The power plant is only good for sand bass anyway. And for luring all the Lavon newbies away from the actual good spots.

Then I was wrong. I didn't think it was a power plant so I stand corrected and apologize for wrong information

Well here we go...the power plant has been there since around 1967 and is weird as it's powered by natural gas.I thought that it used coal back in the eighties. Garland Power and Light own/operate it and it's named after Ray Olinger.
The bass fishing on that lake has really taken an upswing in the past 20 years. A 6-pounder back in the day was considered a trophy whereas nowadays an 8 will barely get a nod.
10-pounders in Lavon were unheard of 10 years ago, as the lake record stood at 9 and change since 1958 until Stuart weighed an 11+ fatty last year (or the year before). Since then I know of at least 1 bigger that was released prior to getting an official weight.
There are a few "spots" that used to produce big fish and they have been exploited via the go-pro heroes. It is now like get in line and wait to fish areas that were once "not so popular". Social media and high-end electronics make it easy for folks these days...it took me about 30 years to figure things out on that mudhole.
The real deal is to figure it out and have fun doing it. It's only 22,000 acres and not that hard to break down, especially in the winter. No vegetation when it's low, except in a few creeks...lots of standing timber and rip-rap though.
I think I'm a pretty decent guy and I shoot straight with folks, but I simply draw the line at giving up specifics. This does remind me of the Granbury thread!!!

Well here we go...the power plant has been there since around 1967 and is weird as it's powered by natural gas.I thought that it used coal back in the eighties. Garland Power and Light own/operate it and it's named after Ray Olinger.
The bass fishing on that lake has really taken an upswing in the past 20 years. A 6-pounder back in the day was considered a trophy whereas nowadays an 8 will barely get a nod.
10-pounders in Lavon were unheard of 10 years ago, as the lake record stood at 9 and change since 1958 until Stuart weighed an 11+ fatty last year (or the year before). Since then I know of at least 1 bigger that was released prior to getting an official weight.
There are a few "spots" that used to produce big fish and they have been exploited via the go-pro heroes. It is now like get in line and wait to fish areas that were once "not so popular". Social media and high-end electronics make it easy for folks these days...it took me about 30 years to figure things out on that mudhole.
The real deal is to figure it out and have fun doing it. It's only 22,000 acres and not that hard to break down, especially in the winter. No vegetation when it's low, except in a few creeks...lots of standing timber and rip-rap though.
I think I'm a pretty decent guy and I shoot straight with folks, but I simply draw the line at giving up specifics. This does remind me of the Granbury thread!!!