Do we have any club waters that contain coontail or other grass as deep as 25 feet? Just wondering..... That's where the big girls would be this time of year.

We have only a handful of lakes that even have 25 foot depths. Probably less than 10. Heartland 10/10 Leaky Lake, Glenrose Rough Creek or Cleburne Six O Ranch might be your best bets.

Thanks, Steve.

Tom

I fished Leonard - Clymer Lake twice last month. I was really impressed even though I had read how hard it was to fish. It has an amazing amount of koontail weeds and extremely clear water. Most of the lake is covered almost up to the surface. If you can paddle out to the middle there are 2 long strips almost the length of the lake that open up. In some spots if memory serves me correct it is almost 12 to 19 feet in spots. I threw weightless Senkos and swim baits almost the entire time. Minus some fly fishing early in the day. Once I figured out the feel of the weeds versus a really light take I was catching good sized fish on almost every cast. So many I decided to press the barbs down on the hooks to make getting them off easier. They would either take it as soon as it hit the water or after about the second pull. The biggest one I caught was 6lbs according to my scale. Most of the rest seemed to be around 4lbs and a couple that could hve been 5lbs. I did not weight all of them. There were too many more to catch. There are also some huge Hybrid Bluegills that have no problems attacking the swimbaits. One slab crappie too. 

I did break off 3 times. I know there is one giant in there for sure. The break offs were probably due to my lack of retying. At the end of each day my hands looked like they had be run through a cheese grater. Which in my opion is great evidence of a great day of fishing. But if my hands looked so bad surely the line did too. 

I have fished numerous PW properties. I have to say this lake is now my favorite. It has definatley been the most productive for numbers combined with quality. More good sized fish than small ones.

I will throw out some advise. Getting a kayak in the water can be tough. The first time out the water level was fine for getting the kayak on the water. There is a plastic pallet out there you can stand on to board your boat. Execept the next time out the water had droped about 3 feet making it a streach to get in and out of the boat. Luckliy I had an old cooler lid I used as a steping stone. Otherwise it would have been a muddy mess. I am pretty sure if you step in that mud its going to be waist high before you stop sinking. I also learned coming back off the water it was easier to throw the anchor and pull myself in versus trying to paddle in the weeds. Then tie the achor rope to your trailer or hitch and pull your boat our of the sticky mud. Hope that helps. It is work but really worth it. Not to mention no one ever fishes out there that I can tell. Good Luck.