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Fresh water lakes near Houston
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08/03/20 07:01 PM
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PapaGreg
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Recently moved back to Houston, looking for places to bank fish or kayak within 30-45 minutes of NE Houston? Thanks
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/03/20 07:33 PM
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BillS2006
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/03/20 07:42 PM
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hook_n_line
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Lake Houston, San Jacinto river.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/03/20 11:19 PM
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Rayzor
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This is strictly JMO.
1) Lake Houston - sucks - dead sea. Occasional good fishing in Luces Bayou. 2) Lake Conroe - great if you know the magical places to fish - good luck. 3) Gibbons Creel Reservoir - good luck - killed by power plant closure. 4) Lake Livingston - sand pit that is only good for white bass. 5) Lake Raven - big fish can be found if you have a shock boat.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: Rayzor]
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08/04/20 06:35 PM
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TxRanger1
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This is strictly JMO.
1) Lake Houston - sucks - dead sea. Occasional good fishing in Luces Bayou. 2) Lake Conroe - great if you know the magical places to fish - good luck. 3) Gibbons Creel Reservoir - good luck - killed by power plant closure. 4) Lake Livingston - sand pit that is only good for white bass. 5) Lake Raven - big fish can be found if you have a shock boat.
lake Houston is tuff but there are fish in in it. Luce is a mudhole now. Conroe just sucks Gibbons has started generating again, start up is this month maybe 2 years before it gets good again Livingston isn't great anymore Raven is okay at times
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: TxRanger1]
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08/04/20 09:31 PM
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Phoenix_Ed
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This is strictly JMO.
1) Lake Houston - sucks - dead sea. Occasional good fishing in Luces Bayou. 2) Lake Conroe - great if you know the magical places to fish - good luck. 3) Gibbons Creel Reservoir - good luck - killed by power plant closure. 4) Lake Livingston - sand pit that is only good for white bass. 5) Lake Raven - big fish can be found if you have a shock boat.
lake Houston is tuff but there are fish in in it. Luce is a mudhole now. Conroe just sucks Gibbons has started generating again, start up is this month maybe 2 years before it gets good again Livingston isn't great anymore Raven is okay at times I concur! TO the OP, there are a lot of kayak groups around, my neighbor found one on Facebook that fishes the lakes/ponds in the Woodlands and around. There may be a similar group on your side of town.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/04/20 09:53 PM
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BASSCATONE
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All the bayous in Houston that do not have fully cemented waterways are good. You can catch anything and everything. A lot from the bank. 1/8" Roostertails in white, chrome, chartreuse, firetiger and white/red head all work. Some areas will shock you how many bream they have in them. Bass too. The problems with some of the bayous is that some of the areas they are in are not exactly desirable.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/05/20 04:57 PM
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thrashfish
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Sheldon Reservoir can be good at times also
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/05/20 05:21 PM
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skeeterK
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Since you mentioned bank or kayak take a look at the various Harris County Parks. For example John Paul Landing Park (Pt. 3) near Katy has a lake that is managed and stocked by TPWD. Right now the lake covers 180 acres but will soon be expanded to 450+ acres. You can read the history and how the lake was designed for bass habitat.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/05/20 06:48 PM
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TopwaterTom
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Lake Houston has decent fish, when its not muddy, but the fish are still there. Conroe is a good fishery, you just have to spend time on it to find them. Gibbons also has good fish, as we fished it in March and caught great numbers and even a few big fish. Livingston, I agree, is [censored] unless you want to chase white bass. Raven is hit and miss. I'd spend the extra time and go to Fayette. You'll get the best bang for your buck on this lake.
It's all about spending time on the water and finding the structure that holds the fish. Most people don't do this so they get mad and say the lake is [censored]. Be patient, take your time and you'll find the spots.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: thrashfish]
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08/05/20 10:48 PM
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Rayzor
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Sheldon Reservoir can be good at times also Man, I forgot all about Sheldon! The only problem with that lake is it gets completely overtaken by vegetation in the Summer. There is some good pitching/flipping when you can get through the growth. BTW - Sheldon has the weirdest ramp in the country.
Last edited by Rayzor; 08/05/20 10:49 PM.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: TxRanger1]
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08/05/20 10:54 PM
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Rayzor
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This is strictly JMO.
1) Lake Houston - sucks - dead sea. Occasional good fishing in Luces Bayou. 2) Lake Conroe - great if you know the magical places to fish - good luck. 3) Gibbons Creel Reservoir - good luck - killed by power plant closure. 4) Lake Livingston - sand pit that is only good for white bass. 5) Lake Raven - big fish can be found if you have a shock boat.
lake Houston is tuff but there are fish in in it. Luce is a mudhole now. Conroe just sucks Gibbons has started generating again, start up is this month maybe 2 years before it gets good again Livingston isn't great anymore Raven is okay at times Well, I'll be darn! This article says Gibbons will be back in operation next year. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bu...as-coal-plant-is-restarting-15268177.php
Be safe, Rayzor 2001 Triton Tx-21/225 Mercury EFI
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: Rayzor]
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08/06/20 07:34 PM
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Kisndismis
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Sheldon Reservoir can be good at times also Man, I forgot all about Sheldon! The only problem with that lake is it gets completely overtaken by vegetation in the Summer. There is some good pitching/flipping when you can get through the growth. BTW - Sheldon has the weirdest ramp in the country. True that ! My son just bought a 2000 Dodge 3500 with a 6 speed stick, need to take him to that ramp with my boat soon and teach him the ins/outs of easing off the clutch!! All you can see is blue sky but the ramp on the other side of Fayette is the same, blue sky straight up. BTW sheldon used to do that one in Chevy Traverse, front wheel dr, no problem. I seen some good stuff at that ramp over the years and there are bigger fish in there that L Houston for sure. L Houston is near me so I still fish it they have two tourney there Sat. 15lbs would lock both but likely be 12 or so and lots of 10s and 11 lb bags.
Watch it happen, make it happen, or say what the hell happened. Capt. Phil Harris F/V Cornelia Marie RIP
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: Phoenix_Ed]
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08/10/20 01:58 AM
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SkeeterHunter
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This is strictly JMO.
1) Lake Houston - sucks - dead sea. Occasional good fishing in Luces Bayou. 2) Lake Conroe - great if you know the magical places to fish - good luck. 3) Gibbons Creel Reservoir - good luck - killed by power plant closure. 4) Lake Livingston - sand pit that is only good for white bass. 5) Lake Raven - big fish can be found if you have a shock boat.
lake Houston is tuff but there are fish in in it. Luce is a mudhole now. Conroe just sucks Gibbons has started generating again, start up is this month maybe 2 years before it gets good again Livingston isn't great anymore Raven is okay at times I concur! TO the OP, there are a lot of kayak groups around, my neighbor found one on Facebook that fishes the lakes/ponds in the Woodlands and around. There may be a similar group on your side of town. Look into southeast texas kayak bass league (SETXKBL) on facebook. Alot of those guys can help you out. The north end of Conroe in a Yak can be good, especially north of Cagle. Woodlands and Raven can be very good at times. Sheldon is fire when its good and not over run with vegetation.
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Re: Fresh water lakes near Houston
[Re: PapaGreg]
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08/10/20 01:02 PM
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Kisndismis
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On Lake Houston topic it took just over 10lbs to win a small tourney this last weekend, 17 teams 47 fish but a big bass of 5 and some change did come in and take a side pot, other than that looked like a lot of 2lbers and that was it. Typical summertime and the water is in the 90s
Watch it happen, make it happen, or say what the hell happened. Capt. Phil Harris F/V Cornelia Marie RIP
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