Hi Guys,

Has anyone been catching anything at Lake Limestone? I am picking up my new boat next Saturday the 20th and am planning on heading up to Limestone around the 24th depending on the weather. I have never fished limestone or even been on the lake before so any advise on crappie or catfish locations would be greatly appreciated. Also where can I buy minnows around there.

Thanks,

Im sure DW will get you headed in the right direction. He is the man on that lake.

+1 Two retired guys on that same lake?....oh me!

Yep, it's tough being retired but someone's gota do it. Don't worry, we'll leave a couple of them in the lake for you poor guys that have to work on weekdays and fight the crowds on the weekend's

BTW have any of used a Eagle Cuda 350 SMAP fish finder with gps? I am looking at getting one at Academy this week to mount on my new boat and would greatly apreciate any feed back from someone who has used one.

retired guy limestone is going to be a tough go on crappie right now there moving around pretty good.But when you find a good tree the ones there will be gooduns.Fish isolated timber on main lake points.The catfishing should be grettin good lake is 2 ft low and turned over about 2 weeks ago.Theres plenty of stumps to break that new boat in right.Ha Darrell

Hey there Retired guy the lake is pretty good right now as long as the wind aint howling on it not a expert on crappie but been doing pretty good caught 18 with 10 keepers(crappie)and 12 cats 1 going 15#+ last weekend lake is low (bout 3') still launchable at jewett side and limestone marina, Running Branch marina cannot launch and dont know bout park 2 and 3. And DW is the expert on this lake and will give you better advice sure he will chime before too long.

Lol Darrell dont get him skeered

Thanks DW,

I am really looking forward to coming up there and giving it a shot. Are there a lot of stumps up there? I can't see it being much worse than Gibbsons Creek Reservoir. I was over there a couple of years ago with a friend of mine and he just about tore his boat up on the stumps.

Hi Catangler,
Thanks for the update. I will be coming in from the Jewett side, where is the boat launch over there?

Thanks,

Take Hwy 79 towards Marquez pass Nucor bout 1 mile take a right (fm 1512) got bout 2 miles there will be a Lake Limestone sign and take a left (Fm 1469) Go bout 10 miles till you see another Lake Limestone sign and take a left this is the park road and your there

And yes theres quite of few stumps ur free and clear in the main channel to go wide open but be cautios when heading to a tree cause them stumps r hiding bout a foot underneath I usually use the trolling motor bout 50 yards from a spot seems like if u know a spot good enough a new stump sprouts up lol

Thanks again Catangler, Looked it up on google maps then xferd it to my GPS. I will be coming into Jewett on FM39 from North Zulch so it should only take me about 45 min to get there.

BTW where can I get minnows around there?

Thanks,

either in gilliams in buffalo or launch and haul but to the limestone marina they open at 8a.m if a motor over 100 horse shoudlt take 3min in the water to get to the marina

Thanks Catangler, I'll checkem out.

Retired Guy, actually Limestone is a little over 3 feet low right now so be carefull. Like others said, the main lake is clear of stumps, but be carefull over by the county ramp on the southeast side. There are 2 underwater points that go way out into the lake and are really shallow right now. A good place to give a boat guy some lower unit work. The crappie never seemed to make it very shallow this fall. You should find them in timber about 12-14 ft. There are some fish on brushpiles, but there aren't many piles on Limestone compared to a lot of other lakes. The catfishing is picking up so you should do well on them. Good Luck. After fishing this lake since the mid 80's, I retired up here about 3 years ago. It's not a bad place to be.

Thanks for the info Ben, I will be on the lookout for the stumps. Did you guys get any rain up there last night? We got about 1/2 an inch last night and 1/4 of an inch on Friday here in North Zulch.