i fish on conroe also. i have been catching alot of crappie in the creeks about a foot deep. on tube jigs 1/16 oz under a slip bobber.

i was there on wed and thurs.  wed. people caught fish from the bank.  i did not see any fish caught from the bank on thurs. you had to work either a jig or i used cotton cordells for the sandbass.  tiny jigs for the crappie.  there is an old boat ramp not to far from the dam that is out of the water and not in use.  from it back to the parking area is where the bank fishermen caught them.

Go NOW! Small cranks, jigs, roadrunners.

Please excuse me for saying so, Jason but I disagree with you about buying your own fletcher depending on how committed one is about remaining a bowhunter. As for me, I have three fletching jigs.  My first one is 28 years old. My home made one is much older than that. If I were to total all the arrows that I have fletched at the rate of only one dozen per year and multiply that by $2.00 each times 43 years, that would be $932.00. In reality more than one dozen arrows per year is normal for me.  LOL  Good Hunting yall

Good for catfish. Bass died-off a few years ago and have not been restocked. The fish left are bigger fish but the numbers are low. Bite should still be shallow 6' or less. Lizards and jigs in good heavy cover.

The fishing can be great. You will need to cast 100 yards and this is done best from a platform. Yes you can launch your own boat. With the right wind a kite could be an option. There are some monsters right in the faster water against the rocks. A cork and a chicken gizzard will work or a good piece of cut bait. You will catch stripers too.

The last time I was there the people and guides who use the area were not very sportsman like. They will crowd you and cast over you. It's what you make of it. We use to fish right against the rocks until some drunk drowned and they added the restriction cable that you are not allowed to cross. Even when you are standing on dry land. We would catch a lot of large crappie too on jigs fished slowly in the eddies.