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I haven't been to Aquilla since 1987. The bait shop listed on the TP&WD website is wrong. Number has been disconnected. I live in far north Fort Worth at Hicks Airfield and don't want to haul my...

[QUOTE=Fish Police;1807495]SeaRay

Yellow Bass - But for their size, they are scrappy fighters.

And they are very tasty! They are very plentiful in Lake Fork in east Texas.

Very common at Lake Fork, usually close to crappie. Found no need to cut off the little bit of red meat on them. If you get a 12 incher it's considered a whopper!
I would compare them to rock bass...

Definitely NOT a goggle-eye. Caught a bunch of them in the Ozarks, much bigger eyes.

I've been using a Scout 162 Sport Fish center console with a Johnson 90 on it for the last 15 years and am totally satisfied.
We go to the local boat shows every year but haven't found anything that...

I hate to be picky, I was going to give it up for Lent but, isn't this a CRAPPIE forum?

Are you sure it wasn't a displaced puffer from the ship channel?

Wow! Now that's a catch worth showing!
Gotta see that video!

[QUOTE=Rob Lay;1160135]Grapevine is very strange, but talk to anyone that knows the lake and they will tell you the Crappie spawn has always been May here. I know White Bass mainly spawn in the...

Mighty strange there Rob. The Sandies and Crappie were running up Denton Creek, their typical spawning grounds, in early spring, by the thousands. Maybe these are just some late bloomers.

Are you serious? Water temps in the high 70's and they are just NOW spawning? Are the females still full of eggs?

You're correct! It depends on the body of water, time of year, etc.
I caught a 17 inch crappie at Fork, right after the spawn, and she only weighed 1.75 pounds. Probably would have been way over...

Really? Just how big was that slab caught at Navarro Mills? It had to be way over that size! Last time I checked it was still the State record.

Here's the info from TP&W website:

Crappie,...

Most area lakes have had it already, water has been 64 or higher for weeks now. Fished Eagle Mt for example, where crappie were in close to bank, absolutely nothing. Had to move out in deep water...

Anyone fishing Bridgeport, how's the bait situation?
Last year the shop at Wise County Park entrance had very limited hours and only open maybe 3 days a week.
Anyone know if she's still in...

The LW State Park has a really nice slough with a lot of shoreline you can walk. With the water up it should be pretty good fishing soon. I plan on flying in to their landing strip at the park and...

Fished Sunday & Monday at RR and the crappie tore us up! Sunday morning the wife and I caught 39, kept 29. The largest (caught by the wife :eek:) was 15.5". Had a few 13 to 14" and several 11 and...

Wow! Dinner time! :)
That's a nice slab!
Thanks for sharing.

We went last Tuesday and caught 10 but only 2 were keepers (one 14" beauty!). Returned to the same brushpile on Sunday am and caught 8 and 7 were keepers (biggest was 12").
Saw a lot of boats...

I grew up in the Riverside area of Fort Worth. Only time spent out of Texas was during my 10 years in the Air Force (had two short assignments in Houston and Austin).
We're now living in north Fort...

Not sure what the State record sandy is but this one is a hybrid striper. Even though it only has one stripe that goes all the way to the tail like a sandy, the tongue was that of a hybrid striper,...

We were just about to give up last Thursday, 3-19-09, when my little Quantam Micro spinning rod bent over. I hurriedly lessened the drag on the open face reel to let this baby run. Nearly 20...

Sounds like a bunch of crappie fishermen are afraid you might get their slab :eek:, could it be Toledo Bend? Just a s.w.a.g. here.

Both marinas I have visited on the east side of the lake won't let you on their boat docks, they're restricted to boat owners. So, after seeing a "boat owner" catch a few nice slabs while we were...

I'd stay away from Lake Worth except for catch 'n release, PCB contaminants in the water. I know of two fish camps at the north end of Eagle Mountain Lake, one charges $2 a pole and the other is $3,...

This link is good for most of the North Texas lakes:

Ft Worth District Reservior Release Report

It's updated almost as quickly as any changes may occur.

Bad news for live bait fishermen!
There currently is NO bait shop available. We waited until 7:30 this morning at One Stop (whatever it's called now, near Runaway Bay) and gave up. A local at the...

I had heard of that rule at Lake Fork, does it apply to other lakes as well? :eek:

Thanks Jason, they look great!

Seems like my contact forgot about me. :(

He was up here in Fort Worth last weekend and forgot to check before he left the base. The main comment I got from him is "don't even think of eating...