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Fish Catching Travel
After having such a good time fishing with Brian who I met at the ramp, we decided to hit the lake again. He was armed with new baits and another rod, I of course had the 50 pounds of crap I always carry. It was foggy so we decided to fish our way up lake as the fog lifted.
We started on the bank just past the dam, and I don’t think we caught one there. We kept heading up, fishing the points at the mouths of any cove that had some water. Buzzbait was our first choice and over the next couple of hours as we worked up the lake we probably put maybe 8 in the boat, and only one of those was a good one.
About 10:00 we were up lake fishing a flat with grass patches out to about 10 foot deep. Brian finally had one just suck it under, he started reeling, it jumped and was gone. It was a real decent fish. He thought it was hung in the grass, and then it jumped. To bad, it was the biggest bass he ever had on, at least that he had seen.
I tried to stay near points with grass and some depth. It looks like the lake is continuing to fall, and it sure has not helped the fishing. Then about 12:00 I had one absolutely blow up on it right next to the boat. Nothing like a good one with only about 8 feet of line out. I will say one thing, this fish was not the big head small body variety, she was heavy.
This girl was one solid fish and she got a little CPR.
So basically we threw a buzzbait most of the day. I caught 4 or 5 on topwater, including a couple of nice ones. Brian threw plastics come without any success. I alternated between the buzzbait and the topwater minnow, but when it came down to it the buzzbait was the ticket. Lots of chucking and winding, but worth the work if you love big bass blowing up on things.
The further down lake we fished the less we caught. I am not sure why it is so slow at the lower end. Guess I am throwing the right thing at the wrong time, or the wrong thing at the right place but at the wrong time, you get the point. And both of the good fish today came off banks where we were sitting in 5 or 6 feet and could not reach the bank, not that I wanted to, the good fish are off the bank in isolated grass. You just have to stay with it, and put that good one in the boat when she finally hits.
And with the cool nights and warm afternoon comes the gators. We saw the guy below, and another almost as big, in basically the same place on Monday. They love those calm warm banks after a cool night.
It got nice and warm, and this guy was taking a snooze until we got close for pics, and off he went. Pretty cool. I love these things for some crazy reason.
So thanks for reading my stuff. It is off to my parents for 4 days, so no fishing for the next week or so. But then back at it. As Brian is going to be around for awhile he was more than happy to head to the bay next week.
Have a great thanksgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for, and I am.
Good Luck and Tight Lines.
