Made it out to the Anseong River on Saturday and had another great day bass fishing. I think I caught and released over 20 bass, from 1 to 3 pounds. They were hitting everything but the kitchen sink. Water temp was 68-70 degrees, so most lures were fished at a fair clip.
I was fishing my favorite spot on the river, a shelf bordering the river channel, and started tearing them up using Rattle Traps. Then, something that only happens when your extremely lucky occurred, I hooked what I thought was a sure 4 pounder. While playing it, it felt that the fish was pulling in two directions at once. Once I got it to the boat I could see why – it was two bass on the Trap!
About two casts later, I hooked another bass on the Trap, and as I was fumbling with the camera, another bass came up to the first and tried to hit the lure. I missed the picture by 2 seconds.
I brought a 3 pounder back to my house and put it in my pond. Its doing fine and I’ll be feeding it goldfish and frogs. I plan on studying its behavior to try to learn a little more about our finny friends. One of the first things I’m going to do is toss hookless Senko in to see how it reacts. I’ll keep you posted – when it gets to be 10 pounds I’ll be selling tickets to fish for it ; )
Sounds like you and your four-legged fishing partner had another great day out there! LOL, forget 10 pounds…when that bass hits 50cm, give me a call and I’m there!
Good deal John. I was out there as well but spent most of the day cruising the upper part of the river looking for new spots to fish. I also caught a few bass along the way, and missed a few, but nothing noteworthy. It took me nearly an hour to get to Asan Bay from where I launched, which was near the second rest stop area. I measured it on Google Earth and it’s only eight miles. WTF? LOL
Back when Joe had his place on the river we put several bass into a rather large fish tank out in front of his house and did the same thing. When we dropped any kind of food into the tank, to include plastic worms, they simply swam up behind it and sucked it into their mouths. It was rather anticlimactic I have to say, which probably had more to do with them being confined to a small space than anything else.
Wow, good job John. I love the photo of the 2 bass on the trap
I had it happen once 2 winters ago, but one of them got off before I could land them.
How big is you pond ?? do you have any photos ??
WTG John! Never heard of or caught two on the same of anything. Looks and sounds like you had a good day on the river. Count me in at your pond for the big catch.