Chuck Rollins

Owner, BigCrappie.com Fishing Guide & Instruction Service

903-288-5798


We are the only exclusive, full-time Fishing Guide and Instruction Service on Cedar Creek Lake. We specialize in Crappie, White Bass and Hybrid-Striper - The fish that are the most fun to catch! We provide every customer with quality fishing equipment and top of the line electronics like the Side Imaging and Live Scope. We operate multiple guide boats and are the most experienced guide service on the lake, running hundreds of trips last year alone. BigCrappie.com Guide Service is located on beautiful Cedar Creek Lake, just one hour southeast of Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, and three hours north of Houston and Austin. If you are coming from out of town there are many comfortable hotels within 5 minutes of where we will meet in Gun Barrel City. See our rates and view our lodging deals using the 'Rates + Lodging' menu above. BigCrappie.com will create and personalize your fishing adventure the way you want. We can chase what's biting best, go after a mixed bag of crappie and white bass or we can just chase one type of fish. We have top of the line equipment and boats. Take a look. We also do "Seminar Style" trips. Seminar trips are tailored toward either crappie or white bass. You will learn the "How-To's" of finding and catching the fish you want.


My Photo Contributions

Nice Hybrid Stripers on CCL

3/3/2022

Big Hybrid Striper

3/3/2014

Thats a lot of fish

3/3/2014

Exciting fishing trip

3/3/2014

Fish fry

3/3/2014


Beacon Hill at Cedar Creek Lake

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Cedar Creek Lake Weather Forecast

Wednesday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 60

Wednesday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 41

Thursday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 57

Thursday Night

Clear

Lo: 41

Friday

Sunny

Hi: 55

Friday Night

Clear

Lo: 33

Saturday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 55

Saturday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 39


Cedar Creek Lake Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 12/18: 318.28 (-3.72)



Cedar Creek Lake

Fishing Report from TPWD (Dec. 18)

GOOD. stained; 55 degrees; 3.76 feet below pool. 55-57 degrees; 3.71 feet below pool. The hybrid and white bass winter deadsticking bite is now in full swing! Use half ounce to 1-1/2 ounce jigs with 4-5 inch plastic flukes depending on what the winds are and drift long lengths of the lake in the deepest water 35-50 feet. Drift at speeds of .2-.6 mph using your drift mode on your trolling motor or using drift socks. If the winds are not too bad you can just drift with the wind. Thumping on the bottom of your boat will attract fish and group them up underneath as you drift. Utilizing a splasher also works well with thumping. You will find the fish suspended between 22-28 feet when deadstricking. Look for birds and loons early mornings as the fish will come up to follow the bait and feed early especially on cloudier/colder days. The crappie bite has been getting better. Target crappie with small jigs and minnows in 7-15 feet under bridge pylons, hidden brush piles throughout the lake or under docks. Crappie fisherman have been moving spot to spot finding limits. Lots of crappies in the 7-9 inch range. Limits of crappie will happen but you may catch a lot of small ones getting to your limit. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. The shallow bite continues to be good for catfish along wind blown banks and points near the mouths of major creeks where the actual creek runs into the lake. Due to the low water you can only get a few hundred yards away. Fish in 2-6 feet with fresh shad anchored on bottom. The deep bite is also good dragging bigger cut shad or rough fish in 15-30 feet drifting main lake flats. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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