I know its a few months early to be asking, but I was wondering if anyone knew the water levels at Colorado Bend. Just curious because we always go the last weekend in March. Last year it was really low especially this time of the year.
Thanks

We need reports from all of the Hill Country Rivers - Colorado at Bend, Guadalupe at Rebecca Creek, Tilden, Medina above Medina Lake, etc.

I sure hope the levels are better than last year.

Anyone with any Info.????

im workin on it

I have a house and some acreage on the river a mile up stream from the "town" of Bend. I've been going down there a lot for many years. The river stays the same almost every day not counting flooding from rains, but then always goes right back to its normal level. Never seen it get too low.

When we went last year it was real low. They had had some rain in the area and in Brownwood which I believe feeds Colorado river. I was told there is some kind of sand barge or something that prevents the fish from swimming upstream for the spawn if the waters low. Not sure how true that is. Last year we went the week of Sprink Break which I'll never do again and the fishing wasnt as hot as it was the year prior. But that recent rain last year is what allowed some of the fish to swim upstream otherwise I was told it would have been worse.

The white bass come up to the Bend area out of lake Bucanon, there isn't another dam upstream on the Colorado for about 175 miles. There is a bit of a natural ramp like thing they have to get over to make it into the river out of Bucanon, then they also have to get past Gormans falls. It takes good rains the get huge numbers up out of the lake and past these obstacles. I fished Flat Rocks just up from Bend and sacked them up numerous times last spring with the normal(lower)levels. Maybe try timing your trip after rains, watch for weather out across the hill country and northward from there. Most of it ends up in the Colorado river.

I walked across the river on rocks the first week of march last year at CBSP. Really low there.

Hey Duece what were you throwing. I was using chartruesse Road Runners.

Yes it was really low last year, but has anyone gone up to see how it is this year. Its getting mighty close to fishing time at the bend. I guess I'll have to go throw a few Roadrunners next week - after it warms up some. I want to try out the "launchers" anyway.

Hey Duece;

I live in Austin now, but originally from Lampasas. You do any crappie fishing at Barefoot's camp this time of year? We used to hunt & fish the land across the river from Barefoot's in the 70's. A couple of my high school friend's families used to own Gorman Falls and Lemon's camp before they became CBSP.

I was at CBSP a couple years ago. Had some luck catching whites near the ramp w/ white clouser flys. We used to kill em at Gorman Falls, and occasionally at Sulpher Springs camp back in the 70's. PM me if you get a chance.

The river is up about a foot compared to this time last year. Not near as many rocks exposed, you can actually canoe around right now. I will be going back in a week, to see if the whites have moved up from the lake.

Good Luck Guys

glad to hear that, should be a good year

Heard it is about knee deep at the boat ramp and very little water up by the island. Buddy of mine went last weekend and said it is pretty bad right now.