So bringing the boat with has not worked out, lower unit now has issues. any good shore fishing areas nearby?
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So bringing the boat with has not worked out, lower unit now has issues. any good shore fishing areas nearby?
not sure where you are but most of the better bank spots are or will be up creeks and or under docks .
winter fish run up the creeks hard here in a few spots and some of the fishing docks load up big time .
every lake differs though and what is great at one lake isnt worth a hoot at the next .
i will tell you pretty much for sure early and late in the day in the winter off the bank is likely the best times to go .
hopefully someone here will pm you with some information about down that way . maybe Dhaire will know something ?
thank you for this, very helpful! Round Rock is north of Austin about 30 minutes or so.
look around at the area lakes and see if one has a fishing dock
this time of year most load up with crappie .
and ask around , someone might invite you to hit a dock they have .
it might be a night bite as well
someone of those docks have a wee hour bite that is excellent i bet
Granger lake seems to keep coming in my searches. a bunch of docks around there I guess so I'll be trying that out later this week.
I'll let you all know how I do!
i think i remember it being an ok crappie lake . i think there is a group of local boys that fish it alot .
dont think they are on this forum though . luck to ya
so I made it out to granger....seemed like a nice lake, friendly people at the bait store and places I fished. I tried the damn, taylor, and san gabriel. I really liked the san gabriel area....remote feeling like being on the bank of a river all by myself. I was there around sunset and it was a great relaxing time enjoying the sounds of the woods.
I saw some big fish jumping out of the water, not sure what they were though. I was using a minnow and bobber and came up empty for the day.
there was a stream area someone mentioned to me that I will have to look for. they said it was great for crappie but had a lot of poison ivy around it. I was looking for it when i found the san gabriel area.
I drove around the dam area of lake travis too.....all I can say is not what I expected!!! I'm used to lakes like granger that you get close and you know it, you can drive right up to the edge at most parts. Lake travis was like driving a mountain switch back road, hardly saw the water much and couldn't figure out how to get down the edge of the lake in most areas.
Exploring is new areas is always fun even if ya don't catch anything right away.
i bet some of the locals know what creeks the fish are up in down there .
fish up this way are on the march up the creeks right now
so far not much luck down here. i was thinking about trying Turkey Bend Recreation Area tomorrow and fish from shore.
Any opinions or better ideas?
opps, looks like that park is closed, now thinking Arkansas Bend Park.
find you a crappie dock ....money says one around there is stupid good early and late in the day .
pay the 5 bucks and watch them local fellas close ,they know lots of tricks
That's exactly what i was doing. The docks themselves weren't holding any but I did find a hole that had some. I'm going to try again tonight.
Seems live bait is needed, plastics weren't getting anything for anybody that I could see including myself.
the parking fee at that park is $20....that's an ouch!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the reply's Ketchn, they are really appreciated!!
I am envious of that lake you hiked to the other day!!1 Those are great days when you can find the secluded spot like that. I think I have only seen the scenario you ran into where the pretty girl then walks up on certain website though :)~ A blessed man you are!
that was a state park and there are several in your neck a the woods down that way .Quote:
Originally Posted by FishGuyMN
most of them have GREAT "fishing" docks ....investigate one close to you ...
look for one over deep water ....you will have to reserve a day pass online to get in
and drop that jig to the bottom ,raise it 6 inches and DO NOT move it :highfive
state parks here are the bomb for a bank angler :cheers2