I appreciate the info Slefler and Catt. I'm looking forward to catching some nice southern toads.
I also plan on fishing tournaments every week on Conroe, Sam Rayburn, Houston, Livingston, or Toledo Bend. Are any of you involved in tournaments on these bodies of water? I've fished a good bit of tournaments up here in the northeast but never down as far as Texas.
I think one tournament on Conroe is the Oakley Big bass?... and also the Angler's Quest seems to have a solid tournament just about every weekend.