Ty and I headed out bright and early again, as a matter of fact it was still dark when Ty caught his first fish. Unfortunately, we could only stay half a day because I had plans with my family but we made the most of the time we had.
We spent most of our time looking for and fishing areas like this; pretty much the same as our last trip out – rock walls with overhanging brush, areas with submerged or overhanging trees and also areas with thick vegetation/reeds. You can see the green tint to the water from the algae that’s growing in the water which happens every summer.
These are the three biggest we caught this morning, and as you can see, Ty struck first shortly after we got to our first spot – with a well-placed senko at the end of a submerged tree. And later, I caught a bass with one bad eye! Once it got light and the sun started burning down on us, the bite slowed considerably but we still caught some dinks every now and then. That’s when we discovered something – we were slowly drifting down a bank when I noticed that the water depth had changed from around 4 feet to 10, and we were only 4-5 feet from shore. And since there were lots of reeds, weeds and some submerged trees, we both started flipping jigs right into the nastiest places we could. And, we started catching fish! Granted, all the ones we caught were small, but it was something new for the both of us and we spent the last 2 hours we had out there “jigging it.” I told Ty that maybe the next time we go out, all I’m going to bring are jigs, just so I can learn how to fish them because that was a blast. Now if we could only get a Big Momma on one 
To end the day, Ty had to perform a little emergency surgery but that’ll be for another post, by another poster 
You guys better be careful, pitching jigs is addicting! Thanks again Ty and Nomad for the help. I gotta watch those dinks, they can really stick it to ya.
John,
You’re not kidding. Once we caught our first bass on jigs yesterday, we were hooked (no pun intended
). We were using spinning rods with braid; now I have to learn how to flip and pitch with my baitcaster…a whole new ballgame right there.
Nice going guys!!! And a short day fishing is better than a long day working any day of the week!!!
That’s a fact – and the time goes by so fast when you’re out there. I’m waiting for some 40-pound braid to come in, then it’s game on with the jigs!
Nice catches guys. I have to agree with Rob that even a half day on the water is always welcome.
That area in the first picture is my favourite type of fishing spots, if only Andong had some over hanging trees like those
Steve,
Unfortunately, EVERYONE ELSE loves that kind of area too and we had to fish around at least 5 other boats who were all fishing the same spots. The good thing is that Ty and I got out early and were able to fish there before anyone else got started. Once again, it was a great time out (I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad day fishing) and I’m looking forward to the next trip.
You and me both Nomad! The SSNetcutter is ready for another voyage!
John, hows the pain in that thumb? It’s gotta be hurting.
Thanks for taking care of that for me, Ty. I bet the patches we put on were good to go, but we never did see that other really small hole which you found and patched.
I talked to John, his thumb is fine – good job, Dr. Ty
Nomad
SS Netcutter sprang an air leak? Or leaks by the sound of it.
Wilsong,
Yeah…we discovered that when we were setting up last time out. We then checked the area where we came in last time out and now that the water is lower, we saw a small metal pipe, about 3 inches high, with very ragged edges, which is stuck solid into the ground. We’re pretty sure we ran into it either when we came ashore, or maybe we dragged the boat across it while taking it out of the water.
Soooooooooooo, the netters are leaving booby traps around the shore line now huh?
So have you fixed the leak now Nomad?
Well, I didn’t, Ty did. He took it to where he works, patched her up and used his air compressor to fill her up and test to make sure the patch held, which it did. We’re back in business!