When late winter sunlight starts warming the shallows, Lake Conroe shifts gears. Big female largemouth leave their deeper winter timber and begin sliding into the creeks and pockets to stage for the spawn. With miles of standing timber, defined creek channels, and forested shoreline tied into the Sam Houston National Forest, Conroe offers textbook pre-spawn structure—and real trophy potential.
On the north and northwest ends of the lake, creeks like Little Caney Creek, Caney Creek, Cagle Branch, Stewart Creek, and the smaller pockets around the FM 830 and Seven Coves area consistently warm early and hold moving fish. You don’t have to fish one specific creek. Any creek arm with a defined channel, adjacent flats, and protected spawning pockets can load up this time of year.
The key is understanding the transition…