Posted By: dpdpete
Lake Lewisville report - 04/16/20 10:51 PM
The ramps finally opened on the hickory creek arm of the lake so I got out yesterday. I fished on the arm of the lake from hickory creek down towards the dam so my observations are on that part of the lake only and I realize that it was very cold the night before.
The water was pretty muddy west of I-35 and cleaner east of I-35. I tried flipping the flooded shoreline brush west of I-35 and no takers. The water temp was around 59-60 degrees early. I then went to look for some cleaner water and went into several coves down by the main lake where I usually do well on spawners. The water clarity was much better but I did not see any signs of beds in the several coves that I fished. The water temp got up to about 67 degrees by the afternoon. I did not see any beds or fry guarders and only caught one little dink all day. I did talked to a landowner who's property butted up to the lake and he said he had been fishing that area consistently for the last several weeks and has not seen any spawners yet.
I would have thought that the majority of the spawn would have occurred by now but all of the signs I saw would indicate otherwise.
Interested in hearing others observations on the lake. Nice to get some ramps open again on that side of the lake and it was still a nice day to get out.
The water was pretty muddy west of I-35 and cleaner east of I-35. I tried flipping the flooded shoreline brush west of I-35 and no takers. The water temp was around 59-60 degrees early. I then went to look for some cleaner water and went into several coves down by the main lake where I usually do well on spawners. The water clarity was much better but I did not see any signs of beds in the several coves that I fished. The water temp got up to about 67 degrees by the afternoon. I did not see any beds or fry guarders and only caught one little dink all day. I did talked to a landowner who's property butted up to the lake and he said he had been fishing that area consistently for the last several weeks and has not seen any spawners yet.
I would have thought that the majority of the spawn would have occurred by now but all of the signs I saw would indicate otherwise.
Interested in hearing others observations on the lake. Nice to get some ramps open again on that side of the lake and it was still a nice day to get out.
