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March 17, 2011 - Don Johnson

Begin and end times: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Air Temperature, weather conditions: Blue sky, high seventies
Water condition:: clear, Pedernalas flow 35 cfs at Johnson City, Lake Travis 665 ft
Flies that worked: : grey and white shallow water Clouser
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Keith and I fished at Reimer’s Ranch Park on Thursday. Several people had told us that the best white bass fishing was a long way down stream, so, even though we walked past several likely looking pockets of deep water, we followed instructions and walked a long way down. As we were walking in we met an outbound young man with a good stringer over his shoulder. He said we should keep going until we saw an open sided metal roofed structure on the river bank and fish the deep hole a few yards downstream from there. So, that is what we did. This spot turned out to be, according to Keith’s pedometer, almost exactly 2 miles down; the walk took us about 40 minutes. For most of the walk we stayed on a hiking path that was occasionally marked with “Lower River Trail” signs. The trail is a well worn footpath that follows the bluff above the river, providing a good view of the river valley, and, for the most part, the walking was easy. The last few hundred yards were past the park boundary, so we walked in the river bed to avoid trespassing on private property.

We set up side by side and began casting into the deep water. Keith immediately began catching fish, and without moving from that spot, caught one 20 inch black bass and many whites. He wasn’t counting, but I would be surprised if he caught fewer than 20 fish. I tried casting to Keith’s hot spot, in true white bass fishing style my casts were almost overlapping his, but I only managed one fish from that hole. I fished a few more spots down stream but finished the day with only three fish. My fish were all in the 13 inch to 14 inch range; most of Keith’s were at least that size, with some even larger.

March 2010 - Greg Welander

See this Outing Report.

March 5, 2010 - Greg Welander

Brooks, Don, Mike Howard, Brian and myself fished at Reimer's. We all caught fish. I finished the day with 31 White Bass. There where a lot of people fishing the river, especially for a weekday. This contributed to the lower fish count then our previous trip. However, any day you catch 30 fish is a great day! A lot of the spots where covered up with people. We found the better fishing above the first set of rapids. However, we crossed over at the rapids which wasn't that bad. The water was around knee deep in the rapids. A wading staff would be a useful tool to have in order to cross over the rapids. However, I left mine at home and will make sure to bring it next time out.

March 20, 2008 - Don Johnson

Our fishing party consisted of Brooks Bouldin, Keith Lovin, and myself. We left Georgetown about 8:00am and were on the water by about 10:00am. The temperature was in the mid to high seventies, and the sky was a high cloudless blue. The water was only slightly cloudy. The level of Lake Travis was 680 feet and the Pedernales running at 132 cfs upstream at the USGS gauging station in Johnson City. We paddled upstream about 1.5 river miles to a series of riffles just downstream from the place where Cypress Creek enters the river. Brooks caught six or eight whites; Keith and I were skunked. Brooks caught most of his fish in two separate visits to a pool just downstream from the first riffle using a small blue-grey clouser. We talked to several fishermen during the day; some were having poor luck while others were having moderate success. We left the water at about 3:00pm.