Fishing on Lake Conroe is good in between cold fronts. The water is clear and the water level is a little above pool at 201.01. The water temperature is running around 50 degrees in the main lake.

Black bass fishing has been fair to good and Bass can be found early shallow around structures, boat docks and brush and riprap using Rat-L-Traps or crawfish lures. Bass are also 12 to 16 feet in deep brush. Carolina rigged plastic worms in green colors like Watermelon green, Pumpkin seed or black with a 5/0 hooks are working well. Deep diving crank baits chartreuse and blue are also working well.

Crappie fishing is pretty good. They are in water 15 to 20 feet deep and over brush at 11 to 15 feet deep. Also around the 1097 bridge pylons and around boat docks. Minnows and also jigs in one sixteenth and one thirty second ounce are the best baits right now.

Catfishing is great right now. They can be caught in 20 feet to 25 feet of water on the edge of the river channels and on the creek edges, outer edge of submerged pond dams, brush and baited holes. Catfish Killer Cheese Dip Bait on a #8 treble hook with sponge fished 2 to 3 inches off the bottom is working well. Also, little pieces of peeled shrimp, beef heart or shad on a regular catfish hook dipped in Catfish Killer Cheese Baits in the Original, Blood or Shad Scent are working best for catfish from 1 1/2 to around 5 lbs. Chicken livers, minnows and shrimp are also catching some catfish.

Larger catfish, mostly blues can be caught using fresh shad and or cut beef heart or cut perch on Catfish Killer`s Flagging Juglines in from 15 to 40 feet of water. Flagging Jugs may be ordered off the website for $6.00 each or you may order from www.texascatfishjuglines.com

Hybrids and white bass fishing is picking up. They are suspended at 15 to 18 feet deep over humps and flats along deep drop offs. Trolling on deep lake points, humps and drop offs with Pet Spoons behind a deep diving crank bait is working well.

Bream are at about any depth right now around boat docks and some brush. The best baits are, Glow Worms or Mighty Mealy worms on a very small hook.

For information on planning a guided eating size rod and reel catfish fishing trip or a Catfish Killer Jug catfishing trip or a Trophy rod and reel catfish fishing trip or for Information, Accommodations and Services on Lake Conroe go to www.lakeconroefishing.com or www.catfishkiller.com or call me at 936-788-4413.

Happy New Year to everyone and I wish everyone success in the new year,

Darrell Taylor
www.catfishkiller.com

Tight lines and good fishing!!