A grey, even sky over the water, with hardly a ripple anywhere and pressure on the rise. On Minor Lake, work the seam between weed and open water first. A long productive spell runs afternoon into evening. Make the first hour count and build on it. Autumn fish are feeding up and less fussy than in summer.
The bites are average now
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Texas holds Minor Lake, in Morris County. The bank gives way to pine and hardwood. Roughly 51 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. 5.9 miles away sits Daingerfield, the nearest town. For a city, Tyler is 63 miles off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. There is room enough here for more than one party without crowding.
No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include largemouth bass, blue catfish and channel catfish. Local agencies keep the authoritative list for each water. At Minor Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.
The warmest month averages 82°F, the coldest about 43°F. Winter is a mild inconvenience here, nothing more. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. On Minor Lake that shapes the whole year.
Access status is simply unknown for this water. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Glass Club Lake sits 6 miles off and takes the overflow. The position on Minor Lake is worth confirming on the day.
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The bites are average now
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 73° | 73° | 73° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 72° | 73° | 73° | 75° | 76° | 78° | 79° | 80° | 80° | 80° | 79° | 79° | 77° | 77° | 75° | 75° | 74° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.91 | 29.93 | 29.93 | 29.93 | 29.94 | 29.93 | 29.95 | 29.96 | 29.97 | 30 | 30.02 | 30.03 | 30.03 | 30.02 | 30.01 | 29.98 | 29.97 | 29.96 | 29.97 | 29.97 | 29.99 | 30.01 | 30.02 | 30.01 |
| 92 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 92 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 91 | 89 | 89 |
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