Toledo Bend Lake Association awards 72 lunker bass replicas




Ramona Moore reports the Toledo Bend Lake Association awarded 72 lunker bass replicas to anglers at the Toledo Bend Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash at Cypress Bend Park on Sunday, May 21.

This was the third highest number of lunkers caught, and replicas awarded in a single year. Dinah Medine, coordinator of the TBLA Lunker Bass Program, presented the replicas to the anglers.

Among the 72 fish caught, two fish qualified to move into the Top 100 largest reported largemouth bass caught on Toledo Bend. One of these big fish was caught by Mike Thaxton of Zwolle, weighing 12.37 lbs, the largest lunker caught this year. Joe Cooley of Florien, caught the other fish weighing 12.20 lbs. Ten of the lunkers caught this year were previously caught and tagged fish.

Norman Land of Cleveland, TX, received two replicas, having caught both of his fish on the same day, an achievement not previously recorded. Jason Courville of Orange, TX, also received two replicas this year.

The Lunker Bass Replica Program was initiated by the Sabine River Authority of Louisiana in 1992, and transferred to Toledo Town and Tackle in 1998. It was assumed by the Toledo Bend Lake Association in 2005.

Since its inception, over 879 lunkers have been caught and released back to Toledo Bend Lake through this Program. The goal of the Program is to encourage the return of trophy fish to the lake by rewarding anglers with a replica bass for catching and releasing their Toledo Bend Lunker back to the Lake. TBLA hopes these fish will live, spawn, reproduce, grow bigger and be caught again by another angler.

Photos of the anglers and their lunkers can be seen on the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program on Facebook and a complete list is also posted on www.toledobendlakeassociation.com




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GOOD. Water slightly stained; 63 degrees; 2.13 feet below pool. Spring started off with a freeze. Water temperature is running 59-63 degrees and the clarity is clear. Lots of bass are still spawning in 1-5 feet of water hitting wacky-worms and senkos. There are good numbers of bass starting to show up that have already spawn, these fish spawned on that February full moon. These fish coming on shallow running crankbait and Carolina rig lizard. With the next moon coming, there will be more bass on the move towards the back. This will keep going to first of May. Crappie are good, but with the colder weather, it is going to pop it back several days. The crappie are super picky due to the changing weather.

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