russ010
Well-known member
Ok, so I'm going to get a little more discrete with these posts.. there are a lot more people showing up where I fish (there were 10 boats in the water today, usually it's just me and another guy).. anyways, everybody showed up at the ramp at the end of the day and I was the only one who had fish... so I'm not giving up my spots.. I will give Brine and Poolie info though if they come up here and fish... so any lurkers out there reading this post and you're in GA, join up and I'll share the info, but you're not going to get free tournament advice!
anyways... started out the morning as the first one at the gate and I was on the water and to my spots at 7:55am. I was having a hard time getting any bites... this warm front seems to have given the bass some tight lips. I caught this first one at 9:30 in the one spot I'm almost guaranteed a fish
The second one came in a place I wasn't expecting... but after my next cast I saw why.. Finally found some submerged trees in deeeep water. Looked at it on the graph and there must have been 20-30 fish in it. Might not all bass, but I know there was atleast one there
So I thought there might have been a pot tournament there today, so I took my livewell just incase. I also wanted to try it out incase I caught something. The first fish I caught went belly up about a minute after I put him in.. I thought there might have been some fumes or something, so I threw him back in the water before it was too late. Never thought about bleeding his bladder. The second fish I caught, I decided to see if he would go belly up, and sure enough, same thing. But this time I was ready because I had my needle ready to go. This is the first fish I've done this too, but it's much easier than I thought.
Locate the 2 "tonsils" right above the throat (usually pink). Holding the fishs' lower jaw, insert the needle dead center of the throat and gently slide the needle in. I heard the air come out, thought I was done and put the fish back in the livewell... a few minutes later, I looked in to check on him and he was belly up again. I thought for sure I did it right, but this time I put the needle in the throat, then put the fish and the needle submerged in the water and pushed it on in a little more... bubbles! I didn't bleed him out all the way the first time. Guess I'll be putting them in the water from now on to see it come out... unless it's a BIG keeper and I'm in a tournament. Now that I just wrote that, I should have done that part in the livewell and that's how I can see the big ones' bubbles.
Right after I caught him...
a few minutes after being in the livewell
handy dandy bends mender...
and the throat right below the "tonsils"
and push it on in...
and about 20 minutes after bleeding...
anyways... started out the morning as the first one at the gate and I was on the water and to my spots at 7:55am. I was having a hard time getting any bites... this warm front seems to have given the bass some tight lips. I caught this first one at 9:30 in the one spot I'm almost guaranteed a fish
The second one came in a place I wasn't expecting... but after my next cast I saw why.. Finally found some submerged trees in deeeep water. Looked at it on the graph and there must have been 20-30 fish in it. Might not all bass, but I know there was atleast one there
So I thought there might have been a pot tournament there today, so I took my livewell just incase. I also wanted to try it out incase I caught something. The first fish I caught went belly up about a minute after I put him in.. I thought there might have been some fumes or something, so I threw him back in the water before it was too late. Never thought about bleeding his bladder. The second fish I caught, I decided to see if he would go belly up, and sure enough, same thing. But this time I was ready because I had my needle ready to go. This is the first fish I've done this too, but it's much easier than I thought.
Locate the 2 "tonsils" right above the throat (usually pink). Holding the fishs' lower jaw, insert the needle dead center of the throat and gently slide the needle in. I heard the air come out, thought I was done and put the fish back in the livewell... a few minutes later, I looked in to check on him and he was belly up again. I thought for sure I did it right, but this time I put the needle in the throat, then put the fish and the needle submerged in the water and pushed it on in a little more... bubbles! I didn't bleed him out all the way the first time. Guess I'll be putting them in the water from now on to see it come out... unless it's a BIG keeper and I'm in a tournament. Now that I just wrote that, I should have done that part in the livewell and that's how I can see the big ones' bubbles.
Right after I caught him...
a few minutes after being in the livewell
handy dandy bends mender...
and the throat right below the "tonsils"
and push it on in...
and about 20 minutes after bleeding...