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Well I went to Lake Jackson, and since the bottom fell out its only accessible by yak, mud buddy or airboat. First time I ever been there and wish I had a scale. Take note that the biggest largemouth is over 28 inches. Not a bad fish. Wish I had taken better pics.
The small one is 1 of 20 or so less than 3 lbs.
This momma bear is back in the water waiting on another day.
Launched off Faulk Rd and no I didn't have to cover a lot of water, ther is not much water in Jackson. I was fishing with Saltwater Assasin rootbeer jerkbait with no weight, and a little twitch for a couple of yards then cast again. I caught 4 more tonight with biggest 4 lbs.
Last edited by jsuber on July 6th, 2006, 12:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I talked to a FWC officer a couple of weeks ago, and he said they've had lots of problems with people driving on the lake bed to get to fishable water (and who knows what else). So, I was wondering where I could launch.
He said that there are signs posted at all of the landings warning folks not to drive on the lake bottom, but obviously people are still doing it. He said if they see violators, they issue warnings in hopes that'll take care of it. But, if they keep catching the same folks doing it, they're going to give out tickets. FWC is not always out there, but when they are, he'll probably pay you a visit.
Nice Fish! I'll have to agree with Bailey. I go to the lake often. For a long time there was no ordinance against driving on the lake bottom, which created the roads. They since have done this, and the FWC will stop ya. They are usually on 4-wheelers, so they sneak up on ya. I know there was signs posted but they get torn down as soon as they are up. Great pics though, lets hope for some rain so we don't worry about it at all.
Did you see the friendly gator why you were there?
I used to fish out there until they started posting signs warning you that eating fish taken from the lake, more than twice a week, could be hazardous to your health. I took my canoe to saltwater and started taking fish from the gulf...
Time is the most precious commodity we have in life, stay focused.
I was curious about mjsigns post, so I hunted a little. There wasn't anything on Lake Jackson (everyone probably still thinks it's dry from a few years back ), but if you look towards the end of the link, it doesn't recommend eating any saltwater fish more than twice a week.
