Lake Naconiche Pics

[ChoogieChunker]

This lake reminds me of what Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend looked like for years after they were made. Almost all the standing timber there is gone now, VERY little remains. It’s 20 minutes farther drive than the 23 minutes to Lake Nacogdoches which is my usual haunt, unless I go to one of the big lakes. It’s 692 acres and was impounded in 2008 and opened to the public in 2011 so it’s fairly new. 40’ max depth at the dam but the creek channels halfway up each arm are still 25’ or so. I went to fish but also take some pics for y’all so I decided to just scan up one arm taking a few pics as I went along. I thought I’d see bait balls farther up the creek as the water was 64 degrees but only saw 2 and no crappie almost to the boom they’ve put across it over a mile from the 1 ramp there to stop salvinia from moving farther down. The wind picked up before I could even idle that far. Weather had said 5 to 7 mph today but spellcheck must have got the weatherman. He must have meant 5 TIMES 7 mph! I just continued scanning to learn for the future and finally found LOTS of bait balls and a large school of what I’m sure were crappie over a fish habitat/attractor Parks & Wildlife put off a point near the dam in about 25’ of water but there were foot and a half whitecaps there by that time. I didn’t think I could keep a light jig or minnows on them so I didn’t bother. A t-rig worm with 1 oz weight would have been hard to fish there. I left shortly after and the only 2 other boats there this morning had already gone. A young man was launching when I left and I thought how much he must love to fish to brave that wind. I think I was young once but it’s been so long I’m not sure now!
Enjoy the pics and maybe they will include fish next time. I think you can see that boom in one and at least one you can see large boulders on the steep bank. There are a good number of them like that there and underwater too on those banks.
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[DockShootinJack]

That is some good looking flooded timber

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Wish the lakes I fish here in Ohio had flooded timber like that.

[Grainraiser]

Man that's the perfect size lake to master crappie fishing on. I would scan and mark each time out til I know that lake like the back of my hand. I am waiting for Bois D'Arc Lake to open up to fishing.

[ChoogieChunker]

I remember hearing about Bois D’arc. What town is it near?

[ChoogieChunker]

Man that's the perfect size lake to master crappie fishing on. I would scan and mark each time out til I know that lake like the back of my hand. I am waiting for Bois D'Arc Lake to open up to fishing.

Its hard to scan up the creek. There’s still so much wood and brush either side the sonar beam only goes a short way. Anything past that is shadow. And it’s solid stumps most places so you can’t even use the trolling motor far before you’re on or blocked by timber. Maybe with a small tin boat you could move around a little better.

[DockShootinJack]

Wish the lakes I fish here in Ohio had flooded timber like that.

Not a lot here on the TVA chain of lakes either

[220cst]

I've fished this lake 3 times. It can be very tough for sure. It has some big black crappie. Oh by the way it's full of timber

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[Grainraiser]

I remember hearing about Bois D’arc. What town is it near?

It's up near Bonham TX

[Timbertodd]

Looks like a great lake to fish from my kayak. My local lake has very minimal timber or stumps.