Forums59
Topics1,039,277
Posts13,962,162
Members144,197
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
#13595357
06/15/20 03:29 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 352
JohnF67
OP
Angler
|
OP
Angler
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 352 |
As usual I fished Lady Bird Lake this weekend, and for the first time in my life I hit triple digits- 111 Bluegill/Sunfish and 1 Bass. I put in at Stephen F. Austin HS at just after 6am, headed upstream, went around Red Bud Island and fished my way back to the ramp. Weather was 69 Degrees and dead calm when I put in, was 91 Degrees with about a ten mph wind from the West/NW when I finished. Not a cloud in the sky. Water is 79.8 per my Lowrance. I found the beds with a Strike King Bitsy Minnow crankbait, which seemed to attract the big fish. Once they got bored with the crankbait I'd switch to Gulp Minnows in Emerald Shad and Chartreuse Shad (though color didn't seem to matter at all) on a 1/64th OZ jig head, fished like a swim bait, that brought in the numbers (and the one LMB) for the day. No really big fish, but some pretty ones. First fish of the day was a Long Eared Sunfish, not far from the ramp. The "big" fish of the day. A couple of small, but really pretty fish. The token LMB
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13595432
06/15/20 04:30 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 2,818
Vogey
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 2,818 |
Great day.! Those have some of the best colors I have seen all year. Thanks for posting.
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13595472
06/15/20 04:54 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 5,406
pop r
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 5,406 |
Nicely done!
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13595745
06/15/20 08:02 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,772
banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
|
Pumpkin Head
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,772 |
Solid post and some solid fish. Awesome job! Side Note: Any of the fish still spawning?
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13595800
06/15/20 08:45 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 4,565
J-Moe
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 4,565 |
Great report Thank you for sharing, I love Ladybird Lake. Just for you information Picture 1: Redbreast Sunfish Picture 2: Bluegill Picture 3: Longear Sunfish Picture 4: Red spotted sunfish Picture 5: Green carp
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13595971
06/15/20 10:33 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 2,818
doctorxring
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 2,818 |
Great photography on those sunfish !
What camera and image editor do you use ?
You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13596432
06/16/20 11:13 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 19,067
Laker One
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 19,067 |
Love your reports JohnF67. Looks like you are having a super year so far. Keep up the great fishing.
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13596486
06/16/20 12:11 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 17,610
Gitter Done
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 17,610 |
Nice fish. Enjoy those Austin area post. Thanks for sharing.
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13596566
06/16/20 01:08 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 352
JohnF67
OP
Angler
|
OP
Angler
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 352 |
Thanks everyone. It's been a great year so far on LBL.
Vogey- I don't know if it's the shallow, clear water or their diet, but the sunfish at Lady Bird Lake have the best color I've caught. It's only about 30 miles from Lake Georgetown (my other go to lake) but the colors of the fish don't compare.
Banker- I think the spawn is over at LBL, I haven't caught any spawning fish in a couple of weeks.
J-Moe- I always just assume if I see a long "ear" that it's a Longear Sunfish, I forget that that Redbreast takes priority so to speak.
Doc- I just use my iPhone (I think mine is an iPhone 8) to take all of my pictures and don't edit them at all except to rotate them the right way. The phone makes me look like a decent photographer.
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13599502
06/18/20 02:18 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 6,868
Pot licker
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 6,868 |
Looks like you had an awesome day, thanks for sharing!
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13600110
06/18/20 10:54 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 3,849
Osbornfishing
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 3,849 |
Nice fish
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13600762
06/19/20 01:50 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,352
Fish Chaser
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,352 |
The first fish is a redbreast sunfish, the second is a coppernose bluegill, the third is a longear sunfish, the fourth is a redspotted sunfish.
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13600858
06/19/20 02:47 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 12,682
Curt0407
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 12,682 |
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13600864
06/19/20 02:50 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,772
banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
|
Pumpkin Head
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,772 |
Thanks everyone. It's been a great year so far on LBL.
Vogey- I don't know if it's the shallow, clear water or their diet, but the sunfish at Lady Bird Lake have the best color I've caught. It's only about 30 miles from Lake Georgetown (my other go to lake) but the colors of the fish don't compare.
Banker- I think the spawn is over at LBL, I haven't caught any spawning fish in a couple of weeks.
J-Moe- I always just assume if I see a long "ear" that it's a Longear Sunfish, I forget that that Redbreast takes priority so to speak.
Doc- I just use my iPhone (I think mine is an iPhone 8) to take all of my pictures and don't edit them at all except to rotate them the right way. The phone makes me look like a decent photographer. Thanks! Hope to be fishing the LBL soon!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
|
|
Re: Lady Bird Lake 6/14/20 - Triple Digits!
[Re: JohnF67]
#13602012
06/20/20 04:02 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,328
SK.
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,328 |
That's a lot of catchn...... Stay At'um....
Crappie Guide on Houston TX area lakes. Email to schedule a trip: skscrappiecatchingadventures@gmail.com or call my message line 281-301-9316 REGARDLESS OF HOW MANLY YOU THINK YOU ARE WEARING A PFD CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.....Onxy A/M 24 PFD's Check Out SK's CRAPPIE Catching Adventures on YouTube.... https://www.youtube.com/user/fishingorhunting
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|