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WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work JC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbo
Yeap…. GRTU will outlaw Euro Nymphing…. But that is not all we will no longer allow…. No indicator nymphing, No tightline nymphing, No swinging of soft hackles, no streamer fishing…. We will require everyone to Dry Fly fish only with rods no longer than 7 1/2′, no heavier than a 4 weight, tippet no heavier than 6X, and flies no larger than #18s.
These new rules will decrease the amount of hook wounds and delayed mortality in the Fishery and make for greater holdover. Thank you for your understanding….
P.S. We will still not allow bait fishing, the use of Powerbait, and no use of scented liquids on their flies. Members caught violating these rules will be executed and dumped in the river…. I will have the final say in all violations with the use of my Glock 10mm which I will be carrying with my concealed carry permit…..
Your Fool
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
LAP Members
It is that time of year where you need to check the water with the thermometer where-ever you are fishing. If you don’t own a thermometer, go get yourself one, they are inexpensive and carry it with you at all times. I have been carrying an old Orvis Alcohol Thermometer for so long the anodized finish has worn off revealing the brass protective barrel. With these high air temperatures and low flows water temperatures can warm quickly in the afternoon. Currently those temperatures are pretty good all day down to Meckels, but below there you should be checking the water temperatures before you start fishing and then again every several hours, but especially in the afternoon. We request that when temps hit 68 degrees where you are fishing to move upstream into cooler waters if you are going to fish for Trout. Soon air temps will be getting into the 90s and this is a very critical time you need to think about the health of these Trout and not fish for them in water temps 68 and greater. This will ensure the greatest possible holdover of these valuable Trout to the next season. The other option is to move down below the second crossing and fish for other warm water species. You could even move to another river or go to fish in Canyon Lake and fish for other warm water species like Bass. This is the time of year when Bass fishing really takes off: Black, Smallmouth, Guadalupe, even White Bass and Stripers. There are many freshwater options available to us across our great state of Texas !!!! And not even mentioning the Saltwater fishing along the Texas Coast !!!
Thanks again, for considering the Health of the Trout Fishery above your own desire to fish for them all the time.
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
Hey J.C.
You know, my season has been just the opposite of yours J.C. I sure wanted to fish more with you and Alex, but life got in the way. I had about 8 days fishing for Holdovers and I hurt my knee real bad chasing the Rainbow seen below. After the first stocking my knee was in such bad shape I didn’t fish at all. I only went to the river to do; River Clean Ups, handle Stockings, temperature monitors work, general V.P. work, and the Brown Trout Whitlock/Vibert Box work. The rest of my time, I was spending seeing doctors, getting my blood drawn so many times it could have made a good John Wick movie, enough Xrays to be my own night light, and spending about an hour listening to the loud clicking in MRI machines. With all my work behind me, dates set of surgery, my knee couldn’t get much worse, so I started fishing January 14, and fished 6 days until February 14. Those that know me know I should have been on the river, like J.C. another 15-20 days.
Well, those surgeries have started. I am rehabing now, with a goal of fishing some in March to catch the Dry Fly bite. My total knee replacement will take place in April with 3 months rehab. I hope on getting my hall pass to hit the Rockies and flyfish mid-summer. I’ve optimistically already made reservations and plans to explore some new water.
Next Season I hope to set a record for the number of days on the water fishing the Guadalupe. People will probably get tired of seeing me. Well, at least I will be seen unlike this season. I am wondering just how strong these implants are? Mine is going to be a ceramic alloy and they tell me it has survived 250 million cycles with little wear. That sounds like it might be enough for the wild child still living inside me. I also plan to hit the slopes again for the first time in a long-time next winter. So, Look Out, Gang Way, Here I Come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbo
One more activity that is happening the weekend of TroutFest, Jud of Rio Anglers is having a “A Celebration of Texas Fly Fishing” on Saturday February 21 from 8am to 3pm.
So, if you want to do some Fly Tying, enter a casting contest, or the Trout Derby, you can do this all before the Banquet and Auction. So go and check in at the Rio Anglers Fly Shop and have some fun !Jimbo Roberts
The use of Guest passes…. You can purchase guest passes when joining the LAP program, or purchase them at Gruene Outfitters. LAP rules requires first, that you fill them out completely and the guest carries that pass with them through out the day (they are a one day single use pass). An LAP member must accompany the LAP guest at all times. If you go to certain sites: Lazy L&L, you should show the guest pass to those in the office. Other places like: Horseshoe Riverside Lodge, River Rose, Rio Guadalupe Resort, Action Angler, may ask you to present that day pass, but not every time. Guests also must abide by the LAP rules, especially being 100% catch and release fishing.
Jimbo
I was down on the river today to help Ron McAlpin deliver Rainbow Trout eggs to 3 different elementary schools and with weather approaching and real winter temperatures right around the corner, I knew I needed to revisit our Brown Trout egg stocking site and pick everything up. About 2 weeks ago I had to visit the site because several signs were down and the remaining ones had collected a bunch of floating grass. At that time, a few Whitlock/Vibert boxes, in the top of a couple of crates, had gravel swept away and were exposed. There were about 5 W/V boxes exposed, so I pulled them to check on the progress in the egg’s development. In the W/V boxes pulled, all the eggs had hatched, and the fry were close to absorbing all their yolk sac. So, they were developing faster than expected. With that in mind, I knew I could come back in a couple of weeks to remove all the signs, crates, and Whitlock/Vibert boxes, and that was today.
So, I wadered up, and drove to Tom Corbin’s house. Tom thought someone had already picked everything up on Saturday and after a few calls, and then actually getting in the river, I saw the closest signs were down, but the crates were just where we left them. Turns out he was just mistaken, that was us stocking Rainbows, not picking up the Whitlock/Vibert boxes.
Time to start inspecting the remaining boxes and estimate the success of the project thus far.
Looking down at the first set closest to his house I could see everything looked normal.
Now it was time to dig through the gravel and pull the W/V boxes.
Here’s a good look at the first one. It’s real clean, no remaining eggs, no slit, no fungus !!!
ExcellentI pulled more Whitlock/Vibert boxes and they all looked pretty much the same. You will also notice how heavily strained the boxes themselves have become. They start off almost a translucent white and now they are brown. I’ve seen this almost every year. With the lake turning over and the river fairly murky, this staining was expected. I also found both missing signs on the bottom, which was pretty lucky considering I couldn’t really see the bottom, but the change to a brighter and rectangular shape on the bottom was a dead give away.
One to the second set of crates. More of the same.
Then on to the crates on the other side and up closer to the weir.
Again, all the boxes came back clean.Then on to the last two sets of crates closest to the weir.
Again, clean boxes, no dead eggs, no fungus. All the eggs seem to develope and the fry escaped into the river.Pulling the upper most set of W/V boxes, I finally saw some that had not made it.
Here you can see some dead eggs, pale pinkish, some fungus, and general river debris. This was from the upper most crate, which should have had the cleanest water. But it also had the most floating grass which had caught on the legs of the sign. So maybe, it was these strands, that introduced the fungus into the upper chamber early in their development, but that is just a guess. Out of the some 50 Whitlock/Vibert boxes this was the only one that showed some dead eggs today.All in all, I would rate the success of the eggs hatching, developing into swim-up fry, is excellent. There were some 30,000 eggs (not 25,000 I originally thought) and probably >95% turned into Brown Trout Fry swimming around in the Guadalupe River. Now there will be tremendous predation on these fry as they grow to reach a catchable sized fish, but it’s a good start.
Then the fun part of lugging everything back to the bank and then up to the Bronco.
Tom helped hauling everything from the rivers edge up to the Bronco with his golf cart, for which, I am extremely grateful.Well, that’s it for now. Year One is off to a good start. It will be next fall and winter before we know if these Brown Trout Fry have made it to catchable sized Trout. My fingers are crossed and hoping to see some Brown Trout show up on the end of my line and in the net next fall.
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
Thanks, everyone for volunteering, especially those who have decided to help after the second email blast.
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. Fisheries
If anyone finds LAP Badges or Parking Passes, please contact Robilyn V.P. of Membership so it can be properly returned. We do not anyone who is not an LAP member to come in possession of them.
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
Thanks, for volunteering, I think we have enough to get the job done. See You there Wednesday Morning !!!!
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
Thanks everyone, See you in the Morning !!!!
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
Action Angler is still an LAP Site.
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
To enter the parking area, use the entrance at the far right, as if you were going to the Coffee Hut. Then drive around the back of the building to the parking area facing 306 as seen in the picture above.
Thanks
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
Details of the need for a pickup for the gravel haul….
The gravel we are going to pick up is in New Braunfels at, “One Site” 4875 South IH 35 (north on the access road from exit 182 south on NB). We will be picking up 1 cubic yard sometime Tuesday (I can meet you almost anytime). Then I will have you drive it to Horseshoe Riverside Lodge (Old Maricopa) Wednesday Morning 8:30am. Then we will go down the road to a house on Riverside Path where we have permission to access the river directly. From there we will have members carry the gravel in 5 gallon buckets down to the edge of the river. That is where everything is assembled in the water.
Jimbo
Note the changes, 11/25/25, now parking is only allowed on the right side of the tree.
Thanks
Jimbo Roberts
GRTU V.P. of Fisheries
