East Elm Creek Fishing near Hollywood Park, Texas

• Overview

  Look for East Elm Creek in Bexar County, Texas. Beyond the shoreline you have scrub and brush. You are 3.2 miles from Hollywood Park. San Antonio sits 13 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Within a short drive: 2.3 miles away is Soil Conservation Service Site 13a Reservoir, Northern Hills Lake at about 3.4 miles, 5.2 miles away is Crea Brothers Lake and Soil Conservation Service Site 5 Reservoir at about 7.6 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on East Elm Creek

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Log jams gather bait and everything that eats it. Slack water behind an obstruction is worth more than open current. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include green sunfish, bluegill, common carp, Rio Grande longear sunfish and Rio Grande cichlid. Reported species tell you what lives around here, nothing more. On East Elm Creek the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 83°F on average, January about 49°F. Year-round warmth means year-round fishing, with early starts in summer. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. It sets the rhythm of the year at East Elm Creek.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. For the carp, bait a margin spot and sit on it; corn and bread still work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Soil Conservation Service Site 13a Reservoir, 2.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where East Elm Creek is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.