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Lake Conroe is owned by the Lower Colorado River authority and does not belong to the Corps of Engineers.

It used to be full of white perch thirty years ago. Night fishing was a blast. We'd pull the battery out of a Cat D-6 dozer on the job and run the lights all night. Float car headlights right on top of the water. Kept the bugs down compared to gas lanterns that had to be hung above the waterline. You could look down and see the fish teeming below.

The point I am trying to make here is how far do we go with this? It clearly states that firearms are not allowed. No exceptions mentioned.

The Supreme Court went as far as to say any regulation that amounts to a complete ban of handguns in the home is unconstitutional. I think it is fair to say that will translate to most situations outside the home where a ban does not server a narrow and significant public interest. Frankly, can't see where a ban on Corps property meets that standard of review.

Are you volunteering to be a test case?

No. I am merely pontificating that the issue might be tested favorably in the future following Heller. Now, if they catch me out there packing on Corps property, then yes, I will be a test case. Far as I can tell, there is no enforcement of this law.

Corp of Engineers bars firearms on land/lakes they control

Federal building and post offices, OK, but that's probably not going to fly after Heller if tested. Too vague.

Toledo Bend is not a Corps of Engineers lake. There may be another like it in Texas. Most of the other larger lakes are probably Corps lakes. While you should keep a handgun concealed in Texas when boating where a handgun is allowed, I doubt you need a CHL to do so. But, I have never seen a definitive legal opinion on that, just a lot of idle speculation.