Fishing Report - March

Bass fishing on Lake Conroe has been a little off lately.  This is due to the cold water temps and off colored water due to recent rains. That will all change this week. The water temps have reached 55 degrees and the water color is finally clearing. This has been the worst winter ever for lake area fishing. We have had tons of rain and tons of freezing days. I sure hope that is all over. Lots of fishermen have been docked most of the winter either by choice or because of the economy. Let’s face it we are all struggling and fishing is a very expensive sport. This weather has hurt a lot of local fishermen because a large number of fishermen are contractors of one type or another and with all this bad weather they haven’t been able to pour slabs, put on roofs, paint, or even mow the lawns. I am praying that this winter is over so people can get their lives back to normal. Conroe Carpets is still hanging in there but I can tell you for sure that people don’t shop for floors when it is pouring rain and when it is freezing and I can’t blame them because I wouldn’t even go fishing in those conditions. Heck we didn’t even have a decent deer season anywhere around the state with all the rain the deer didn’t have to move to eat and the rains came too late to help the horn growth. Shoot, you couldn’t even play golf. No wonder divorces are on the rise again. The men are staying home too much and driving the women crazy. Enough about how bad it was. Let’s look at what is about to happen on the lake. The fish are about to go nuts. They have been cooped up all winter as well. They are moving up quickly and in huge numbers. The next few weeks the fishing is going to be awesome. Right now with the water temps reaching 55 degrees in the afternoons the bass are moving back to shallow flats. We have fish staging in about 5-7 feet of water around rocks, bridges and docks. Where you find one good sized female there will be more .We call these Wolf Packs when females school together and feed up before the spawn. Look for the fish to start making beds now and next week you will start to catch females cruising the shallows and pulling up on beds. When we get some cold nights the fish will pull off the beds but they will not leave the area they will pull to the nearest cover next to deeper water .This is basically the same place they were before the spawn and where they will go after they spawn. The best baits are going to be Topwaters, Soft plastics, and Crankbaits. Look for a Trap bite early on then they will switch to Spinnerbaits for a few days then once they are on beds you need to use more subtle baits. I like a Kickerfish floating bait. They have made them so that they will float up and bubble slowly. Check them out at our webpage CONROEBASS.COM along with all the other info about fishing and the lake. We have a tournament calendar showing all tournaments on the lake there is also a Lake Hazard map to copy as well as all the results from fishing on the lake. CONROEBASS.COM has started the TUESDAY night bass tournament at April Plaza Marina every Tuesday from 6 P.M until 9:15 P.M. the entry fee is $100 per team and it pays out over 100 percent back to the fishermen .We hope to see you there . Special thanks to all our sponsors...Conroe Carpets, April Plaza Marina, R&R Mobile Marine, Walden Golf Club, Kickerfish Baits, Professional Anglers Association, and  American Rodsmith Rods