Fish Catching Travel
Shoedog is finally getting to really enjoy his retirement. One advantage of where he lives is the 4 acre lake in the subdivision, it has a healthy population of fish. Large enough to put the boat in, and a minute from his house, the lake has it’s moments, and his last trip was one of these. I got this a few days ago, and with the weather finally straightening up it is time to lay the smack down on them!
“Here’s the deal- Got on the lake just after 1- the clouds were finally breaking after 4 really cold, wet days. Two of the those days it never got above freezing. That is the 2nd time this winter- 48 hours below freezing. So, I figure jig and pig to replicate my good luck from 10 days ago. I actually started with the Strike King swim jig/Rage Craw combo to see if I could finally get that mojo working, but, no luck. I got out the jig and craw and caught a decent one, but it was slow. I turned on the main locator for water temp and saw that the main lake was only 45-46 degrees- wow- never seen it that cold before. I kept at it and caught one more on the jig. I was staying mostly on main lake and then I thought I would go up into one of the two creek arms/shallows to see if I could find some warmer water. I threw the Strike King Redeye Shad and caught one small one. I found some 50-52 degree water and caught one on a spinner bait almost immediately. In that arm I found more warm water, but no fish, so I went around to the main creek arm and worked my way back along the east bank which is mostly only 3-4 feet deep for a long distance. Just throwing the Strike King spinner bait up and medium retrieving it threw the weeds. I caught one or two as I got further back.
Then I got back in the creek channel as it narrowed and saw some fish moving ahead of me. Water here was 52-54 degrees. I caught 3 ok bass back there and I went ALL the way back to the end of the creek/inlet. On the way back I got one or two more, but after I came out into the main lake area again I was throwing into the shallows on the west bank. I had a nice 3 pounder slam it in about 2/3 feet of water and was surprised as it was back in water about 46 degrees. About 3 casts later THE BIG ONE hammered it! Same thing- 2/3 feet water about 6-8 feet from boat- a great strike.
Now that is a hoss – what more could a guy want in a bass?
I caught 3 more on the way around and back across the dam, finishing with 12- 9 on spinner bait, 2 on jig and one on rattle bait- not bad for the afternoon and such cold water.
Too bad it is going to ice again tonight- I am ready for a lot more time on the water.”
So there you have it, the kind of day we all love to have. We are going to really hit it hard for 3 days, mixing bass and the Gulf. So keep stopping in and we will keep up the hard work of catching them. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
