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Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event: Kayak/Canoe/Motorized Boat – Lake Bastrop (Bastrop, Texas)
Trip Description: Fish Lake Bastrop Fri, Sat, and Sun. Kayak, canoe, or motorized boat. Two airstream a/c trailers are reserved for Fri and Sat nights for the first eight (8) people to sign-up, if you would like to camp overnight. Bass and perch.
When: Fri/Sat/Sun, Sept 27th – 29th, 2019
Where: 603 FM 1441, Bastrop, Texas 78602
How to sign up: Contact John Eldred or evite below
Fish were caught. 11 of us made it to the water. Fun was had by all, but if you want to know the details……
The Texas FlyFishers Began arriving at camp at about 1300.
3 campers, 7 in the cabins, 1 day tripper. 9 kayaks on the water.
One swimmer. One pair of shoes are now “sole-less”. One pair of wading boots gave up the ghost. Only one fly rod snapped, but amazingly, it went back together.
Fish were caught, but the numbers were lower than last year. We are blaming the flood.
This trip is coming up this weekend and there are just a few open spots in the cabins. The good news is that there are still plenty of camping spots
See below……
Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event: Kayak/Canoe – Lake Raven
Trip Description: Fish Lake Raven Fri and/or Sat, or both. Campsite is reserved if you would like to camp overnight. Bass and perch. Very nice, small, non-motorized lake.
When: Fri/Sat, 12th/13th July 2019
Where: Huntsville St. Park, Park Road 40 West, Huntsville, Tx.
How to sign up: Contact John Eldred or evite below
TRIP REPORT: A great morning. Four kayakers arrived at 630am, as planned, and were in the water fishing by ~715am. Fishing was good, with 13 largemouth bass and over 50 perch caught on top water (VIP poppers and spiders). Five (5) of the lmb were 3+lbs…nice fish. Beautiful lake, only a couple other kayaks and one boat. Even had a couple alligator sightings, but no issues.
We got pushed off the water by weather at about 11am….rain started with some thunder in the distance. Made a good decision and packed up. But the morning was worth it.
The lake and campground are very nice. Easy drive from Hou, very nice boat ramp, lots of parking and camping. A really good weekday trip….never been there on the weekend so hard to comment, but I suspect it gets a little more traffic…..We WILL do it again. See pictures below:
Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event: Day Trip to Lake Raven
When: Friday, 3rd May 2019; Meet at 630 am, Huntsville St Park, Boat Ramp
Where: Huntsville St. Park, Park Road 40 West, Huntsville, Tx.
How to sign up: Contact John Eldred
Texas FlyFishers of Houston Event: 5th Annual Clark Thornton Memorial San Marcos River Trip
When: 5th Oct 2019; Meet at 8 am, Spencer’s Canoe and Shady Grove Campground
Where: Headquarters: Spencer Canoe: 9515 FM 1976, Martindale, TX 78655
Pre-Registration MUST be made in advance for camping, kayak rental, or the trip.
How to sign up: Contact Skip Donavan
5 campers sat around the campfire and had way more food than was good for them.
Fishing was good Friday.
Matt was on hand Thursday and Friday, helping get all prepared for the invasion of friends on Saturday. This event couldn’t have gone so well without his help.
Some loud person decided to yell “Fish On!” at 0500 Saturday morning.
Sign-in started at 0700, with Q, Russell C. and John P. manning the greeter’s table. Thanks John P. for the kolaches and donuts! Coffee and donuts at the table was a great idea.
Yellow spider seemed to work well, as did many other flies.
VIP popper brought a lot of LMB to hand
28 anglers signed in for the event
At lunch while the food was being prepared the bald eagle made a visit, as did the resident osprey.
We call this the “John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular” but we just couldn’t keep the bass off of our flies.
Don H. landed the largest confirmable bluegill brought to hand on Saturday, a 10½” monster that was CPR’ed.
5 of us decided that it was worth chancing the wind as we were given an opportunity to pre-fish the John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular, 2019-04-27-0700am .
Kayaks and a kickboat launched and the entertainment began.
