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The Corp closed the dam this past week and the marina parking lots are now flooded. A few brave souls were parking in the overflow/boat parking lot and wading into the marina area. As the run off continues that will probably be hard to do,.
Sure hope the Corp does not keep the dam locks closed for very long this time.
so I need to bring my john boat this week to get over to the slips is what your saying ? :Rofl
i also have several pairs of waders and i think one set will fit you ….and yes they are insulated ….:Rofl
of course if all else fails i could bring some worms and we could perch jerk the parking area ? :Rofl
but on the more serious side , let me know what the plan might be for this week and stay dry my friend .
How about bringing your jon boat and ferrying me to the slip today? I wasn't able to get to the slip yesterday and I''m just about the point of bouncing off the walls be not being able to get to the slips.
I went over this morning and took some pictures. As you could expect the water is as smooth as glass. It is a perfect day to be on the lake and I can't get to my boats. :(
I don't know if they plan to ferry people to the slips like they did the last time. But it was only available from 9 a.m to 5 po.m so it really didn't help that much as I like to stay much later. I'm thinking about just sleeping on the cruiser for a few days if they leave the electric power on for the marina. But if the water keeps coming up they will be forced to shut that off.
I called them and they stated they were building a walkway across the water so you could get to the slips. So maybe I will get to wet a line this afternoon. :)
Get At'um Ed.....
they will never be safe from us if I have a card to play mister Ez …..and yes I will bring my johnny over there and we will in fact get you to that there floatilla and dock area
only need the jon boat if we stay past dark. Right now they are providing chauffeur service to the docks until it gets dark. If it appears it might take weeks for the corp to lower the lake level they may build a temporary bridge as they did a few years back. And given the mess in Houston I suspect it will be weeks.
I took my boat out until 7 pm yesterday but only had a dink fest. Caught a bunch of small ones but no keepers. Then came back and fished the slip for an hour. Caught a lot of hand sized blue gill with an ultralight rod, had a ton of fun.
Are the bluegills biting over at the barge area too EZ? It seems about time. Well, it probably doesn't really matter much either way if nobody can get to the barge. Or if all y'alls good work over at the slips are stealing all the barge fish away Devil Icon I've pondered that theory for a little while now lol
They are no longer taking people to the slips. That lasted one day, Sunday. They now say the water is shallow enough you can wade in to the docks.
LittleStick, bull bluegill and other types of bream are my favorite target using an ultralight rod. And they are hitting big time in front of my slip on H Dock. Don't know about the barge as I have never fished that barge.
I generally fish for bull bluegill around 5 or 6 pm, after I've caught enough crappie for my needs or if the crappier just won't bite.
This is my play time as I don't keep any of them unless somebody asks me to save a few for them. I love the fight they give on an ultralight rod. I have used just about everything imaginable as bait for them with success. But this year I am using pieces of uncooked hot dog (wiener, frank, whatever you want to call it) or crappie nibbles. I find both to be very productive. I feed more than I catch but it's a ton of fun.
Forgot to say, I don't think you can really steal the fish from a good spot. They move around too much in the course of a day. I know of one location on E dock that always has good crappie fishing. New fish must move into the spot to replace those caught there as too many have been taken out of that spot for all of them to have existed there at the same time.
Plus it is a very long walk from the barge to H dock. But rest assured, IF I can entice the crappie and bream to leave the barge and A dock to come to H dock I will. Devil Icon
Waded in to get to the slips, took the pontoon out. Very slow on the lake, good spots only producing a few dinks. Water is over 7' high, can touch the arches under the bridges now. Only caught one keeper but it was 14". Even though it was slow it was still fun.
The slips are still producing catfish and bream.
Right on. Id try to do the same. I was just messing around though because I’ve heard some conspiracies and complaining from quite a few folks about the recent fishing at the barge and saying things like that in relation to the slips. I just laugh. Jealous little critters they are. I appreciate the info. Good to see you got your boat back out there too :highfive
EZ we're gonna have to take a scanning trip and find what those big'uns prefer over there......
Once that happens it's gonna be feesh on......
Caught something today that I would have preferred not to catch. First drop at this brush pile my rod was almost jerked out of my hand. Grabbed it with both hands as the rod bent double and the reel sang as the line was pulled off from it. I tried tightening the drag but it didn't help. I had 200 yards of 20 # braid on that reel. The fish stripped it off till the end, then broke the braid.
Would have thought it was a large cat except for the speed at which it was stripping the line off the reel. Sort of feel sorry for that fish as it has a lot of line trailing after it until it manages to get rid of the jig.
The rest of the day was good as I caught a lot of crappie from the same brush pile.
Almost forgot to say: They are using their work barge to ferry people from the storage area parking lot to the marina. So you can still reach your slips or the fishing barge.
Is it still flooded as of today?
That might have been that world record 20lb crappie you hooked into.....LOL
Yes and will probably remain so for a couple of weeks.
I would still say large catfish except for the speed at which it stripped the line from the reel. But I will never know and hope to never hook it again. :)
Private ketchn reporting for duty Ez .....
What’s the plan this week ....
Will see you there this afternoon. They run a ferry service to the slips that stops at 8 PM. They just the power should be back on tonight but it will probably take a week or more for the water to clear out.