I fished from the bank on Thursday morning for about 6 hours and caught only these 2 small bass. The good news is I caught them from a lake I haven’t fished before.
We all know how hot it can be and how difficult the fishing is in August.
Well, that was what was on my mind early Friday morning as I was heading to the lake with my boat in tow. My plan was to fish a lake close to home, but when I arrived at the only boat ramp there was a carp fisherman sat on the ramp with his 10+ poles, rant!!
So with the best part of the morning wasted I drove another 1.5 hours to the next closest lake (just South of Daegu) with a slope. I arrived there at about 8:00am and found a jet ski and a ski boat sat on the slope (that’s when I thought this day was going to be crap).
There were 3 guys trying to get this ski boat on the trailer and out of the water and they were having a very hard time doing so, so I joined in and helped them get it out of the water so I could get my boat in. I finally got a float around 9:00am and knew that the best part of the day had gone.
I threw buzzbaits for a while with no luck so I switched over to a buzzing frog and started getting a few bites in the shallow grass. Then I boated these 2 nice bass.
Then about the same time I hooked into a very nice bass that jumped a few times before snapping my 50lb power pro braid right at the hook, sigh!! The frog bite slowed down after that so I moved to the opposite bank and caught a couple on a senko, the second one being a very nice fish indeed, which put up a very good fight on my 6lb spinning rig.
Then I fished a crankbait along the entire dam wall trolling as I fished and I was catching a dink bass on just about every cast. I did hook into what “would” of been the biggest bass of the day but as I gut it to the side of the boat she jumped and threw my crankbait, double sigh!!!!
Then I moved a another spot with a rocky bank and deeper water, so I put on a slightly deeper diving crankbait (Surecatch Mega Crank) and caught a few more dinks.
Just look how cute this little guy is..
I fished for only 6 hours and landed 21 bass with another 10+ missed or lost, a great day for August!
By the way, isn’t all fishing FUN? 
Nice going, Steve! Did the fish “break” your 50-pound braid, or did the knot slip and give? I thought 50-pound braid was about impossible to break unless you’re fishing around rocks or trees and it starts fraying on you?
Thanks Nomad,
I’m still not sure what happened Nomad, but it either slipped or break ‘right’ at the knot because I never lost any length at all. The braid is brand new, I only spooled it a week or so ago. I did catch more fish after the break, so I can only assume that my knot tying was at fault.
There were no trees or rocks in the area, only grass.
Way to go Steve! I love that last one, have caught a few like him myself over the years!!! LOL
Steve,
I only asked because I have had 30-pound braid slip at the knot on me, and that was when I was in a hurry and didn’t take my time with the palomar knot. After that happened once or twice, I started tying an extra overhand knot on top of the palomar just for good measure.
LOL, I’ve caught quite a few of those “minnows” myself this year, some even on the 10.5″ worms!
Steve,
Is that a waterhose that you used to catch one of those bass?
Anyways, Seems like you had a great day.
Tex,
That’s a culling tag, I was testing out my livewell before my tournament next weekend.
Nomad,
I stopped using the palamor knot altogether after several slips, especially with braid.
Steve,
Which knot do you use for braid?
LOL Tex Mex.
One of these days I’m going to fish with a short piece of old intertube rubber just to test out my theory that bass will eat about anything you throw at them if they’re hungry enough.
Nomad,
I use a trilene knot for my braid.
http://animatedknots.com/trilene/index.php?Categ=fishing&LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
For braid 30lb or under I add an extra turn or two (6 or 7 turns) and for over 30lb braid I use just 5 turns and I have not had a failure until last friday, so I will just use minimum 6 turns on all braid.
Rob,
I believe in the spring, at the blue barge area, a piece of innertube rubber would do just fine
Steve, thanks, I may give that a try on braid vs the old palomar.