big bass lake austin

[Clark]

Awesome fish.

[glen]

Boss - correct not the jumping Asian carp- These are grass carp that belong in Asia as well. I dont know why they didnt just use common carp or just let Mother Nature make the rules

[Easttxbowman]

Not sure about the grass coming back at J-ville but that little lake it is the perfect example of something amazing TPWD has screwed up. Property owners got mad and they shocked the lake with carp, and do not tell me those havent reproduced. Every blade of grass is gone, fishing SUCKS, and there are still small grass carp to be found.

Big fish but it's likely to have issues like Sharealunkers always seems to have such as the "broken jaw syndrome". Then they are likely to sell its offspring to another Private ranch, which should absolutely only be returned to public waters...all for a replica mount and spot on the bragging board.

[Reel Screamer]

The TC Jester cement bayou used to be my stomping ground.

Me too. Also rode dirt bikes a the “Big Dip”.

[bossbowman]

Big fish but it's likely to have issues like Sharealunkers always seems to have such as the "broken jaw syndrome". Then they are likely to sell its offspring to another Private ranch, which should absolutely only be returned to public waters...all for a replica mount and spot on the bragging board.

Sharelunker definitely has an image issue among bass fisherman it seems now, most I think just release the big girls to spawn in the lake they were caught in as nature intended.

[Slew]

Asian carp and grass carp are not the same thing, grass carp are sterile and will die out eventually asian carp will populate and overtake a fishery, look into what they did to Kentucky lake. We do not have asian carp in texas yet and you better hope we never do, they have built bio acoustic fish fences in rivers in and out of lakes that have been infested and they seem to be working to slow their spread for the most part so far.

Quachita river in Louisiana is covered in Asian carp! *******s will jump in your boat idling through oxbows. They’re slimy as hell and bleed all over! Looks like a crime scene on your carpet when then *******s end up in the boat!!

[rut-ro]

What’s bad about zebra muscles? Do they eat or reproduce a lot?

[rut-ro]

Im on this lake more than about anyone. The Asian carp were bad and no place for bait now. Never wee schooling fish on bait balls anymore. The Zebra muscles are on Lake Austin full force. I actually am able to go on training dives out there now and many days have 10-15 feet of visibility. Still some big ditch pickles in the lake but the numbers of small fish is way down. I remember watching guys fish the hydrilla bed by the golf course and catch numbers and quality fish

My neighbor is with HPD and has diced the chain of lakes a lot too. He said there are some big creatures under the surface.

[PondPopper]

One thing to remember is that grass carp are sterile. They are a non-native that does not reproduce.

You are joking right?

[ThisLadyHunts]

One question: Did the fish have a third gill and did it glow in the dark?

[glen]

Rut- the zebra muscles are on everything. They are very sharp and cut people. Rope, buoy anchors, and the big issue at Lake Austin is they mess up the intake for the water folks.