Posted By: JohnF67
6-13-21 Lady Bird Lake - 06/14/21 03:31 PM
The sunfish are finally in their summertime spots at Lady Bird (4-6 feet of water, under overhanging branches or around laydowns).
Sunday I put my Kayak in at Stephen F. Austin High School at 6 am, headed up Barton Creek. Due to all of the rain the creek is flowing pretty quickly and is deep enough that I can get almost all the way to the swimming pool. Fished my way down the creek, then headed down stream on the main lake to fish the railroad bridge (where I caught a few pretty decent 7-8" Blue Gill), before heading back upstream and fishing the south bank. The lake is a few inches high, and both the up and downstream spillways are open, the current is running about 2 mph. Water is warm, 78 F according to my Lowrance, and so was the air (79 when I hit the water at 6am, 96 when I finished up at 11:30).
Was a great day of fishing. I caught this big old girl in an eddy all the way up the creek by the Barton Springs Pool. Caught her on a Strike King Bitsy Minnow, in less than 3' of water, with 6 lb test mono, on an ultralight rod. She pulled a lot of drag before tiring out. My bump board is only 20" long unextended and I didn't have enough hands to extend the board, hold her, and take a picture. My best estimate is that she was about 24" and between 5 and 6 lbs. The biggest bass I've caught in a long time. (My picture doesn't do her justice, since my hand is between the camera and the fish it's the opposite of those 'make a 6 lb fish look double digit photos'...my hand looks bigger the fish looks smaller, but take a look at the size of her mouth compared to my hand.)
Of course I caught a few other typical (for me) LBL bass who's eye's are bigger than their bellies, like these two:
A nice blue gill caught by the railroad bridge:
And a decent long ear, caught under one of the private docks north of Mopac-
Overall a great day, caught 82 assorted sun fish, and six bass, all on either a Strike King Bitsy Minnow or Gulp Alive Minnows (Watermelon Pearl) on a 1/64 oz jig head. A nice day to be on the water.
Sunday I put my Kayak in at Stephen F. Austin High School at 6 am, headed up Barton Creek. Due to all of the rain the creek is flowing pretty quickly and is deep enough that I can get almost all the way to the swimming pool. Fished my way down the creek, then headed down stream on the main lake to fish the railroad bridge (where I caught a few pretty decent 7-8" Blue Gill), before heading back upstream and fishing the south bank. The lake is a few inches high, and both the up and downstream spillways are open, the current is running about 2 mph. Water is warm, 78 F according to my Lowrance, and so was the air (79 when I hit the water at 6am, 96 when I finished up at 11:30).
Was a great day of fishing. I caught this big old girl in an eddy all the way up the creek by the Barton Springs Pool. Caught her on a Strike King Bitsy Minnow, in less than 3' of water, with 6 lb test mono, on an ultralight rod. She pulled a lot of drag before tiring out. My bump board is only 20" long unextended and I didn't have enough hands to extend the board, hold her, and take a picture. My best estimate is that she was about 24" and between 5 and 6 lbs. The biggest bass I've caught in a long time. (My picture doesn't do her justice, since my hand is between the camera and the fish it's the opposite of those 'make a 6 lb fish look double digit photos'...my hand looks bigger the fish looks smaller, but take a look at the size of her mouth compared to my hand.)
Of course I caught a few other typical (for me) LBL bass who's eye's are bigger than their bellies, like these two:
A nice blue gill caught by the railroad bridge:
And a decent long ear, caught under one of the private docks north of Mopac-
Overall a great day, caught 82 assorted sun fish, and six bass, all on either a Strike King Bitsy Minnow or Gulp Alive Minnows (Watermelon Pearl) on a 1/64 oz jig head. A nice day to be on the water.