Merry Christmas, everyone!!!          

These two were it for the morning, both caught on black, 5-inch Senkos – no takers on spinnerbaits.  Imagine that; KMA had no rain in the forecast but lo and behold, it started raining on the way to the river and it rained on and off the entire time I was out there.  I feel like I’m coming down with something so I’m sure being out in the cold and rain didn’t help much but hey, a man has to fish.  Or so I tell my wife.  Wilsong, that dink’s for you!

Go figure, I caught five bass, all on 5-inch Senkos – the above were the only ones worth taking a pic of though, the rest were true dinks.  The one in the 2nd pic grabbed my worm and immediately went between some rocks.  I couldn’t reel it in, but could feel the fish tugging.  I thought it was a decent fish, so I sat there for 20 minutes, waiting for the fish to swim out of the rocks, which it finally did, right before my hands froze solid.  I’m glad I had braid because those rocks would have cut mono or fluoro for sure.  Blah, I checked the weather and it’s supposed to go down to freezing or colder next week, so my my Early Morning Bass trips are numbered .

Dinks on Senkos while it was dark, and when it started getting light, they started hitting spinnerbaits, again.  It was nice out today so I took a pic of every fish I landed (I also had one jump and throw the lure, plus I missed a couple earlier on Senkos).  I sure hope this lasts just a few days longer.

Well, this morning was exactly like the couple of days I had out there last week; one dink on a Senko while it was dark and as soon as it got light (around 6:20 or so), the bass started slamming spinnerbaits.  In a 20-25 minute span, I caught 5 on a white/red spinnerbait, with this being the biggest of the bunch.  I also had a theory that since they were going after something that resembles a baitfish, a crankbait should work so I threw a Storm Thin Fin for about 10 minutes…so much for my theories because I didn’t get a single bite…should have stayed with the spinnerbait since that was what they were hitting.  And oh yeah, it was foggy and pretty darned cold and I was in the car every 10 minutes, warming my hands.  LOL

For more than one reason.  Once again, I got out to the river a little after 5, and saw that there were two vehicles parked near the area I like to fish, which is never good news.  And sure enough, there was also a tent set up, along with at least 10 carp fishing poles spread out.  I did manage to get down to my point though, and started fishing 5-inch Senkos, black with blue flakes.  On my 4th or 5th cast, this hog grabbed the worm and took off in the other direction…no tap-tap, just an immediate bend to the rod.  This is definitely the biggest bass I’ve caught in quite a while and it made my day.  After that, I caught a few dinks and that was pretty much it for the morning.  I threw a spinnerbait for a while, but with all the carp rods spread out near me, and a pretty good breeze that sprang up, it was hard to throw anything but Senkos without tangling up in the other fishermen’s lines.  A perfect ending to what was already a good week.

Unfortunately, it was so darned cold out there this morning that I was going back to the car like every 10 minutes to warm my hands up and I also decided not to take any pics of the smaller bass I caught (only 3 of them).  Yep, I’m a wuss when it comes to cold so I only took a pic of the biggest one. With 5 minutes left, I switched to the baitcaster I use for 4-inch Senkos and caught the one in the 2nd pic.

In a 30-minute span, I caught 4 bass on a spinnerbait, and lost two when they jumped and threw the lure on me.  Granted, most of them were dinks (except for the one in the 2nd to last pic) but man oh man, I sure had a blast out there for 30 minutes.  I’ve rarely seen the bass THAT aggressive.  And Steve, if you look close, the last three I caught were caught using the spinnerbaits you made for me.  Today was definitely one of those mornings where I did NOT want to head in to work .