Well, I'm gonna be moving to Seguin in 2 weeks. Never hear anything about fishing the local lakes. I'm from south of there, but Choke Canyon, Calaveras, and Coleto Creek were just as close and good fishing and I allways went to them, so lets not discuss those. I want to know about lakes like Medina, McQueeny, Dunlap, Placid, and the rest of those on the Guadalupe. Places I can go on weekdays after work. Who here fishes them? What kind of fish do you catch in them? Which ones have too many wakeboarders and jetskis to bother with? Anything else I should know about them?

Reading between the lines, you would eliminate McQueeney due to ski boats, jet skis, and wake boarders. Medina is tough until you learn it. Placid has been closed for several months due to repairs on a dam. Canyon Lake is wonderful. Placid can turn on at times for some. In my opinion, none are as good as Choke or Coleto.

I live in schertz Tx halfway between calavaras and mcqueeny. The last two times I went to mcqueeny nothing but jetskis waterskis. Canyon or calavaras thats your best bet.

Just figured out where medina is. Too far. I thought it was one of the river lakes near seguin. How about the guadalupe river if you put in at the ramp by the 123 bridge?

That would be launching into Meadowlake and extremely limited on numbers of bass and particularly size of bass as well as distance is only 2 to 3 miles from dam to dam with lower unit damaging rocks and debris. Rephrased, we have roadrunner tournaments (meaning we can go ANYWHERE that we want to)and I figure Meadowlake would be my last choice out of 12 to 15 places. By the way I moved to Seguin for the good fishing, but you need to go 25 to 90 miles for the really good fishing.(Meadowlake, Placid, 4-H, 5-H, McQueeney, and Dunlap USED TO BE great!)

I just checked and it turns out Canyon and Calaveras are both only 30-35 miles from where I'll be living. But then the Guadalupe's so close I'm sure I'll end up trying to catch fish from some of those lakes too. I allways like checking out new lakes anyway.

So Placid is dry, Meadow is bad, and McQueeney has too many fleas. Is McQueeney that bad on say a Tuesday evening or such?

I went to Dunlap Wednesday after work from 6pm to 8pm. Wakeboard boats running up and down the river. It's like fishing on IH35.

eight you would be better off sticking with Choke or Coletto and now that you are a little closer going to Amistad where the fishing is outstanding just like Choke...
Calaveras and Braunig Lake used to be real good fishing until they just wanted you to buy your pass and get nothing in return. As I understand the bass fishing at both lakes stinks as compared to years ago, my family and I used to fish both those lakes quite a bit as they were close.
Best local/close by lake would have to be Medina. Problem is the #s are coming back; however, the size is still a problem. Medina was stocked last year if I am not mistaken; but, that is not the problem. There is really not a lot of cover in the lake as compared to Choke or Amistad so it is tougher for that body of water to really produce. I would say Medina is like fishing Canyon Lake if you have fished there.
Good luck, and try out Amistad...

What about a river? San marcos River?

I would fish Dunlap over McQueeney for two reasons. 1st is the cost. The marina at McQueeney will charge you for the boat and each person in it. For two people and the boat I think it is 8 bucks. You can get onto Dunlap free under the I35 bridge. A bit tricky to load and unload but overall not bad. 2nd is the fishing. The flood back in November hit McQueeney much harder than it did Dunlap. Also Dunlap has much more fishable area to me.

As far Placid goes, they have refilled but so far it is not open.

Choke and Coleto are pretty far from Seguin. About 100 miles. I can fish Choke for catfish, but never got really good at anything else. Now Coleto, I'll go there for the weekends and rent a cabin, set my juglines up the creek, check em 3 times a day, and catch lmb in the inbetween time.

Anyone ever fish Lake Wood?

Jason

Eight, I am glad to hear that not many people are fishing the river lakes because I like them. The three River lakes are each exactly 25 miles from my house. I have fished all three lakes with success. I would fish them before Canyon Lake anyday. I like Dunlop the best. One thing that has not been mentioned and probably the best advice I can give, is fish these lakes at night, for obvious reasons. My best bass last year was 7.5 pounds. Of course these lakes don't compare to Choke or Amistad, but then again, you can't just run down to them after work either. Good luck.

Well, been in Seguin for a week now. Only went fishing once just from the bank at starky park and caught a little fish. I'll be buying another boat in a week or two. Any reccomendations of boat storage places? I'm living at the Summer's Bend apartments right by the king ranger movie theatre and I'd like it to be near there, or out towards SMI.

And if anyone needs a fishing partner for after work trips I'm usually available and would be glad to help out.

eight,
Where is Starky park? I see on TPWD that Starkey Park was stocked with Florida bass in 1998. I think it must be the same water body. Or not?