Austin Christian Bass Club

Catching a fish is really tough right now!  Come share your success stories with everyone at the next club meeting…….

Tournament Results:

Our July night tournament on Lake LBJ had 9 teams participating and no team caught a limit of 10 fish.  The bite was pretty slow.  Al Lykins and Tim Jolly won the tournament with 7 fish weighing 15.89 pounds.  Gib Hoffman and Kevin Jackson took second place with 8 fish weighing 15.14 pounds.  Jim Pollard caught the heaviest stringer of 5 fish weighing 8.89 pounds.

Top Ten Standings:

Mike Wiles- 66.85 pounds                                          Tom Clark- 51.29 pounds
Al Lykins- 65.44 pounds                                             Mitch Shelton- 47.86 pounds
Jim Pollard- 63.64 pounds                                         Roger Growden- 43.98 pounds
Gib Hoffman- 58.57 pounds                                      Carlton Yarbrough- 39.99 pounds Darryl Smith- 53.36 pounds                                      Craig Mooney- 39.11 pounds
Darryl Smith is leading the race for Big Bass of the 3rd Quarter with his 11 pound 10 oz. giant that came from Choke Canyon Reservoir on July 5, 2010.

August Meeting and Tournament:

The August meeting will be held on Thursday, August 19th at 7:00pm.  Our August tournament will be Saturday, August 21, 2010.  Darryl Smith and Carlton Yarbrough have volunteered to bring refreshments to the meeting.

Reminder:

Don’t forget that your fishing/hunting license will expire at the end of this month and new licenses go on sale today, August 15th.

Fishing Reports:

I know it is hot and the bite of often tough, but there are fish that can still be caught.  I have fished both Lake Buchanan and Lake Austin at night recently and the fishing was slow on both lakes although I didn’t get skunked.  Conditions were nice and that is why I went fishing at night.  I will tell you that fishing and navigating the upper end of Lake Austin during the summer can be a real challenge.  The cold water that was released from Lake Travis caused a thick fog over the water and cut visibility to a dangerous level because there was no breeze to blow the fog away.  Any good fishing report that I have read recently usually reports the fish were caught deep and a slow presentation was what the fish wanted.  Hang in there!  Summer will be over soon.  See you all at the upcoming meeting.