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Submitted By: Harold Reid
Date(s)_Fished: 8-7-2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake Of The Pines
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Out from the old Pops"s Landing
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: Homemade dough bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: We caught 20 over 2 lbs 3 over 5
Chummed with range
cubes Had 20-25 throwbacks
Submitted By: Harold Reid
Date(s)_Fished: 8-2-2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake Of The Pines
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Out of the old Pop's Landing
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: Homemade dough bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: We had 12 over 2 lbs with a lot of throw backs.
Chummed
with range cubes
Submitted By: Harold Reid
Date(s)_Fished: 7-25-2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake of The Pines
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Out from the Old Pop's Landing
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: Homemade dough bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Caught 30 average 2 lbs up to 6 lbs
Submitted By: Fish-Tales
Date(s)_Fished: = Last three weeks (Before July 10th)
Water_Body_Fished: Lake
O' The Pines
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Flats off of the main lake.
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Shrimp,and Bills
Catfish Bait.
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Sorry that I have been tardy with the
report. We
have been very busy. The fish are still turned on, and the bite is
strong.
The water temp. is in the mid to high 80s. The humidity has been
tough,but
night fishing has helped with the heat. The cats have pretty well
spawned,
and are really biting well. Some blues over 10 lbs. have been taken.
Channels
in numbers have been the predominate catch. I am awaiting the fall
bite,
and cooler weather with anticipation. If you want to get into a mess of
Kittys, give us a call, or e-mail us. Good Fishing!! Ron Jones
Submitted By: Fish-Tales
Date(s)_Fished: June
7,8,9th 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pines
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Flats on the south shore.
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Sure
Shot punchbait , shrimp, and cutbait.
Qty_Caught: 15 to 25
Additional_comments: The lake is really hot now.
The cat bite is
on! We are doing the night thing now. There are alot of fish on the
flats
at this time.
Submitted By: Shane
Taliaferro
Date(s)_Fished: 5-31-01
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pines
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: flats near lock mountian
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: nightcrawlers, shrimp, and Sure
Shot Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: 15 to 25
Additional_comments: Fished from 8am 'till Noon on humps and
depressions
in 8ft. of water. caught 50 or more just under 12" and 19 that were
from 3.5lbs. up tp 6lbs. nightcrawlers outcaught the other baits 4 to 1.
Submitted By: Ron
Jones
Date(s)_Fished: May
24,25,26th 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pines
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Flats
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Cut Shad and Benny's
Sure Shot Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: We found the fish in 4 to 6 feet of
water. The
first trip was during the day. The other trips were at night due to the
boat traffic on the lake. We caught and released limits each trip. The Sure
Shot accounted
for the largest fish of the weekend. A 11 pound blue. The lake is 2
feet
above normal pool, and the fishing is great. With the tempratures
rising,
we will be switching to night trips very soon. If you want to try
"Pines",
give us a call. Good Fishing!! Fish-Tales
Submitted By: Ron
Jones
Date(s)_Fished: May
10th and 11th, 2000
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pines
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Flats on the south shore.
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Sure-Shot
punch bait and chicken liver.
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: The fishing was really great! We
limited out both
days. The fish were nice eating size channels. We had a good rain
sunday
night, and I am expecting to have a little run off coming into the
lake.
In June we will start booking some trips on the Sabine River. The
Sabine
produces some monster blue cats. Until next time! Good Fishing!!
Fish-Tales
Submitted By: Fish-Tales
Guide Service
Date(s)_Fished: 4/26/02
thru 4/29/02
Water_Body_Fished: LAKE O' THE PINES
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Flats off of the Pine Hill Boat Ramp.
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: shad and shrimp
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: The fish are moving shallow. They
really have on
the feed bag in preparation for the spawn. We caught mainly channels in
the 2 to 6 pound range. I an still trying to locate some flatheads
around
some known hang outs. The bite on "Pines" is really starting to
hit the spring peak. Good Fishing!! Fish-Tales
Submitted By: Dave
Fustin
Date(s)_Fished: April
19 - 20
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pine's
Water_was: Muddy
Area_Fished: The Intake at Lonestar
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Chichen Livers
Qty_Caught: 5 to 10
Additional_comments: All the fish caught hit really hard and
fast in
the shallow water, Tip.... Don't set that rod down even for a second.
Had
to chase one in the water but I did get the fish back too.
Submitted By: Donnie
Ponder
Date(s)_Fished: 04/15/2002
Water_Body_Fished: Below spillway Lake-O-Pines
Water_was: Clear
Area_Fished: Spillway
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Flathead Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 15 to 25 Feet
Baits: Bluegill, Shad
Qty_Caught: SKUNKED
Additional_comments: Catfish were not biting but the big
hybrid Stripers
were! A fellow fisherman caught a 14.5 pound Hybrid Striper, we caught
several
in the 8-10 pound range, mostly on whole Threadfin Shad.
Submitted By: Ron
Jones
Date(s)_Fished: April 13th
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' THe Pines
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Copeland Creek
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shrimp, chicken livers, and cut shad.
Qty_Caught: 15 to 25
Additional_comments: Thought I would try some of the
flats up in
Copeland Creek this week. The fish are starting to move in on the
flats,
but are very scattered at this time. We caught fish, but the action was
not as fast as I like. The livers proved to be the bait that the fish
wanted.
We didn't take any hogs, just nice pan sized fish running from 2 to 4
pounds.
The fish should be moved shallow by mid March. There is still alot of
new
water coming into the lake. Good Fishing! Fish-Tales
Submitted By: Ron
Jones
Date(s)_Fished: April 11, 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pines
Water_was: Muddy
Area_Fished: We fished the areas between highway
155 and, highway
259. Today we used live crawfish , chicken liver, and shrimp. The
crawfish
were drifted into new submerged structure. My client picked up a 10
pound
blue on this bait. They both limited out on good eating size fish. Good
Fishing!
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: Crawfish, chicken liver, and shrimp.
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: The new water really has the
fish turned on.
There is alot of new areas to fish.
Submitted By: Ron
Jones
Date(s) Fished: April 6th and
7th 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Lake O' The Pines
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Above the highway 155 bridge and
Copeland Creek Areas
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Shrimp and Chicken Liver.
Qty_Caught: 15 to 25
Additional_comments: The water is still frowing into
the lake on
the main water shed. The cats there are still lyind in the bushes.
Drift
your bait to a bush , and you will find a fish. The Copeland Creek area
is producing some nice stringers on some of the larger flats. There is
alot
of new water entering the lake at this time. With over 6 inchs of rain
the
night of the 7th, I think that we will see more new water enter the
lake
this week. Good Fishing! Fish-Tales
Submitted By: Ron Jones
Date(s) Fished: 3/28/02
Water was: Stained
Area Fished: West of the 155 bridge
Overall Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: shrimp and chicken livers
Recomend: Yes
Qty Caught: 15 to 25
Additional comments: I had a client that limited out on nice
eating
size cats. These fish were in the 2 to 5 lb. range. There is new water
flowing
into the lake, and the cats are turned on. Good Fishing!!
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