well went down river in yak and caught and released over a limit.
tip > they're thataway. caught some fat females in the mix. give it another week with some rain mixed in and they should be north of bridge

also got some crappies on accident all 13 1/2 inches and fat. be there in the morn for a while.

saw some guys in a johnboat. also a canoe. that was it in the early morn

Slow today only caught 2 in about an hour...saw a few caught but nobody was killing them that I saw.

Drove over both Neches & Kickapoo bridges this afternoon.
Neches was muddy and flooded into the bushes north of
the bridge. Kickapoo wasn't as muddy and appeared to
be at "Normal" levels. It will probably remain up for
a week or so and then go back to being a creek again.
It needs the main lake to be at Pool level to keep it full.
Not very many vehicles on the north side of Hwy 31 at
Neches. Parking lot was full, however, I saw only one
boat trailer. Kickapoo - many vehicles on both sides.
Saw two fisherman launching a flatbottom from a truck
& trailer angled down the steep road side east of the
Kickapoo bridges on the north side. They had to back
down in front of 70 mph traffic. Not the best plan.

I fished the Neches at 31 yesterday morning (20th) early. Tried the main channel but couldn't get back very far at all due to the high water. Ended up fishing the secondary channel near the billboard and caught 18 in 3 hours or so. Ended up being very busy right there due to it being one of the only accessible spots. I'm guessing by this weekend things will be in full swing.

gitterdone

Anyone go today?

so is the fishing good? be out there next week. it should be ON

I'm headed out tomorrow, I'll post up something, but I'm not that good a fisherman, so take my report with a grain of salt. I just like to be out.

I went yesterday caught a limit at the bridge at kickapoo water is still pretty low but i managed to get my boat back in there

No luck for me. Went up as far as a few hundred yards north of the RR tracks, caught 1 in 5 1/2 hours. I threw white, red, chartruse, with spinners, without, live minnows, everything.

May just be me though, when we were loading up at dark a guy on the bank said a couple boats had come out with "buckets full".

I don't know a lot about sandies, but I just think the actual run isn't on yet. Water isn't all that warm. The rivers were just so low for so long that when we got some rain and the flow picked up they got triggered. Then again, I may not know what I'm talking about, because some guys are catching fish....

Jan 20 - 0
Jan 26 - 0
Feb 4 - 7
Feb 11 - 29
Feb 15 - 15
Feb 20 - 4
Feb 22 - 24
Feb 27 - 27

Slow year for us, wife and I have been fishing here since 2003 and our best weeks are March 5-25, caught fish through Apr 21 with high water. Pretty much catch fish after every rain when it comes up. Lake is still 2.5 feet low. Been yaking mostly this year. Never tried Kickapoo....

Been a lot of people so far however....

" Kickapoo will probably remain up for a week or so and
then go back to being a creek again. It needs the main
lake to be at Pool level to keep it full".

Yup almost there. This AM: 1/3 kayaks, 1/3 small flatbottoms,
1/3 wade fisherman. Didn't catch any female sandys all small-
med males with a few med crappies thrown in. If the watershed
misses next week's predicted rains then that will be about it
for the spawn on Kickapoo. Gilbo...all of your behind the brush
spots are high & dry. For the most part, only kayaks can get
to the RR tracks...currently.

Keep me posted!! Hit whisky flats above benbrook this pm. Too late morning bite and mostly on minnows > Saw several good stringers mostly small males. Still early. Going to Tin Top area above Granbury in the morning. Ready to come east when you say so! Look forward to hearing from you.
Gilbo

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