What's up with the lake lately? I been stuck down here in Houston. Made a few trips home back in early and mid June with hardly any luck on the night bite. My Dad and a few of his freinds have fished it several times since with the same luck. Bite is there and so are the fish, right up till dark. As soon as the sun goes down, so do the fish. This lake has been an awesome night lake over the last 6 years so it is a puzzle to us. Hope to get out of here and back home for a while to try it again. Have to go to New Zealand once this package arrives there, but I hope to get a week or two at home. I guess if Callender hasn't improved I will have to try Fork. Fished Fork real hard in the early 80's, and again in 94 and 95 after I got out of the Navy. Haven't fished much there since. Callender, Pure Oil, and Van and Canton city lakes are just too close with the short time I have to fish to bother with Fork. Don't know the lake any more any way.

Intexlarry, you and your partner had any more good luck?

According to the guys I talked to that night fish the bite has slowed for them also. Me, I'm a day fisherman and the schooling is going strong. Now that the Nitro is down it is good that the lake is small enough to use only the trolling motor. Even when it's slow I just can't leave here except for bass club tournaments. You know as well as I do that the bite can turn around in hours, and when it does, give me good old Callender, you can have Fork.

Yep, my sentiments exactly. It has always been a fairly consistant lake, and makes it hard to go anywhere else. I might get a chance to go home this weekend and maybe make it out there. If you see a brown/gold with black Procraft with a 200 Mariner on it give me a shout.

fishnredneck,

How long does it take you to get there from Houston? I've been looking for a weekend place, and have been focusing on trying to find acreage with a decent sized pond/lake with no success yet.

I've been reading these reports and information on Callendar and have read up on it...but I think it may be just outside of my tolerance for a distance for a weekend place.

PaulR, I'm currently staying at a Hampton Inn in Pearland and from my house to here (on the Sunday night drive back) it is about 4 hours one direction (to Athens, 19 to Palestine, 79 to Buffalo, then 45 to Houston), and about 4 1/2 hours the other (to Tyler and 69 to Lufkin, 59 to Houston). Hard to say what the drive time is on Fridays. It all depends on what time you leave Houston. Here is a web site for some of the realty there but not all :
http://www.lakehouse.com/search.php?cid=1184&s_res=AND.
I actually live about 8 miles from the lake.

Thanks for the info. A buddy of mine used to have some property with a lake out near Buffalo, so I'm pretty familiar with the drive that far.

You may want to check out 290 to 6 to 39 in North Zulch up to Jewett then over to Buffalo as an alternative to 45...especially if it's a heavy traffic time. Granted, I'm on the West side, but we made much better time (like 2 hours 45 minutes) back from Palestine going that route rather than Beltway 8 to the Hardy Toll Road to 45 on the way up there when we went to the Texas State Railroad two weekends ago.

Thanks for the info...I'm definitely going to read up on Callender...sounds like a great place. I just wish we had more options closer to Houston.

Another place that is close to there is Hide-A-Way Lake. It a larger community and has a golf course if you like to play golf. The POA dues and the property is higher, but they have a more organized community activity program and there are three lakes there. Also there is Echo Lake which is just outside of Brownsboro, TX. It held the Texas state record for LMB for quite a few years if I am not mistaken. That was before Fork and Florida strain bass came around.
http://www.hideawaylaketexas.com/
http://www.lakehouse.com/search.php?cid=2696&s_res=AND

Dad and one of his buddy's went fishing last night. He got one that went 7"-1'. Caught them on mixed soft plastic. No pattern to the bite though.

Got out this AM and fished from 5:30 till 10:30 am. I caught 20 bass up to 5 and 1 catfish that went about 10. All of the fish except 2 including the cat came on chatter baits. The 2 were on senko. It got hot by 10:30 with no air movement so we came in. It is so good to live on the lake.