Lake O' the Pines
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter (Current)
Lake O' the Pines Overview
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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Winter
Total Fishing Reports
32
Top Species Reported for Winter
Crappie3 Reports
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Species
CrappieSeason
Fall
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
55°
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Vertical Jigging 20'+
Structure
Standing Timber
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
43°
Lake of the Pines, Texas is one of the best wintertime crappie lakes in America. They love big baits at this lake. 3” baits and big ¼ lead heads during low light conditions (early morning and right before sunset). There are two lakes in the country where crappie hit the bait extremely hard, in my opinion (Pines and Lake Fork). The fish nose right up the standing timber in this lake, I’ve been catching on the timber during the winter months at Lake of The Pines for over 25 years. This is one reason I make the 8-hour drive down to this lake; I love catching them our of the standing timber. The black crappie always seems to be higher in the water column, usually down 10’ – 15’ where the big white crappie are down 16’ to the bottom. But still nosed up right on the timber. For me, Texas is the king of winter time crappie fishing!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
49°
Slow bite and no large fish. Fished lower end of lake in 8-12ft
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