I hooked up with five bass, and landed three. They were all little guys, but much better than nothing at all!
I got three of the fish on small cremes and two on a large creme on a prerigged T-rig with an offset bass hook.
As you can see if you scroll down a post, this is what Carla caught her hawg on, and there are plenty of pics down there of fish I took on these. If you want to go catch some bass I highly recommend popping down to Wally-World and picking up a few of these. The pack shown here is around a buck fifty, and the larger one down front runs just a few cents more.
We went out this evening, but the bass just were not cooperating. Carla briefly hooked up with a small bass on a jig, but it got off. I took one with a Bandit Crankbait in a leopard frog pattern, but that was it.
Carla got her's on a creme worm, making it her first fish on an artificial lure, and Kevin got his on a beetlespin.
In the last few days, after doing some research and then putting it to use, I have fallen in love with crankbaits. These things flat out work. I have owned a few over the years, but to the best of my memory I have never caught a fish on one until last year when I hooked up with a tiny bass on my Rebel Teeny Crawfish. It was just luck though, and after many subsequent attempts and failures at catching fish with it again I gave up on it for a long time. However, after reading a lot on these baits I gathered some good info on how to fish these guys, and wow, What a difference it made!
I have been focusing on this particular style of lure for the past few days, but I also tossed some of my beloved cremes and pulled out a few pretty nice bass with them too. The biggest bass I have ever caught on artificial's have come off these little plastic worms. I did hook up with a huge bass this morning with a crankbait, but I didn't get the hook set good and he shook it.
I actually replaced the hooks of two of my cranks because of these missed hookups, and it paid off!
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I shot this quick clip for my friend John in South Dakota. Thought I'd toss it up here. And no, I didn't actually kiss the fish.
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I don't know how long it was trapped in that bag, but the water in the bag was hot, and he was very weak. He was floating on the surface, and couldn't manage to push the bag down for more than a few inches before he floated right back up. The spines on his fins were impaled through the bag so that she couldn't back out. I had a hard time hooking the bag, but I didn't give up.
Please think about this picture the next time you don't feel like walking a few extra feet to the trashcan. I know I will.
I love to catch bluegill and crappie, and other sunfish species. Almost nothing fights harder than a big bluegill! I also go pier fishing at Jax beach, and river fishing when I get the chance.
BTW: I do not target turtles, or for that matter, anything else that doesn't have fins.
All of the others came on creme worms. I tried throwing other crankbaits, and other soft plastics, but all the wanted were the natural colored cremes.
The clouds started rolling in just after sunrise, and while I appreciated the shade, the rain which started soon after that was not so welcome. I sat it out for a bit, not wanting to leave while they were biting, but they stopped and I had my iPod and the camera in my pocket, so it was time to go.
The first picture was of the second bass, and the next two are of the fourth.
I could not have been more wrong. I pulled in five bass in about an hour and a half. I had two missed hookups, and one nice sized bas shake the hook and lose my worm for me. The first bass I pulled in came from the first cast. As soon as it hit the water this tiny little bass attacked it. By the look of it I thought he was huge, but he proved to be a tiny guy with a big attitude. The next bass was a BIG one, the biggest so far this year! I swear I need to get a scale. The last three were all of average size, but nice nonetheless.
All but one of my strikes came on the same lure. A natural colored Creme double hooked worm. It has been the most productive lure for me this year. The only one that was not on this lure was a bass that hit on a live worm that I picked up off the ground. I hooked him up and tossed him in on a lark and it paid off with a pretty decent bass.
I sit on that point just under the lamp post. It has been a pretty productive spot in the last two years. There are some other places I like, but there is just something about that narrow point at the bridge that holds the bass. Plus the kids tend to stay away from that spot, which is a bonus!
I don't really mind that the big one got away, the fight was fun. The thing that really ticks me off is I lost my dang worm!
Case in point, the bass above. He is the biggest bass I have caught in many years, and the biggest I have a record of. I was alone, in the late evening, fishing at the lake behind my grandmother’s house, when I hooked up with something that felt like a sinking rock! I set the hook hard and started fighting. It took about 5 minutes to get it all the way up to shore. The last 30 seconds or so were very exciting. He jumped high and pulled hard, snapping my rod in half. I had to fight him up to the side of the lake with half a rod, and the other half slapping around like crazy.
But it was all worth it. What a great fish!
BTW: I’m the one in orange.
