Rob recently traded in his Porta-Boat for a nice Javelin bass boat and today, we took it out on the Pyeongtaek river for some fishing as well as to give it a good trial run. This is also the first time I’ve ever fished out of a real bass boat and I must say, it was sweet. I didn’t get any pics of the entire boat this time, but here are a couple of us coming and going:
That boat moves right along – all I needed were some water skis and I would have been set!
The carp fishermen were also out enjoying the beautiful fall weather; these guys even have a shack built by the shore.
We caught somewhere between 15 and 20 fish today, and I believe (Rob, correct me if I’m wrong) every single one we caught was caught on a wacky-rigged Senko. Early on, I was trying mainly spinner baits and crank baits, and later on both Rob and I tried chatter baits, spinner baits and shaky-head rigs but not a single bite on those. My day didn’t start out too good; I had caught one dink by noon but then I decided to try something. I was fishing my wacky rig on braid, and Rob was using fluorocarbon (and he was catching fish) so as a test, I put the wacky rig onto my other rod which has mono, and lo and behold, I also started catching fish. So, in daylight and clearer water, it *seems* the bass can see the braid pretty easily and do shy away from it if you’re using it for slower presentations like worms (that’s my theory anyway, feel free to chime in). Here are a couple of the pics from today:
We saw lots of fish on the fish finder and if they were bass, they were in schools and suspended and not interested in anything we threw at them. I think almost every fish we caught today was caught near shore, either against the reeds/weeds or close to rocks, in shallow water and we caught the majority of fish after noon.
Although it was a bit chilly early on (and I forgot the sandwiches I had made for us at home – hence the title of this post), it ended up turning into a really beautiful day; no wind at all, pleasant temperatures, and some great fishing – in a real bass boat 
Hey, that’s “The Original” in the background!!
Yes, good time Nomad, and we couldn’t have asked for better weather this time of year.
LOL! Why, yes that IS John in that pic. Remind me next time to write myself a note so I don’t forget the sandwiches again
Ty, Yep, I made lunch last night, put it in the fridge and promptly left home without it this morning. Good thing Rob brought some chips
Are you going to rent a boat out at Gosam or fish from shore? Good luck out there, take some pics and let us know how you guys do.
Yes Nomad, they were all caught in shallow water, and not a bite on anything other than a wacky-rigged Senko. I don’t know what’s up with that, and I also have no idea where the bigger ones have gone.
Thanks Ty. It has it’s quirks, but at the same time it’s definitely nice to fish off of. It doesn’t compare to modern day bass boats, but for over here it’ll do…
Nomad, no boat at Gosom. We will start there and fish for a couple hours then head else where. He said were going to five or six different lakes though.
Rob first time out in the boat and I’m sure you have those quirks work out. By the pics it looked like you were moving out pretty quick. Take Care
Nice boat Rob, is that the one I saw out in front of your house? Sounds like a good day.
Mark
Nice catch guys. I was out but didn’t have a bite. I was fishing for “big” bass with swimbaits in deeper water and although I graphed many fish, most were suspended and didn’t want what I was throwing. Overall it was a nice day on the water although I rued not hitting Singal instead.
Rob, congrats on snagging up the Javelin, I caught many a nice bass from the back of that boat.
Thanks John. It’s a little overkill for the river (or lake depending on what they’re doing with the locks), especially since the “psycho carp fishing adoshis” yell obscenities at every passing boat these days, but it’ll definitely work and I’m quite happy with it.
Call me a pessimist though, but I’m not all that confident that we’ll even have a place to launch from next year.
There’s always Andong I suppose…
Bummer on not getting a bite, but I think it’s good to take chances like that every once in a while. There were days back in the summer where I’d go out and do the exact same thing, just scout around for different spots to fish and try different things. It didn’t always work out the way I wanted it to, but as long as I’m learning, and most importantly relaxing and having a good time, I’m happy…
Amen, brother
Great pics guys and glad the boat works Rob. Looks like it moves along nicely.
LOL Gary!
You’d be better off having Nomad teach you though because he’s the one who taught me. All I do is throw it out there, and thankfully sometimes they bite it.