im going to make long drive thursday and i cant pick a spot.....the coop or Saline.....the warm weather makes me want to go to saline but they were catching good at the coop....gonna drive 3 hrs ...any help??
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im going to make long drive thursday and i cant pick a spot.....the coop or Saline.....the warm weather makes me want to go to saline but they were catching good at the coop....gonna drive 3 hrs ...any help??
toledo
Thanks black...
I just got word that the COOP is still on. Bite slowed down on jigs but still good on shiners. Water temp still mid 40's. Stay on the river channel in 28-35 FOW and you should catch.
Thanks c.......
Rev., I fished the coop the last two days. The best bite is from sunrise until 9:00 AM. After 9, they slow down. Start in 27' water and as the sunlight gets
brighter, ease back into the river channel up to 40'. Smaller the minnow, the better. The key is staying still. Tie off your front and achor the back. Drop your
minnow straight down. If you cast, it will snag on the under brush and will break off. Fish straight down with with as many poles as you can rig and attend.
I went to Saline yesterday and caught/released 51 dragging a black/chartreuse jig down the bank in about 2-3 FOW. There were a lot of people out and most folks were fishing deep. Looked like everyone was catching, but the size is still running small. Of mine, maybe 15 or so would have been good keepers.
Jloftin may have hit upon something as far as staying still. We tended to slowly move around and did hang up a lot. Come to think of it most people were tying off to a stump and dropping anchor on the other end of the boat. I will try this next time as I don't think we did as well as most. And we were using the rosie reds.
Where is the closest place to launch and get bait.... Relative to the coop
Rev, Newll's landing is only a 5 minute boat ride to the coop. Texas side north of Pendelton bridge.
New Era, where did you get the rosie red minnows?
do you have to have a Texas fishing license?
Jloftin
Got the rosie reds at Bacon's in Shreveport.
Rev., Toledo Bend is a Tex/LA lake. You can fish with either license, but must obey the state rules from where your boat is launched. I have a Louisian
license, but if I lauch my boat on the Texas side and a Texas Game Warden checks me, then my license are ok, but the fish size and bag possession limit
must meet Texas rules. For example; Crappie- Louisiana, NO SIZE LIMIT, 50 DAILY. Texas, 10" MIN., 25 DAILY.
BASS; Louisiana, BASS- 14"min. 8 possession. Texas, Bass 14", 5 possession.
This is for Toledo Bend and if I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
You are correct. I would just like to clarify a point. If you are a senior and launch on the Texas side you must have a LA senior license even if you turned 60 before June 2000. By the way, if you are over 65 you can fish on any Texas waters with a LA senior license.Quote:
Originally Posted by jloftin60
Please check out this Texas Parks and Wildlife Link
TPWD:Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations
Special rules apply on the Bend from December through February.