This year hasn’t been good for spectacular sunrises. At the beginning, there were a lot of clouds and fog, and lately, there have been hardly any clouds at all, which leaves us with pretty much of the same old, same old. But hey, I do what I can with what I’m given. I know this will shock you, but I didn’t throw a single 4-inch Senko today. Ok, scratch that, towards the very end, I did throw one so I could practice with my new setup (Daiwa Sol with 8-pound line on a medium-light G-Loomis rod). Aside from that, no 4-inch Senkos were used at all.
But, when I first got out there and it was still dark, I did throw a 7-inch Senko and this is the result. And brother, I’ve had bass hit my lure hard before, but this fish frigging nailed that big Senko and about ripped the rod right out of my hands. I have no idea what the bass thought that Senko was, but he hit it with a vengeance and on the rod I was using, I have 30-pound braid so there’s no stretch at all, and let me tell you, that’s just what I needed to wake me all the way up. Sorry for the bad pic, but it was still so dark that I couldn’t even see anything through the eyepiece of the camera. Another decent fish and the first I’ve ever caught on a 7-inch Senko.
After that, I went to spinnerbaits and I’m learning something….spinnerbaits are all about patience, patience and more patience. In the past, if I didn’t get a hit in the first few casts, I’d go right back to my trusty Senkos but lately, I’ve been sticking with the spinnerbaits (on the days I decide it’s spinnerbaits or nothing) and I do end up catching fish. I don’t get the quantity I get with Senkos, but the quality is there, and that’s a good tradeoff considering how much I enjoy catching a bass on a spinnerbait.
The above two pics are of the same fish, and that one was caught on a black, 4-inch Senko, which I put on my new rig to practice casting and yeah, it was nice to catch a fish with it (no, the rod/reel in the pic aren’t the new rig, just in case you’re wondering).
Here’s one more I caught on the spinnerbait, which as you can see, is my favorite color for out there, white skirt with red, and with silver willow blades – this one was 3/8 oz, usually I throw 1/2 oz. but I decided to try a 3/8 to see if I could keep from getting hung up so much. Today, I was just slow rolling the lure as slow as I could, bumping it into the rocks and fortunately, I didn’t donate any to the river, which may be a first 
By the way, isn’t all fishing FUN? 
A-N-I-M-A-L! LOL Nice going buddy.
Nice going on not donating any lures Nomad
and some nice bass there.
I have never caught anything on a 7″ senko before, might have to give those a try
Thanks, guys…I’ve been extremely blessed and lucky lately.
Steve,
I was fishing that 7-inch Senko on a 4/0 red hook, which I thought might be too small…I think a 5/0 would be better. I was just dragging it across the bottom, really slow and suddenly, WHAM!
Did you fish it weightless??
Steve,
I fish all my Senkos weightless and trust me, the 7-inch model weighs plenty enough on its own.
Remember…..bigger bait…..bigger fish
Nomad,
I know I fished the river about two years ago and saw what looked to be small baitfish (unknown what type) out there, just wondering if you know what the main forage for the bass is in the river. I know it isn’t the beloved nasty carp most of the Koreans are so in love with. It seems the bass in there are growing real well all of a sudden and I wouldn’t doubt if some 6-7 pounders may come out of there very soon. Those are some nice bass that you have been catching out there. Five years ago I caught a lot of bass in there but most were dinks under a pound some as small as probably 1/4 pound with an occasional 2 pounder. Now it seems most of them are two pounds with a couple of small dinks. Tha river is doing super well even with the carp fisherman killing as many bass as they can.
Tex Mex, although I’m not for sure exactly what type they are, there are tons of shad in the river. In the summer months it’s nothing to see huge balls of them rolling on the surface of the water. My guess is that that’s their main source of food, and would also explain why the Senko does so well out there because it’s supposed to mimic a dying baitfish as it floats and flutters to the bottom.
Tex Mex,
What Rob said…the bait fish are out there but I have no idea what they are. There are bluegill in there as well, and of course carp. A few years ago, one of my friends took some bass home to eat (Ack!) and when he cleaned them, he found a bunch of dark grey/black eel-like things in their stomachs. Whatever the bass are feeding on, they are eating well and they are healthy fish.
Imagine how big and plentiful they’d be without nets. Sigh…
Could those black eel like creatures be leeches?
wilsong,
Not sure, he said they were pretty good size…how big do the leeches get over here? I’ve never seen one in the local waters…
Me niether, just wondering. I have heard they are present in Korea, but haven’t seen one.