[VBay78]

Limey and I launched at Mansfield this morning at sunrise - ramps are just fine, courtesy dock there flooating, quite nice...all four lanes open. Fished the dam with tiny torpedoes for first hour, Limey caught a footlong largemouth, but fish popping all over on top. Were hoping for some schooling whites, no dice there. Moved then to the island just north of there, some newly submerged weeds and very clear water produced another small Guadalupe bass by yours truly on a chart/white, silver willow leaf spinner. You could snorkel there it was so clear - had a couple chasers and saw a toad lmb swimming. Hooked another slot fish on a point there, got near the boat and threw the hook. Wind was blowing into the bank there and made for tough manuevering, but fish were there. All in all beautiful morning, off by 11 am...

 

[nitroguy]

Nice to hear the ramp is back open and a day on the water is better then sitting home.I hope to be back on the water this weekend put the boat in the shop for a check up for the winter fishing..Have a great day on the water.

 

[SkeeterMark]

Hooked another slot fish on a point there, ...

What is a slot fish on Travis?

 

[VBay78]

I'd guess 14 inches on the low side, but not sure...would need to look that up, it likely changed as well as of Sept 1st. Consult the TX Parks and Wildlife site or paper guide, I'll do so, have one at home.

 

[FishGod]

Hi Vbay, thanks for the report. There is no slot limit on Travis for largemouth. Never has been that I am aware of.

 

[Kped]

Nice to hear all lanes are open again and to hear about clear water .

Don't worry VBay I've caught many slots on Travis - they've all been under 14" ;D.

kp

 

[Lone_Star]

I was on LT Sunday afternoon with a friend and we had some luck. Caught 3 keeper LMB and 3 small Guadalupes, all on a drop-shot rig. The Mansfield ramp looked great. They poured more concrete so all 4 lanes will be in the water when the lake drops below 645. I'd send them a "thank you for the improvement" if I knew where to send it.

 

[turbobassman]

Try
LCRA
P.O. Box 220
Austin, TX 78767
for snail mail
or [email protected] for email

I am sure they would love to hear from you Lone Star.

We had three generations on LT on Sunday from 8AM to noon. We fished the dam area and the Cypress Creek area. We managed 6, all keepers since you can keep any sized Guad. Two LMB, both 15 inchers, and 4 guads. Great morning to be on the lake with your son and two of his sons. All caught on plastics of one variety or other in 5 to 120 feet of water.

 

[nitroguy]

I would like to see Travis go to a slot limit and get some of the 131/2 fish gone.I fish alot out there and there is a lot of small fish..I think it will get better in the future if they did this for awhile .......What do you all think..?

 

[Strictly Biznuss]

120ft of water?! Wow, I learned to catch them pretty deep living in CA, but 120 beats my record. Deepest I ever caught a bass in CA was 85ft. I did know a guy who regularly caught them in 100-110, but I never remember a 120...

 

[Fishless-N-Austin]

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What is a slot fish on Travis?[/quote]

Seen many "slots" in Devils Cove. They looked to be "spawning" by the way they stood on the boats and shaked their tails. ;D

 

[Ranger_R77]

When the lake is normal level at 681,

There are some area of the lake at 190 feet......

But catching them that deep, I would think you would have to fizz them or put the needle to their air bladder!

 

[turbobassman]

The "small" bass in LT are mostly Guadalupe bass with no size limit, you can keep 5 any size. Not likely to fish them out this century, they are prolific spawners.

There are plenty of small LMB in the lake but they usually grow fast or they are eaten.