Kinda weird to think in about a week the slot at BP is gone as well as the changes at Grapevine to where you can only keep 2 LM under 18" in your bag.

Both lakes will get more tournament pressure for sure.

We swapped Lavon and Bridgeport so we could fish in September. McKinney Bass Club

September is hit or miss out there. Seems it changes daily if not hourly that time of year. You might catch 100 fish or you might catch 2. It really gets going and the better smallmouth come out to play after the first front or two in mid to late October.

Will be a new adventure for me. Hope to pre fish mid September. Tourney is 9/29.

I wonder if this was more money driven (getting more tournaments/tournism) or science driven (the slot wasn't working)?

Considering BP has had that slot about 20yrs and little to no lakeside businesses I doubt its money driven. GV has very few lakeside businesses as well.

It will be good by then.

Thanks Mark!

Bridgeport is gonna get hammered. RIP lol

RIP

Glad to see this from a ET POV.

The last two years have been outstanding. Best I have ever heard of. Going to be sad if it gets destroyed.

Been phenomenal for quality. Idk why for sure. I just assume from drought and lake getting so low. A lot of hybrid and sandbass died off. Lake filled up and had a lot vegetation to be safe and thrive. But the lake is already over 6� low and dropping. I don�t see any reason why it won�t go back to a dink fest. Hope it doesn�t. But you would think the quality wouldn�t have been as poor the 20 years prior right? Maybe someone way more knowledgeable can say why it�s so good now and why it will maintain? Why it won�t go back to the way it was? They haven�t stocked any lmb it shows since 2008 either.

For about the last 5 years it seems you could put together a solid limit of fish over 14" most trips. Now this year the average size has been crazy good but I think Bridgeport has a huge population of fish and now it has a good amount of 14" plus fish.

I have had some days out there this year that made me question why I fish out east so much.....

I fished Bridgeport for the first time today, and that was not my experience. Caught around 20 with maybe only 2 going over 12 inches. It is August, and I did a lot of looking, but the guys talking about size out there also seem to be the guys that fish it a lot.