Thought I would put up a quick post before I get too far behind.
I went out yesterday morning before work and much to my dismay, the water in the river was pretty stained/muddy and the green algae is making a good comeback close to shore. On top of that, it was cold and windy 
Once I saw how dirty the water was, I switched from Senkos to spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. The fish above is the only one I caught out there yesterday. And now, we take a brief break for a couple of sunrise pics (from this morning):
I had every intention of taking a break to give the water some time to clear up but I woke up early again today and couldn’t fall back to sleep so off I was. The fishing was a little better this morning, but even though the water was still muddy, the bass wouldn’t hit spinnerbaits or chatterbaits but thankfully, they did hit Senkos.
I caught six (4 of them were dinks) today, and that’s not a bad total for 1 1/2 hours of fishing so I’m not going to complain. Once again, I caught one on my very last cast before heading in to work (the fish in the last pic). Oh, and all were caught on a 4-inch Senko, black with blue flakes.
By the way, isn’t all fishing FUN? 
Good catches Nomad
As of 3 hours ago, I arrived onboard the rig here in Angola
I hope to have some tuna reports coming soon 
Nice Nomad!
Looking forward to the tuna reports Steve, and don’t work too hard.
Don’t worry Rob, I won’t
We tried for some tuna last night, but they weren’t biting and my jet-lag got the better of me!!
Nomad have you tried bowing to the bass when they jump? Usually works for me if i am not awstruck by the fish hitting. Just bow slightly at the waist and extend your rod towards the fish.
What I mean is it seems to usually keep the fish from throwing the hook.
Wilsong,
Really? I’ll have to try that…I’ve also hear it’s good to keep the rod tip down but that sure didn’t work this morning!
I just try to keep tension on the line and the fish in the water, which is easier said than done sometimes…
Nomad,
I don’t know how you are out at the river while it is still dark, you never know what may attack you; a drunk ajashi, a wild dog or worst yet a drunk lost agashi.:smile: You are a courageous man. Hope them pheasant don’t come out of the bushes and scare the pants off from you.
Anyways, it is apparant you are still killing them out there, good job.
LOL, I’ve had pheasants break out right in front of me and cause me to pee myself, it scared me so bad. They have a habit of waiting until you’re about to step on them before they take off and at 5 in the morning and in the dark, that’ll test the old ticker for sure.
LOL Tex Mex!
Several times last year, Nomad and I had the porta boat put together, launched and were already fishing by the time the sun came up.
Rob
Think what happens when they jump is they get leverage on the spinner and you lose them with tension on the line. If you do the bow the tension is relaxed and they don’t get the leverage.
Of course, when they get back down to the water, you got to have the tension back on them.
Now understand, you are listening to a guy that catches mostly dinks and enjoys it. But this seems to work for me.
If I ever do catch another one on a spinner, I’ll give it a try.
The best way that I have found is to keep the rod tip low and to the left or right depending on which way the bass is going. A low rod tip will keep the bass deeper 9 times out of 10 (for me anyway)