This morning was one of those days where the planets lined up perfectly, the gods were smiling down on me, and best of all, the bass were biting. But first, let’s have a couple of sunrise pics, which have been lacking on this site lately:
I got out to the river around 4:30 and had 3 bites (and 3 fish) in the first 5 casts. That kind of day. I’m not sure what turned the fish on all of a sudden, but hey, who am I to complain? Granted, a lot of them were dinks, but I also caught some nice ones today.
I didn’t weigh or measure the fish in the second pic because it was gut-hooked and bleeding pretty good and I wanted to get it back in the water as fast as possible but that was a nice fish, nice and fat. I lost another one like it or bigger, that one took me into the rocks and broke/cut my line. All fish were caught on black, 4-inch Senkos. I wasted a lot of time also threw rattle traps and crankbaits for about 45 minutes with no takers which goes to show you; if it’s Senkos they want, then give ‘em Senkos 
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Senkos rule!!! If I ever see Gary Yamamoto in person I’m going to hug him!!!!
“I got out to the river around 4:30 and had 3 bites (and 3 fish) in the first 5 casts.”
Indeed, those are the days that we live for. And it pays to turn the alarms back to the wee morning hours; the finest time of the day is the sunrise and sunset (ask any professional photographer, hunter, angler, birdwatcher) but few people in the world see a good sunrise over a nice body of water.
Catching fish is icing on the cake.
Rob,
Haha, I’d be right behind you (at a respectable distance, of course)
James,
True words, my friend. Being out there at in time to watch the horizon slowly turn from dark to light, then watching the sun rise while the mist is drifting over the water, birds are circling and the absolute sound of silence are all a therapy that a 100 psychiatrists couldn’t do for me. It’s during those times that I get my thinking done, set my head on straight and solve all the world’s problems. Heh.
Nomad,
I think I figured it out why the Senkos perform best among the lures you toss. There must be a type of worm or leech that inhabits the waters that you fish and it resembles the Senkos. The only way to confirm this is to get some snorkeling or scuba gear and have a look; or use some fine mesh dip nets to collect some samples.
Korean biologists most likely have never heard of this worm. It is unknown to science. Therefore if you discover it, it could be named after you. Something like: Senkosia Nomadius.
James,
You hit the nail on the head; a few years ago, one of my friends took home some of the bass he caught in the river here, and when he cleaned them, he found a bunch of dark grey/black eel or eel-like fish in the bass’s stomachs. But, I still have to give Gary Yamamoto all the credit and it’s not just us in Korea catching bass on Senkos.
“Senkosia Nomadius”
Funny stuff
Nomad – if there are black eel type fish swimming around in that river, I would give some 4″ and 5″ black GY swimsenkos a try
Steve,
I have tried the swimming senkos and haven’t had one single bite
Are you back in Korea?????
For some reason, the swimsenkos work great for me down here, espeacially in winter.
Yep I’m home, I got into the apartment at 11:30 yesterday morning
I’ve never given them much of a chance, either…maybe I’ll have to dig them out again sometime to see what happens.
Welcome home Steve!
Thanks Rob, it’s great to be home, but I haven’t stopped drinking since I got back