2009 Accomplishments
Conservation Group Releases 55,500 Fish into Lake Buchanan
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Pictured above are; left to right: David Cochran of Keo Fish Farms, Roger Coffman of Keo (on truck), Ron Abshier of LBCC, Marcos De Jesus of TPWD, Alan Jankowski of LBCC.
Shown above is one of the larger fish released.
Steve Magnelia, a Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. biologist, manning the end of the hose releasing the fish.
Hybrid Striper stocking 2009 update
Volcano in Alaska helps fishing in Lake Buchanan.
On Sunday, March 22, Mount Redoubt in Alaska erupted, spewing ash high into the sky. Air transportation over the area was curtailed. On Monday, the Lake Buchanan Conservation Corporation (LBCC) ordered 1,000,000 Hybrid Striped Bass fry from Keo Fish Farms in Arkansas for a planned restocking of Lake Buchanan. Early Tuesday morning, the owner of Keo called to ask if the LBCC could use 2,500,000 fish for the price of 1,000,000. It just happened that he had a large order ready for shipment to Taiwan, but planes were not flying over the volcano and he was stuck with a lot of baby fish that had to find a home, quickly. So, the LBCC got 2,500,000 tiny fish at a very good price. These are equal to all of the Hybrid Stripers the LBCC has stocked in the lake over the past three years. This is a great windfall for the LBCC and those who fish Lake Buchanan.
The LBCC also ordered 50,000 Hybrid Striped Bass fingerlings for stocking in May or June. These 50,000 fish are funded by the Llano County Hotel/Motel tax fund.
For the fourth year in a row the LBCC has stocked the lake with Hybrid Striped Bass for a grand total of 5,007,000 fish. Currently anglers are catching legal sized Hybrids from the 2006 stocking. Continued improvement in the catch rate is expected over the next several years.
Habitat Improvement
On January 31 and February 4, 17 members of the LBCC cut over 600 cedar trees, bundled them together, then TPWD personnel built 6 more brush piles in the lake. You may click here for a pdf file of the locations and GPS coordinates for them.
2008 Accomplishments
Hybrid Striped Bass Restocking
On April 14th the LBCC stocked the lake with 600,000 Hybrid Striped Bass fry. On May 8th 107,000 Hybrid fingerlings were put in the lake. The fingerlings were a joint effort among the LBCC who bought the fry, Burnet County who paid $9000 for raising them to fingerling size and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. who put the fish in the water.
Florida Largemouth Stocking
On May 6th and 7th, the TP&W stocked the lake with 500,000 Florida Largemouth Bass. This was done at the urging of the LBCC and is the first stocking of this species in Lake Buchanan since 1978!
Striped Bass Restocking
In May or June, 2008, the TP&W plans to restock with an additional 333,000 Striped Bass fingerlings.
Habitat Improvement
Created a number of brush piles for Crappie and Black Bass habitat in the lake on Feb. 29,2008. You may click here for a pdf file showing the locations and GPS coordinates for them.
2007 Accomplishments
On May 10 and
11, LBCC directors; Clancy Terrell, Jerry Moore, Alan Jankowski and
George Bold assisted Steve Magnelia of Texas Parks and Wildlife in
restocking the lake with approximately 150,000 Hybrid Striper fingerlings.
300,000 fry were purchased for $1500 by the LBCC and delivered to
the Inks Lake Federal Fish Hatchery on April 16th. The
$15,000 for growing of the fingerlings was provided by Burnet County
from their Hotel/Motel tax fund. This cooperative effort will result
in better fishing in Lake Buchanan for years to come.
Check the ‘Photos’ page for pictures
taken during the restocking.
