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 Bastrop
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02/19/14 05:30 PM
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Lmgreeri
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Haven't fished Bastrop in forever and was thinking about popping out there and giving it a go. ANyone fished it lately? Worth going?
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
#9753313
02/19/14 08:43 PM
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Hoosier Daddy
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I love Bastrop!! Had my worst trip ever there two weeks ago and only caught 3 fish. The warm weather we've had lately should get her going though. Ill be back soon and expect it to be back up to par. I usually expect around 20-30 fish and a couple in the 4 pound range this time of year. Not a big fish lake, but a fun lake.
Billy Ludwig
U.S. Air Force (Retired MSgt)
Personal Best
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12.76 Lb Choke Canyon 4-10-12
9.8 Lb Choke Canyon 5-12-08
9.7 Lb Choke Canyon 4-10-12
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Hoosier Daddy]
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02/19/14 08:46 PM
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Lee in Texas
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 From your listed Personal Best list, think I would be going back to Choke Canyon! I love Bastrop!! Had my worst trip ever there two weeks ago and only caught 3 fish. The warm weather we've had lately should get her going though. Ill be back soon and expect it to be back up to par. I usually expect around 20-30 fish and a couple in the 4 pound range this time of year. Not a big fish lake, but a fun lake.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lee in Texas]
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02/19/14 09:00 PM
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atisch12
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From your listed Personal Best list, think I would be going back to Choke Canyon! I love Bastrop!! Had my worst trip ever there two weeks ago and only caught 3 fish. The warm weather we've had lately should get her going though. Ill be back soon and expect it to be back up to par. I usually expect around 20-30 fish and a couple in the 4 pound range this time of year. Not a big fish lake, but a fun lake. Choke Canyon has been aweful for quite a while.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
#9754217
02/20/14 01:59 AM
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Bass98
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Fished Bastrop once a couple years ago, heading back this summer. It was some good schooling action when I fished it a couple years ago in the summer. Tons of grass. Numbers lake, but I caught a couple good ones. Seems like it would be great right now, I thought the power plant generated.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
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02/20/14 02:50 AM
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ebk06
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The plant isnt generating. Water is on the high 50's-low 60's. Multiple local reports are that fishing it TOUGH! Im heading out tomorrow. Last summer the schooling wasnt what it used to be. The water isnt getting hot like before because they are utilizing other power plants more. I expect it to begin fishing more like a normal lake and not be as easy as it used to be. Hopefully fish will start getting bigger too.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
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02/20/14 03:16 AM
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klockness
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I fished it Sat, Sun, Monday for a few hours each day and it was slow. I was camping with the family so I wasn't fishing real hard but I was expecting a few more fish. Everyone I talked to had a hard time but this was the first warmer days after all the cold.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
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02/20/14 05:14 PM
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Lmgreeri
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Thanks for the info guys. With it being a 3-4 hr drive for me I may wait a few months. Had no idea the plant was not generating and keeping the water warmer. I may just stay in town and explore a little on the lower Nueces River down here. Last time I did that though I ended up with a 5 ft alligator gar in my lap that I wanted no part of.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
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02/21/14 01:39 AM
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ebk06
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FYI, the water was 62-67. Likely in the 70's near the discharge but I stayed mid lake. Never went to the discharge or inlet. Fishing was SLOW and I gave up around 3pm when the 25mph winds started blowing in. Another few weeks of warm weather and I think they will begin to really turn on.
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: Lmgreeri]
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02/21/14 05:15 AM
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Big C
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Man I miss fishing that lake. When I was in college, I lived about a mile from there and fished it all the time. My GPA probably would have been better if I hadn't lived so close.....lol
BIG C
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
Sir Winston Churchill
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Re: Bastrop
[Re: atisch12]
#9762063
02/22/14 06:46 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
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Hoosier Daddy
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From your listed Personal Best list, think I would be going back to Choke Canyon! I love Bastrop!! Had my worst trip ever there two weeks ago and only caught 3 fish. The warm weather we've had lately should get her going though. Ill be back soon and expect it to be back up to par. I usually expect around 20-30 fish and a couple in the 4 pound range this time of year. Not a big fish lake, but a fun lake. Choke Canyon has been aweful for quite a while. what he said!!!
Billy Ludwig
U.S. Air Force (Retired MSgt)
Personal Best
LMB
12.76 Lb Choke Canyon 4-10-12
9.8 Lb Choke Canyon 5-12-08
9.7 Lb Choke Canyon 4-10-12
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