[Strictly Biznuss]

I'm headed to the frigid tundra of Utah tomorrow morning for the holidays and will be there for a week, so at the last second today I decided I needed to get in a fishing fix before I go. It was a tough decision deciding to go for numbers at Travis or big fish at Austin. Figured I'd take my chances and go big at Austin. I only had two hours to fish before I had to be at work at 5:00, so I fished from 1:30-3:30 this afternoon. I launched at Quinlan Park and started running around to about a dozen spots or so fishing fairly fast trying to get them figured out. Water temp was pretty cold at 54-55 degrees and very clear (10ft visibility). It was pretty slow going and I didn't even get a bite until the last 15 minutes. It's a shame I had to force myself to get off the water as I just got them figured out. In the last 15 minutes I caught three weighing in at 5-5, 5-2, and 5-1. Also lost one halfway in on the last cast that felt just as good as the previous three. Caught them all throwing a C-rigged Lake Fork Crawdad (green pumpkin) in 15-20 FOW near a bluff wall. The pic is of the 5-5.

 

[J.R.]

Nice fish! Have a safe and good holiday!

 

[bass-n-tx]

WTG good 2 hrs of fishing

 

[LonghornTurfGuy]

Work seems to always get in the way of what we really are here for!!! Healthy looking fish...

 

[EdM]

Nice job, Ander. Have a Merry Christmas in Utah.

 

[marine0311]

Wow nice fish

 

[chrismunn]

good lookin' fish, nice work!

 

[turbobassman]

Nice fish. Glad it happened for you. Merry Christmas.

 

[Ranger_R77]

Just an awesome report....from an awesome lake...

Thanks for sharing!

 

[CL]

Great report and congrats on 'figuring them out.' I haven't been able to do so in months. Perhaps it's because I don't throw a carolina rig, but maybe that needs to be in the box. I've been looking to have a day like that for too long. Thanks for sharing the report.

 

[CL]

Damned if I'm not C-rigging in 15-20 fow in the next few days...

 

[BlueSkeeter]

Good looking fish. I bet it was hard to leave after catching those. My experience with LA is when you find them like that you can load up. The hard part is finding where they are stacked up.

 

[Strictly Biznuss]

Thanks guys. It was definitely a fun 15 minutes. I just still can't help but wonder how long it would've lasted and how many I could've caught if I didn't have to get off the water. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes I guess. I'm now here in Utah and while I am happy to be around friends and family, I am just not a winter fan and am ready to come back already. haha. Still got another 6 days to go though...

 

[marine0311]

Well while your in Utah that will give the rest of us a chance to catch one of those big boys ha ha