That's interesting but not surprising about the mercury in the fish, yes those are counties that are down river from the lake palestine spillway so i guess our fish are safe...

Where does the Neches run to from the Lake Palestine area? does it go to another lake on it's way south to Sabine Lake?

It does go to another lake. From lake palestine it crosses Hwy 175 and flows south forming the border of Anderson/Cherokee counties. Southwest of Lufkin it bends more to the east and is dammed to form Lake Steinhagen. Below that lake it flows south through the big thicket down to Beaumont and into the gulf.

Thanks for the welcome! I hope to be able to participate more in the future.

Friend just got back from TB. I told him the stripers are hot .Got 12 up to 14 lbs. If anyone wants to share a trip tomorrow give a buzz at 903 363 7400. We need to be there by 3pm. Can almost garantee a few good stripers. From tyler its a 3 hr drive

If you guys want a great trip go with Gres, I went with him a few years back and it was a blast we caught all sorts of stripes, great trip with a great guy.

Gres, we do need to get together and do some fishing at some point. Them Toledo Bend Stripers sound like the ticket.

I am going today. Hope to put a big one in the cooler. HeadsRtails Call me and I would be happy to show you what I know about the fishing at TB. Maybe a few others would like to go also. We can fish the river during the day and top water fish for the stripers at nite.I can say that when the fish are biting it can be great fishing. these fish will or should be good for another week or so.Need to go while still generating cause when they stop fishing is tough.

I will, If i didn't have to work today....I'd be with ya! I got some new Wooden Topwater plugs thats just waiting to be put to the test!!

what happened to all the fish in the neches...we came today to fish by the bridge, the water was not running....how long has it been since the water stop running......it was not a good day...i wait all year to fish this 3 days.....

Hit the river yesterday evening for about 3 hours. Caught 7 keepers. The bite has really fallen off!

keep trying, they're still there.... It should be pickign up here again next week i'd think witht he approach of the full moon, after that, they'll head back to the lake.

lower than normal night time temps have seemed to slow the bite down, fish are there but have to put bait right in front of them...caught several yesterday by hopping bait along bottom...lose afew more lures that way...

Thats how you got to do it. I've talk to several people thats been down there....they will tell me that they just are not having much luck. I can't say enough....you've got to work your baits Low and Slow. You are not going to catch many .... reeling your baits across the upper half of the water column. Some folks just some how don't understand this.

yeah, slow is the way to go. And you will lose alot of lures, but it is so worth it!!

Went TB yesterday.Fished with master Sargent Malcolm Manning Pictures to follow