Fishing Korea

But then as I’ve said before, any day spent fishing is a good day, right?

This morning we headed back out to Songjeon lake at 4:30 and fished for bass for a few hours.  We didn’t walk along the shoreline to our favorite cove like we did the other week because my knee is still bothering me quite a bit and I didn’t feel like making my way past about a quarter mile of rocks like the ones in the pic below.

That stretch there is actually the easiest of the bunch, there are some areas that are higher and steeper than that and when you’re carrying a couple of rods plus your gear, it gets tricky – plus some areas were still wet and slippery from the recent rains.  Add a bad knee into the equation and you can see why I decided to pass on the walk this time around.  As you can see from this pic and some of the others I’ve posted, this lake is very scenic.  Up until last year, there was only a small, one lane road that went around one side of the lake, and another, 2 lane road that ran along another side.  Now the one lane road has been widened into two lanes and there’s all kinds of new construction going on.  With the addition of the new highway 45 running close to the lake, plus all the other nearby roads being widened, it’s only a matter of time before this beautiful lake is nothing but a local garbage dump.

Now to the actual fishing: Today was another good day until the sun broke through the clouds and morning mist, then the bass stopped biting.  Once again, black 5 inch Senkos fished close to the bank were the lure of the day.  Between 3 people, we caught 10 decent sized ones and a couple of small ones. 

Today was Jim’s day to show off.  Since he caught the biggest bass, we let him hold up a couple for the obligatory fishing photo.  As I type this, those bass are probably already on their way to the hot oil or to a dinner plate.  Unfortunately, we probably only have a couple more weeks left of this kind of fishing because once it gets too hot, the bass move offshore into the deeper water and don’t really become active again until cooler weather in the fall sets in.