[txlunkerhunter]

Fished Bastrop from about 7:00 am till 2:30. Started out in the discharge and caught 25 in about an hour and a half on white ice flukes. Decided to go try to find some other fish when I hit 25 in the discharge so off I go. Ran over by the intake side and only caught 1 on a swimbait, man was it ever windy. Next over to the south side of the lake for 4 more fish on TR rattlesnakes up close to the cattails. Then headed west of North Shore and caught 4 more on swimbait around grass and 2 more in the cattails on TR rattlesnakes. Then headed to a main lake point and rounded off the day with 3 more ( 1 on TR rattlesnake and the other 2 on white ice fluke). Think I ended up the day with 38 fish with a couple of short strikes on the swimbait and maybe 25 misses in the discharge in the morning. Oh and a special thanks to the guy at the boat ramp who helped me get the treble hook out of my finger ( almost cut my day of fishing short ).

 

[Emac]

Thanks for the report.

I'm curious to know if you're just catching dinks in the discharge or did you hook into some quality fish.

 

[txlunkerhunter]

Caught quite a few from 2 to 3 lbs. Actually not many dinks at all most were just nice solid fish.

 

[Emac]

Thanks for the quick reply. Sounds like an excellent day.

 

[Matt Warren]

sounds like a great trip. I also got to extract a treble hook from my finger this week

 

[bassfantastic]

Nice day on the trop. Hate those trebles in a finger Done it a few times myself.

 

[Jukebox]

You're not making any friends here. We gotta get to know you before you start talking chit all the time.

 

[RO]

x2 Juke.  Good grief.  Calling somebody "liar" for posting a perfectly plausible decent day on Bastrop.  Not many people takes pics of 2-3 lb bass when you're catching bunches.  How would you feel if he posted a few pics of such bass?  Would he have to post all 38 to satisfy your distrust?  Mercy.

Nice report txlunkerhunter. Sorry that someone has to do this to an otherwise good thread. Would be nice if you could post some pics to insert somewhere sideways abruptly. :-X

 

[J.R.]

Sounds like a perfectly normal day on the Strop to me, nice report Lunk. I've heard lots of numbers and slots coming out of there lately.

Basshunter you have another PM.

 

[Emac]

Honestly I completely believe his post. He had a day that is not uncommon on that lake.

Everything he stated in his report made sense to me.

 

[Texasfisherman57]

Caught 25 huh? But not one picture. Sounds a little fishy to me. No pun intended. Right guys?

Nobody likes a liar

Phil

He doesn't need to lie. Catching dozens of fish at the discharge is quite common. The 1st time we went to Bastrop, my Wife and I probably caught 50. There was a couple fishing in a boat close to use that was doing the same. The man in that boat caught 100 easily.

 

[Emac]

After reading Jukebox's comment I went back and read basshunter12's posts. I came across post by EthicalFisher and read all of those.

I came to an interesting conclusion after doing so. I think the Admin might have caught on but I'm not sure yet.

 

[J.R.]

Fixed! Carry on.

 

[mike2010]

Lunker sounds great those days are too few. did you use the string trick to get hthe hook out ?

 

[txlunkerhunter]

Yes..... One guy at the ramp asked if it was buried past the barb and thought you had to push it straight on through. I said no, there is another way and a lot less painful... actually it didn't hurt at all, but probably numb from going in.

 

[mike2010]

That my experance too hurt like hell going in a buddy pop it right out. It was in up to the bend in the hook it poped right out. Mike

 

[JD]

Went to use that trick on a buddy of mine this past winter. He had a white get away from him and bury the barb on a MegaBass crankbait. Much to our surprise they use hooks with the barb on the outside of the hook, so he got to push it on through and cut it off. I guess that's what you get for spending $25.00 on a crankbait!