Sad sight

[D-I-A]

I went to Sheldon reservoir before heading to lake houston just to see if it was fishable and this is what I ran into.



It is completely chocked out. Maybe an opening the size of an Olympic swimming pool and that's it.

[young gun]

Went last Sunday and looked the same. Still scratched out two large mouth around 3 lbs

[Robalo]

Looks like easy pickings with a seine net!!

[WestEndAngler]

That looks like fun! The Gator-Tail will make a path.

[Moonpie]

Looks like easy pickings with a seine net!!

Only an Old Poacher would know that trick. LOL

[Robalo]

I aint that Old Moonpie!!! Like my doc said once, "Your 40 and an alcoholic?" I responded "No I'm 35." but that was 20 years ago-burp.

[D-I-A]

I probably should have went after the bass in Sheldon, but my goal was to find the crappie on the south end of Lake Houston. Didn't find the crappie, but found out where the channel kittens were sitting today.

I built a spider rigging setup for my kayak and tried it out for the first time today and it works great except for when the fish pulls away from the rod. I had a fish pull my FTU titanium eyed rod with a Shimano Curado into the water. Thankfully I had all my other rods set deep and acted quick enough to swing the boat that I ended up getting back.

Best thing I caught all day.

[Root Canal]

Good catching on your r&r. You think all the growth will die out this winter for the Crappie??

[plugger]

That Asian stuff is taking over . Then there's the prolific Asian snail ....tiger snail ?

[D-I-A]

I wouldn't mind some zebra mussels, over the giant salvinia. Root Canal I talked to one of the park rangers at the state park and he said it normally dies off quickly once the temperature starts to drop.

[WestEndAngler]

Giant Salvania is the worst thing to hit our waters. I've seen it in the Trinity River and on Lake Caddo in NE Texas it's wiping out the entire lake.

[Rollo]

We sure could use some steady Hydration to help get water levels up to what they need to be! We'll just have to wait and hope! Is the Giant Saldania the problem or low water too? thanks for sharin DIA!

[WestEndAngler]

We sure could use some steady Hydration to help get water levels up to what they need to be! We'll just have to wait and hope! Is the Giant Saldania the problem or low water too? thanks for sharin DIA!

Giant Salvania in perfect conditions can grow an acre per week. It's chokes out the light and causes plant matter to die below and oxygen levels drop causing life to cease. There is only one natural enemy to the Giant Salvania plant... It's a weevil. The best way to eradicate the plant is to remove it from the water and let it dry out. Which is not possible on lakes like Caddo that are protected by Cypress stumps and knees not allowing you to skim the water etc. The water weight alone in the plant is crazy. Here's a video of it on Lake Caddo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq8OV9H-k3w

Remember to wash your boat trailers. Giant Salvania I am told can live for almost a week out of water between your boat and bunk boards. It can be transported when you put the boat back on the trailer etc and then infest another lake if you launch.

Saltwater kills Giant Salvania.

[Root Canal]

I wouldn't mind some zebra mussels, over the giant salvinia. Root Canal I talked to one of the park rangers at the state park and he said it normally dies off quickly once the temperature starts to drop.

That's good news about the plants. My crappie fishing was poor to say the least last year. It was my first time trying and got
started to late.
Thanks Coe about the reminder to check your trailer.

[Walker]

Not so new for Sheldon. I fish it occasionally - but in March and April and May. For the past 4 or 5 years the salvinia has taken over by mid-June, and it stays that way until around the first of December. Sad what this stuff does, and it is deteriorating Sheldon horribly.

Sad loss, because Sheldon was a beautiful place to fish. Especially if you like hanging out with gators.