I write and will continue. Think by Sun it will slow but the fish will be reallly confused and scatterd. Will think about it and see how Mom is feeling. She had heart surgery last Fri in San Angelo and still need to stay close. Will try and call you.
M.L.

Is there any color/type jig that works best on JB thomas, We are fishing the lake for the 1st time in a couple weeks. any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks
TK

Black and Chart. seems to be one of the faves for the papermouths.

Thought you might like to know, the river here at JBT has gone from 0.89 to 14.49 and still rising. That puts alot more water in the lake. Hope we get more rain. Happy fishing

Thanks, we will give that a try. I have heard good reports about JB. I will let you know how we do.
Thanks
TK

Well, Thank You Lord for the rain. Now, can we fish? The USGS says that right now the level at JBT is 2221.97 and it is RISING steeply. It is up from 2220.50 in two days. Thellowest I ever fished the lake was a level of 2215.76 and the highest was 2230.16 (the Big Island was just barely above water).

I hate it, but I think the rising water is not good for short term fishin'!

Short term, this rise in the lake will have a major effect on the fishing. I was there last Sunday and managed to catch 20 keepers. My usual spots just weren't performing (only had 6 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm), so I tried somewhere new. I found two lonely stickups in this location that were seperated by about four feet of water (plenty of junk in between that wasn't visible). I proceeded to catch 14 more slabs in less than five minutes in that spot and then they just shut off. These fish were in 6 feet of water and were definitely not spawned out. I believe they were still recovering from the storms last Wednesday. This is bound to confuse them for at least 1 week and probably closer to 2 weeks. As long as we don't see highs in the 100s, they will continue to try and spawn until the 1st week in June. I like seeing the rain, I just hate what it's doing to this year's fishing. Just my 2 cents. Good fishin' and good luck to those fishing this weekend.

If I were A fisherman,And wish I were. This rain wouldn't stop me. Now, mind you, I can bait my hook, and catch a fish. My problem is taking that fish off my hook. Have a big problem there. Just keeping an update on the lake,mainly cause I live here,and I'm bored silly since hubby died.Ain't got enough beer to float my boat. River crested,whoohoo

BTW, I have a 14ft alumacraft boat,2 seater,trolling motor,life jackets,2 oars,depth finder. I need to sell this baby.Call me at 432-965-3423 leave a message,cause I don't answer the phone.Or come by 403 sourdough rd to look at it

what are you asking for the boat

LindaGail, I know a few that may be interested in your boat. I'll give you a call this afternoon and we'll come by after work.

Oh yeah, I'm definitely going after work today to see if I can find the crappie. I'll be in and out of the water all weekend. I'll keep ya'll posted here.

Looks like by Saturday we could have a total 3' rise since May 8th at noon, could be 2223.5. Ketchum, PLEASE let us know how ya do this afternoon.

Well, looks like Sunday, me and a buddy in our yaks. If ya see a fat dude in a bule Ocean Kayak, that' me!

I'm going to need to get at least $500.00 for what is listed above