Man do I ever have a busy schedule for the next couple of days that will prevent me from several fishing trips. Plus I�m running low on the jigs that I like to use and I am not able to find them anywhere. Therefore I have no other chose but to go to Bass Pro online today and order me about sixty or so packs. I believe I�ll have to get them shipped ASAP too, because I�m just about out.

Today is a wash out for fishing due to too many activities, but tomorrow I can go, Saturday is another wash out, but Sunday I�m good to go again. Folks, with the weather warming up like it is, I look for the bite on whites to go ballistic. So get your gear ready for some awesome lip ripping action.

On the Yegua, I would fish NB, because what ever fish spawn out in the upper end of the creek will be making their trip back downstream towards the lake, which will only increase the population of fish in this area by double if not triple. But I look for there to be a very good bite this weekend, and probably the rest of next week. I actually think it�s about to turn on for the next couple of weeks.

I think on Sunday I�ll haul my boat out to Reimers and get into some of that gin clear water action. It is so awesome to watch those white come up to your bait, open their mouth and suck it up. And after they close their mouth and you set the hook, they take off like lighting, and it�s pole bending from that point on. Sight fishing is so cool, I get the biggest thrill out of that. In fact, I don�t think it gets any better than this. So I�m really looking forwards to this trip. I hope to be able to talk my wife in to going too. I know my daughter will like it, so will our puppy. But a boat trip is the way to go when take your family, food and drinks are right there. Seats to set in while you�re catching fish. Plus I can beach the boat and get out and do a little wade fishing any where I chose to do so.

I also wanting to try to squeeze in one black bass fishing trip during this tight schedule I have, and Friday may be the only day I�ll be able to pull this off.

I just founf six more packs of jigs in my crappie box so I don't have to order these jigs in an over night shipment. So that's good to know.

Mississippi River oxbows in north LA where I'm from is the only place I've caught equal or better whites. Same story as Somerville though, amazingly fertile water. I've gotten into some while black bass fishing in Conroe, and they were tiny...barely 10 inches.

I am thinking about taking the day off and kayaking up into the creek tomorrow (friday). That is if hook-line&sinker did any good today. Anyone want to join me?

fishytx, you've got a PM.

fishytx,

I was the Aggie that shot the breeze with you at the spillway. On the WMA property, just upstream from the 124 bridge.

I might go, but I'm not taking my yak. I mighht see you out there.

The day went pretty much as I expected. Late morning start but were on the water and fishing by 11am. We put in at the park and headed up the Yegua. I charted fish all the way up but nothing was biting. No fish caught until after 2pm when I had the first hit on a roadrunner that I was dragging behind the yak just upstream from the big pipes. At about 3:30 the other guys with me headed back to the park as I went further upstream to the low water crossing just down from Newmans. Between 3:30 and 4pm I caught 1 big hybrid 3 whites and lost 2 other whites and 1 big hybrid. I headed back just a little after 4pm. FYI it takes one hour to paddle from newmans to the park boat ramp if you know the shortcut The big females have moved up the creek and are ready to pop. I spent some time fishing for crappie but nothing was hitting the jigs..



todays catch

thanks for the report.

Nice fish, thanks for the report. I will try it tomorrow. Is there any way for me to check online if the gate to Newman's Bottom is open? Thanks.

I know it was at the water fall, but I talked to several folks at the water fall that same day. Are you the dude that was catching the crappie right before it got dark?

You have come to the right place for an answer about the gate my friend.

IT IS OPEN

No, but I sure wish it was me catching crappie! It was just me and my buddy, I had on a maroon D.U. shirt and mud boots, probably early 3 o'clock range.

TAG YOU'RE IT

Now you Have a PM

Well shoot Matt, next time be sure to introduce yourself and shake hands. That way I will know who are next time. Heck I run into so many folks out there, it�s not funny. And I always seem to speak to everyone I cross paths with, so it�s a little hard to pull one person out of many that I speak with in one day out there.