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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #12685251 03/23/18 01:11 AM
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50 degree water should kill redfish........but if tilapia are surviving then there’s a chance. Ive always understood that these coal burning power plant lakes with tilapia in them would loose them in the winter when the plants closed for good. Maybe not?

Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: BNKrust] #12685356 03/23/18 01:57 AM
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Used to catch the heck out of bass there in the summer time. Ran a crank bait in deep water in the heat of summer and for some reason absolutely wore them out day in and day out. Don't think a lot of people fish the lake so it was easy. I enjoyed it. Some of the best years of my life.


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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: 361V] #12685448 03/23/18 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted By: 361V
50 degree water should kill redfish........but if tilapia are surviving then there’s a chance. Ive always understood that these coal burning power plant lakes with tilapia in them would loose them in the winter when the plants closed for good. Maybe not?


50F will not kill redfish. Water temps below 44F will start to increase mortality.


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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #12685968 03/23/18 03:35 PM
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Got an email back from the TPWD district supervisor, he told me a couple of 18 inch fish were caught in the fall and they will continue stocking this year. That sounds like they are surviving and promising.


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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #12691936 03/27/18 09:49 PM
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Gibbons Creek to follow since they turned off that plant. Except for the stocking part.


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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #12694188 03/29/18 05:36 AM
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Do you have a heavy shad or tilapia forage base ?

If you do the reds will make it. Otherwise you won't see
much of a redfish fishery in your lake.


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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: doctorxring] #12704747 04/05/18 09:15 PM
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The baitfish population in Lake Bryan historically has been very low overall. Growth rates of all fish is very slow. Takes nearly 3 years to grow a 10 inch crappie. A few years back I caught something close to 300 crappie in the spring of the year but 280 of them were 9 inches or less. Two years later we harvested 100+ 11 to 12 inch crappie from the channel & rocks which was probably too many for that lake. The next spring we were back to lots of undersize crappie and fewer of them. I haven't fished Lake Bryan much since 2014 and can't remember the last time I bass fished it.



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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #14183653 11/07/21 03:19 AM
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Apparently something is going right now, used to catch nothing but dinks on the bass side

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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #14183823 11/07/21 02:36 PM
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I witnessed the stocking Red Drum in there. Little Bitty guys, only about 1" long

I was before I was married, so had to have been around 1980.


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Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #14184114 11/07/21 08:28 PM
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A Red is just a Drum, so they should be ok if they can find forage. I have only caught smaller Bass but did get one that looked close to 4# on a square bill a few weeks ago.

Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #14184292 11/08/21 12:10 AM
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Yes, red drum were stocked in Lake Bryan.
Page 10 on attached report.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1257_2017.pdf

Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #14184354 11/08/21 01:27 AM
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It’s November… need to get the flounder running! Lol

Re: Redfish in Lake Bryan [Re: Sunfish Fly] #14509630 10/19/22 11:18 AM
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what is needed to catch red's in fresh water?

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