This thread is to share information about Grapevine Lake. Please stay positive, and please no negativity on the thread. We have been sharing information so you can get your kids on fish. Feel free to share anything, and as often as you wish. Any little tip, from fishing on the bank, or in a kayak helps others. Lurkers Welcome, and I look forward to a good year.

I encourage you to go thru the last few years thread, as there is a wealth of information about the lake.

2022 Thread
https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/14344351/1


2021 thread
https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/14199544/1



Take care and will hopefully cross paths with some of you on the lake.

Prosise

I fished Sunday 1-1-23, and Tues 1-3-23 pretty much all day. I did check some areas on both days and I did not catch one sandbass. Not even the mosquitos are biting. Me and my son went up Denton Creek to check out the creek, and look for fossils. No fishing up there, will not start fishing up there until March.

Will be chasing the Green fish so prob will not be looking for the Sandbass much, but if I run across anything I will post it.

Prosise

Fished 01-5-22, started out at approx 10:00 using Berkley Gulp Minnows dead sticking, could not get a single bite.
Live Minnows caught 6 nice Sandies.

Changed locations several time, found fish scattered, but they all had lock jaw.


At 3:30, Found fish in 52’ of water, N32.98069 W097.08572. Turned on the thumper and they stacked up in the water column at 30’ below the boat. Finished the day with 19 sandies, 1 big crappie, and a nice blue cat.

All fish caught on live minnows. Bite was super light. If I was not using braided line, I would not have known I was getting a bite.

I will be out tomorrow about 9 am to give it a shot. I have a couple of thumper designs I will be testing.
I caught 3 last Saturday morning with no thumper, so I will be experimenting this time.

01-07-2023, fished from 1300 to 1700, caught 30 Sandies, 25 were keepers and a 24" Blue Cat weighing in at 5lbs.

I was in 50ft of water near the dam, fish were stacked at 30ft in the water column. Bite was super light again today.

1-8-2023, 50 Sandies in 2.5 hours. Near the dam, caught on minnows.

Good report Bowhunter. I fished Scott's cove most of the day for bass, but I came out to main lake for a couple hours. Came out to 36-38ft from sandbass point and looked for any type of small ledge or structure. With Bluetooth thumper I was able to get fish to cruise under the boat. Had to finesse dead stick them. Just a very light raise of the rod tip and hold it. Fish sizes were 50-50. Half small, half real good. But I did have to finesse them. With minnows, I bet you were busy... I prob caught about 30 fish before I went back and continued practicing my casting. Scott's cove is broke right now for me, I gave it a real good look but it kicked my butt in relation to the green fish yesterday. Going tomorrow, but will be mid lake and up a skosh. Great start of the year on reports all, very refreshing to see. I was using the smallest Cordell spoon with a smaller bait above it.

Glad someone caught fish. We were out west in the rock crusher area Saturday from 9 to 1 and we only caught two 10lb + carp on slabs. we hit 4 or 5 locations and had no luck.

JWC, I pulled 2 off the rock crusher and the bite was slow so I moved to deeper water.

Look for the river channel and deep drop offs. I’m finding fish 50’ deep or greater that are suspended in the 30-40 foot water column.

Winds are looking good for Friday, and I’ll be back out.

Fished yesterday 6am-dark . Taking a break from bass fishing , me and a suspect in crime found some small ones by grapevine point. Then some better ones on the east drop out on the end at Murrell point. Fishing really tough getting them to bite, fish are hunkered down on the bottom. With the LiveScope you really had to work them to get them to bite. Dead sticking it with a very subtle movement. Last spot due north of sandbass point out in 32-38ft has tons of fish but they wouldn't bite anything. Minnows would prob be dynamite. Wx was 80f, and water temp up in the 55f ranges on the surface in many areas, but bait and fish are staying in the 25-35ft range. I was using the smallest Cordell spoon that is sold at basspro, and I had it painted with glow in the dark paint. Glow in the dark paint almost looked like it scared the fish more than anything. Chartreuse upper bait got allot of attention..

1-13-2023, fish were still suspended holding around 40’. Bite was slow after the front moved though. Kept 16 nice Sandies, 3 Blues and 1 Crappie.

Release a 14.70 Blue that was caught on ultra light tackle.

Good Job! I never made it back out to myself. Maybe this week.....This work thing is getting in the way.

Sandbass are in 38ft out of the end of everywhere. Murrell was the better spot, as the fish would actually bite. I was on the west end of Murrell which I haven't done in years. I looked in my normal area on the east side, and at the very end of Murrell but wasn't seeing anything. The birds were working more on the west side of the top, so I moved down. The birds know where the bait is, and even if they are sitting on top of the water their close. Wasn't seeing hardly anything on the LiveScope as the fish are sitting on the bottom. Down sonar was showing fish but now what you would be excited to see. Turned on the Bluetooth thumper loud, and the fish would steadily come under the boat. 50-50 keepers vs small fish. This action was from 2pm-4:15pm before I went back to casting practice with the green fish. Lots of boats seen fishing out in deep water, not many moving so hopefully they are on fish. Surface Water temps 51-53 out in main lake, seen 55-60 in some creeks but not seeing male bass moving up to start the spawn yet. Crazy winter weather, hope we see some cold wx soon. Lastly, for those looking for some catfish. If the wind blows out of the south any this week go-to this little protected cove that is full of good catfish. It's shallow, full of bait when the wind is blowing out of the south and full of catfish in the back. Back in the 2-3ft water I was catching catfish on a jig and lipless crankbait. Not often do you see so many good size catfish in one area. Go back nearly to the back in 3-4ft of water. If the wind isn't blowing, and the water in this cove isn't dirty it prob will not work as good.

Still using smaller Cordell spoons, with a secondary bait above. See the Cordell spoon size chart below. I have used the 7114 smallest some painted with glow in the dark paint. But the 7038 size 90% of the time with better results. The smallest (7114) hook was replaced without the white tail feathers. The 7038, and above all had hooks replaced with smaller high end sizes 6 or 8. An easy way to tell how big a hook I use is, the gap is as wide as the base width of the Cordell spoon. Depending on the hook, it might be a skosh smaller. Even the largest spoon gets a size 6 hook for GV. And I have landed a 47, 38, and many in the 25lb range of catfish on this same hook. The spoon below is the 7038 with a size 8 wire hook. This one simple modification will potentially double your catch. I meet many people fishing, and I don't typically see the gear they are using, but if I get up close I typically see the spoon they are using has a big treble hook, which only picks up the bigger fish. Now, if your going to tawakoni leave the big hook. But this little mod is very important to numbers. And I cannot stress enough to sharpen, every time I miss two fish I can check the hooks and they are not wicked sharp.

Lastly: the presentation used yesterday was reeling the bait up slowly thru the fish. Now I was using cheatscope, but they liked something going upward. The dead sticking wasn't working as well as it was last couple weeks. I think the mepps inline spinner would work well here. Lots of info here, hopefully you can chew on this and it will help you.

If anyone is really having a hard time on GV catching sandbass let me know, I will happily meet you on the water sometime and we can chew the fat. Talking about tackle, setups, and the such will help you. I don't want anything in return, just pay it forward and get someone out on the fish. I have found I can fish more efficiently with a spinning rod. I use a 1000 up to a 2000 size spinning reel on a 6 ft fast action (Cabela's tourney special rod). I use 6, 8, and 10lb casting braid from Amazon. I tie 6lb braid to 10lb fluoro/mono with a Alberto knot. Then the top bait is tied to the 10/12 line, and I use 15lb mono between the top bait and bottom. It is allot easier holding onto mono vs the very thin braid which can cut you easily. You can cast allot farther with braid, and also it gets down faster than other reels with the smaller baits. In the summer I might go up to using only 10lb braid, or my crankbait rod when I'm using the largest size Cordell spoons.

My guide to hook sizing the Cordell spoon. Typically a size 8, or size 6.






Spot where I caught sandbass 1-17-23 well "Thumping"



Catfish bonanza

Nice job! I hope to see you out there soon. Working on another thumper. The last one was so wild, I think it would cause spider cracks in the fiberglass.

Great report brother! Really good tip on those blues. I long way from a kayak launch and does not look like it offers public bank access... BUT I know another place very similar that I can check from the yak and see if the same pattern is going there. Its almost the same set up in the spot I am thinking of.

Surprised to see those blue cats up in that shallow water... no wonder my last two cat trips were slow, I was trying to hit the deepest part of the creek channel from the bank at Rockledge park... when the fish are actually in knee deep water lol.

Love it! Thanks for the report bud.

Dan, this has been a strange season for the blue cats. I'm normally catching them 40-50' deep right now but Thursday me and a buddy found them in 17-20'. We were drifting cut shad in these two areas where the red lines are drawn...




We ended up with 9 or 10 fish with the biggest being 15 pounds. Most were in the 4-6 pound range.

We had some good luck Saturday. In the morning snagged a few Sandy's in the 27 to 35ft sitting about 2-4ft off the bottom around Twin Coves using white slabs. Moved over to the Dove Loop area got a 1 Catfish bait was moving around a lot.
Then we moved back over by Twin Coves and got 7 more cats. Over all ended up with 8 keeper cats. Black cherry Kool Aid chicken was on FIRE!! We also used livers and cheese bait and did not get one hit on it.
Lots of bait in the deep water coves did not see anything in shallow water also found bait was hanging around the inlets of the coves on points to deep water.

Was able to get the kayak out yesterday (3/10) and do some fishing.

Launched near Murrel Park and fished from 10am to about 5pm. I brought three jugs I baited with chicken breast done up strawberry jello and garlic style trying to catch a nice blue cat for dinner... no dice. As I moved spots I would deploy those and never saw any action. Bass action was slow most the day. Tried everything. Cranks, c-rig, jerk bait, shakey heads and nada. THEN I moved into a new spot and hit the jackpot! Caught 7 bass in an hour. These fish were still deep. I found them in 20-25 feet on a drop off and they were happy to hit soft plastics or crankbaits. Most the water I fished I saw very little action on the graph but that spot showed bait and all kinds of fish. So my advice... if you are not catching them keep looking around and they may be deeper still than you might think. I saw lots of guys beating the banks but did not see any other fish caught but the ones that came into my kayak to visit me.

Bummer was my buddy had gone with me and just before I moved to that last spot he called the lake "A lifeless bowl of jet skiers and wake boats" and swore again he would never fish there again...Then left I wished he could have gotten into what was a pretty good bite. Next time I know where to START the day and not to finish there.

I did not see anything that looked like sandies but talked to a young dude launching his boat as I was leaving who said he had been catching them on Murrell point in 30 feet on dead sticked slabs lately. So there is a bit of data perhaps? Or maybe total BS lol who knows!? But sounded reasonable to me.

How yall been doing?

Good reports.. Sorry for not posting but I have been strictly fishing for the green fish, and I haven't seen or heard a peep from the Sandies. With all the rains the upper end and (Denton creek) has been heavily stained. So I'm chasing the Bass. Been a very good year so far, bass bite for me is wayyyyy better at night than during the daytime. Spawn hasn't started, still catching big fish deeper on main lake. I know some may have moved up but, not where I have been. Male bass are shallow and easily caught. I ventured up to the north west end of the lake last Tuesday morning. Up west of rocky point towards the small private marine in the cove on the north side. There are massive school's of gar in the mouth of this cove and out on main lake. As I was coming into this area about 2am I felt several thuds in the boat. I hit many fish with the motor going about 30mph, and it was alarming. No damage, but several fish had a bad morning. I should prob go up there and drive around all night. Anyhoo, take care all and be safe out there..

Prosise

Some pictures from night fishing, absolutely amazing moon.

So I finally took a break yesterday and pulled out a spinning rod for Sandies. I stopped at the dam (middle), out in front of the swim area near rock ledge, on the end of Murrell point, grapevine point, and on the east point coming out of meadomere. If you go out to 30-34 ft and turn on the thumper you can catch small fish. The only spot I caught big fish at was meadomere point, and I was way out of the point in 34-38. Wind was stupid bad out of the north. Fish were even working bait and birds were helping me find cruisers closer to the surface. Did I mention the wind was blowing, wow it was bad. Lake is tore up and stained from all the mud lines. I caught many good fish, both males were oozing, and females were showing signs of eggs. Guess these are lake spawners. Besides meadomere area the fish will just come off the bottom and congregate by the boat. Dead sticking small Cordell jig about 2-4"off the bottom. Some would only bite it if I lifted it above their position. Didn't see fish in water shallower than 30ft. I should have tried the top of Murrell, but I didn't. Take care all.. lots of fish still in the lake, will be fishing upper end of the lake in a few days, will check the humps. Lake level is going up slowly so I would expect Denton creek is heavily stained, and I don't like water that's chocolate milk.


These are two different fish

Good report. I just got my Livescope installed and my T top back on. So, I need to get out there and start scouting.

Nice! Sounds like what that kid told me about catching them dead sticking slabs in 30 FOW was not BS lol.

Open question but aimed at Mr. Prosise, how if it all will these cooler temps impact the bass moving up shallower? I am looking at the longer range forecast and although there are few nice days mixed in most of the next two weeks looks quite cool.

Looking forward to getting to back out there... stupid work always messes up my fishing.

sandies will spawn on wind blown rocky shores around the deep end of a lake. not all of them make the trip to the creeks. I've caught some big chunkies off the rocks.

Update: Sunday 3/26: 4pm till 6:30 - Large volumes of sandies were caught on the west end of the lake (Rock crusher) area. 23-24 ft deep, 3/4oz slabs (chartreuse) seemed to be the ticket. I tried other baits, but they shied away from most offerings as displayed on the graph. Never used the thumper, but it was fish on every drop and the fish were above normal size 80% over 12". Pretty good for GV. Birds were working the area during our stay. We found a hump that had fish and never moved after that. Livescope showed very aggressive fish. Water temp was 64 at the surface.
Will be out again this evening to see if they are still willing to play.

That's a awesome update. >Was in twin coves West Branch today, Sandies were all over the cove working bait. About 75% of the fish I caught were over. Still chasing the green fish, water is still cold, and the spawn for bass hasn't officially started. Saw 60f water in many coves in the early morning, still a bit early. Bass are staging but not courting in all but one cove on the lake. I was in the canoe yesterday, checked the creeks on the upper end. Marshall Branch was stained, the very NW end of the lake is very warm but shallow. Didn't have a rod, so I didn't fish. Tons of bait, and the lake is rising. Shad spawn going on in a few small areas, so with all the wood in the water we will have another good shad spawn. Take care all, and will hopefully get mad at them "Sandies" soon.


Prosise

Update: Wednesday did not disappoint. Landed 40+ sandies. Landed one 15lb Yellow and lost a 30+ yellow trying to fit it in my net at the boat.
Fished from 5 pm till 6:30 pm. They just quit around 6:30 each day I have been out there. Cordel chrome spoon 2 pack, you buy at Wally World.

Are you 100% sure shad are spawning in areas with the water temp that low? That is super interesting to me

Are you 100% sure shad are spawning in areas with the water temp that low? That is super interesting to me




Check the upper end in the trees and brush. You might be surprised with all the shad up shallow and spawning.

I was fishing the dam this morning at 2am and fish were going crazy trying to get my black buzzbait. Ended up being sandbass, prob spawning on the dam. They were in 6 inches of water, and thick.. Left them looking for the green fish.

Interesting! I did not know they spawn at temps that low

Arrived at the lake at 10am to strictly chase the sandies. Cloudy with manageable wind all day. Bounced around between spots both shallow, x<10, and deep x< 25. Found groups of fish at the 20ft range on most points in the box area of Twin Coves across to Meadowmere down to the island and back across to roughly Rockledge Park. Bait balls everywhere and with my DI can see groups of fish in area.
Many of them were inactive and could catch only a couple out of each group. However, when the schools became active, the birds pinpointed the location and you could trolling motor into it close enough to cast and catch 1 per 5 or so casts. Caught ours on an inline spinner such as a Terminator. JWC Nauticstar had them on the bottom pretty good with slabs. Birds quit, you move kinda deal. I couldnt find any activity on the dam or up in the coves. All kind of sizes. Eggs/Milt in all but it seems that they are on the edge of ready and havent spawned out just yet............my observation only. Headed back out tomorrow.

Should be back out about 3 ish. Alot of fish just no size to them Friday. PM seems to be the best. fixed my trolling motor so maybe I won't break a prop today.

Fished today from the island past lakeview park and caught 100 , watch for the birds they are working bait , if the birds are flying they are there even if you don’t see any topwater action , caught them on slabs tail spinners rattle traps just about anything you threw at them you could get something to bit , if it slows don’t don’t worry they will be back at it soon , we fished from 9 till 12 and messed around some time in between just driving and looking
Biggest fish went 14.5 in and smallest was very small

Swamp Hunter, glad you found them. Saturday was slow at best for me. I had to move around and only had 4 keepers from 3 to 6 pm. Calm wind bright sky. No bird action for me. Total of approx 25 fish. Hit half a dozen spots and picked up fish everywhere I went, but it would be 3 or 5 fish and then nothing.

So are the fish done in the creek?

Not sure in the creek but, so many fish stay out on the lake to spawn at GV that creek fishing isn't a must if you have a boat.

Still plenty of white bass in twin coves

I feel most fish are done in the creeks this year

Some of the fish we caught Sunday had eggs so they are for sure spawning in the lake

Shad spawn going on all over the lake right now. Most coves on the lake are active early to mid morning. Just ease up to the banks and look for the shad jumping, it will look like they are trying to jump up on dry land. We caught jumbo sandbass up in 6-7ft on a main point when the sun came up yesterday. Non-stop action and no thumper. As long as you see the shade, the sandbass are close. Caught some decent ones, and my fishing mentor hooked a big catfish up shallow on Murrell point later in the day when we saw the birds working the banks. If you don't see white cranes move on, the cranes are the bait finders..

I hope the evening bite is good tonight. Should be out there by 5pm.

Wednesday evening didn't disappoint. Caught dozens of sandies out west meadowmere to rock crusher area.
Had a nice surprise with a 60+ yellow cat that made my year so far.[img]http://[/img]

Just a plane white "Empty Pockets" slab. 3/4oz.

Oh and we caught dozens of sandies till 7:45 pm.

WOW!!! Congratulations!!! What did you catch that flathead on?

3/4 OZ, white slab spoon.

I went out and fished this point a few times last week (from the bank). Ended up catching a couple sandies each time I went right before sunset. Went in the early morning one day and there were so many shad on the rocks that I accidentally snagged 5 (on separate casts) just trying to reel my lure in. Wasn't able to catch any sandies that morning, but then again my slab was only one in thousands of baitfish...

It really helps being in a boat to cast down a the depths parallel to the bank to find them. But if the shad spawn it going on all over the lake, the fish could be anywhere. I always look for an area where the wind is blowing into the bank or points.

I've been learning a lot from y'all. Wind-blown points and birds seem to be a great combo.

Whacked em in meadomere today, birds showed me where they were and I turned on the thumper and they stayed below me for two hours. Big ones roaming in the 10-15 range, keepers on the bottom. I left them looking for the green fish. Easy limit in 30 minutes.

Looks like we are going to repeat the April flush. I haven't been up in Denton Creek, as I have been chasing the green fish. But many of the last 5 years the fish get flushed out right as the big females start to show up . Should see the lake come up next week, and as the water rises so will the green fish into the brush along the edges. I know the sandbass are prob up the creek, but the lake spawners are in full force. Tons and tons of seagulls, just look for the birds and then ease up into them, turn on the thumper and the fish will not leave you.

I was on the south side of the lake west of meadomere park, there is a hump back up in the big cove where the wake boats like to linger. I spot locked up wind of the hump and was casting a crankbait on top of the hump. The hump tops out at @ 5 ft. Had a good 30 minute whack fest on real nice sandbass before they moved on. Not much bait up in this area, meadomere by the swim area is saturated. Didn't use the thumper.

Looks like rain



The hump is about 5ft on top, there is no buoy on it anymore. When the lake comes down it will probably take out many wake boats if they don't know about it.

The sandies are long gone in Denton. They spawned early there this year. The rain won’t hurt them. I don’t mind the lake up a couple foot. Not much more than that lol

I went to Jones Branch on Monday evening and ended up with 7 sandies. 6 of them were keepers. Stopped by Kirkwood Branch and picked up 2 more decent fish before calling it in. Honestly didn't expect to catch any sandies. I went to see if the sunfish and bass had moved up the creeks in significant numbers yet.

Anyone seeing any shad spawn activity with this cooler weather?

I will find out Sunday.... First time out in 2 months! F work!!

We will be out there too

Lots of gar working the surface this afternoon. No fish for us, but it was good to shake the boat out. Did have to cross the rollers though, but stayed out of the main lake otherwise.

Sunday morning got into a wolfpack by Dove Loop, I think I got about 100 Sandys for to total of 1 pound LOL the biggest on was 4in. There was one I didn't even know I had one till I pulled the lure up...
The boat traffic was nuts and it was a cluster F at the ramp.

I should be out Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5 till 7:30. Should be great evenings to be out.

Went out to Whites Branch this evening. Found some crappie guarding beds in a shallow brush pile along the bank (1-2ft of water). They were wary of me so I couldn't get them to bite, but I was able to pick off 12 bluegill and sunfish that were swimming around pestering the crappie. When I got tired of that I started throwing a white grub tail jig and ended up with 14 sandies. Only 3 keepers, but even the little guys had some good fight in 'em. Great end to the day.

Tuesday evening was slow for me. Started at Meadowmere area and had a really active school of fish and we were getting bit every drop. All of them were about 9 to 10 inches. Tried other areas out west but they were not feeding much. Birds were not active at all last night.
East Murrel point was holding good fish and we caught quite a few but by 7pm they shut down. Maybe 40 fish kept 8 to eat. All slabs and one on a mal lure. 17ft to 25ft depth range. Nice evening on the lake for a boat ride for sure.

Caught sandbass at sandbass point in 20-27ft. Didn't even use the thumper. Didn't stay long, been chasing the green fish and needed a quick fix. Caught this Joker earlier in the day, magnum racing stripe. Sandbass are everywhere, and they are feasting heavily on shad.

Biggest one I have ever seen come from that lake. Would love for them to take off in there

Great crappie! I catch a few every now and then. maybe 13" is a good one in Grapevine. Tuff fishing in GV for them unless you have your spots to go.
This evening was wild on sandies. From 5 till 6:30 the birds worked huge schools off Meadowmere and we just whacked them good. mepps and slabs worked good. Don't think Livescope was needed tonight.
lost count but right at 7 pm they shut off like a switch.
Kept a few for dinner, but most released.

Wife was off today so we took my old Skeeter and launched then fished in Twin Coves the entire time from 6:30-8:30. Managed to get 40 sandies some very small but some really nice ones in the mix. Could have kept a bunch but C&R all of them. Sorry no pics we were catching them pretty fast just did not want to bother. Fun morning catching fish and nothing broke on the boat…always a good mix lol. For whatever reason I am just not catching any LMB right now hopefully that will change soon.

FYI Twin Coves has been pretty good all week. I fished 2 other times but from the bank and caught quite a few both times.

I fished a random point on the north side yesterday morning and caught probably 20-25 sandies with some very nice 13-14 inch fish mixed in. Shad were thick on the bank I caught most on a curly tail crappie jig and live shad under a bobber.

North bank with wind blowing into it. Fished today and after working hard for the green fish I took a break, with 8lb braid and a rooster tail whacked em. Lots of sandbass (prob 30), some bass and a ton of good size catfish. There is a war going on against the shad on the north bank. Was really fun, and only lost one bait. I did get lucky and catch the bigger cats on a bass rod with a spinnerbait.

So much bait on the north side of the lake. All of these fish were in 1-2ft of water. This is just a portion of the fish I caught, had 8 species today. (Correction 9 species) crappie, Sandbass, bass, spot, blue cat, channel cat, drum, perch, and smallmouth. Lost a really good smallie at the end of the day.

Awesome thread.

Graphing now for the green fish, wind looks like it's not going to blow today. Wx says south wind, but it almost looks like it's coming out of the N-E. Will be on N bank seeing if the green fish is in on the festivities.

Got out for two hours yesterday from 1pm-3pm. Strong south winds. Found (and caught) a bunch off the end of Murrell Point. 24-31ft deep was best. Bouncing Cotton Cordell silver slab off bottom. LOTS of birds working but only smaller fish on top, bigger fish were on bottom. Got tired of fighting wind so went to South shore out in front of Meadomere park and found more fish in 17ft of water. Birds there too. Fish were way more scattered in this area and wanted the slabs reeled slowly up through the water column vs on bottom. Didn't catch as many here as off of Murrell but was nice to be in calmer water. Only two spots we fished in the 2 hours.

I could not even see many brush piles on Saturday due to all the shad. They were spawning on everything!

Decent day, lots of interesting things..... Sandbass everywhere..

Nice fish.

Sandies are pretty easy in Twin Coves right now fished on bank next to another TFF’er JCG57 nice gentleman. Not as good as yesterday which was crazy good but still managed quite a few on various baits. Snakes are definitely out had 2 that took up residence in the rocks right in front of me for quite awhile.

Enjoyed meeting you as well, Hard Rain. Only tried a few casts with the fly rod after you left; did not feel comfortable wading with your pet snakes.

Funny, yeah it seemed that way but probably more because I threw a couple dead shad down there a sandie regurgitated.

Shad were everywhere yesterday. I caught sandies two at a time in a cove on the north bank. Caught crappie here and there but nothing stacked up. The amount of bait in this lake is truly incredible

Here is what is going on when the wind blows hard, this is the north bank about halfway between twin coves and rocky point. Carp/catfish/drum/sandbass/and some bass. You could go fishing with a club and a dip net.

In the afternoon just cruise around and find the birds. A 6-8ft crankbait, a 3/8 oz roostertail, spoon, jig, wife's earring, etc will catch fish. I checked the humps north of the crusher and they were saturated with small sandbass. The birds are prob the best bet right now, try to get down thru the top fish and you will get the better fish. The crankbait seems to do the best on the big ones. Take care all, and if you are having trouble shoot me an instant message and I will be happy to help you. I didn't use the Bluetooth thumper this week, but if you want to catch fish it makes it. So much more fun.

Good stuff!

I assume I am speaking for most reading this thread but it is great how much info Prosie shares for Lake Grapevine and very much appreciated

Thank you, much appreciated. Dad taught me that what goes out comes back double (good or bad). I have been blessed with the time I spend out doing what I love. The people I meet from the forum are always refreshing to meet. And had connected me with some amazing fishermen/fisher-women. This has also connected me with my fishing mentor who has taught me so much about GV chasing the green fish. I always like to see others post information on this thread. It doesn't matter what small thing people add, it adds to the big picture about the lake.

Here is another video of the shad spawn, and how the fish were responding.

Thanks Brent! You have helped a lot of people find fish. I try to contribute but your posts are much better. I know I look for your truck every time I pull up to the ramp. I keep missing you apparently.

Shad still on the banks early at Twin Coves wife was off today we were going to take the boat but with the strong wind blowing in decided just to fish from the bank. JCG57 was there with his kayak and saw him catching fish. We caught just over 60 in less than 2 hours but quite a few small ones mixed in still tons of fun on light tackle.

In that wind there was more paddling than catching, but a decent workout at least. Did hook something of substance (likely a carp) right off the main western point leading into Twin Coves and got to enjoy a two-minute sleigh ride before the hook came out.

Awww, man!

Shad are still partying.... North Bank mid lake..

Good stuff!

I know this is off topic, but for those who like berries. The North side shores are flourishing with Blackberries right now. With the light rain they really took off. Just about any rocky bank has them, and when you find a large patch, you can clean up. I ate almost a quart on tuesday, and they were so sweet. Just flashed them with some clean water to remove the sand. I would heavily recommend some boots, and snake chaps. The little reptiles like to sit in the berries waiting for snacks.

On Topic...
I caught some donkey sandbass Mon/Tues on the hump over by the area where the wake boats migrate to.. West of Meadomere on the south side.. The wind shifted and was blowing out of the north Monday, and Tuesday so the shad were on the south side of the lake midlake.. There were still shad spawns going on, but more on the rocky banks. If you see some birds sitting on the water, or working the surface there are fish pushing bait balls during the day. I was not seeing birds, but there were some sitting up on top of the hump and a big square bill picked up some magnums. For the record this spot is about 4ft from the surface in one spot, and there is not a buoy marking the hump. I guess the safety buoy was lost, but I would hope the Corp of Engineers will replace it soon. This area has not been the best historically, but It has something that I always like to check.. Stay on the windy side, and scout around. Thumper approved, and recommended.


If you have the right tools, you could prob get a couple gallons in about 10 minutes on some of the Rocky banks which are on the North side of the lake.

Whites were still in the shallows on Thursday, along with a couple largemouth and a nice blue cat that slammed my crankbait. Turtles, ducks, herons and water snakes also out in force. Calm water made for easy paddling.

Thursday evening we found most of our fish out on the humps at Rock Crusher area.
Landed a 6 lb and a 9 lb blue with a couple of small channel cats thrown in, drum, crappie and a few sandies. All on Chartreuse slabs. It was slow from 5 to 6, but the last hour was pretty good.

If you are near the crusher goto these spots just north of the crusher. These two humps are dynamite.


These gps coordinates are about 40 yards apart, and there is a dip in between.
These are the highest humps within a half mile an any direction besides the north bank.

The Google links should allow you to use your phone to navigate to them, and then save the waypoint.



33°00'10.3"N 97°07'09.3"W
https://goo.gl/maps/mMHEmv3NTyEwPR669


33°00'10.9"N 97°07'10.5"W
https://goo.gl/maps/5HpsGsF6m42LgCP16

Yes, that is where we were last evening. We stayed there for an hour. Has been my best spot lately other than Meadowmere point.

Fished Thursday (May 18th) in my kayak and launched at Murrell Park early, just past sunrise.

Ran into sand bass almost right away and for about an hour it was basically every cast I would hook up. I was fishing a small Roadrunner. Fish were 9 to 13 in. All over that North Bank in that area pretty much. They would just pop up kind of randomly here and there. They wouldn't stay in one spot very long so I kind of had to keep moving around looking. Nothing real big but a lot of action that was cool. Also caught four largemouth bass and a spotted bass.

I went again yesterday Friday the 19th but this time just fished from the bank. Didn't bring the kayak. Went to the high water ramp and that Cove and caught six Sand Bass on my first six casts. After that fished another 50 minutes and didn't have a single bite lol. The fish obviously moved quite a lot haha

There was Shad everywhere... washed up on the bank, floating, flipping out of the water, in the mouths of all manner of fowl and snake. I feel like Grapevine might have the most snakes of any Lake I've ever visited. When I was in the kayak it seemed like everywhere I looked if I gave it a minute or two I'd spot one somewhere nearby. It's always been that way. I must officially Louisville my kayak 300 times. And only ever seen one water snake. I see at least a half a dozen every time I go to Grapevine doing the warm months. It's kind of strange you would think Lewisville looks more Snake prone but I find it's quite the opposite.

Well that's my little report. Good luck everyone! Hope to get back out there maybe next week.

I've noticed the same thing with the snakes. Only started fishing Lake Grapevine in the past six months or so, but I've seen more snakes there than I've seen in my whole life at Lake Lewisville.

I've noticed that grapevine can get some snakes - especially if the water level is at or above pool ( or during shad run). They come out easily - and can be aggressive. Still remember a few years ago when it was +20 above pool flooding and I went out kayak fishing with friends - one of the guys tried to find some bass around an isolated submerged tree (about 150ft from any above water structure) A snake decide he didn't like him and chased him for ~40ft.

Fished today for the green fish until about noon, started scouting around and found the Sandies stacked on a hump south west of the crusher. I put the coordinates in a thread from last year. The hump is a high spot, kind of like a ridge that is about 300 yards long. Hooked up with a big cat twice, but didn't stay connected. Had a good day, but the light winds made it tough on me with the bass. I did bring home 3.5 pounds of blackberries.

Easily caught 100+ keeper sandbass just casting the heavy soon down the top of the hump and dragging it back. There are some big cats in this area, and the sandbass are stuck to the bottom like glue. Not much bait on the south side in this area. Take care all, will be out tomorrow...

Shad spawn still happening just east of twin coves on the north bank. Just look for the birds along the banks. Caught several catfish on a white spinnerbait chasing the green fish early. Around noon I went and fished the long hump south west of the crusher, it is closer to the south bank. Caught several catfish, and Sandies but it wasn't as good as yesterday. Went to the humps north of the crusher and caught fish. Also caught my first double with one sandbass with a catfish. Not allot of bait on these humps, but the fish are hugging the bottom and will respond. I did better casting the spoon out, and working it back to the boat (dragging it). Since I am using two baits the upper bait is perfectly positioned. Wx was real nice, but we needed a little wind to help out the fishing. Afternoon wake boats came out in full force. 7 species (largemouth, spotted bass, smallmouth, sandbass, channel cat, blue cat, and one alligator gar.

Long hump south west of the crusher. The Google link will allow you to use your cell phone to get close. These waypoints are the ends of the long hump. It has deep water on both sides, and a nice little brush pile on the northern end.

32°59'57.5"N 97°07'39.5"W
https://goo.gl/maps/PEtxrrA3c5m1tBeu8

32°59'57.5"N 97°07'31.6"W
https://goo.gl/maps/DZRhvMiQB8eebz9w9

Graphing this morning. There was mention of snakes, and I took a nice little clip that is interesting. Found a nice size water snake in a battle for it's life with a catfish. Catfish had its fins outward and the snake couldn't swallow the fish. Sometimes I feel like the snake, sometimes I feel like the catfish.

Rain blew over and is really nice out this morning, so glad to get some rain. My fishing mentor is holed up recovery from knee surgery, so it sucks fishing without the fishing Professor.

I hope to be out this afternoon. I've been catching most of my fish west from meadowmere to just west of the rock crusher. Hopefully the weather is stable this evening.

I fished from meadomere to Scott's landing south side of the lake. Not a peep from the sandbass. Green fish were cooperating, and I had a good day. I did check meadomere point and the end was a ghost town. I think the west end of the lake is indeed the place to go as JWC stated. Working next 3 days, will be hitting it Sunday.

Take care all.

Been fishing north bank most days sandies from the bank starting to slow down as the shad spawn looks to be winding down. Caught the bonus nice Smallie on a spoon no less this AM really good fight on light tackle.

That's really cool, always makes my day to catch any size smallie.. Thx for sharing

Nice smallie! They aren’t very common that far up the lake

The sandies were thick out west of (rockcrusher) on various humps in 22'-24' water Wednesday evening. I only fished from 5:30 to 7 pm. Only caught 2 channel cats, but one was 2 to 3 lbs.
Caught non-stop till the wife got bored watching me catch fish. Stopped a Meadomere point early but not much there when I went through. All slabs and Bo-Slabs. didn't matter what color either.

Good Smallie! They had a couple of nice one's last night during the working man's tournament also.

Nice smallmouth indeed!

Do you fish with those guys who wade out on the point near the Ice Box? You know Murrell park? Last I was out there I saw 5-6 guys in waders out there. Reminded me of watching guys surf fishing for Stripers on the East Coast. Possible you were one of them? That would have been Friday the 19th.

I have only caught one smallmouth on Grapevine and it was on my little fly rod of all things. Not in that area though... was on the south side near Scotts landing.

And for the record Prosise is a brave man going out there to fish on Memorial Day weekend! I fished Texoma Friday and Saturday morning, but we were off the water and headed home 11am... that was when they started to come out lol. Masses of Ski boats, jet boats, cruisers, pontoon boats, rental boats, dingies, sail boats, inflatable boats, recreational kayakers, SUPs, powered boogie boards, wind surfers... you name it.

It looked like a small boat Naval invasion force was headed out...

Rudy and I used to fish the Ice Box years ago but I have not in a long time. I am just a bit west of there I think any of the rocky shoreline is good this time of year but I tend to fish the shallow points and wade out a bit. I probably won’t be back out there until Tuesday.

I fished yesterday on the south side around Dove, and the mouth of scotts. I should have left at 10am, The convention of the "Village Idiots" was painful. I had 40 ft yachts cruising by me at full speed at several locations. The jet ski's were coming within a half cast of my boat, and they didn't even think there was a problem. I ran across several TFF'rs yesterday and met a new one. Nice to meet everyone. I did catch some big sandbass on the bottom in 25 ft out by dove ramp, but it did not last long. This was early, and I didn't catch another sandbass for the rest of my trip. I checked many humps between dove, and scotts graphing and looking for structure for the green fish.

I am staying home today, and will be working on the boat. I have some switch's I need to swap out, and I have a leak in one of the lines from the livewell to the back of the boat. Just wanted to thank Mr.R for the information for Lewisville, and all the fun we have had fishing on GV. I have known Mr. R for several years, and he frequents Grapevine to whack on the sand bass. He is a smart man, and always finds the fish. If you ever see him out on the lake, don't be afraid to say hello. He is a lurker on TFF, but he does not add info but he will happily help you on the water. He has a wealth of info on Lewisville, Tawakoni, and GV. He helped me when I first went to Tawakoni and me and Mason really whacked the Hybrids, sand bass, and some stripers.

Be on the lookout for this "Usual Suspect" Many thanks for all the info you have given me Mr. "R".

You are a braver man than I. I can't believe you survived the mouth of Scotts landing without damage or death.
Yeah, GV is lawless and is pretty much combat fishing on holidays. I'll be missing for a couple of weeks from GV, but plan to get back as soon as possible.

Would you guys mind describing where rock crusher is on the lake? I just got a Hobie Outback and am making GV my main lake and want learn as much as I possibly can. Thanks.

Here's a nice blue I caught across from the Meadowmere ramp near those two private docks.

Up the lake, just west of Twin Coves there is a single buoy out in the middle of the lake. This is the marker for the Rock Crusher. For a while there was no buoy on it. Just look for the white/orange buoy in the middle of the lake. It is a little deeper than I like, but many people whack them there. I personally like the humps, as there is less of a chance to get hung up.





Here is the video I watched years ago, and helped me find it.. It didn't have a buoy on it then. If you pause the video, you can write down the GPS coordinates.

It is just to the SE of the bouy that prosise highlighted. I have caught a couple crappie off it before but nothing special

Thanks guys.

A lot of lures hung on that....at least 4 of mine!

Something interesting, I posted about the Rock Crusher years ago.. Bruce's responded with these pictures, and that is how we crossed paths. As of today we have a good time on the lake chasing the green fish. I am "Young Grasshopper", and learning the lake. Those Hummingbird side images are hard to beat.

Great images. Wow!! I thought y’all were just talking about a nickname for something that resembles a rock crusher, not an actual rock crusher!

Wow, those are some bad [censored] images.