Lake Conroe

What type of fishing are you looking to do?

Conroe is a good solid fishery for just about all freshwater fish.

This time of year can tough, because its summer the fish are deep and the pleasure boaters are out in full force.

I used to see a lot of bass fishing along piers and structure along the south shore but it is generally deeper there. The north side has a lot more trees in the water but is shallow and probably has warmer water this time of year. The biggest obstacle is speed boats and water craft especially on the southern end.

Here are some links:

Lake Conroe Fishing Guide

Fishhound

Lake Conroe

Lived along Lake Conroe for several years. Fishing can be good at times and yes there are locations where you can rent both pontoon and ski boats. The lake can get rough at times !!

Looking for bass fishing. I appreciate the input and will check it all out. Also I'll make sure I bring along a knockoff yeti product to make this an "official" OB thread. Thanks guys.

This time of year on Texas reservoirs, especially those with previous or current grass carp problems, largemouth can be predictable and fair to good if you know what you are doing.

There is relatively little grass in the lake so, boat docks, marinas, and bulkheads make up most of the visible structure. You can try to target these areas early and late with topwater or shallow running hardbaits. There will be some bass that will hang around these structures all day but most will move up shallow near dusk and back out near dawn. If you want to stay shallow you can try shooting the docks with texas rigged worms, swim jigs, heavy spinner baits, or square billed cranks making sure to bounce baits off the pilings.



The bass will school up on deeper points, channels, humps, and if you are lucky enough to find them man made brush piles. Use a quality recent topo map to find likely spots to fish and keep moving until you get good marks on your graph. if you can find deep water structure near shallow water structure, that is where I would focus. If the weather is stable for 5-7 days prior pay attention to the thermocline on your graph and try to hit main lake humps and primary points that intersect that depth. Rain, or severe winds will potentially break up the thermocline and can throw off the summer bite.


The big Marina on 105 puts large Christmas tree brush piles out every year. You may be able to convince them to give you some info.



Good lures for those deep humps are DD22 or Rapala DT18 cranks, little George tail spinners, jigging spoons, swim jigs, and of course Carolina rigs.


Don't be surprised if you find a large school of white bass or hybrids early morning either and make sure you keep a rod rigged with mono and a 2-3" top water bait just for them.


BTW Papas on the Lake has great muffulettas, onion rings, and cold beer and plenty of eye candy.

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Unfortunately we only talk about knock off yeti ice chests and cups, and scary black guns now.

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Not frustrated are you??!!

Thanks for all the input. Won't be going for another couple of weeks, but looking forward to it.