Day one: Me and my daughter met Mark Fransen (our guide that we found with the help of Ron C. THANKS RON!)at the ramp at Fayette Lake (a big power plant lake that gets it's water from the Colorado river and is located about 80 miles from Austin), a bit before 7 a.m. and started throwing buzzbaits and frogs in the grass for quite a few fish. (I ain't good at count ing but it was pretty darn good fishin). After conditions weren't right for that any more we ended up carolina riggin' and texas riggin' brush piles, grass and a bit of structure for some pretty decent fishing on fish to 4 lbs or so. The fishin was so steady we didn't break for lunch til after 2 if I remember right! After some killer burgers in Fayetteville it was back on the water. Some more plastics fishin for some more fish (my daughter held her own with a 10'' worm and dumped a donkey right at the boat) ,and then back to end the day with some more buzzbait fish including my daughter gettin one real close to 7 lbs. that burried up in the grass and stayed on and Mark dug it out for her! That little girl could do no wrong that day and got the 2nd biggest bass of her young life and some nice fish on 10 inch worms! Fishing was very steady all day.
Day 2: Met Mark a bit after 7, this time with the my grown son, the father of my new grandson. The buzzbait thing didn't pan out with a couple short bites but I managed a few on a gunfish. I did get a look on a 8 inch hard swimbait (BBZ 1 floater) and it tipped me off to what I was gonna do later in the day. Had some worm fish before the rain and some lightning chased us off the lake for a while so we had a longer lunch and got back on the water about 1:30. Had some more worm fish and then it happened. The darn things started schoolin (apparently they were done schoolin' over 2 weeks ago, oh well right place right time!) and it was fricken game on for over 2 hrs!!!We layed the wood to em!!!Even the cow birds (and this is no b.s.) were tryin to pick shad off the water! I'm not gonna guess at how many we caught but it was as good as spoon fishin' gets for 2 hrs. most fish were 2 to 3 lbs wth a few bigger (up close to 4 1/2 lbs). My grown son had fun! (Heck,me and Mark did too!)
Now for the icing on the cake. It got right and my son starts with the buzzbait along with Mark and they had some action to say the least. Me? I stuck with the big 8 inch hard swimbait and put 4 fish for 24 lbs in the boat in a half hour or so!!! Texas bass like big CA swimbaits. I don't think Mark woulda believed it unless he saw it with his own eyes. He tells me his partner aint gonna believe it even with the photos and eyewitness accounts and such. Two were about 7lbs and then down from there for the other two. Had two others that didn't stick and 3 or 4 other lookers that didn't bite. Thanks again to Ron C. for pointing me in the right direction to find a guide and a big thanks to Mark Fransen Fishing Guide for showing me and my kids a real good Texas time! He REALLY knows the lake!!! I'll post some pics as soon as my kid gets em downloaded this afternoon. Sorry for the long post but it was a very special couple days for me and my kids! Scott
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