Lake Sam Rayburn near Jasper, Texas

27 February 2008 - We made it to Jasper, Texas for our scheduled date of 1 February after the long drive to/from North Carolina. Great little campground here in the Lake Rayburn community and it is just what we needed - quiet and peaceful and about the least expensive place we have stayed; certainly best value for money as they have super facilities plus Wifi. Only negatives is it is quite a ways to shopping (and not much 'life' when you get there) plus you cannot pick up ANY TV channels unless you have satellite TV. Oh well, could be a lot worse.


Never having been to a bass tournament and last week there being a large Stren Series tournament here on the lake, I went over to one of the weigh-ins. Here are some shots from that experience.





Boats come into the harbor and up to the bank where they load their catches into bags provided for them to carry their bass to the weigh-in. Never having seen a weigh-in I was interested in the process. Mind you, a bass weighing over 10 pounds will make you consider whether 4 lb test line is adequate!!!








The bass fishermen come out of the fog for the weigh-in on Sam Rayburn Lake in Texas. The boat with the 'flag' is a 'judges' boat where they check-in prior to the cutoff time for fishing.





Here we see a pair of contestants walking toward the weigh-in carrying their catch for the day and in the next photo we see them both coming and going; coming up the hill to the weigh-in and down the hill toward the pontoon boat that will return the bass to the lake after all have been weighed.