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report is updated during the summer when conditions
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Lake Conroe Fishing Report
By Darrell Taylor
Catfish Killer Guide Service
January 15, 2010
Fishing on Lake Conroe is good in between cold fronts. The water is clear and the water level is a little above pool at 201.01. The water temperature is running around 50 degrees in the main lake.
Black bass fishing has been fair to good and Bass can be found early shallow around structures, boat docks and brush and riprap using Rat-L-Traps or crawfish lures. Bass are also 12 to 16 feet in deep brush. Carolina rigged plastic worms in green colors like Watermelon green, Pumpkin seed or black with a 5/0 hooks are working well. Deep diving crank baits chartreuse and blue are also working well.
Crappie fishing is pretty good. They are in water 15 to 20 feet deep and over brush at 11 to 15 feet deep. Also around the 1097 bridge pylons and around boat docks. Minnows and also jigs in one sixteenth and one thirty second ounce are the best baits right now.
Catfishing is great right now. They can be caught in 20 feet to 25 feet of water on the edge of the river channels and on the creek edges, outer edge of submerged pond dams, brush and baited holes. Catfish Killer Cheese Dip Bait on a #8 treble hook with sponge fished 2 to 3 inches off the bottom is working well. Also, little pieces of peeled shrimp, beef heart or shad on a regular catfish hook dipped in Catfish Killer Cheese Baits in the Original, Blood or Shad Scent are working best for catfish from 1 1/2 to around 5 lbs. Chicken livers, minnows and shrimp are also catching some catfish.
Larger catfish, mostly blues can be caught using fresh shad and or cut beef heart or cut perch on Catfish Killer`s Flagging Juglines in from 15 to 40 feet of water. Flagging Jugs may be ordered off the website for $6.00 each or you may order from www.texascatfishjuglines.com
Hybrids and white bass fishing is picking up. They are suspended at 15 to 18 feet deep over humps and flats along deep drop offs. Trolling on deep lake points, humps and drop offs with Pet Spoons behind a deep diving crank bait is working well.
Bream are at about any depth right now around boat docks and some brush. The best baits are, Glow Worms or Mighty Mealy worms on a very small hook.
For information on planning a guided eating size rod and reel catfish fishing trip or a Catfish Killer Jug catfishing trip or a Trophy rod and reel catfish fishing trip or for Information, Accommodations and Services on Lake Conroe go to www.lakeconroefishing.com or www.catfishkiller.com or call me at 936-788-4413.
Happy New Year to everyone and I wish everyone success in the new year,
Darrell Taylor
www.catfishkiller.com
Largemouth bass are the most
sought after species in Lake Conroe, though they are not the most
abundant. While bass fishing catch rates are marginal, the opportunity
to catch a trophy bass is very good at Lake Conroe. In 1998, the
biggest largemouth bass ever collected by TPWD in an electrofishing
survey was taken from beneath a boat dock and weighed in at 14.1
pounds. The standing lake record caught in 1997 by Willis angler
Bill Boyett weighed 14.91 pounds.
The more abundant channel catfish and bluegill are
also highly sought after by anglers. Channel
catfish are by far the most abundant sportfish in the lake,
offering most any angler a good opportunity for good catches. Bluegill
on Lake Conroe grow to enormous sizes. We have interviewed anglers
with 12-inch bluegills in their creels. and black
crappie are also very popular and offer good opportunity for
anglers seeking table fare. White crappie have made a comeback in
the lake with the efforts of the Lake Conroe Restocking Association's
spring stockings of advance juvenile crappie. Crappie over two pounds
are fairly common occurrences now. The introduction of hybrid
striped bass in 1995 has added another dimension to the sport
fishery at Lake Conroe, offering open-water opportunities for anglers
who enjoy trolling or vertical jigging spoons for these hefty fighters.
FISHING COVER/STRUCTURE
Lake Conroe is dominated by open water
in the lower two-thirds of the reservoir, with some standing timber
still present along the river channel in the upper reaches. Most of
the standing timber is slightly submerged when the lake is at conservation
pool, making navigation hazardous in these areas. The shoreline is predominantly
composed of bulkheads with boat docks in the lower reservoir; the upper
reservoir (the portion lying within the Sam Houston National Forest)
is primarily featureless shoreline. Substrates range from sandy to silty.
A few aquatic plants dot shoreline areas, primarily in areas being planted
with native aquatic plants by TPWD and the US Army Corps of Engineers
as part of an ongoing Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Initiative. The lake
has had past heavy infestations of hydrilla, but no vegetation is currently
present in quantities that would be considered a nuisance. The only
fish-attracting structures in the reservoir are rip rap along bridge
approaches and the dam, as well as submersed Christmas tree reefs.
FISHING TIPS AND TACTICS
Largemouth bass anglers can expect
to take bass in shallow water, particularly around marinas and boat
docks, during the early spring and mid-to-late fall. During most of
the remaining seasons, bass are taken around deeper cover. Anglers are
most successful with a variety of shad imitation lures as well as soft
plastic baits. Hybrid striped bass are growing in popularity
among Lake Conroe bass fishing anglers and can be taken most any time of year. Most
fish are taken by anglers trolling in open water areas or vertically
jigging spoons or live shad. They can occasionally be found running
up the river channel during the early spring spawning run or foraging
beneath schools of white bass in summer.
Channel catfish are caught year-round in good numbers on Lake
Conroe. Most successful anglers use smelly baits or cut shad. Rod-and-reel
anglers do just about as well as trotline anglers on the reservoir.
Bluegills of gigantic proportions can be had by the angler who
wants to be patient and target them. They can be caught along rip rap
fishing deep near the toe of the slope (sometimes 8 feet or more). Baits
must be gotten near the bottom quickly to avoid the small bait-stealers
that inhabit the shallower water. Live worms or crickets are the best
producers. Some good fly rod action can also be had using sinking, insect
imitation flies and sinking fly line.
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