Water Conditions:
Water is now getting warm enough that fish are movng to the cold-water sources. Now is the time to use that thermomter to monitor bottom temps. Making it more difficult to find cool water without a thermometer is the fact that the McGee stream channel is silted out to the point where it almost doesn't exist from 6 ft depth on out into the bay. No stream channel, no concentration of cold water to park on. Weed beds will be massive, especially in the north arm.

Fishing Conditions and Hatches:
Pelican Point, Big and Little Hilton and McGee are most consistant last few days but weird bite times. 'Wish they'd post a schedule . . . would save me a lot of time. The water coming into the lake is much warmer than usual so bottom temps are changing through the day and the fish are on the move.
At least three times in the past 10 days a strong bite has started and then shut down before 8:30 am. The fish didn't stop eating . . . they just moved. You need to be ready to move to deeper (usually) and colder water locations. Mouth of McGee will turn on within 10 days says my thermometer. Lots of 57 degree water there but the fish haven't arrived en masse yet. -k

Recommended Flies:
Red/Black Tigers are still the soup du jour in size 16 and 18. Fish are nailing Damsels on the surface so if you Stripping streamers still very tough. Don't ask me why. I'd slow twitch a damsel pattern up from the bottom or hang one under the indicator about 5 feet down in 10+ ft of water. Just remember the only thing consistent about Crowley is CHANGE. Solving the puzzle is half the fun! A lengthy discussion of water temps and how to use them all season long will be covered at the Crowley University.

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