Does anyone have current fishing report for the lakes surrounding Abilene TX?

Hang tight I sent a couple e-mails  

Welcome to the forum.    

Do you fly out of Abilene?      Have you fished Sweetwater?   Don't get alot of press, but does have some nice bass in that lake.    I lived out on Lake Fort Phantom Road while going to college there, never got used to the milky red water from the clay banks.     Keepers are hard to come by, but they are there.   Seen to many tournament stringers to know they exist.     Local club nite tourneys.

OH IVIE, and don't forget about Possum Kingdom up the road.   Not much experience there, but some beautiful bluffs and scenery.

Again, welcome to the forum.    

Matt

my grandma lives in abilene so im there ALOT, never been to PK lake. i hear its one of the nicest in texas, i really really want to go there

Has Brownwood Lake got any better? Has anyone fished Alan Henry I have herd its a great bass lake hope to go pritty soon.

Lake Abilene

Location: On Elm Creek 20 miles south of Abilene

Surface area: 595 acres

Maximum depth: 25 feet

Impounded: 1921

After several years of low water levels, this lake nearly filled in fall 2004, coming within one foot of spillway level. The lake was stocked with channel catfish and blue catfish in 2004; largemouth bass and white crappie in 2005. Angling opportunities will improve over the next few years, especially if water levels stay reasonably high. Historically, flipping brushy cover for largemouth bass and crappie was a good technique, especially since the water is so muddy.

Lake Fort Phantom Hill

Location: On Elm Creek in Taylor County, 15 miles north of Abilene

Surface area: 4,213 acres

Maximum depth: 66 feet

Impounded: 1938

A contour map for this reservoir is available from TPWD Inland Fisheries, 5325 N. 3rd, Abilene, Texas 79603, (325) 692-0921.

Blue catfish, hybrid striped bass, and white crappie provide the most consistent fishing opportunities at Fort Phantom Hill. Largemouth bass can occasionally be good as well. Florida largemouth bass were introduced in 1976.

Largemouth bass fishing can be good, especially in the summer and winter. Slow-rolling spinnerbaits along the steeper rocky areas of the east side during the winter is effective. As summer approaches, buzzbaits and spinnerbaits work very well, especially from sunrise till about noon.

OH Ivie Reservoir

Location: On the Colorado and Concho Rivers in Concho, Coleman, and Runnels counties, 55 miles east of San Angelo

Surface area: 19,149 acres

Maximum depth: 119 feet

Impounded: 1990

Fishing Cover/Structure

Cover in the reservoir is primarily standing timber. The trees and brush were not cleared from the reservoir basin before the lake was impounded, so there are thousands of acres of flooded mesquite, oak, and juniper trees in all parts of the reservoir. Flooded saltcedar also makes up a large proportion of the fish cover. Native vegetation and hydrilla occurs in the main part of the lake and is spreading up the Colorado River and Concho River arms. The structure in the main part of the reservoir is mostly rock. In the river arms it is mostly mud flats.

Largemouth bass are caught using live bait and artificial baits around the aquatic vegetation and standing timber. Another effective bass technique is flipping jigs or soft plastics into the saltcedar. Trophy-sized fish are caught on Carolina-rigged plastic worms, minnows and water dogs fished off deep (20+ feet) humps and drop-offs.

My deer lease is just south of the Abilene State Park lake, the same one Catt references I think.     Couple of miles the way the crow flies.

Never fished that lake, Ivey is to close.  Some big bass are hidden in Ivie, and the smallies are starting to show up on most toorney stringers.    Lake is down and LM are tough, but smallies are willing to play.

Matt

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