FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

“SAVE OUR WATERS”

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The Wade Right Fishing Belt

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Disturbing!

The creepiest trash on the shore, ever!

After staying up late watching the game I slept in this morning.  Really did not have a plan for anything particular.  It had drizzled and rained a little all night, and but as I was finishing the prior post the sun made a little peak out of the clouds.  It was already 11:00 so I headed to the lake and was fishing by 12:00.  So no forecast, no fishing times, just go.

Probably the biggest change is the water temp.  It has really jumped up, and up lake it has come up 7 to 9 degrees to 69 degrees in some places.  That is a lot and it made my choice simple today.  Head to the coves where they spawn, concentrate on any swing area, or edges near secondary points.  That is as classic a pattern you can get early spring.  Starting with the swim jig nothing in the first cove, but in the second they were there.

They are definitely in pre-spawn.  Whether that continues is any buddy’s guess.

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The new Knockin Tail Lures are coming soon.  

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From that point on I fished 3 more coves before I quit at 5:00.  One was just loaded, swim jig in, then re-fish the same water with the stick worm pitching to cover back out.  5 or 6 going in, and then 5 or 6 going out.  Nice to catch fish re-fishing an area.  Now there were no big fish, I did break one off setting the hook, it is where they were as much as what they were.  If it remotely stays like this we could have fish on the beds at the next moon.  And most of the lake is clear as it continues to fall.

They wanted the bluegill swim jig at a slow roll.  The stick worm, right in any top.

I caught a bunch, and maybe 3 or 4 actually “hit” either bait.  Almost every one I caught on the swim jig  just started acting different as they swam with it.  None hit it after a hop or any kind of twitch, just a slow steady retrieve.  Made getting a hook in them pretty easy.  The one that broke my line wacked it close to the boat and I wacked him back just a little to hard.  And it was the same with the sinko, several just started swimming out from the bank with it right after it hit the water.  Really cool bites, most coming within 5 foot of the bank.

There were 5 gators warming in one cove, the one with the most fish.  Makes sense.

I did fish a couple of main lake stretches without a bite.  This big warm front has them confused.  It has not been the usual fall, winter, then the slow warm up.  We are talking the water temp coming up almost 10 degrees on the lake in the last month.  A little early for that kind of thing.

The last place.

I did miss a couple that were more of a fast tap, as in maybe crappie.  It really might be time to crappie fish shallow, but just like the bass, it could end as quickly as it has started.  But since the weather is a fickle mistress it depends on her.  But for the moment they are biting.

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And I got this nice offer from SA Joe.

You ever want a ride in a BassCat, all you have to do is tell me. Brought/Bought mine in Dayton ohio in 2003 and love it. 2001 Pantera Classic with 200 Merc. Most expensive fix is going to be the ECM that has been failing me last couple of months. Hope CDI fixes the problem..

Thanks for the offer.  I have actually ridden in several.  Many of the early tournaments I fished were partner with a draw.  Each team would have a boat and a no boater.  Whatever team you drew the no boaters would swap.  So I ended up fishing in lots of different boats over the years.  The Pantera is a great bass boat and I am sure with the 200 it hauls.  Maybe I will take you up on that sometime.  Good to hear from you.

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And Jeramie sent along this one after putting the hurt on them.

I was one of the other boats today. White bass were on! Limited out quickly and started fishing for fun. Caught 4 largemouth bass also had over 15 lbs on 4 fish! Missed one that easily was over eight pound, shook off at boat! This week has been great on the lake.

Nice job!  The bite is on, the big question is will it last?  My real fear is not cold fronts, it is a big cold rain.  If it leads to a massive raise I have seen it ruin a spring or two when that happens.  But a nice warm rise is another story.  But any time you can limit on whites and catch some good bass is a big deal.  Congrats.  And I did learn something cleaning fish the other day.  The can had a nice pile of whites, crappie, and bass.  Folks are catching fish, great to see after a slower year last year.

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1,149th Post

I used to care about the numbers, how many folks, what time, and on and on.  Now I rarely look, as long as I am fishing this blog will exists.  But occasionally I notice what post this is, and this one is my 1,149th post.  That is a lot.  Wonder how many of those are actually days on the water?  The majority for sure.  Good days and bad, it is what fishing is all about.  And today was one of those nice days when the fish bit and the right decisions were made.

Not sure what is next, haven’t even contemplated that.  I need to do a little maintanance on rods and reels, much less give the boat a good cleaning.  And it needs to go to the shop for a quick fix, trying to decide when it can be skiff time for a week while the Mako is gone.  But for now that can all wait, time to fish.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines