Have the week after Christmas off and was thinking of spending a couple of days up there. Is it a decent park to camp in? How is the fishing? Any hazards on the lake? Thanks for any help.
Have the week after Christmas off and was thinking of spending a couple of days up there. Is it a decent park to camp in? How is the fishing? Any hazards on the lake? Thanks for any help.
2014 920/SHO
Hi Tom, only been to Gibbons for day use but the facilities have always looked well maintained. There was good vegetation (all pads) on the ramp side, coves at the dam side & either side of the power plant inlet. The water is down 3'-4' now though. Best fishing so far was the power plant but they busted everything I had. Try a flippin rig heavy enough to do some weeding and crawl across the pads. There are some pigs in there. Watermelon & baby bass colors worked before. If the water temp is down hit the plants discharge, the water will be warmer. There are hazards, pretty well marked, mostly in the upper lake but I think that was all catfish country. HTH, have fun
Thank-you Karl for being so detailed! Depends on the forecast, but thinking of hauling the boat and family up there for a couple of days to tent camp. Boys are 7 & 8 and have never been tent camping....I am ashamed and want to remedy that. I appreciate the info.
2014 920/SHO
Glad to be of assistance. Good thing to get the boys out tenting. Y'all should have a blast weather permitting.
Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
For a fish, the end of a barbed hook is the 'point' of no return ...
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by bgibson53 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Is Gibbons still closed on Wednesdays?</td></tr></table>
Yes, Bill, they are .. but have no idea how it would affect folks who are camping there.
Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
For a fish, the end of a barbed hook is the 'point' of no return ...
Nice pics! I saw that it is closed on Wednesday.....was planning Sun-Tues or Thurs-Sat/Sun
2014 920/SHO
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by txbass1 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Nice pics! I saw that it is closed on Wednesday.....was planning Sun-Tues or Thurs-Sat/Sun </td></tr></table>
We like fishing Gibbons- it's only about 45 mins to an hour for us. Let us know if you do get to it .. perhaps we'll join you if your family is comfortable with the arrangement.
Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
For a fish, the end of a barbed hook is the 'point' of no return ...
The pad fields died off a while back and even the dead decaying stems are fully gone. Bass are not typically where the pads used to be now.
With the low water there is not a bullrush, floating hycyinth or any edge vegetation to be found anywhere. Creeks are not navigable. Grass and hydrilla are non-existant. They even removed the old fallen fishing piers which used to hold fish. You have stumpfields and humps/points left to fish along with the water inlet and outlet areas.
Same stumps are only major boating hazards and with low water, you will know where they are. West side has some shallow sanded banks reaching well out from shore, but most GPS units already show these shallow areas.
Modified by Lou r Pitcher at 1:45 PM 12/14/2011
Dang, haven't been there since the water level drop, might have been June. Sad to hear about the conditions now
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