I'll be moving to Flower Mound soon and anxious to hear if Grapevine is worth fishing as I will only be a few miles from Twin Coves Marina.

Lake Grapevine fishing can be really good. Excellent sand bass fishing if your into that. I am not really a LMB fisherman, but I hear that Grapevine is a decent fishery. Word of mouth also says that Grapevine is an excellent crappie lake once you learn it. Difficult to learn but great to crappie fish once you have it down. Apparently structure is difficult to find.

Wes

I went crappie fishing out there a few years back with a friend's grandpa. He had a pontoon boat with the whole crappie setup (lights, floating lights, etc). It took us about an hour to get into them, but once we did the fishing was excellent - we couldn't reel them in fast enough.

Randomly speaking of, I got the worst sunburn of my life on that trip. We took my buddy's '76 CJ-5 from CS on Memorial Day. It was 8 billion degrees outside and he forgot the top for his Jeep and I didn't have a cap. I literally peeled bloody chunks out of my forehead for a full week.

Thanks folks. Until my 8 yr old is ready for the cast and crank bass fishing grind we will probably concentrate on Crappie and White Bass.

If you are of a mind to give up some of your 2nd tier Crappie holes that would be a great start for us.

I have heard the Whites congregate around the aerator near the dam.

As do half the boats on the lake. I crossed the dam the other day and thirteen boats were sitting around it.

Assuming the lake fills up again the creek cove on the west side of Twin Coves Marina is a good place to fish. Always a lot of crappie guys fishing in the dead trees.

I used to fly fish in the creek leading into the golf course below the dam. Not huge fish, but still a lot of fun, very scenic.

Grapevine is a pretty decent little lake. Whites are very good in the summer time, but the whites in Grapevine aren't nearly as big as the whites and/or hybrids you can get into out at Lewisville. For whites and hybrids, I prefer Lewisville. The fish are larger and more plentiful (but then again, so are the boats).

If you have a boat the whites can be pretty easy to find. Last summer they would feed very actively in the morning and then again right as the sun was going down. Waders fishing off of the southeast point of Murrel Park would get into pretty good action for schooling whites as well as some small blacks that would get in on the feed.

I have always caught fish at the bubbles, but as others said, EVERYONE goes to the bubbles.

The lake is pretty good for black bass and crappie if you know how to find them. There are a couple of good crappie guides that know the lake VERY well. It might be worth it to take a day trip with them and learn their spots and techniques.

There are also some beautiful spotted bass in Grapevine. Most of the ones I've caught have been along the rocky cliffs going into Twin Coves.

Try to go during the week when you can. On weekends the lake is full of sailboats and jet skis.

[This message has been edited by Hoss (edited 1/24/2006 8:23a).]

Thanks Hoss. Great info.

I do have a boat.

If you have names, numbers, info on the Crappie Guides I would love to talk to them. Using a good guide will cut the lake learning time waaaay down.

There's a man named Guy Skinner who guides for crappie on Grapevine and Lewisville. I've never fished with him, but he is highly regarded on the Texas Fishing Forum (which is worth checking out if you haven't already). His website is:

http://www.acrappieguy.com/

Another good source for anything you want to know about Grapevine or other lakes in the area:

www.texasfishingforum.com

Thanks again Hoss!

I will check it out.