To fish or not to fish, that has been the question the last two weekends. Weatherman said the rain wouldn't be here until the afternoon so I ventured out to Austin in search of some bass. Been wanting to fish this lake for a while. Was on the water by 7am. Little wind and low 60's temps. Didn't rise above 65 the whole time I was out with a little mist here and there. Took off from the ramp only to find my rudder not working. Good thing I had a paddle in my vehicle as a spare. Had to use it the whole day to steer that big tub of plastic around. Hobie's are a giant pain in the rear without a rudder. Planned on fishing the bank with a slow rolled havoc swimbait but plans quickly changed. I spent too much time steering to slow roll anything. Tied on a white spinnerbait and continued down the bank to a creek opening. Caught a nice 2-3#er a little ways in the creek. It looked fishy (and I should have stayed for a while) but I had other plans in mind. Paddled down the bank to Snake Island without any luck. Google maps showed some nice vegetation in the cove by the dam so I headed that way. Nice reed patch was the next stop. I was kicking myself for not bringing my spinner setup with braid. Used a wacky senko instead and hooked up to a nice one. Evidently he just had it in his mouth because after a few seconds of dead weight, my senko popped out of the water. A few casts later I hooked up to a smaller fish. Would have liked to cast a lure into the reeds but knew I couldn't haul a fish out of it with what I had. On my way away from the reed patch I Ianded a nice 4# bass on the outside of the reeds. Wind made it a pain paddling around so I fished a few more banks before going back to my original spot by the creek. It was crowded but i figured once I got in there it wouldn't be bad. A few casts later the entire flotilla of kayaks and paddle boards rushed in the creek. I had had enough for the day at that point. Arms exhausted, I picked up around 11. Wouldn't mind going back to this place with braid and a kayak that has a functional rudder. Enjoy the video report and thanks for reading.
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July 2019
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