South San Gabriel River Fishing

On way down to Leander, TX. my buddy called and told me he was catching them at Whiterock on tube jigs. It's about time! I fished the South San Gabriel River Saturday morning at about 11:00 AM. It was about 74 degrees when I started and 25+mph winds, it was rough! I had the wife drop me off at the New Ronald Reagan bridge and headed west. I started out with a 1/8 jig head and a 3.5" Gene Larew Floating Salt Craw in a Green Pumpkin w/ bright yellow claws. Before I hit the water, my goal was to get 5 fish totaling 8lbs. I know it doesn't sound like much, but the river has not seen any kind of flow in over 6 months, the deeper holes are drying up and are filling in with silt. I new 8lbs would be tough under these conditions, but you have to shoot for something. 10 minutes into the day, I felt a tick, looked down and saw a swirl and a mouth open, i set the hook, but was to late! I knew that would hurt on the total weight because that one would have gone 3 or 4 lbs. I have never caught a good size fish out of the first hole and still haven't. I only got one other bite and that hole was done. Next hole I missed a real small fish and that was it. Nothing on the next deep hole, it was real muddy from the carp and/ or wind. Nothing on the next hole, way to shallow. The following hole looked nice, a little shallow but has some grass (hydrilla) growing. make a hard left and the water in 4ft deep and some nice boulders. I fish it hard and nothing, I turn around to head up river and there is a nice bass swimming near me. I toss the craw out , it swims over and picks it up, I set the hook and nada. I can't believe it, I flip it out in the direction and he comes back and I stick him. 1st fish of the day. One step later, another bass swims by and I flip out the craw, he swims over, picks it up and I set the hook and miss. WTF! I'm questioning the setup I'm using, but I feel it should work. I walk about 10 yards and cast up to a tree overhang and nothing. I cast a few feet over and as I hit the shallow grass I see out of the corner of my eye some movement near my bait. I lift and feel weight and let'er rip! A 2lb 1oz largemouth, hell yeah! A little under 6 lbs to go. Nothing for the rest of that hole. 2 holes left and they are my money holes. My favorite and deepest hole w/ plenty of boulders, I hit the first few and feel one tick. Huh, I move on and don't see anything. Near the end, I cast under a bluff and land a 1 lb'r. I move on to the last hole. I start out with a small Guadalupe and see a 2lb'r come over and check out my bait and swim away. I land one more small bass for a grand total for 5 fish of 4 lbs 3oz. The last hole is to silted in and very shallow to fish. I was way short, but I did have the fish on to make weight, I just couldn't land 'em. That is fishing, and that is why you keep going back! The next day Barrett and I went to the dam and caught a half ponder and I missed one other. His was an a crappie tube jig and mine was with a salt craw. I am going to give Whiterock a try tomorrow to see I I can bring in a few.