Texas has 2nd Sharelunker of the season.

[Matt Fly]

#2 was caught this weekend on Lake Conroe Tx on Sunday 12/11/05.  She weighed in at 14.22, 25 inches long and 23 inches in the girth.  Caught on a minnow while crappie fishing in 25 ft of water.

This is the same lake about 15 years ago, maybe longer, the vegitation got out of hand, so someone got the hair brained idea to plant Coy, a japanese, sterile, grass carp, supposed to be sterile.  2 yrs later, the lake was void of vegitation and the lake quit producing double digit bass untill anglers started to plant native Tx vegitation and brush piles.   About 6 years ago, she started coming back with the larger bass being reported.    Now, vegitation has come back strong and lake owners want something done again.    

There was a thread from the Houston area a month or so back explaining the situation again on Lake Conroe.  

[paparock]

I have always hear good things about Lake Conroe. It's the lake where my father was having a retirement home built when he died. He never got to enjoy the fishing there. I'm gad to hear it has come back. Hopefully those responsible will take a more considered approach this time to balance the vegetation so that it's not all gone or taking over.