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East Texas

HotSPOTLight: Lake Sam Rayburn

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LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin
HOTSPOT: Bob Sandlin Dam
GPS: N 33 4.069, W 95 0.204
(33.0678, -95.0034)

SPECIES: Catfish
BEST BAITS: Liver, worms
TIPS: Anchor, chum and tightline with liver or worms on Carolina rig; dawn, morning, dusk, night

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LOCATION: Brandy Branch Reservoir
HOTSPOT: Creek Bend
GPS: N 32 26.354, W 94 27.893
(32.5333, -94.4649)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Jigs, shaky heads, flukes
TIPS: Anchor in the creek and fish toward the point; dawn, morning, dusk.

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LOCATION: Lake Conroe
HOTSPOT: Pump Station Point
GPS: N 30 23.286, W 95 33.673
(30.3881, -95.5612)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Jerkbaits
TIPS: Work from shore to 6-8 feet with brown/blue/white jerkbaits; morning through afternoon.

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LOCATION: Lake Cooper/Jim Chapman
HOTSPOT: Brush Piles
GPS: N 33 18.363 , W 95 37.242
(33.3061, -95.6207)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, soft plastics, jigs
TIPS: Look for the buoys and you’ll find the brushpiles. You can work them all day!

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LOCATION: Lake Fork
HOTSPOT: Glade Creek
GPS: N 32 55.902, W 95 30.747
(32.9317, -95.5125)

SPECIES: Crappie
BEST BAITS: Jigs, minnows
TIPS: Fish drop offs and creek channel with minnows or pink/white jigs; dawn through dusk.

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LOCATION: Lake Fork
HOTSPOT: Taylor Branch
GPS: N 32 51.53, W 95 31.032
(32.8588, -95.5172)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Jigs, plastics, topwaters
TIPS: Fish point timbers and grass with big eye jigs, shimmy shakers, or topwaters; good spot all day.

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LOCATION: Lake Houston
HOTSPOT: End of Old Railroad
GPS: N 29 59.749, W 95 7.593
(29.9958, -95.1266)

SPECIES: Crappie
BEST BAITS: Minnows, jigs
TIPS: Drift with live minnows or jigs, using spider rigs.

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LOCATION: Lake Livingston
HOTSPOT: Harmon Creek
GPS: N 30 52.381, W 95 25.234
(30.8730, -95.4206)

SPECIES: Crappie
BEST BAITS: Minnows
TIPS: Hit under the bridge and in the brush with live minnows on a crappie rig; dawn through morning, dusk through night.

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LOCATION: Lake Murvaul
HOTSPOT: The Islands at 1971
GPS: N 32 2.401, W 94 29.223
(32.0400, -94.4871)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Buzzbaits, plastics
TIPS: Fish minor contour changes around the island; dawn, morning, dusk.

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LOCATION: Lake Nacogdoches
HOTSPOT: Swimming Hole Ridge
GPS: N 31 35.337, W 94 49.391
(31.5890, -94.8232)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: RatLTraps
TIPS: Fan cast, covering water from the hydrilla ridge into deep water. Good action all day.

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LOCATION: Lake O the Pines
HOTSPOT: Arms Roadbed
GPS: N 32 45.790, W 94 36.554
(32.7632, -94.6092)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Crankbaits
TIPS: Fish bright cranks, Carolina rigs. Work the brushpiles on long roadbed. Avoid midday. Night fishing good here.

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LOCATION: Lake Sam Rayburn
HOTSPOT: 147 Bridge
GPS: N 31 13.069, W 94 19.775
(31.2178, -94.3296)

SPECIES: Catfish
BEST BAITS: Chicken livers, cut bait
TIPS: Drop your bait beside pillars, down between 15 and 25 feet.

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LOCATION: Lake Sam Rayburn
HOTSPOT: Knife Blade
GPS: N 31 17.209, W 94 19.307
(31.2868, -94.3218)

SPECIES: Largemouth Bass
BEST BAITS: Crankbaits, jigs, soft plastics
TIPS: Fish point edges with crankbaits. Use jigs and plastics in the willows. Dawn to late morning, dusk.

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LOCATION: Toledo Bend
HOTSPOT: Carrice Creek Bridge
GPS: N 31 27.348, W 93 45.702
(31.4558, -93.7617)

SPECIES: Crappie
BEST BAITS: Minnows, jigs
TIPS: Work pilings, brush and shadows, or rip rap with minnows or jigs; avoid early evening.

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LOCATION: Lake Wright Patman
HOTSPOT: Kelly Creek
GPS: N 33 17.466, W 94 13.603
(33.2911, -94.2267)

SPECIES: Largemouth bass
BEST BAITS: Jigs, crawdads
TIPS: Fish black/blue jigs, crawdads, flip and pitch; dawn to dusk.

 

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