The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been stocking Florida strain largemouth bass in Lake Travis since 1988. But all the pre-tournament talk here this week, and in previous tournaments here, has been about the numbers of 1- to 2-pound fish.
In the first hour today, big news is drowning out the dinks. In addition to Cliff Pace’s 10-pound, 5-ounce bass, Josh Bertrand has landed an 8-3, Brent Ehler caught a 7-10, and both Micah Frazier and Drew Benton have boated 5-10s.
Remember, at Texas Fest the anglers aren’t estimating weights. The fish are put on calibrated scales for judges to weigh. What you see in the BASSTrakk Twitter feed is the real deal. This ain’t “fake news.”