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 Re: Lake Bastrop
[Re: shanetx]
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03/31/24 02:10 AM
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dk2429
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Nice report. Pretty sure I was pulling away from the docks when I saw that center console backing down ramp. You place a camera on the rocks ? I had about same results using a crush city mayor and an underspin setup in silver.
I was back to the ramp by 12:30. The wind was just to much. I found one semi calm area but only snagged 1 tiny dink there.
Yes sir, that was me. I have some GoPros I make fishing videos with mainly for my own use/something to look back on. And yeah, the wind got REALLY bad around that time. I was at the dam again around 12:30ish and was riding up and down 2-3ft swells lol. Got to the point where it was just pointless. That’s when we headed back to the ramp and went back to Houston Once again, I never thought I’d see a 900 acre lake white capping. It was bad
Last edited by dk2429; 03/31/24 02:51 AM.
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Re: Lake Bastrop
[Re: Rayzor]
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03/31/24 02:15 AM
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dk2429
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Little update for everyone, buddy and I ended up going to Bastrop on Friday
Got the boat put in at south shore at about 6:50ish. Very calm and beautiful morning. Idled out of the no wake zone and started throwing top water at the reeds. Bass were chasing shad on open water behind us, couldn’t get any to slam a top water though. Not a single bite in first hour or so
Moved on to the dam. Caught one that was probably 3lbs on a citrus shad 6XD.. Fished some reeds again with senkos, flukes, Texas rig, got one small bite but missed him. Other than that, nothing
Moved into the creek/canal that the discharge is on by about 9:30ish. Every fish we caught the rest of the day was in that creek on white spinnerbaits and beetle spins (they were running shad/schooling. Very fun!) We fished other coves (some of them with timber) and other reed lines, didn’t get a single bite. Go back to the discharge, fish on!
Had to get off the water by 1pm. The wind picked up extremely bad (I run a 22ft center console and was rolling on 2-3ft swells at times on the main lake). I wasn’t aware a 900 acre lake could look like East Galveston Bay LOL. Even up in some of the coves the trolling motor had a hard time keeping up at some points.
Ended the day with I believe 11 fish, all were 1-3lbs. Fun time for sure! I don’t believe the plant was running because the water 64-66 degrees throughout the whole lake. I’d go back, but I don’t think I’d do another day trip up there. We fished from 8:30am until 3pm. The water temp was only about 68 degrees today. Constant wind. I am going to rename the lake "El Lago Ventoso." My Wife had a bad day and we wound up with only 34. All fish in the reeds. That’s awesome! 3 times better than we did haha. Fun lake for sure! Was definitely worth the trip up there By the way Razor, I could have sworn I saw your boat on the lake on Friday. There was a TR20 with the exact motor and exact color as the boat in your signature up in the discharge creek.
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Re: Lake Bastrop
[Re: dk2429]
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03/31/24 07:41 PM
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Rayzor
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Little update for everyone, buddy and I ended up going to Bastrop on Friday
Got the boat put in at south shore at about 6:50ish. Very calm and beautiful morning. Idled out of the no wake zone and started throwing top water at the reeds. Bass were chasing shad on open water behind us, couldn’t get any to slam a top water though. Not a single bite in first hour or so
Moved on to the dam. Caught one that was probably 3lbs on a citrus shad 6XD.. Fished some reeds again with senkos, flukes, Texas rig, got one small bite but missed him. Other than that, nothing
Moved into the creek/canal that the discharge is on by about 9:30ish. Every fish we caught the rest of the day was in that creek on white spinnerbaits and beetle spins (they were running shad/schooling. Very fun!) We fished other coves (some of them with timber) and other reed lines, didn’t get a single bite. Go back to the discharge, fish on!
Had to get off the water by 1pm. The wind picked up extremely bad (I run a 22ft center console and was rolling on 2-3ft swells at times on the main lake). I wasn’t aware a 900 acre lake could look like East Galveston Bay LOL. Even up in some of the coves the trolling motor had a hard time keeping up at some points.
Ended the day with I believe 11 fish, all were 1-3lbs. Fun time for sure! I don’t believe the plant was running because the water 64-66 degrees throughout the whole lake. I’d go back, but I don’t think I’d do another day trip up there. We fished from 8:30am until 3pm. The water temp was only about 68 degrees today. Constant wind. I am going to rename the lake "El Lago Ventoso." My Wife had a bad day and we wound up with only 34. All fish in the reeds. That’s awesome! 3 times better than we did haha. Fun lake for sure! Was definitely worth the trip up there By the way Razor, I could have sworn I saw your boat on the lake on Friday. There was a TR20 with the exact motor and exact color as the boat in your signature up in the discharge creek. I have a 2001 Tx-21 with a 225 Merc EFI.
Be safe, Rayzor ![[Linked Image]](http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp267/JLedbetter/th_Boatpics036.jpg) 2001 Triton Tx-21/225 Mercury EFI
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Re: Lake Bastrop
[Re: dk2429]
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04/06/24 02:08 AM
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Rayzor
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Caught 51 on Bastrop today. All were caught right at the reed line except for 5 or 6. Caught some in VERY SHALLOW water at Mid Lake Flats. There also appears to be some eel grass growing there. Beautiful day but windy, windy, windy. Water was 73 max.
There is a "pet" squirrel living at North Shore Park. I think the maintenance people call it "Sassy." I was getting out of my truck at the self-pay machine when Sassy ran up to me. I mean ran right up, climbed on my shoe and started begging for food. The maintenance people were close by and enticed it over with a bag of peanuts. It climbed right up the girl's leg. Crazy world.
Be safe, Rayzor 2001 Triton Tx-21/225 Mercury EFI
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Re: Lake Bastrop
[Re: dk2429]
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04/06/24 11:29 AM
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fivebites
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Dang Razor! Nice day on the Strop! I have still yet to catch a bass over 5 pounds outta that dang lake!!!
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Re: Lake Bastrop
[Re: fivebites]
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04/06/24 10:46 PM
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Dang Razor! Nice day on the Strop! I have still yet to catch a bass over 5 pounds outta that dang lake!!! I caught one a little more than 6 pounds quite a while back. I think I might have a 5 also in there somewhere. Many little lovesick males were included in those 51 fish we caught yesterday. Big fish might have been 3 pounds. When you are fishing with a little action rod, they all feel like monsters!
Be safe, Rayzor 2001 Triton Tx-21/225 Mercury EFI
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