Testing New Water --Bois d’Arc opens quietly, anglers reeling in whoppers from vibrant new fishery

Texas’ newest recreational fishing lake — Bois d’Arc Lake — quietly opened for business on the morning of April 17.

Not surprisingly, some anglers who learned about the party in advance enjoyed some pretty good fishing. The thousands who didn’t know about the opening missed out on the rare opportunity to be among the first to visit a brand new lake on opening day.

New lakes are special, and they don’t come along very often. The water is extremely fertile and the fish are vastly uneducated. That’s the way it usually goes, anyway.