On Thursday at noon I took a photo of four white bass that were caught at Irwin Bridge, that photo is on the Birch Creek Facebook page. One of the four was a female that had some eggs, but a long way from the spawn. (Forgot how to post them on here)

These are lake bass that have made their way to Irwin, with more rain forecast the lake should rise more in the coming days. This run should really get going over the coming weeks if not going now. The gate at Newman's Bottom is closed at this time with the rain falling now are more expected, they evaluate that road daily.

I think those holes around Newman's might be full of white bass if they are as high up as Irwin's. We need fishytx, hls, Raider, Jasin, to give it a try. These guys know that creek better than anyone I know, if the bass are in the creek in numbers these guys will show us the way.

The water is cold and muddy now but I think we could have a really nice run starting in the next few days, good luck.

OK. So we have had 2.31 inches of rain since yesterday afternoon. 1.45 inches fell this morning around 4am. Should bring the lake level up quite a bit. I would imaging the creeks will be running strong and should connect to the lake. See this from the weather service this morning:

Flood Warning for
the middle yegua creek near Dime Box.
* From this afternoon to late Tuesday night... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 0615 am Saturday the stage was 6.6 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by late this afternoon and continue to rise
to near 11.6 feet by tomorrow evening. The river will fall below flood stage
by Tuesday early afternoon.
* At 10.0 feet... FM 141 below the confluence with west yegua creek is threatened
and backwater flooding up west yegua and Turkey creeks in Lee County is
likely.

I think I hear the dinner bell ringing

I'm ready to spawn. Let's get it on!.

OK but don't do your spawning on the creek please..

Lake Levels currently.

Long over due...........

Spent the day at the lake Sunday but didn't have any luck catching whites. I used my cast net to catch some shad and caught something strange. Didn't know what it was but some people there said it was a mullet. I took pics but they didn't come out. Look it up on the Internet and they were right. I thought mullet were salt water bait?