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 Lake Conroe Fishing Report -  May 8,  2008

Lake Conroe Fishing Report - Lake Conditions The rain has filled the Lake to pool and the wind has died down considerably. The surface temperature is now in the high 70’s  Black bass fishing overall continues to be very good. The early and late bite has been the best. Hybrid fishing  has been outstanding with lots of fish in backs of creeks and on the bulkheads at daylight. White Bass fishing has been great on the flats and sandbars early. Lit docks all around the Lake are attracting hybrids and catfish at night. Crappie fishing has been good under 1097 Bridge. Big Bream fishing continues to be outstanding, with lots of palm size bream being caught in 6 to 10 feet of water in and around rocks. The daylight bite continues to be the best for most fish, with the afternoon bite also being good for catfish in the shallows. Hybrid fishing with live bait back out in deeper water has also produced a lot of fish.  You just have to find the fish with your electronics.

Black Bass
Bass fishing has been holding steady. The bite has been good early and late. There are still fish in the backs of all the coves with many on secondary points and some good fish also being caught on the bulkheads early feeding on shad. With most of the grass gone, most are fishing boat docks, brush on the edge and backs of creeks, underwater structure and brush piles. There has been a variety of baits used this past week with 8 inch plus worms Texas rigged in pumpkin seed, plum/blue, june bug, black, plum and watermelon worms. Senkos have also been a good bait. Small shad colored crankbaits have been good for bass early when the fish are feeding on the shad. Strolling has been picking up with some of the fisherman the past few weeks. Most use a Carolina rigged worm about three feet behind the sinker and swivel.  They are strolling areas where this is significant depth change near bulkheads and boat docks.   Topwater in the morning have still been catching some real nice fish. Lunker Lures have been the favorite of several fisherman catching the bigger fish early. Don’t forget to check out the latest catches in the Budweiser ShareLunker Program.

Catfish
Catfish fishing has really picked up.  See our photo page for recent catches of catfish. There are more and more catfish that have finished spawning and are returning to deeper water. Nice fish have been caught all week under the 1097 Bridge, on baited holes on the Tram, along the River Bed and just off the rocks in all areas of the lake.    Many bulkhead fishermen have started early this year using nightcrawlers under a cork and fishing tight to steps and other structure on the bulkheads with a lot of success. The guides have all been finding catfish on baited holes in 8 to 15 feet of water.  A lot of fish are being caught early and late in the grass in and around bulkheads and close to docks in deeper water. The shad continue coming in each day making fishing on the bulkheads good until late morning. The best bait on the bulkheads has been shad.  More and more big fish are being caught using King Kat Fish Bait (Premo). under the bridge and in baited holes after chumming with range cubes and soured deer corn.  Other baits include cut shad, cheese baits, nightcrawlers and liver.

White Bass and Hybrid/Striped Bass
The Hybrid fishing has been outstanding. All of the guides are finding hybrids early using live shad and fresh shad under a cork.   If you can find the shad on a bulkhead or near rocks and grass with the wind blowing into the area at daylight, you can be sure you will catch fish. Finding the hybrids on humps in 18 -21 feet has been great later in the day.   Look for humps with some old timber stubble and trash.  They love it. We are starting to see hybrids and white bass school on the surface early.  Backs of creeks with the wind blowing into the back of the creek have been great early. Another technique used by many is to troll very slow using  a 3/4 oz barrel weight above a swivel followed by a 3 foot leader with the Swim Shad tied to the leader. Go slow enough to  bounce the bait of the bottom. This technique has also caught some large White Bass... Many fishermen fishing for catfish with liver and also catching hybrids.  The hybrids love the liver.  White Bass fishing is picking up and many fish are being caught trolling for hybrid.  Jigging spoons & slabs along all the creek beds on the drop-offs in 20 to 24 feet of water has been good for White Bass.  Lots of White Bass are feeding on the shad on the bulkheads early and can be caught using any type of small shad colored crankbait.  White Bass are moving onto the tops of sandbars at the mouth of creeks and on humps along the River.  The white bas are not in as big of schools this year; but, the size of the fish has been much larger than last year.  Minnows under lights at night under the 1097 Bridge have produced good catches of crappie and white bass.

Bream & Crappie
Crappie fishing has been slow this past week with very few reports of good catches. Some fish have been in water as shallow as 3-5 feet of water on the edges of the grass.   When the wind shifts out of the North, the fish have moved back out.   Kind of up and down with the Crappie this week. When they move out, they get back on the brush piles in 10 - 17 feet of water. The early morning bite has been best this week and some nice stringers have been caught under lights at night under the 1097 Bridge.  Bream fishing continues to be good with lots of good sized fish moving to shallow water.   Light tackle provides a action packed adventure when bream fishing. Many fishermen chum with range cubes to attract and hold the bream. Only problem, this has also been attracting the grass carp.  The grass carp are biting night crawlers and put up a real fight when caught. These fish must be released unharmed back into the Lake.  Fly fishermen have been working the rocks and grass areas using a small shad colored fly catching bream. Crickets continue to be the bait of choice for many serious bream fishermen. Meal Worms and regular night crawlers are also a good bet. Several buckets of hand sized bream were caught this week using crickets.

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