Captain Ahab
Well-known member
Spent last night cat fishing until 12:30 am with only one channel cat to show for all that time. The whole night, I kept noticing how "bassy" the lake felt and looked. Just a vibe, but I knew they were ready to bite.
Got up early and was on the water by 6:30 am - it was my hope to beat some of the weekend warriors who are out for the super warm weather; I failed!
When I arrived at the lake, there were already five boats pounding the shoreline and several guys fishing at various spots from shore (One guy was set up bottom fishing the middle of the boat ramp????) I did find one of my "honey hole" locations open and I made a bee line for that spot.
I set up on a picnic bench and tied on a 2/0 Matzou America EWG Offset Sickle worm hook, to that I added a PC Baits 5" Coffee Worm (even fish like Coffee in the morning). I flipped the worm into some lakeside rip rap and let it settle, then I tried to just have the worm slither over each large rock and fall back to the bottom. Reel slowly, pause, and repeat. On the third cast, I felt that sharp line "tick" and pulled in a 3 pound 4 oz. LM Bass:
Another fishermen came over to inspect the catch and to ask what I was using., I showed him my rig and explained how the big bass were holding in the rocks within 10 feet of the shoreline. He thanked me, returned to his spot and proceeded to continue to launch his bait as far towards the middle of the lake as possible. :?:
I began working the same area and pulled a few more bass in the 1 pound range (I did not weigh them):
It was a good morning, between 7am and 8:30 am I managed 8 nice bass, with the largest at 3 lb 4 oz. I moved to another part of the lake with a friend who showed up later, and he caught 5 or 6 more bass and I pulled in a few more myself.
We then took a quick ride to another pond where I pulled in this nice fat fellow:
I ended the morning with about 15 LM bass, all quality size fish
Got up early and was on the water by 6:30 am - it was my hope to beat some of the weekend warriors who are out for the super warm weather; I failed!
When I arrived at the lake, there were already five boats pounding the shoreline and several guys fishing at various spots from shore (One guy was set up bottom fishing the middle of the boat ramp????) I did find one of my "honey hole" locations open and I made a bee line for that spot. I set up on a picnic bench and tied on a 2/0 Matzou America EWG Offset Sickle worm hook, to that I added a PC Baits 5" Coffee Worm (even fish like Coffee in the morning). I flipped the worm into some lakeside rip rap and let it settle, then I tried to just have the worm slither over each large rock and fall back to the bottom. Reel slowly, pause, and repeat. On the third cast, I felt that sharp line "tick" and pulled in a 3 pound 4 oz. LM Bass:
Another fishermen came over to inspect the catch and to ask what I was using., I showed him my rig and explained how the big bass were holding in the rocks within 10 feet of the shoreline. He thanked me, returned to his spot and proceeded to continue to launch his bait as far towards the middle of the lake as possible. :?:
I began working the same area and pulled a few more bass in the 1 pound range (I did not weigh them):
It was a good morning, between 7am and 8:30 am I managed 8 nice bass, with the largest at 3 lb 4 oz. I moved to another part of the lake with a friend who showed up later, and he caught 5 or 6 more bass and I pulled in a few more myself.
We then took a quick ride to another pond where I pulled in this nice fat fellow:
I ended the morning with about 15 LM bass, all quality size fish
