TNBronzeback
07-19-2015, 11:42 AM
I pulled an all dayer yesterday, sun up to sun down....wont be doing THAT again till cooler weather! lol.
Trying to replenish my crappie filet stock in my usual haunt has disapointed me this year. The numbers just didnt show up. Plenty of bait and them stupid little 4" yellow bass, some smaller crappies but not near the numbers of years past. I ended up with 5 really nice keepers and a pretty nice channel cat!. Ofcourse, new boat with a livewell, i opted to use the livewell, had it set on auto so it would keep fresh water flowing on a set time, but i still ended up with boiled crappies! In the back of my mind i was worried about that, but was hoping it would be ok. sooooooo In the hot months, i will use that livewell as a cooler with ice!
The whites and small hybrid were INSANE though.....i caught dozens of them on top water, biggest about 12" but man thats a riot! you hook one, fight it to the boat and 3-4 more are following it in! so that was some good action! after suffering defeat from crappies i figured i would go deep for some bass and that was memorable fellas! big flat in 20 ft, i found some timber, worm: nothing, jig: nothing, tied on a jigging blade and all hell broke loose! first 7 snaps on that thing, 6 pounder came about 3ft off the bottom and about ripped the rod outta my hands! big, big bass! i worked that timber for another 30 minutes and boated 5 more no less than 3 pounds, the the bouy got tangled in the motor as a drifted and i lost the spot as i drifted with the wind and moved around.
awesome day on the water! sorry no pics of the bass, my phone was in the sun and "overheated" and shut itself off.
You bass guys should consider jigging blades deep if you dont already, they match the baitfish size perfectly and they dont play around with it when they hit, the crush it!
Trying to replenish my crappie filet stock in my usual haunt has disapointed me this year. The numbers just didnt show up. Plenty of bait and them stupid little 4" yellow bass, some smaller crappies but not near the numbers of years past. I ended up with 5 really nice keepers and a pretty nice channel cat!. Ofcourse, new boat with a livewell, i opted to use the livewell, had it set on auto so it would keep fresh water flowing on a set time, but i still ended up with boiled crappies! In the back of my mind i was worried about that, but was hoping it would be ok. sooooooo In the hot months, i will use that livewell as a cooler with ice!
The whites and small hybrid were INSANE though.....i caught dozens of them on top water, biggest about 12" but man thats a riot! you hook one, fight it to the boat and 3-4 more are following it in! so that was some good action! after suffering defeat from crappies i figured i would go deep for some bass and that was memorable fellas! big flat in 20 ft, i found some timber, worm: nothing, jig: nothing, tied on a jigging blade and all hell broke loose! first 7 snaps on that thing, 6 pounder came about 3ft off the bottom and about ripped the rod outta my hands! big, big bass! i worked that timber for another 30 minutes and boated 5 more no less than 3 pounds, the the bouy got tangled in the motor as a drifted and i lost the spot as i drifted with the wind and moved around.
awesome day on the water! sorry no pics of the bass, my phone was in the sun and "overheated" and shut itself off.
You bass guys should consider jigging blades deep if you dont already, they match the baitfish size perfectly and they dont play around with it when they hit, the crush it!