Yup, alot of us start feeling sick this time of year. It's called White Bass fever.

Hey, hope to see a few of you out there on Saturday.

I will be at Newmans Bottom around sun up to make the long walk to my fishing hole.

Don't forget to stop by the pavilion after fishing the Yegua and give us the report personally..

Well we got out to Welch park at daylight and me and my wife hard a really hard time trying to find ghost minnows.THere was hardly any wind so I had a feeling seining bait was gonna be tough.We seined probably for 30 mins and only got 20 ghost minnows.We fished for 1 hour with only one good bite so I told her lets try rocky creek so we went out to rocky and man it looked good so we seined to try and find more ghost minnows and again no wind and no bait.Water was like glass and I knew it was gonna be rough we fished and caught one big female white bass full of eggs and three catfish.We lost two of what seemed like whites on some kind of structure on the bottom and the bites where lite.

Hope to be out there Saturday and catch some fish.

If the weather Saturday is anything like today we are going to have a heck of a good time at the park!



Come to the State Park and enjoy the great outdoors!

Hosted at the Nails Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway we will have programs on the schedule from 10am to 2pm including:

Knothead University- Know your knots with Professor Knot Head!

First several Knothead U. graduates will receive special graduation gift.

Flying Tyers- Watch and do! Tie your own fly with master fly tyers from the Brazos Valley Fly Fishers.

Fins and Feathers: Learn all about birds and birdwatching from the Master Naturalist & all about fish from the TPWD inland fisheries Biologist and Technicians.

Geocache Treasure hunting with Brazos Valley Geocacher's

Kayak and canoe basics & advanced rigging for fishing. Several paddling friends will be on hand to give guidance in all things kayaking and fishing. The park has a number of rental kayaks and canoes ready for the day.

1 mile guided or unguided hikes to the high ridge overlooking the scenic confluence of Yegua and Nails creek.

Late afternoon pot-luck meet and greet, cook and eat! : Representatives from TPWD, the Park Partners, Texas Outdoor Women Network (TOWN) Brazos Valley Geocachers, Houston Canoe Club, Texas Fishing Forum, Brazos Valley Fly Fishers and many other volunteers.

Stay after dark for a family gathering around the campfire to roast marshmallows, tell stories and make music by the light of a warm fire's glow... Bring your guitar and play in the quiet evening air.

Directions to Nails Creek Park http://goo.gl/maps/Ajy0X

Looks like that South wind is going to be blowing tomorrow so may be a tough paddle back from the Yegua. Better eat your Wheaties, kayakers!

I fished the Yegua today via kayak Nails State park. It was a long day yet I'm not complaining. Launched at 8:30am against a stiff North wind. I caught nothing till I got past the major tree block I think that's about a 1/2 mile up from Wolf Pond. Long story short I worked hard for 9 solid whites and a goo. They didn't seem to be stacked like they were the last two weeks it was one or two at a time. Got the yak back on the truck at 4:30pm. I said this before I think the whites are still coming into the creek from the lake yet at a very slow rate. Great day on the water, let's hope we get an inch or two of rain in Lexington or Dime Box....Lawton

Thanks for the report. Sounds like the fishing is going to be tough tomorrow. Hopefully there'll be a bunch of us out there and we'll get enough fish for dinner.

I was able to get out of work and fished Newmans bottom from about 11 to 3:30 or so today. Caught and released one nice crappie but thats it. Tough fishing but it was nice to get out there. Lottfisher, pretty sure your the kayaker i talked to a bit today. Hopefully it'll be better for you guys tomorrow

I will be at Newmans tomorrow fishing my secret hole. If we don't catch fish there then they are not supposed to be caught. The last time we went we had 15 and no one else had any. Hope to at least copy that trip but hopefully more.

I'll be waiting at the Pavilion to see what you-all catch.. I'm sure Sam and Jared will find a few as will many others if they keep at it long enough.. Fish deeper and around and in the brush. I wish I could help find the fish but I'll be very busy at the park.. Fishing forecast looks OK but not the best http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/fishing/77802?dayParam=2

Ben, I may go grab the boat and head out to the lake this afternoon and check out some spots including the bankers at Birch Creek. If so, I'll run up to Nails and say "howdy" as usual. Depending on wind of course. Thought I saw wind at 10-20 forecast today.

Off topic a bit...

4 more weeks and then....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5b3NsCaqAQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_K5Czm17I

They design and build rods. A typical creek or Summer time river rod is 9-10ft.(That wouldn't work walking Nails or the Yegua!) Loaded with 6-12lb. test. The rod is like a shock absorber. You have to use light to very light line in the Summer-early Fall since the water levels are low and very clear. Fighting a large King or Steelhead takes a bit of time. Just found out that Greg,person in these videos, will be leaving/moving out of state. There goes my hunting&fishing contact when I move.