Any reports ?

Nobody has answered yet you better get your gear and head that way!

Yeah, because that must be where everyone IS. LOL

Went to some of the creeks around Grapevine and found nothing....
Checked Alton bridge and just west of the bridge no water.
Below the bridge not bad but no running water.

an oh so few starting to show up here and there. The gossipy bird says, "Night Time is the right time in the creeks, for now."

Who's fishin creeks sat or Sunday mornin....lookin for a partner to fish with...hit me up...any creek in Dallas area works...

There are fish in every creek right now. Just not in the numbers they will be in a month.

I have been struggling to find spots that produce...care ta show me where to find em?..lol

Thanks guys !

yup bobby g works out there. i like chartreuse and chartreuse and..

a few dinks is all for me tho at this time

Went out today to check things out caught a few

At least you caught some keepers! Went to Hickory creek Wednesday and only caught a few dinks. I guess most are fishing there at night. I saw campfire set up all over the creek.

nice slabs

The singing birdie says "night time is the right time"

430pm until dark

what were they bitting on? how low is the creek? havent been down there since...the last time i remeber

Minnows which is weird because last year all they wanted were bobby garlands I threw every color I have and nothing all they wanted were minnows

At the creek now bite just slowed. 15 crappie an two sandies only one dink throw back since 7am

Nice catch hopefully i can find them this winter last winter wasnt very good for me.
WRC i know the holes there but not rowlette creek, never caught much there but the dinks.

I'm at hickory creek I wouldn't even go to WRC too many dinks and too many people. It's not fun fishing shoulder to shoulder.

heard of it but never knew what lake its off of. I just got back from a lil local lake by me and caught 1 in about 3ft of water and that was it today, hopefully tuesday get out and explore since have a day off then

about to head out soon. Night time bite is good at my local creeks.

I went to Old Alton Bridge Sunday morning, got nothing. So maybe better in evenings

Anybody now of any good creeks in fort worth or weatherford area? I just recently moved out to aledo.

Old alton bridge sucks. I wouldnt go back there. Youre just wasting your time.

not in number yet. saw people setting up 6,7 rods and sitting there for 1 hour without a bite. Kind of wasting time. wait till it gets colder.

Went out yesterday, off of 661 at JP, caught 3 keepers, and watched 2 guys come by with a bucket of real nice keepers 25 in all, talking to them I found out the fault in my technique for the day and that was i tried to fish back and forth the same 100 yards, where as they where for a lack of better terms, running and gunning, staying mobile, hitting the stumps and moving on up the creek. they caught all there's on jigs and said the fish seemed to be on the move all day. And to let anyone know that fishes 661, these guys said they were catching fish from 100 feet from the bridge all the way to just past the pipeline cut

By the way I caught probably 20 fish, 6 of which were LB and 4 sandies of which were keepers and the 3 keeper crappie and the rest were throwbacks

Hey jerk I probably saw ya down there as I was out there...wow 20... i mustof left quite a bit earlier than I should....congrats out there...

Well that was 20 fish i caught total I only had 7 fish to take home, what do you drive ?

I was in my wife's ford fusion....but hey...still more fish than I caught...lol

I drive a first generation Scion xb, I didn't get out there until 3

Ah okay well i was gone by 9:30am lol...so sounds like its an afternoon bite? cause it was god aweful slow that morning!!

The two guys I saw with all the fish said they didn't start catching them in any numbers until around 1

Ah okay....well I will be hiting another spot sunday mornin with a buddy of mine where we can wear out the crappies...fun spot and easy to get to ....

Where ?

Grand prairie...

There are no crappie in the creeks!

And what creek might that be that has no crappie?

I don't know I may have had a few to many of these guys

By the looks of it, you may have had a few too many and thought the lake was a creek. LOL

Haha that was the weekend before when I was at Texoma.lol

Although catching crappie with surf rods and 20# test would be fun

Yes, that may be fun. I think I will grab my surf rods and head down to the Joe Pool fishing barge and see what happens.

Hit me up and I will bring the shiner

Paddling oar stop posting other people's catch...

shhhhh they don't have to know. I mean while working 11 hour days I did day dream about it......that's how my coworkers that took the week off torture me lol

I've been walking a creek bank, been catching a few. I've been having to work HARD for those few. How are yall riggin? I've been using the cork and jig rig and reeling it really slow at times letting it sit for a second. Yall doing something similar or totally different?

Kayak, in the thickest snag structure you can find. Banking presents a little tougher time.

Decided to stop by Hickory Creek this morning after work.

Nice job!!!! That spot looks familiar lol

It certainly does. I was actually planning to fish farther up. Started by that tree stump, and caught a few. Just didnt feel like walking farther up, so went down to that spot instead.

There are brush piles just up stream of you right in the bend where it turns right. 12 ft of water.

Went today for a few hours and no crappie!!

Stopped by WRC and seems like the crappie are starting to bite. The "bend" is starting fill up. A few more weeks af it'll be shoulder-to-shoulder.

I am going out Monday for the 3rd time this month. Fishing was really good in September BTW. October was good, and I have not been out much this month. So.....

Sorry Guys, hickory Creek in Plano?

Lewisville

Thanks!

Slow morning only got 13

better than nuthin!

Hit 661 ( Moutain Creek into Joe Pool) Friday,Saturday and Sunday got a total of 20 keepers, tough fishing, but the ratio of keepers verse throw backs was 20-5, which made it well worth it, probably would have done much better if I had been out in the mornings as I was seeing people with large numbers of keepers walking out as I was getting there all 3 days.

I have to admit I just like the getting out in the woods

Tried yesterday, hit 3 spots and all the levels are low. Ended up @ East Fork Park on Lavon catching a sandie & Large mouth...Ehh

Goldsoonr, what creek did you hit ? MC on 661 was low to, but the fish didn't seem to mind, obviously it would be better if we had some rain, I caught fish in areas where the main creek is no deeper than 4ft, but the best fishing was in the deeper parts where the channel is probably 10-15 feet deep

Went to a creek up in Anna that was fenced in but still - low. Hit the Creek behind Town Lake in McKinney - low. Looked for water in the creeks North of Lavon - Low. Was at my honey hole in Ray Roberts a couple of weeks back - low.
I need a new spot bad!

Well,I'm not buying into the low water beeing a problem as I as I caught crappie off 661 for three days over the weekend and if i had of got an early morning start I know I would have caught more fish as I saw lots of people walking out with large stringers of fish (15-25)

Went to Hickory Creek this morning. Got noting at all. Also went to the brush pile that Tarpon talks about nothing.
I was using jigs. I found lots of dead minnows and bags on the bank must be what they want.

Dunno about 661 i fish there all the time and never seen stringers with that much fish in awhile. I live 5mins from there so fish there regulary.

Well you must not be going at the right time of day,I saw stringers like that Friday, Saturday and Sunday

iluvfishin have you been catching any ?

Yea maybe 10 keepers everytime i go. Probably right i usually fish in the afternoon til night. When Im theres probably 1 or 2 other guys there.

I found that the bite dies around 930-10am and the best time is right at dawn. And they won't touch my bobby Gs just minnows.

Ok well I was there at 9:30 to 12:00 but had no minnows.
and you wont find this view now I sure mis her.



The stump is in the water but some one broke it off or the wind did.

Been catching mine on Bobby G's and hand tied

Got checked by the game warden today at 661.. said he will be watching it more this year. Had too many calls on illegal fish being kept last year. Oh and i only caught one lmb

It's about time he showed up down there. There has been a lot of people keeping under sized fish down there again this year.

Spoke to him yesterday at the Loves Gas station in Midlothian. He stated they have received alot of calls Historically, and will be monitoring the area more this year. Please save Operation Game thiefs # to your cell phone 800.792.4263 and call and report if you see anyone keeping under sized fish. The fines can run up to $125.00 per fish depending on the judge, so that might help keep this down in the future after a couple of citations.

i have his cell # in my phone and i will not hesitate to call him out since he lives in the area

GOOD !!! I haven't seen anyone personally with under size fish, but I'm glad they will be checking. My ratio of fish Keeper verses Non keeper has heavely weighed towards the keeper size 11 inchs and bigger, and yes I never guess I measure every fish

Hey everyone that fishes there, I plan on going out early Saturday morning in case anyone wants to meet up, I drive a bronze color Scion XB, it's the earlier body style.

might be out there too jerk ill look for ya

Ok cool

Game Warden Jamie:214-901-8370
Game Warden Martin: 214-886-4074
Game Warden Sergio: 972-754-2192
Feel free to call these guys anytime that way we can bust these guys...

I'll be down there about 8:00am on Sat. I'll probably be on the south side.

I can go (either Old Alton Bridge or near 2499 bridge0 Sat early morning. But it has been very slow...I will try to find time in evening.
We need some good rain.......

So... I went out after work and was there for an hour and a half, and landed 14 sand bass. ALL were small. November so far has been a bust!.....(on crappie).... I have caught a lot of crappie and sand bass this month, but all have been small. Never would have thunk it but September was really good on crappie. October was OK, and I was sure that this month I would have had a couple of fish fries. Last year the best month was February.

I'm new to creek fishing. I live by Denton. Which creek is better to fish?

Hickory off of lewisville

Me and a buddy are going to go explore RC tomorrow south of miller. Should we hike down the west side of the creek or the east side?

any bait recommendations? Bass, crappie?

i think the crappies will be between 66 and miller... a little bird told me. i was catchin some a lil south of miller a couple of weeks ago with the cold that came in. been seein a bunch of cars on the 66 bridge too! good luck!

Hey King I love to crappie fish almost got my bass tracker ready to get on the water. I would love help advice strategy whatever on getting the slabs in the boat. I also love to fish from the bank. I basically just love to fish whenever wherever and however. Get at me maybe we could round up some guys and go sat night !

sounds good man! send me a pm and we see what we can do! holla!

I'm going to hit that creek Monday or Wednesday in the kayak just can't deside to go north or south??

Nothing big, but walked the bank today with my 15' telescoping pole and a 1/32 yellow jig and caught 10. Thought I'd share a few pics.

Nice pictures , sometimes it's not about what you catch

Went out this morning. Kept 4 crappie. First one @ 12", Threw back 3. 11 sand bass all throw backs. Feeder creek off of LL. Tube jigs. They did not like Bobby Garlands today. 7 A.M. till 11 A.M.

And why is it that I land The biggest one most of the time with in the first 10 minutes of beeing there. And then nothing for a while?

It is to make you think you should keep it as in you just might catch a good stringer then after 3 hours that fish looks very small LOL

Didn't get to my creek til 1:15pm, but was able to catch a few. I was very surprised I caught any crappie at all considering how hot it was yesterday.

The 3 smaller ones are long-ears...JFYI!

Nice catch !

Come quick. Carey's in WRC.

I hit wrc yesterday morning from 10-11:30. I caught three keepers and 12 or so total crappie, and 5 yellows. All were caught on white or monkey milk bobby garlands. It surprises me that Carey is fishing today with the air pressure at 30.28.

30.28 BUT IS IT RISING ?

Who gives a hoot about the pressure...

I was fishing with the pressure at 30.39 last time at hickory and they were still biting.

I like days with high pressure. Alot of people stay home and I still get into them with less crowds.

They shut down completly at 9 am. I had nothing better to do today. Caught 11.

Killed them this morning. Then the air pressure dropped rapidly and shut them down. Caught about 20-30. Jig and bobber 3-4 ft deep.

Well, i thought the bite was supposed to be good when its rising, and ok when its high ?

It's good when it's rising or falling slowly within a certain range. Slowly as in like .01 an hour. If the pressure is holding or changing slowly within the 30.10 range to the 29.5ish range you're good to go. In my experience

Uploaded this photo of 1.5" tube jigs and 1/16th ounce jighead for Bin. Bin asked to see a picture of the tubes since he's new to fishing. He has been watching and replying to the threads related to bank fishing and crappie fishing around the creeks.

Jeff

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If it's snowing and blowing tomorrow morning, I may HAVE to head to a popular, famous urban creek! Two best days i ever had crappie fishing, one of them in a sleet storm with the temps at 26 degrees farenheit, and the other in a snowstorm, in a bar ditch, where i built a fire to keep warm and couldn't stand still next to the fire long enough to get warm, the crappie were biting so fast! Both days, i got em on jig/bobber, in less than two hours. Limited on both trips with some saddle blanket slabs. Keeping them fresh was no problem. they froze on the ground!!!!

If the snow stays away, Tuesday and or Wednesday should be MEGA ON!!!!!

I love winter fishing!!!!!

Bring on the elements!!!!!!

Rudy

I may HAVE to join you, if you want some company?? PM me if so. Im goin somewhere in the morning, just not for certain where

Yup, no need for ice or laying the fish in the water. We just put them on a stringer and keep them in the leaves behind us. Rudy, call me if your going. I have a better spot. No one in sight all day. Ill report later with pics.

will keep both of you in the loop

Sounds good man. Thx

I'll do the same thing in the morning. Ill hike to a few secluded spot and check the area as well.


EDIT: Snow is coming down. Just in time after I get off at 7am.

Im going to give WRC a try tomorrow. I want to stay away from the bend though.. Probably head upstream a bit. Say hi if anyone makes it out there..I will be past the second bend.

Have to work, dang it !! Yeah,I get the idea that the barometer has little effect at all

Is there a bait store around white rock

no

The bigguns are starting to move into my creek. FYI that small one is a pumpkinseed sunfish, not a crappie

Hey fellas at 661 mtn creek.. Saw two guys with 15 plus on the stringer each... Ill be going this weekend for sure.. I didnt have much time at all to fish..

Probably drop by seeton rd creek one the way home from 661..


Anyways is it safe to eat the fish at mountain creek belows joe pools dam?.. Im 1 mile from there... And thats a long long creek... I know that mountain creek is contaminated but i dono if it would be contaminated way back off the dam.. I see no sign about warning on camp wisdom nor at the spillway about eating fish..

Really i guess i should just call a game warden..

661 off Joe Pool with the pipeline?

Yes im not saying that one is contaminated.. I mean the exit of the lake the run off / dam that mountain creek too the north side of it..

Gothca, I know that one is not contaminated. I just didnt know that it was Mtn Creek. Im just glad theyre movin in and Imma throw them a welcome party

I hear ya.. i dono if im going pay 10 bucks at loyd park this weekend and camp on the creek for night fishing/ minnows or go to 661 at night with minnows .. Ill def be jigging in day time..
I saw some fellas down there doing well on minnows at 661 today too..

Just always worried about thieves messing with my car at 661... It is kinda in the sticks i wouldnt think there are thugs there

Fishluvme what time were you down there today. I was there tuesday.

O yea i saw u on the other side with another guy. I was about 530 or so.. It was my first time down there this year.. I was with my old man, getting setup... I remember you from last year

Well during the day, I've never had a problem on 661, but after dark I can't say for sure, but I've talked to others who say it's fine.

Heres the rain

Lol thugs.....

Well damn starting to wonder if we are going to get a winter