Couple of weekends ago my buddy Brooks and I went out and we found some big fish and caught on jigging spoons . Today we went with live bait. We struggled catching the right size bait but the ones we had produced. Caught 10 smallest 28” and the largest just shy of 33”

. It’s a picky pattern but the big girls are in the trees. Thanks to Fermin for allowing us to use his dock for pics. He’s also on the same pattern. Give him a call

Looks like you did indeed figure it out!

Solid post and fish. Good job.




Side Note:Fished with Fermin several times years ago. He knows how to find em for sure.

Nice Stripes ! Livescope in the mix ?

Yes sir

Oh that is some fun right there. I don't care who you are!

What do you do with those fish? Surely you don’t eat all that striper….?

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I very seldom keep fish however my friend and his wife love them. They kept 2-3 and gave the rest to their neighbor I believe

It is going to take some serious rain before I use the ramp at Buchanan where I was launching before the lake dropped. At least when it comes back I may not have to worry about zebra mussels in my net for a while. Last trip I had a few in the bait tank. My brother lives between Burnet and Inks and took these pics a this week.

I am interested in the Zebra muscles after this drought also. There are so many dead ones on the shore. Will they come back with a vengeance when the water comes up {if}. Or will they have to start over and it will be a few years? It has killed a bunch.

My understanding is they will have to start over and move back to the shallows. One benefit of fluctuating lake levels. Heat kills them pretty quick

sounds good to me.

I hope so. Last time out catching bait was tough in an area where I normally have no problems. Guide was blaming zebra mussels for eating all their food. I am not sure about that the mussels are 100% to blame. I think some of it was the lack of water flowing in from the creeks.

Stump Jumper, I hope you and everyone else are cleaning your boat and trailer really good to prevent the spread of Zebra Mussels.

More Zebra Mussels are spread through LCRA and dam operations than spread through boaters. During the big flood a few yrs ago I believe 30 of the 37 gates were open on Buchanan sending millions of gallons of Zebra infested water down stream to the coast. On a weekly basis they release millions of gallons for generation and agriculture for down stream customers. Its all BS smoke and mirrors and feel good story.