A Good Day on Live Oak Lake and the Santa Clara Creek !

Fished the other day at the Santa Clara Creek and Live Oak Lake. The bite was good. Started at the Santa Clara Creek and fished form 10am till 12noon. Caught a few greens and two Carp. The biggest Carp was about 20 inches in length and got off as I was attempting to get it on the bank. The second was smaller about 15 inches. Both Carp were caught on the float using worms. The greens were caught off of the bottom. Fish were in 3 to 5 feet of water. The Creek was in good condition. I then headed to Live Oak Lake and fished from 1pm till 5:30pm. The bite started out super slow but I was able to find some hungry fat Bluegill and Redear. Caught well over 30 fish. Noting big but a lot of "fryer" size(7 to 8 inches). Fish were caught using both float and bottom techniques. Worms and Berkley Power worms were used. Fish were in shallow water about 2 to 3 feet deep. All above fish were released. The lake is in good condition. A great day of creek and community lake fishing. It don't get any better!

AWESOME! Looks like a nice little spot.

Thanks Mike! Looks like you have had some good river action also!

Nice pics. Way to go!!

That carp might be a good size for my tank, maybe I'll start fishing worms

Thanks "Dhogdog" and "Dfitz" for the replies. "Dfitz": That Carp would look good in your tank.

Good day for you. I'm impressed by your ability to always focus pics on the background.

Great looking fish! So you are in San Antonio area? Looks like a lot of good water in Universal City area.

Thanks "ItchyBob" and "texasflycaster" for the replies. "ItcyBob": I love scenery shots. Kind of makes you feel like if you were actually there. "Texasflycaster": Yes Sir. I have lived here 50 years. Wow how times flies. There are a lot of super places to fish that are close by. I also love traveling to the hill country and the southwest. So far the water bodies are holding up pretty good. However we can sure use the RAIN! (The famous banana rain dance.)

Nice fish Chuck. As always super job.




Side Note: Have you ever caught any Crappie in any of the area Creeks? Just wondering.

Thanks Curtis for the reply. Creek fishing should be pretty good this year as long as we get some good rain. As for the Crappie I have caught a few over the years on some local creeks. Nothing big.

I have never caught a crappie on a creek. It has always been either on a river or lake. As for creek fishing I plan on hitting a few very soon.

The Salado is in pretty good shape. I have not been to Crescent Bend in over three weeks so I don't have any current information on the fishing there. I have also not fished the Leon yet this year. I heard that it is holding up pretty good. If you make it out to a creek let us know how you do.

Thanks for the creek conditions. Hopefully I can make it to the Cibolo this upcoming week. Oh yea what about Crappie. You can PM me any information. Thanks.

PM sent Curtis. The ones we have been catching off of creeks have been small.

Thanks Chuck. Got the PM. Looks like won't be doing much fishing this week. Going to be putting in some extra work hours. I guess that's a good thing. Job security.

I put 37 good years in my job and now I have been enjoying the good life. Living the dream Curtis.

I guess I have got 30 years to go.

Keep WORKING Curtis! The road to retirement is worth it.

Yes sir totally agree! I will still find the time to fish in the mean time.

Not a bad to lake to spend some extra time. Kind of nice having it almost in your own backyard. Nice Gills.

Thanks "Gitter" for the reply. You got that right. It's nice having a community pond super close by to spend some time.