Mminin33

No disrespect to Ray Scott, but no man has done more for the sport of Bass Fishing than Forrest Wood, I’ll be praying hard for him.

It’s only fitting that I’m calling a lake near Austin ‘weird’, but that’s the best way to describe Lake Travis. In early January my buddy and I decided to take a trip to the Texas Hill Country and fish Lake Travis. We live in the Houston area, our home lakes are Conroe, Fayette, and Sam Rayburn. However, since it was winter time we weren’t getting good numbers at those lake, and we were tired of the grind. So we decided to go to more of a highland lake setting, which is what Travis is. Now, what makes Travis weird? We fished 8 hours for one day, and we put about 50 Bass in the boat. Mostly Largemouth, but we also caught some Guadalupes and Spots. Out of the around 50 Bass we caught only one looked to be over 2 pounds. However, that one Bass that was over 2 pound, weighed somewhere between 8 and 9 pounds. We thought for sure we hooked into a Striper or a Catfish, because we were already about 30 fish in at the time and they were all dinks, so we were stunned to see it be a largemouth. The lake record is over 14 pounds, so we knew the lake has big ones. But, the way things were going we didn’t think we were going to catch any fish near that size. Another thing that makes Lake Travis weird is that it’s the only lake I know of in the country that has 4 species of Black Bass. Largemouth, Spotted, Guadalupe, and Smallmouth. I’ve never caught a Smallmouth at Travis, but I know they’re in there. And one more thing to prove that Lake Travis is the weirdest Lake in the country, Bassmaster had an Elite Series tournament there in 2018, and the big Bass of the tournament weighed about 10.5 pounds by Cliff Pace. So, knowing that, you would think the winning weight would be 90+ pounds. No, Drew Benton won that tournament by only weighing in 67-15 over the 4 days. I don’t know a weirder Lake in the country.

How did anglers who did not fish the FLW tour this year, like Zack Birge and Cory Johnston qualify for FWC?

I went to Sam Rayburn for the first time since February, the water since has come back down to pool level, and from the looks of it most of the deep hydrilla has been killed off. So, I thought it would be a no-brainer that the fish would be set up offshore and that would the deal. After fishing about 4 hours on various bush piles and boulders, ranging anywhere from 16-34 feet I could only come up with a single spotted bass. I was a Using a Spro DD-90, a Berkely foot long power worm on a carolina rig, and a Cumberland Pro 1 oz hair jig. After I gave up the offshore bite, I went to the the backs of coves and flipped some brush in the late afternoon and was able to pick off a few fish including a 5-pounder to salvage my day. But, it still left me puzzled, why I couldn’t catch anything offshore? Did anyone have this issue at Rayburn?

I usually use an offset 3/0 narrow gap hook.

The problem is that little kids watch there videos, and that will give them the impression that’s it’s okay to get in trouble.

Any thoughts on Castaways Skeleton V2 Series rods? I’m thinking about buy their 7’10 DD special rod.

No, a ned rig can’t get down 20+ feet.

Youtubers

I use to watch LFG and Lunkers years ago back when they weren’t famous, and I actually had the privilege of meeting LFG at the Gibbons Creek Reservoir boat ramp a couple years ago, he seemed very cool and down to earth. About a year ago I completely stopped watching their videos. They seemed to have turned into typical big time You-tubers. Their videos have gone down in quality, they flex their wealth, and they put out a **** ton of merchandise( in this case, Googan Baits). And the videos that they do fish, they don’t go out to Rayburn or Toledo Bend, they go to private farm ponds where the fish will eat anything that hits the water. I’ll also add they’re not very educational, not that they could teach me anything I didn’t already know, but since little kids watch their content you would think they would at least commentate what they’re doing. I’ve since moved on and watch BassResource religiously. Am I being too harsh, or do y’all feel the same way?