I took yet another Friday off to do some fishing yesterday and had a great time. It didn’t start out so great though. The visibility on the water was extremely low due to dense fog and I started out the day by running the boat straight into a fishing net at full throttle. Ack! Then, shortly thereafter I got skunked at the first place I stopped to fish, which was at a place that has consistently produced bass for me in the past. At that point I was thinking “way to waste a vacation day Rob.” However, things quickly turned around and I had a great day. I fished for 11 hours straight, and averaged a little better than 2 fish per hour on the day. I caught all of them on numerous different colors of 5″ Senkos and 1/2 ounce Chatterbaits. I didn’t take a whole lot of pictures mainly because I can’t seem to find my Sony Cybershot anywhere, but I didn’t catch any monsters either. I caught five in the 2.5-3 pound range but all of the others were 1 to 2 pounds. These pics were taken with my cell phone so the quality isn’t all that great, but here they are nonetheless.
Senko Fish:
Chatterbait Fish:
Nice, glad you had a good day out there….did you look in your tackle bag/box for your camera? The last time I saw it was when we were out and the batteries in my camera died so you used yours.
Hmmm, that’s the last time I saw it too. You didn’t steal it did you?
Actually, I think it’s in that red backpack that I always bring along, but I can’t find that either! lol
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Nice catches Rob. I see you had a popper tied on one of your rods Rob….are the bass taking topwaters yet ??
Steve, I tried the popper first thing in the morning when it was still foggy out but didn’t get a single bite on it. After that, they were hitting the chatterbait so well that I didn’t even try anything else.
Do you use a trailer worm on your chatterbaits??
I use the KaRu vibrashocks with a ring worm type trailer….the action in the water is amazing.
When I get back home, I will be doing some night fishing and I’ll be using mostly poppers and other topwater lures, but I’m also going to try some chatterbaits/KaRu Vibrashocks. I think they’ll catch some nice big night feeding bass
I just donated a Vibrashock to the river the last time I was out there
Yes, I use the trailer that comes with the chatterbait. I’ve also heard of people cutting a swimming Senko in half and using that, but I have never tried it.
I haven’t been night fishing since Nomad and I went three years ago. Damn, time sure flies, doesn’t it?
Well I found the red backpack. It was in the basement, but unfortunately my camera wasn’t in it.
Way to go Rob! 11 hours of fishing? What endurance, I’d be taking a nap somewhere in there. How deep were you fishing and what was the water temperature?
“I just donated a Vibrashock to the river the last time I was out there”
I to have donated several of lures to the rivers and lakes….and when the water levels drop, the kids kind them
John, I’m the same as Rob, when I go fishing, I GO FISHING!!!!! in the summer I will fish from before sunrise until after dark….just make sure I take lots of water!
Good luck finding your camera Rob!
John, I’ve actually done that several times this year, a couple of times with Nomad. The way I look at it, if I’m going to go to the trouble of taking a vacation day and putting the boat in the water, I might as well take advantage of it.
It was really odd… I was catching fish in 12 feet of water in the morning when it was still cool and foggy out, and in the afternoon when it was hot as hades and the sun was shining bright I was catching them in four feet of water. Go figure… Oh, and the water temps were in the mid 70’s. In the late afternoon I noticed that it was up to near 80 in a couple of spots, 78 to be exact I think…
Steve, all year long I’ve tried to hang in there for some evening fishing but in the end I just ran out of gas. The last time Nomad and I went out I was close though, was out on the water from 0500 to 1800.