[ranger177tr]

Cold and windy out of the NE in the am. Hot water pipe bite was on with c rig finesse worms and 3/8 watermelon spinner bait. Frog bite picked up in the late morning on the south side. Big fish went 4.75 with a 7lb mouth. Pics will follow when I have enough posts.

 

[Ranger_R77]

Seems the windier it is on Lake Bastrop, the better the frog bite it along the shoreline....


I am going to contact TPWD about the skinny bass on Bastrop. I too, have been catching some 7lb LMB that only weigh around 4lbs...

I know in the past, that was a lack of food supply, but was seasonal, due to the extreme hotwater.

 

[McToon]

all the fish we caught today were fatties. FYI Just fatties!

 

[McToon]

Wonder if it has anything to do with an over abundance of cover? Lots of Hydrilla this year.

 

[Texasfisherman57]

I second that about all of the grass!

 

[Derick K]

You can't have to much cover in my opinion.

 

[ranger177tr]

frog fish

 

[basstrack]

Purdy fish!

 

[Tincan86]

nice quality pic there!! what kind of camera?

 

[Hookem]

Seems the windier it is on Lake Bastrop, the better the frog bite it along the shoreline....


I am going to contact TPWD about the skinny bass on Bastrop. I too, have been catching some 7lb LMB that only weigh around 4lbs...

I know in the past, that was a lack of food supply, but was seasonal, due to the extreme hotwater.

Me thinks most skinnys have a chunk o' plastic stuck inside. We've seen it back in the day when you could keep and fillet anything from the 'trop.

 

[David L]

I caught one at Fayette not too long ago, 7lb head with a 2lb body. Thought it was a grandpa on his last leg until I went to remove the hook and found a 7 in senko in his gullet. It was all torn up and looked like it'd been in there for a long time.

 

[mike2010]

I read a article in Bass,a few yrs ago on grass if it takes over 25-30% of the water there is too much cover for the bait to hide in= skinny fish. It is like deer hunting in a heavey ceader brake, can't see them ,can,t shoot them!!

 

[Ranger_R77]

Email message from TPWD..



From: Stephan Magnelia [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Fri 12/10/2010 6:41 PM
To: Robert Hocher
Subject: RE: Lake Bastrop


There are always some skinny fish on slot lakes. My theory is they are old males with bad eye sight and have a hard time foraging. We always look at average body condition by inch group, which at Bastrop has either been average or above average.



Steve