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GHPHOTOGRAPHY and I fished our last APD club tournament of the year. It will go down as my best ever catch and miss bass tournament I have ever been in...
Weather was cloudy with misty rain. Air Temp was 50 degrees at 7am. Water temp was 77 degrees in discharge and 69 degrees on main lake.
Started off at discharge, to find about 5 boats scattered up and down the area. We started left side near short grass in water. By 7:30am, Gene had caught 5 slot bass on topwater. I finally got bit on a spro-frog, jr in white. Throwing onto the shoreline and bringing it back in less than a foot. 19.5" ot 4.31lb bass. Second cast into area, resulted in blow-up, breakoff of new 15lb big game. Proceeded to work around the shoreline, heading towards boy scout camp. Switched to buzzbait, spinnerbait, worms and senkos's with limited results. Seems the fish were in the thickest brush. Switched to Yum Money Hound and immediately got blowups..By 11am. I had only one bass and Gene kept catching on topwater and lizards. I found that the bass wanted your lure against the bank, in the thickest of matted grass or weeds. Spinnerbaits and Buzzbaits did not work. Worms and Senkos would get into the brush, but did not make the noise that they wanted. Money Hound was great if worked fast, but I did not have braid to set the hook. So at 2pm and time running out, I put on a Stanley Ribbit Frog in Watermelon Red. All I can say is the bass could not stand it. Worked it fast over matted grass, thickest brush, and fast retrieve. Missed a lot of blowups, kept casting to same area, 10-15 times. Finally hooking up...Did this the remainder of the tournament. Hooked about 10-12 bass from 6lb to near 8lbs..Most came unbutton at boat, due to 5/0 hook not penetrating solid frog...Also missed a lot of bass because of not having braid. The mono line had too much stretch to set the hook thru the solid body, ribbit frog.
Just an awesome and unforgetable day on the water..
Robert
[highlight]PICTURE OF 4.31lb Bass[/highlight]
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[highlight]PICTURE OF 7.41lb BASS[/highlight]
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Weather was cloudy with misty rain. Air Temp was 50 degrees at 7am. Water temp was 77 degrees in discharge and 69 degrees on main lake.
Started off at discharge, to find about 5 boats scattered up and down the area. We started left side near short grass in water. By 7:30am, Gene had caught 5 slot bass on topwater. I finally got bit on a spro-frog, jr in white. Throwing onto the shoreline and bringing it back in less than a foot. 19.5" ot 4.31lb bass. Second cast into area, resulted in blow-up, breakoff of new 15lb big game. Proceeded to work around the shoreline, heading towards boy scout camp. Switched to buzzbait, spinnerbait, worms and senkos's with limited results. Seems the fish were in the thickest brush. Switched to Yum Money Hound and immediately got blowups..By 11am. I had only one bass and Gene kept catching on topwater and lizards. I found that the bass wanted your lure against the bank, in the thickest of matted grass or weeds. Spinnerbaits and Buzzbaits did not work. Worms and Senkos would get into the brush, but did not make the noise that they wanted. Money Hound was great if worked fast, but I did not have braid to set the hook. So at 2pm and time running out, I put on a Stanley Ribbit Frog in Watermelon Red. All I can say is the bass could not stand it. Worked it fast over matted grass, thickest brush, and fast retrieve. Missed a lot of blowups, kept casting to same area, 10-15 times. Finally hooking up...Did this the remainder of the tournament. Hooked about 10-12 bass from 6lb to near 8lbs..Most came unbutton at boat, due to 5/0 hook not penetrating solid frog...Also missed a lot of bass because of not having braid. The mono line had too much stretch to set the hook thru the solid body, ribbit frog.
Just an awesome and unforgetable day on the water..
Robert
[highlight]PICTURE OF 4.31lb Bass[/highlight]
[highlight]PICTURE OF 7.41lb BASS[/highlight]
