Local Fishing Reports - Jan 10, 2009

Crappie action picks up on Lake Gladewater.

Ranger Richard Ross reports the fishing for crappie has been good this past week in Gladewater. Anglers are getting good catches using minnows, and fishing about 20' deep. The lake is up about 4", and he reports the water is slightly stained.

Lake Gilmer - Ranger Danny Lancaster says despite the nice weather, he's seen very few boats out, and says it still looks like the traffic is heading to Lake Fork.

Excerpts from the TPWD Fishing Report follow:

Bob Sandlin - Water fairly clear; 47-54 degrees; 0.37' low. Black bass are fair on chrome jigging spoons, wacky rigs and Texas rigged blue fleck worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers. White bass are fair on live minnows and slabs.

Caddo - Water off color; 48-54 degrees; 0.55' high. Black bass are good on jigs, chrome Rat-L-Traps and flukes fished around vegetation and trees. Crappie are fair on red/white or red/green jigs in Big Cypress channel near Johnson's Ranch. No reports on white bass or catfish.

Fork - Water lightly stained; 48-54 degrees; 0.81' low. Black bass are fair on black/blue jigs around wood in the mouths of coves and white/chartreuse spinnerbaits along main lake grass lines. Crappie are fair on minnows and small jigs under main lake bridges and around brush piles. Catfish are good on prepared bait along creeks.

Lake O' The Pines - Water stained; 47-53 degrees; 0.51' high. Black bass are slow to fair on Texas rigs, weightless flukes or 5" Yum Dingers and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad. Bream are fair on red wigglers.

See the complete TPWD report at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/reptmap.php?EcoRegion=PW