Texas Fish & Game Reported: With spring just around the corner, freshwater anglers across Texas are cooking up plans to visit their favorite lake, river or stream to enjoy the warming weather and hopefully catch a few fish. Some will have pot-bellied largemouths on their minds, but others will be geared for crappie, catfish or the droves of white bass that are finning their way upstream from major impoundments to engage in the annual spawning run.
One thing anglers of all kinds need to keep in mind when plotting a strategy this spring is low water levels. Unless big changes have occurred since Christmas, many lakes will still be short on water thanks to a lingering drought that refuses to let go in many parts of the state.
Some lakes are a heck of a lot worse off than others, as reflected by vast fields of stumps and parched soil cluttered with rocks, logs, bushes and other junk that will eventually go into hiding once the rains come and water levels rise.
Although a lake that is several feet below normal may not be all that pretty to look at, it holds a special appeal to a lot of guys like me. That is because low water can provide us with some distinctive advantages that high water takes away.
Perhaps the most obvious advantage of low water is it shrinks the size of the playing field, thus leaving hundreds or even thousands of acres of basin void of water. This naturally provides the fish with less room to roam around and makes them easier to find provided you have a clue of what to look for.
As water levels fall, it forces fish off of flats and concentrates along the edges of creek channels, river channels, points and other structure that provides quick, easy access to deep water security.
This narrows the size of the playing field even more. Better yet, it offers a pretty good hint as to where anglers should begin searching for fish, and which tactics might work best for catching them.
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