I have been very busy guiding this week! I love fishing and can't get enough of it, so no complaints here! Tuesday morning I had the pleasure of fishing with a teacher from the same school my girlfriend teaches at. The pressure was on to put them on fish, and boy did Lake Travis deliver! For fear of over exaggerating we caught around 35 fish for a morning half day trip. Right now the fish are schooling and if you know the right places to target them and can use your sonar effectively you can really load the boat. Every spot we hit that morning produced fish with several good size bass in the mix. The trip went so well it gave me some inspiration to fish that evening. Every Tuesday in the summer Texas Tournament Zone puts on an evening fishing tournament out of Mansfield Dam park. I entered it solo and sure enough the fish were still there! I ended up catching a 5.5 pounder and WON the tournament fishing solo! I also fished today with an evening half day trip and the bite was almost as good! We caught over 20 fish, and that was with a dad and his 8 year old daughter. Naturally the quantity of fish landed goes way up with experienced anglers, but honestly I get more satisfaction out of teaching new anglers how to fish and seeing the joy of fighting a big bass. The bite I have been on is a lot of swimbait fishing... The benefits of this is you don't need to cast super accurately, the fish hit the bait hard so there is no mistaking the bites, and the numbers of fish are way up. The bass on Travis will continue to do this for another month until they move out deep offshore. Now is a great time to get out there while the weather is good and the fish are biting. Tight Lines!