On February 5, musician Willie Pipkin of Dripping Springs was fishing from the shores of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin when he hooked and landed a 14.05-pound largemouth bass that is a new water body record for the 468-acre reservoir. Pipkin subsequently loaned the fish to Toyota ShareLunker program. (Courtesy Photo Willie Pipkin)
Sports
Taking it to the Bank
Anyone who likes a good ol’ fashioned big fish story is sure to love the tale behind the Lady Bird Lunker. There is no mention of forward-facing sonar or other high-tech devices in this deal. Just a friendly fisherman who plays the guitar and grew up shagging grasshoppers to use as bait for dunking in Hill Country stock tanks.
