Comments on: Nirvana on Asan Bay

By: Bass Pundit

Bass Pundit — Mon, 02 May 2005 20:38:22 +0000

Hey find out what those Korean guys were slaying em on and post a pick. Always looking for a new “secret lure” especially one that might be not even be available in the States.

Thanks
BP

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 02 May 2005 19:22:01 +0000

Gar, I was driving down the levy around 6AM Saturday morning and ran into Alan near the 38 bridge. Is that the area you’re talking about? He caught one and I got skunked, but I only fished for about thirty minutes before we went and had breakfast. I headed back out with Joe in the afternoon and did much better.

By: gar

gar — Sun, 01 May 2005 20:33:35 +0000

Sounds like you were in the right spot. Take the train tracks to the levy, turn right, stay on the dirt road until you pass under 38. Fish the rocks. The stretch to 45 is good too, but steep like you said. I used to find bass hanging on any brush or clump of grass along the way. Another good spot is off the levy just before you reach the 45 bridge. There’s a canal there and last year the mouth of it was always holding bass.

By: Nomad

Nomad — Sun, 01 May 2005 20:12:52 +0000

Gar,

I’m still confused…are you saying you fish the area between the bullet train tracks and the 38 bridge, or the area between the 38 and 45 bridges? If I was in the right area, the rocks stop shortly to the right of the 45 bridge, and of course if you keep going you end up at the other 38 bridge (the huge long one that goes back into Pyongtaek). I fished the area way after the rocks stopped but it was hard to get down to the river because the bank is kind of high and I also tried the area right near the 45 bridge (to the right of it) along the rocks.

No biggie, like you said right now the bass are moving and very active and this is prime time, if you can find them.

Let me know how you do at the other spot and good luck!

By: gar

gar — Sun, 01 May 2005 17:05:31 +0000

By the way, there’s another spot out there off the beaten trail that may prove to be the mother of all honey holes. John and I have sort of decided to keep it on the DL until it’s thoroughly explored. Once we’ve got the skinny, you are welcome to join us one Saturday.

I’m going to hit it after work one night this week.

By: gar

gar — Sun, 01 May 2005 16:59:36 +0000

Nomad,
Sorry about the other day. What you wanted to do was keep going on the levy road, under the 38 bridge and then start hitting the rocks. Once word gets out, the area is over-fished and no fun at all.

Seems like there are 10 times more Korean bass’rs then there were last year already.

Check my blog. I witnessed something truly amazing yesterday at I-dong.

By: Nomad

Nomad — Sun, 01 May 2005 16:48:47 +0000

Gar,

Most of the trash I noticed was left right in the area where the cars park. There was the usual crap floating in the water, but the shore and water looked a lot cleaner than in some other areas I’ve fished. But as you mentioned in your post, it’s a shame that there’s no sense of pride or ownership when it comes to the environment. Drink a can of coffee or bottle of soju, drop the empty where you sit and leave it for the next guy to add to. Sigh…

What really surprised me were the number of bass in that area, considering the amount of gill nets strung all over the place. Now the trick is to find out what the bass are coming in there to feed on and then use a lure that resembles that food. I was hesitant to use a spinner of minnow type lure due to the weeds, plus my Senko was doing just fine.

By: gar

gar — Sun, 01 May 2005 16:12:10 +0000

Ahah. I know that spot. Took a bunch of pictures of all the trash thrown in the water around there. That’s what prompted my environment rant.

Glad to hear you did so well.

John and I went out yesterday and had a blast, though we didn’t catch quite as many as you guys.