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?
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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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.
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.
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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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.
