The Marshall News Messenger from Marshall, Texas • 34

Outdoors 6D The Marshall News Messenger, Sunday, April 1, 2001 Fishing improves as water receeds To Dp Todays Tilings Find out Just I Tne how valuable It if to advertise in Mrsnaii news messenger DALLAS AP) Here is the over arid on the edges of vegetation-weekly fishing report as com- The hydrilla appears to be making piled for the Texas Parks and a very good come bade in most Wildlife Department for the arSS Water slained- 57-Northeast portion of the state. iegtees. high; black bass' are ATHENS: Water fclear by "the fair on jig-n-pigs and blackblue llz-dam, stained to murky on the north- ards in 8 -12 feet in the are fair to good on chicken liver and nightcrawlers. TAWAKONIf Water stained to: murky; 53 degrees; 1.92 high; black bass are slow on white spinnerbaits and watermelon grubs in 2-12 feet in the mouths of creeks. Crappie are fair on minnows in 5-10 feet in the backs of the creeks'.

White bass are slow on TailHummers. Striped bass and hybrids are fair on large slabs and live shad in 25 feet. Catfish are good on cut and stinkbait. TEXOMA: Water stained; 51-54 degrees; 7 high; black bass are good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits in the shallows with a Carolina-rig bite beginning to turn on. Crappie are good in the shallows around stickups or baited stalls.

White bass are fair to good in the creeks and at Big Mineral. Striped bass are fair drifting shiners or shad in 20 feet over flats (fish are staging at the mouths of rivers for the spawning run). Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. TYLER: Water stained to murky; 54 degrees; black bass are slow to fair on spinnerbaits, lizards, crankbaits and red Rat-L-Traps, Crappie are slow to fair on minnows and jigs. Channel catfish are fair to good on cutbait and nightcrawlers.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained; 55. degrees; 30.58 high; No1 fishing report available. Farm Chemicals Industrial Chemicals Blended Fertilizer Sack Fertilizer Ag Lime Delivered Spread Bulk Feed, Sack Feed Custom Blended Feed All Types of Seed Flotation Fertilizer Trucks Pull Spreaders Pull Spreader Delivery on Full Loads Killebrew Delivery Your Business is Appreciated P.O. Box 643 Carthage, TX 75633 903-693-8078 Off South Loop on Dixie Lake Road minnows in 2-8 feet' Yellow bass are good on minnows and tu.be.jigs in 3 to 8 feet. -Water 56-58 degrees; 1.84 high; No fishing report available.

RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 56 degrees; black bass are slow on Carolina-rigged lizards and small crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over sunken brushpiles. White bass and hybrid striper are slow on slabs and shad. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers. RAY ROBERTS: Water- stained; 54-56 degrees; 2.23 high; black bass are fair to good on chartreuse or white spinnerbaits fished very shallow in the flooded vegetation -best towards the backs of coves that are protected from the north winds where the water is warmest.

Crappie are slow to fair on minnows and jigs under the bridges during the late afternoon and evening hours. White bass are good on in-line spinners and live minnows up the Elm Fork of the Trinity River (good bank fishing). Catfish are fair on stinkbait in 12-20 feet over baited holes. RICHLAND-CHAMBERS: Water stained; 54-56 degrees; black bass are slow on white spinnerbaits and light Carolina-rigs. Crappie are slow on minnows.

White bass are fair on minnows and slabs. Catfish Real East ena; 58 degrees; .69 high; black bass are good on jigs and in the flooded grass and around the boat docks. Staging fish are being caught on Carolina-rigged lizards off the secondary points. Crappie are good on minnows in brushpiles in 8-10 feet. Hybrid striper are good on Rat-L-Traps (when you can find them).

Catfish are fair on night-crawlers fished off the bottom. BOB SANDLIN: Water stained; 56-58 degrees; .17 high; black bass to 8 pounds are fair to good on tube baits and white spinnerbaits fished in the shallows and in the new cattails. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brushpiles. White bass are fair on minnows and pearl TailHummers. Catfish are fair on prepared baits.

BRIDGEPORT: Water stained; 55 degrees; 1.81 low; No fishing report available. CADDO: Water muddy; 60 degrees; 2.54 high; black bass are good on junebug jig-n-craws, lizards and worms in 3 5 feet in the cypress trees. Crappie are slow. White' and striped bass are fair (when you can find them) on live crawfish and yellow RoadRunner jigs. CEDAR CREEK: Water stained to murky; 56 degrees; black bass are fair on crawfish pattern Rat-L-Traps and white or chartreuse spinnerbaits.

Crappie are slow to fair on minnows. White bass and hybrid striper are fair on shad and slabs. Catfish are fair on cutbait. COOPER; Water heavily stained; 54 56 degrees; 3.89 high; black bass are slow on jigs and spinnerbaits with Colorado blades in the flooded vegetation low numbers of fish are being caught, but most are 4 pounds. Crappie are good on minnows in 2 feet.

White bass are fair on minnows and white RoadRunners up the rivers and big creeks. Blue catfish are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers. FAIRFIELD: Water clear; 63 degrees; black bass are slow on crankbaits and spinnerbaits fished just off the edges of the reeds. Hybrid striper are fair live shad. Redfish are fair Rat-L-Traps and shad.

Catfish are fair on cutbait. FORK: Water stained; 59 to 65 degrees; black bass are fair on Lockhart whitechartreuse spinnerbaits, red or chromeblue Rat-L-Traps, shallow diving crank-baits and watermelon seed or green pumpkin lizards, Salt Frys or flukes. The first wave of spawning has begun and will be improving each day. Fish are very shallow and are being caught in 1 to 6 feet 1 it' nationwide long distance included. is east and west is west, but not on your phone bill.

2000 minutes Anytime Minutes plus Night Weekend Minutes, all late afternoon. Crappie are slow on greenblack tubes and minnows in 15 20 feet. White bass are good on white RoadRunners and green chartreuse TailHummers around the mouths of Denton and Marshall Creeks late in the day in 5-15 feet. Catfish are good on bloodbait and chicken livers in 5-20 feet. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 55-57 degrees; 1.07 high; black bass are slow on chartreuse blue Rat-L-Traps and white spinnerbaits.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around sunken brush. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cutbait. LAKE O' THE PINES: Water stained; 58 degrees; 15.26 high; black bass to 6.5 pounds are slow on blackblue jig-n-craws and brown orange spinnerbaits in 4-6 feet. Crappie are slow oh minnows in 20 feet. White and striped bass are slow.

Channel and blue catfish are excellent-on trotlines baited with bream or hot dogs set in 3-4 feet in the flooded cow pastures. LA VON: Water stained; 57-62 degrees; black bass are slow on chartreusewhite Lockhart Spinnerbaits and blackblue jigs tipped with salt chunks or craw-worms to match fished in the flooded bushes and brush. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs and minnows fished in the bushes and on the inside edges between the bank and bushes. Limits of crappie are coming within just a few hours. LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 52-54 degrees; 3.53 high; black bass are slow to fair on jigs, chartreuse or white spinnerbaits and Carolina-rigged lizards in the shallows.

Crappie are fair on minnows over brush. White bass are fair on minnows and white or chartreuse slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cutbait. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 65 degrees (mid lake); black bass to 6 pounds are good on pumpkinseed green or black lizards, centipedes and Bbass Assbassins in 3 to 6 feet. Crappie are good on minnows around the bridges and railroad trestle in 10-20 feet.

Channel catfish to 11.4 pounds (pending lake record) are good on catalpa worms and prepared baits fished on the hot side in 10 feet. MONTICELLO: No report available. MURVAUL: Water 6tained; 68 64 degrees; black bags to 9 pounds are fair on Rouges, lizards and 14 oz. spinnerbaits in the shallows. Crappie to 2.5 pounds are good on minnows and chartreuse jigs in the shallows.

Channel and blue catfish are good on liver and tournament, however, was the result of five smaller bass that together landed Mike Hastings of Austin, Texas, $45,000 including $10,000 cash and a new Mercury-powered Ranger bass boat. In February, the Triple awarded $30,000 cash and a new Yamaha-powered Ranger bass boat to Carl Svebek III of Sam Rayburn, Texas, for winning the trail's opening event on Sam Rayburn Reservoir near Brookeland, Tfeas. Svebek also collecteiWan additional $5,000 fnWngef Boats as the highest Hhisfting participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program to boost his total winnings to $70,000 in cash and prizes. Svebek and Hastings will be among Pro Division anglers looking for victory on Lake Travis when the one-day tournament kicks off at daylight April 21 from Jones Brothers City Park in Jonestown. Some 200 co-anglers are also expected to take a shot at winning up to $34,000 in the tournament when the weigh-in at Jones Brothers Park starts at 3 p.m.

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Lake Travis near Jonestown, Texas, will host up to 400 of the Lone Star state's best bass anglers April 21 when the new Texas Tournament Trail rolls into town for the third $205,000 tournament of its inaugural season. "The fishing is going to be excellent," said Bill Taylor, tournament director for the Texas Tournament Trail. "We are hitting the lake at the right time of year, so we could see some huge largemouth bass. We also expect to see some nice spotted bass brought the scales." O.H. Ivie Reservoir near Leaday, Texas, produced some memorable moments for Triple anglers earlier this month as two bass weighing more than 10 pounds were brought to the scales.

Webb Fry of Spicewood, Texas, weighed-in an 11-pound, 12-ounce heavyweight in the Pro Division, and Cindy Arnold of Waco, Texas, landed a 10-pound, 7-ounce largemouth in the Co-Angler Division. The biggest catch of the I How's the fishing? By R.P. ENGLE Sports Editor I've got a dilemma. As many of you may be scanning these pages looking for our local weekly fish and a game report, you can stop looking. It's not here.

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