Cloud from horizon to horizon today, with just enough E wind to ripple the surface and pressure ticking upward. Activity on Lake Winona should centre on the first drop-off and weed lines. The forecast backs the stretch from night into morning. Ride the conditions while they last. Cooler water spreads fish back across the shallows.
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Lake Winona is a Grimes County water, in Texas. It lies 338 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 20 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Some 11 miles away sits Magnolia, the nearest settlement. The nearest city of size is Cypress, 24 miles away. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.
Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Biodiversity records within roughly six miles include bantam sunfish, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill and bluntnose darter. Presence in the area does not guarantee a fish in this exact water on the day. Fish Lake Winona where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.
The warm month here averages 83°F; the cold one sits at 49°F. Heat, not cold, shapes the year here. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. On Lake Winona the same rules apply, with local timing. Rain lifts the level and moves fish about.
Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. You can camp half a mile off, which suits an early start. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. Catfish want bait on the bottom: cut bait or worms, a simple running rig, and patience after dark. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Yarboro Lake at 7.3 miles is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lake Winona.
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| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 68° | 66° | 66° | 66° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 65° | 64° | 66° | 70° | 73° | 75° | 77° | 78° | 79° | 79° | 78° | 76° | 73° | 72° | 71° | 69° | 68° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30.14 | 30.13 | 30.12 | 30.11 | 30.1 | 30.11 | 30.11 | 30.12 | 30.13 | 30.15 | 30.17 | 30.17 | 30.15 | 30.13 | 30.1 | 30.07 | 30.07 | 30.06 | 30.07 | 30.07 | 30.08 | 30.09 | 30.1 | 30.1 |
| 87 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 83 | 82 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 56 | 60 | 66 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 74 |
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