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Papa John is spending the summer in Pagosa Springs, Colorado this year and trying to learn to fish for rainbow trout. His friend Bud Durfee is pictured with a nice 5 pound Rainbow Trout and Papa John has one much smaller. Bud has been trying to teach the catfish and bass fisherman from Texas a thing or two about fishing; but, he is not having very much luck with the old buzzard.

The Fishing Guides and various tournament directors are still sending fishing reports to Colorado and we are keeping the Fishing Report for Lake Conroe up-to-date and accurate.

With the summer heat in Texas, the fishing on Lake Conroe has been tough for some fish. Crappie fishing has been real tough, hybrid and white bass fishing has also been a real challenge. Bass fishing has slowed; but, all the tournament fishermen are still having some real good stringer weights. The guides are fishing most days and are catching nice stringers of catfish and bream. They are still finding some crappie and bass. The guides like to leave the marinas early to be sure and be at their fishing spots while it is still cool and before the boat traffic gets to the Lake.
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Summer heat drives bass to either thick heavy shaded cover or to the deeper drop offs and humps. When searching for the deep structure bass look for the following to increase your chances to catch your limit.

1- Bass often relate to a significant drop off near a flat. A flat can be defined as a large expanse of relatively flat bottom in depths from 3-10 foot deep. A significant drop essentially be double the flats depth. For instance, a flat is 10 foot deep and a drop to 20 feet in a short distance would be significant. Try these areas with a Carolina rig or deep crankbait trying to work somewhat parallel to the drop with an occasional cast up the drop or down.

2- Find underwater structure such as weeds and timber along drops or humps. This structure can be a bass haven. Bump your worms and crankbaits into the structure to aggravate the fish into striking.

3- Look for schools of baitfish near the drop offs by using your depth finder. Large underwater schools of bass maybe gorging themselves on these shad. Again, focus on the pods of baitfish near humps or drop offs.

4- Look for creek channel bends in the Lake and work both sides of the drop offs on the bends.

5- If you get bit or catch a fish, throw out a marker buoy and fish the area thoroughly.

Follow these guidelines for deep water bass and I’m sure you’ll be doing more catching with less fishing.

Nice Solid Bass

Gman lives on Lake Conroe and goes fishing most days when school is out. When his grandfather visits, they go out in a small boat and fish Lewis Creek and other areas of the Lake. He had a great day catching nice Blue Catfish, Huge Bream and Black Bass. He caught the Bass in 20 feet of water, the Blue Catfish in 17 feet of water and the huge Bream in the docks at Point Aquarius Marina. This trip was one where the “Gman” caught them all. Gman!!! Great day on the Lake!!!

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Joseph and I caught these Friday. Nice 2 to 4 lb cats on earth worms (baby
snakes) and chicken liver at bridge in 30 ft of water. Caught crappie holding at 12
ft on orange/yellow jigs. Did not fish for crappie very much. Caught them back
to back in thirty. Just wanted to see if they were there. Enjoy your memorial
day weekend–DUKES

I follow your fishing reports on the Lake conroe fishing guides website. I also saw this email adress to share “fish stories.” So, here is my story. Went fishing yesterday on 4/21/10. We planned to fish on the lake all day, even with a few stops at Papa’s and El Dorado Jacks for a cold one We fished all morning with only a nibble or two. Tried shallow and deep; rocks, marinas,,,, not a fish to show. Around noon we tried a spot near a wave break near a marina in about 5- 8 ft of water. I tried my 4″ Yum dinger in a shad color (black and grey) rigged wacky style. Second cast in the water I twitched and felt a “heavy feeling” on the end. When fishing wacky style, a heavy feeling on the end of the line is either a fish or a snag. I set the hook and felt a monster on the other end. I yelled “big one!” to my fishing buddy and we saw this monster fish jump! We both basically said “holy Sh##” at the same time…. lol….. I took my time, loosened the drag since I had only 10 lb test line…. after a few minutes of letting the drag run and a few scary jumps by the fish, i got the fish to the boat and saw that she was barely hooked in the corner of the mouth. I grabbed her huge lip, hauled her in, and the hook just fell out!!!!! DAMN I was lucky!!!! We weighed her… 8 lbs. 12 oz……. that is the largest fish I have ever caught! I was pumped!!!! We didnt’ catch any more bass for the rest of the day. just a few sunfish…… That one fish made our trip!…….. Doug