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First fish is a huge crappie

Catch after two days of fishing with Dad

Spring Break is always a great time for kids and their dad’s to get out on the Lake and just have fun together. Spring Break this year was great the first part of the week and then the weather turned on us; but; there were lots of kids fishing with their dads and this is one of the best parts of being able to be on the Lake and around the marinas every day.

Here is a photo of Brooke Fendley (9 years old) with her first fish caught entirely on her own…a nice 13.5 inch Crappie she caught using an orange and chartreuse crappie thunder jig with a 1/16 oz. jig head…caught at a secret “honey hole” on March 16, 2010…other photo is Brooke and the 22 keepers we accumulated in two afternoons fishing…no photo of the duck available (Rumor has it that Brooke also managed to catch a duck on this outing!) We look forward to reading your blog. Thanks. Mike Fendley

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Catching Catfish The Easy Way

I get some very strange fishing reports from readers; but, this one has to take the prize. We all know that we are blessed with a very plentiful population of catfish in our Lake. Often times we get reports of fishermen catching 50 to 100 fish a day in a party of four; however, this is the first time I have heard about someone catching a nice fish from a dangling, unattended line while the fisherman was taking a break.

This fisherman was taking a break from catching fish and stuck his rod in a rod holder with the line dangling in the water. When he came back to get the rod and start fishing, it already had a catfish on the line. Now I guess that is about as easy as it gets.

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Nice Hybrid On A Rat-L-Trap

The water temperature is warming up and the hybrids are moving to shallow water. Many fishermen are throwing Chrome/Black, Red and Red/Chrome Rat-L-Traps in the shallow water once hybrids are seen feeding on shad. Bain and his big smile is pictured with one of his fish. He and his fishing buddy caught 5 hybrids, 2 nice bass and a gou in 8 feet of water in the back of one of the main creeks.

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15 3/4 Inch Monster Crappie

The water surface temperature on Sunday morning 03/07/10 had cooled down to 48 degrees in many of the shallow areas holding crappie the day before and many of the crappie in the shallows retreated to deeper water. There were still good catches on the morning bite in shallow water, just much slower than on Saturday.

Wayne Tewksbury didn’t get the word on the water surface temp or the fish being in shallow water and he went to one of his favorite spots in water 15-18 feet deep. He caught close to a limit of crappie and had nice slabs, the biggest being 15 3/4 inches and the other just slightly over 15 inches. Sometimes it pays not to get the word.

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16 3/4 Inch Monster Crappie

Jerry Smitherman is a very serious fisherman. He showed up down on the Point Aquarius docks late Friday afternoon and asked how the fishing was. Everyone responded we have caught a few. Jerry wants to know if there were any big ones in the area. Someone responded that most of the fish caught were 11-13 inches. Jerry kind of acted like that wasn’t really what he was interested in.

No one paid much attention to what Jerry was doing, which looked like nothing. Several fishermen were catching fish and of course holding them up for Jerry to see. He just smiled and said he was looking for that one BIG FISH. Well, let me tell you, in about an hour, here comes Jerry down the dock with what everyone thought was a small bass. As he got closer, everyone realized it was a crappie. “Now this is what I call a BIG ONE”, Jerry said as he proceeded to get his picture taken and leave. I guess you only need one if it is almost 17 inches long. Be sure and check the FISHING REPORT for what else is going with the fishing this weekend.

Take A Kid Fishing! Let Love It!

We that live on Lake Conroe and those that visit the Lake from other areas are so blessed to be able to get out and enjoy the beauty of this part of Texas. Spring is upon us. The water temperature of the Lake has increase significantly the past few days and fishing will just continue to improve with each passing day.

I spend most of my days on the Lake and it fills my heart with joy to see more and more fathers taking their kids fishing. Grandparents are also really getting into the swing of things. As the water warms, the crappie and bream are going to move to the shallow water. A cork and a minnow can provide a young fisherman/fisherwoman with a lots of fun.

Don’t forget to take your kids and grandchildren fishing!

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Offering $500 Per Pound

ATHENS—Most ShareLunkers—13-pound-plus bass caught between October 1 and April 30—are caught by ordinary anglers who enjoy a brief flurry of fame and get a fiberglass replica of their catch and some ShareLunker clothing.

The angler who catches the 500th entry into the Toyota ShareLunker program will get all that and a little something extra: $500 a pound for every pound the fish weighs. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering the prize to mark the 500th lunker milestone and celebrate the success of the Toyota ShareLunker Program, which began in 1986. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation is providing the prize money.

A fish that meets the minimum 13-pound weight for entry into the program will be worth $6,500. A 14-pounder would garner the angler $7,000. And should someone catch a new state record weighing, say, 18.2 pounds, they would take home a cool $9,100.

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