moviking Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 will be hitting Lake Of The Pines in east Tx this week. Hope the water has warmed up. There are some nice fish in this lake. Plus it is a very pretty area of Tx. There is also some big crappies to try for, but, it has been a cold winter down here, cold for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markula Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I love LOP. Was there not long ago. It should be getting really good pretty soon, I was a couple weeks too early this year.Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmn_sportsman Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Just got back from Lake Fork yesterday. We were starting to see water temps in the mid to upper 50's by Wednesday afternoon. Fishing was slow for the most part but very close to busting open. Did manage a 7.5lber but not great for numbers. Those Florida strain bass can be very tough to catch in water below 60 degrees. Best baits were chart/white spinnerbaits, red rattle traps, and chart/white chatterbaits. Heard of a few guys that did well with big lizards t-rigged but we mostly stuck to moving baits trying to locate active fish. Another thing a lot of guys do down there is use what they call a light/short Carolina rig in the spring with a baby brush hog or lizard type bait. Good luck with your trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiefire Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I'll be heading down to Fork next week. I can't wait. Did you check out any of the smaller lakes in the area when you were down there? Our experience has been better on some of those at times than Fork. I'll post a report when we get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markula Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 If it's cold, as it was last month, I try to spend most of the time on the power lakes. I don't really like Fork, there's better lakes around. Always fish at least 2 or 3 different lakes. If you hit LOP right, you'll never want to leave. And always want to go back, hot or cold you can always get em there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiefire Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 We had a good trip, averaging about 25 fish a day. Not quite as many big fish as the past but did get them up to 7.5 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman45 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Very nice Prairie. I hear everything is bigger in TX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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