Stocker Trout Fishing News

Was able to get a round of fishing in yesterday morning at Kroger Pond. Went with the Two Weight Fly Rod again, and fished with an Orange/White Tenkara Fly and a Foam Grasshopper. Bite was steady with several nice Bruiser Bluegill in the mix. Did see several nice sized Bass chasing after little Bluegill but none went for out fishing fly. Overall, another fun time fishing…. Good thing we were able to fish yesterday, big storm is hitting our area currently. Stuck indoors today.

Fun time fishing with a Two-Weight Sunday morning! Enjoyable weekend so far. Even got another round in this morning at Kroger Pond. Working on the this morning’s video still; below is the video from yesterday! Also included some clips fishing Lake Lavon on Saturday.

Finished the tail mount from last year’s Striped Bass caught at Denison Dam. Great fight on a 5-Wt! Tail ,mount to capture the moment, adding to the video of the action we posted back on November last year – November 1, 2015 !

Video of the sabiki fly that we have been using for White Bass at our local lake. Easy pattern made with minimal material – hook, mono, food wrapper!

Fun time this evening catching Bluegill, Sunfish, and Bass on the Micro Fly Rod. Started with a Foam Grasshopper but then switched to a Tenkara Fly. Had a number of bites with the Foam Grasshopper but kept missing the hook set. After switching to the Tenkara Fly, had a better hookup rate. No Bruisers save for a run on some nice size Bluegill that were making a nice bend in the little fly rod. Sure glad to have made use of that broken 8-Wt to make this rod. Fun stuff!

Report from Somerville!     J-Moe: Re: Lake Somerville Lake level receded to 248 ft. 10 ft above normal and releasing 2167 cfs. It's raining again today. Hopefully, it won't get to heavy. The Brazos and the Yegua water shed are both taking on water though. I noticed the water below the dam had risen about 6 inches to a foot so the Brazos is still taking on some water from the previous rains. Fishing below the dam has still been pretty good for white bass, hybrids and catfish. Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums  

Good report on Lake Lavon! " I went out yesterday around 6:45. It was cloudy and looked like it could either storm or clear up. I started at the east side of the damn, and the wind laid down and it was nice weatrher. First cast, good little 14 inch bass. I kept working the damn and got a bite every other cast. 2 or 3 cranks from the rocks, it was a Largemouth bass. If I got 10 - 15 feet away from the rocks, it was usually a crappie (big crappie, 14-15"). I went to look for the Sandies to have a little fun, but couldn't find them biting. So, I went back to the west end of the damn by the water release. First cast, I thought I was hung up in the rocks. It was a very soft bite. then the line started slowly moving away from me. It was the biggest Largemouth I have ever caught. It was 22 1/2". I thought it might be 10 pounds, but from the conversion charts, it was probably 7-8 pounds. Anyway, I worked the entire damn with a deep running crankbait, bouncing it off of the r...

  Great write up on Ray Hubbard!   TxPacker4: ***Annual Channel Catfish Spawn-Lake Ray Hubbard*** Every year, around this time of year, Channel Catfish move shallow to spawn, and become extremely easy to catch. Most people, when they think about catfishing, they picture tossing a rod out, letting it sit on bottom, and staring at their rid/line all day. No one really pictures catfishing as "fast-action". Let me tell you, right now, it's FAST-ACTION. Channel catfish spawn in late spring or early summer when water temperatures reach between 70-80 degrees.. Males select nest sites which are normally dark secluded areas such as cavities in drift piles, logs, undercut banks, rocks, cans, etc. A golden-yellow gelatinous egg mass is deposited in the bottom of the nest. Males guard the nest, and may actually eat some of the eggs if they are disturbed. The eggs, if not devoured, typically hatch in about a week. Fry remain in the nest, under the guardianship of the male, for ab...

Great report from LMF! Mckinneycrappiecatcher: Re: Lower Mt Fork River - Fishing Guide Report with Video and Pictures This weekend was absolutely epic in beavers bend. cody (txpacker4) and I could only manage one walleye Friday night, but Saturday all heck broke loose, we caught smallies, spotted bass, trout, sandies, bluegill, and to top it off, a two man limit of both walleye and crappie. All were caught on the fly rod on neer deer flies. Mostly throwing it out 3' deep under an indicator and twitching it back to me. Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

White Bass are rocking at Lake Lavon! kdub#1: Re: Lake Lavon White bass are on fire right now. Main lake points. Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Tried the Orange/White Tenkara Fly at Bethany Lakes this morning. Caught seven Bluegill and Sunfish but no Bass. Had several small Bass look at the fishing fly, but no takers. Forgot how simple and fun fishing with a Tenkara rod is like. Windy conditions but luckily the wind was in our favor! Fun stuff!  

Fished the Olive/White Tenkara Fly this evening at the local lake. Started fishing the Back Pond, then moved on to the Lower Pond after catching a few. This round dusted off the Tenkara Rod and used it to fish. Forgot how simple it is to pack up and go fishing with a Tenkara Rod. Really liking the ability to “pulse” the Tenkara Fly with the up/down twitching of the rod. This round it was 24 fish in a mixed bag of little Bass, Bluegill, and Sunfish. Fun stuff!

From Steve in Australia who is enjoying the good life fishing at a nearby creek – near as in his backyard, pictures of the first trout caught since moving to the new homestead, the creek at the end of the garden, and some cool looking plant life! Thanks for the pictures. We look forward to more updates from Oz! Living the Good Life!

Liked the Olive/White Tenkara Fly; decided to try Red for the body and White for the Wing… end result is another simple but effective fishing fly pattern. Tested the pattern at Bethany Lakes this evening. Really windy day but did get enough casts to catch 12 fish this round  – two Bass and ten Bluegill! May need to tie more of these guys!  

A report came in for LMF…! Lewisville fisher: Re: Lower Mt Fork River - Fishing Guide Report with Video and Pictures 1st trip current was strong, careful wading or avoid if you can. fly shop closed tried fly fishing at EH. caught 4 10-12 in trout. switched to gold super duper caught 4 more plus 2 small LMB and a sunfish went to the spillway dam nothing went to cold hole 1 trout gold SD went to spillway 4 trout on 1st stop 2 gold SD (1 was 18 in), 1 silver SD, 1 (18.5 in) all gold blue fox vibrax then rock monster ate it. 2nd stop 2 trout gold super duper (rock monster ate it) 3rd stop nothing rock monster ate 2 rooster tail and 1 mepps 4th stop 4 trout 2 gold SD, 1 white rooster tail, 1 mepps comet minnow (rock monster ate it) started to sprinkle so walked back, then it stopped so I stopped by 1st stop again. nothing for 10 min, then lunch bell rang caught 8 trout in 10 minutes all on gold super duper what didn't work today was silver little cleo, silver kas...

Looks like PK is getting some action! FishyB: Re: Weekly Buffet Of Fish On The Fly - Video On the Brazos (below PK) Saturday morning. Had a fight on every cast for a solid hour of big sand bass and small stripers. Wore out by 8:30; great morning. Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Rainbow Trout in May in our area… Oops! j_hirn2: Re: TPWD's 2015-2016 Trout Stocking Schedule... I was wondering why this thread suddenly showed up again and now I know. With all the warm weather it sure is odd that there would be any trout left. Nice catch. Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Made it out to Bethany Lakes today for more testing of the Olive/White Tenkara Fly. So far, liking the results – 20 fish this round! 1 Bass, 1 Rainbow Trout, and 18 Bluegill! Go figure a Rainbow Trout in May! Today’s Catch! Rainbow Trout in May!  

Fished Russell Creek and tested the Tenkara Fly. Caught one with it, then caught the remainder on a Foam Grasshopper. Green stuff clobbering the area made it tough to use the Tenkara Fly. Fun stuff catching Bluegill on their beds!

Bite still on at RC! TxPacker4: Re: ** Annual White Bass/ Sand Bass Run Fishing Guide Report, Tips, Videos, & Tricks ** Anyone looking to fill some stringers this weekend, give us a shout! Still catching a fish! Jig and bobber, 1/32oz with albino and baby largemouth zoom tiny flukes. If the bite slows, drag minnows. Short trip results Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Tied a Tenkara Fly in a reverse hackle Olive Body and White Hackle pattern. For ease of reference, calling it an Olive/White Tenkara Fly. Tested it out a Sonic Pond and caught a Bass with it. Bite seemed slow, so headed to the Lower Pond at Bethany Lakes. Pond was clobbered with lots of green stuff but did see one nice Bass lurking in a clear spot. Casted the Tenkara Fly, got the Bass’ attention, got a strike, and then broke off. Tenkara field test ended… oops! Should have tied two instead of only one. No worries, put the scaled down Foam Grasshopper on the line and went back to fishing. Ended today’s round with eleven fish – one on the Tenkara Fly and ten on the Foam Grasshopper. Fun stuff… will get more Tenkara Flies tied for another round of “testing!

Tried a new pond this round. Had passed by this little pond in the past but never stopped to fish it. On a whim decided to give it a try. Tough casting with a fly rod due to the trees and bank access is limited. Regardless, managed to find a couple of open areas that we could cast between the trees and overhanging branches. Caught little Bass and Bluegill using the scaled down Foam Grasshopper. No Bruiser but still lots of fun!

The smaller size Foam Grasshopper coupled with the Two Weight fiberglass fly rod did well this evening. Caught twelve bass and lost several others. No Bruisers – largest went about 13″. Still lotta fun as even these little Bass put a great bend in the rod! PS: We used a Size 12 Hook and scaled down the Foam Grasshopper to fit the hook. Also, noticed with the weight of the hook and the rubber legs, the fly tends to sink instead of float which seems to trigger strikes at least these last three trips we have gone out on.

Report from RC this past weekend. LakeForkGroupie: Re: Rowlett Creek 2016 Fishing was slow Sat morning. I had muddy water. I fished down by 66 bridge and noticed cars were coming and going, after hitting several spots, using several lures and colors, I found out why.. no fish. I left about the same time as others, they also blanked. Decided to head up to Firewheel and use the 4X4 truck in the mud. Finally found a few fish in the first pocket up the bridge, couldn't find them anywhere else. Ended up catching 12 small ones on tiny flukes dragged on the bottom. I have noticed the flood waters have moved around some underwater brush piles as I lost a lot of lures in new places. Also saw about 20 snakes. All water snakes. They just kept swimming all over the creek. No snakes on land, happy about that.   Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Nice catch at Denison! T3 Surf Rods: Re: Denison Dam Saturday catch, biggest one 35inches, around 18 pounds.  Retrieved from http://texasfishingforum.com/forums

Had fun catching fish at Kroger Park using the two weight fiberglass rod – same one we used yesterday. Caught several like the one pictured below. Of the Bluegill, posted this one on the Fishing Bulletin Board ! Fun stuff!

Day started out cool but things warmed up including the fishing. Caught about 20+ fish. Largest fish was a Bass that went about 14″. Used a variant of the Foam Grasshopper and a Saddle Hackle Streamer. Caught all but one fish on the Foam Grasshopper! Lotta fun on a 2WT Fiberglass Rod! Pics of some of the fish caught today; ran out of battery, was not able to get pictures of all the fish.