thanks for the info, my daughter had her last dance comp. this weekend so hope to get out there next weekend.

Oh yea, let me add another thing that occurred while we were fishing at Reimers yesterday. We were all fishing in this one area that I found the day before that was producing some fish right. Well as I was moving from one spot to another down the shore line towards the area were my friends were fishing, which was only several feet away, I looked down and there was this 2--1/2 ft. water snake curled up basking in the warmth of the day. I told my friends, check out this snake, I�m surprised someone hasn�t stepped on him yet. They all came over to look at it. One of them said, dang, I never saw it. And it was only a couple of feet from where they were fishing. Plus we had some small kids that were running around in this area too. Any how, I reached down and grabbed it by the tail to throw it back into the water so no one would step on it and get bit. When I grabbed its tail and went to chunk it towards the water, it turned very quickly and tried to bite me, but I let go before his head got close enough to my hand, and it landed next to the waters edge. From that point on, the kids began throwing rocks at it until it finally slivered back into the water. So folks, when your out and about along the shore line of these creeks or rivers, be sure to watch were you step. It�s that time of the year for these snakes to get active and start looking for stuff to eat too. To be honest with you, with all the activity that took place in this one small area were this snake was basking, I was really surprised that none of the kids, or my little puppy didn�t come across this snake before I did. Plus I don�t understand why this snake just stayed there. We had been in this area for at least 45 minutes to an hour with all kinds of commotion. You would have thought that it would have at least tried to hide under a rock, or just move on to a different place, but yet it just laid there like nothing was going on. It wasn�t curled up in a ball in the striking mode, it was just basking in the warmth of the day.

Nice to hear all the reports. they are pointing to the beginning of the spawn. It figures too. I'm stuck at work on a new project for the next few weeks. 7 days a week. Even now, I'm at work, looking outside my office at the nice weather, wishin I was fishin.

Thanks for the Shaffer Bend repor EZfishin. I was curious if anyone was catchin near the rock there. I got in to em good near the peninsula downstream from the rock last year. I sure it does look alot different with the higher water levels this year.

Fishytx; the yegua is getting ready to hatch. I've also noticed that the whites are bigger on Somerville than at Reimers or even on Granger Lake on the San Gabrial. Maybe I'll see ya'll around in a few weeks.

Here are some pictures I took out at Reimers on the 18th. All of these pictures are of the rapids. I�ve been out there three times now, and these are the only pictures that I took on my first trip out there, and I�ve had my camera with me every time I�ve been there. I�ll try to get some better shots of the fishing areas next time I�m out there and explain a little better on where the fish are feeding.

The bite is on, there are a lot of fish up in there. I can�t wait for the temps to warm up so the bigger fish will begin to move in. During the second and third week of March, I look for this place to be on fire.

Excellent pictures. Are most of the fish coming from downstream of the rapids? I am assuming once it warms more the fish will be shooting up past the rapids? I will be there the first weekend of March in a kayak, just trying to figure out the best areas to fish then.

The fish are already way above the these rapids as we speak. There is no telling how far up the river these fish have traveled by now. My guess would be miles and miles. And I also think there are many more to come up the river before all hell brakes lose on this river. This should be one awesome spawn this year. The conditions are perfect at this time, and I look for it to get much better as the weeks go on.

amen!!!! finally a good run on the PERD!!! will be coming from DFW, soon. Derik, want to meet sometime??

TB just let me know and its on!

My neighbor went out this week. He and his partner limited out. Sounds like it's on down there. Sounds like the lake Somerville area is going off too. Sweet!

The size of the whites on Somerville make the fish that are up in Reimers right now look like babies. I caught a few last Monday on four pound test line that I wasn't so sure that I would be able to get em out of the water and up on the shore line.
Maybe I should start weighing a few of these fish and see what they weigh. Monsters.

Those pictures I posted of the rapids, I can't wait till I start catching fish up in there. You talking about one heck of a fight.
It takes several minutes before you can get em in.

Boy do I have memories of Reimer's and the Pedernales! I have fished all the pools and rapids of Reimer's and even up as far as Hamilton Pool, and it may well be one of the most scenic stretches of fishable water in this part of the world. Have seen deer, wild Turkey, coyotes, bobcats, even a Golden Eagle once, up in those hills!

God's country if there ever was such a place!

BTW, Live crawfish fished on the bottom in the pools around rapids, where the eddies and backwashes start, are DEADLY on the whites in that river.

Gonna have to go down there and get in on some of that!

Rudy

I saw that eagle out there last friday fishing for whites too. It was a really cool thing to get to watch.

went out to Reimers on Monday (2-22) before the snow, and fished just below the rapids in the yaks. Spent too much time fighting the current and wind, although we did catch some. Went back yesterday in waders and did much better, but was slower. The fish are up there but will be alot better as the water warms back up. Beautiful place to fish.

I would like to take my wife up there to do some fishing from the bank. I have a little boat and waders so I would go where ever needed to get them but she is a different story. She won't even get in a bathtub if she can't see the bottom. How is the fishing that is accessible by the bank? This will be my first trip up there so I don't know the area at all.