Cooper

Taking new boat to cooper for Memorial day weekend, have the fish been bighting?


Barry

Don’t waste the trip unless you are cat fishing. I went down a couple of weeks ago and the hybrid and white bass fishing was nonexistent. The water was like fishing in chocolate milk. Couldn’t see any lure 3 inches in the water. The flooding that occurred earlier this year has really hurt the fishing with a lot of fish lost through the open gates. Hope this saves you the frustration I endured.

Wow!!! The Hubbard guys are coming there this summer for one weekend. We hope that changes.

Had some friends stay at the state park 3 weekends ago and they said they shouldn't have even brought the boat. They looked all over for sandies and hybrids and nothing. Went looking for crappie and nothing. Fished off the bank for catfish with the kids and only caught a drum. Water really ugly

I was there for 4 days and there was one other boat on the lake jug fishing for catfish. Luckily I brought some jugs also and was able to catch a good amount of cats. Was really disappointed as I love fishing Cooper and know the lake well. The fishing had just gotten good again last year after several miserable years and now the bad times are back. Really unfortunate.

Don’t write Cooper of yet. It’s always tough until the weather heats up and the winds die down a little. The fish are feeding real shallow on spawning shad now. Caught a 8 pound hybrid in less then a foot of water this morning. I know the flooding is going to hurt it some but maybe with the amount of fish we had last year we will be ok. I plan on getting after the sandies and hybrids some next week so maybe I will have a good report.

clk keep us posted .... We will have our own boat show there come first wknd of August with our annual Ladiesman Ray birthday Fishing camp! Got cabins already booked up so mud, wind, no fish, etc. etc. will be there with bells on we will catch something if it’s just a buzz........ bait

The Purple BuuzBait Bite will be great in August! Hope I can stumble into a boat?

The spring flooding did much damage to the park facilities on the lake also. The cabin’s and screened shelters were all flooded at Doctor’s creek and the dock there was washed up on the bank when I was there and the park was closed except for fish cleaning. The nice large fishing pier at South Sulphur has also been destroyed and is closed.

Well going to go in two weeks.. Guess all else fails, I can ride around with the GF! Life is good when you are on the water.


Barry

Going up in June. I'm with ya, fishins better than workin. Hopefully the lake will clear up a little by then.

The screen shelters at Doctors Creek are still closed. The camp grounds are open. The playground and swimming area are still closed. The ramp there is open. Parts of the old dock are on dry ground on the north end of the parking lot. The park ranger and GW's moved the old dock.