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Texas Lakes Are Producing Giant Bass Right Now
Submitted by: TBC Press
Posted on: 03/08/21
News # 14251
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Pro angler and guide Matt Reed has been putting clients on 8- to 10-pounders at Falcon Lake, a Rio Grande impoundment on the border south of Laredo.
In central Texas on Lake Travis near Austin, Trace Jansen landed a 15.32-pound largemouth that broke a lake record set in 1993.
The Toyota ShareLunker program runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Bass weighing more than 13 pounds can be donated for the spawning process, which rears the fry for release into state lakes. The donated bass are returned to their home lake after the January-March spawning session. Bass weighing 8 or more pounds can be registered into the ShareLunker records but not donated, and are recognized as Lunker (8+), Elite (10+) and Legend (13+) bass. The program is all about expanding trophy bass fishing in Texas.
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Despite Winter Storm Uri’s fury in mid-February the hottest bass fishing in the country is in Texas right now, with multiple double-digit largemouths being caught in just a couple days. Lake and personal records have been eclipsed, and the Toyota ShareLunker spawning program has been a big beneficiary.
O.H. Ivie Lake has yielded at least eight giants in a flurry of activity since February 19, including five largemouths weighing at least 13 pounds.
The year’s first two ShareLunker Legacy bass were caught in January, a 13.02 pounder on Lake Austin and a 13.44 pounder caught on Sam Rayburn.
