Fishing Big Bend

[woodrow]

Anybody ever fished Balmorhea Lake??  I have stayed in the park lodge (very cool) and explored a bit at the lake but had no fishing gear with me. I am from quality fishing country in Oklahoma and love the sport.  My trips to West Texas have never inspired me to carry any tackle until my Balmohrea visit.  The lake and estuaries look primo for angling.  Please advise. :?:

[Roy]

I"m not sure fishing is allowed at all.

Check this link;  maybe someone else has more specifics.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/balmorhea/

[MarkB]

For more info about fishing the lake go here:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/balmorhea/

[SHANEA]

I"m assuming you are talking about the lake down the road from the state park, over to the south of the main "downtown" area if you can call it that.  We drove down there one day exploring.  There were people out there fishing, a little store with worms and ice and stuff, not a lot of people.  Lake was kinda full of "reeds" and "weeds", but it was probably perfect for fishing.

[homerboy2u]

My brother in law , Enrique ,  fished on the banks of the rio grande just a tad down stream from the Boquillas Hot Springs, before entering the Boquillas Canyon. He hooked a sizeable catfish,some copalaґs but NO bass. :?

[txrounder]

...... a long talk with and "old-timer" some years ago down at the Hot Springs. He had been a "river rider" in the army. Stationed up above the springs in quansit huts- their job was to shoot anything that tried to cross the river in efforts to keep out "hoof and mouth" disease outbreak. Said they fished the river in their off time and swore that took 200lb cats out of pools below hot springs! I have seen some nice cats from the Boquillas overlook but nothing like that. They get them out off the Guad that size sometimes so maybe not a tall tale!