I went out there today and just sat there in my van watching people fish. I seen they was catching small cats and hiberd the spelling wrong but..... I talked to a few guys there and ask about jug fish and trotlining the guy said oh yeah there is good fishing on both. He said he seen a guy come out with a 35lb and two 20lbs..... I am hiting it next week with or without a boat...... lolol
Michael, I grew up in Ennis and cut my teeth fishing Bardwell. It's a great lake for both channel cats and blues. I don't get to fish it very often anymore. I fished it two days last August and did great on eating size blues and channels. First day we had 38 keepers up to 3 lbs or so. The second day was slower, but we had a 16 and a 13 (both released) along with about 20 keepers. I'm hoping to get down there sometime again this spring while visiting my folks.
Here's my report from last year. My numbers were off a little. http://www.catfish1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57014&highlight=bardwell
Yeah I been there 2 times fishing and I hear a lot of good stories but my self I only got keepers no big ones. But never fished by jug or trotline.
