What’s everyone doing this weekend??
November 21st and 22nd is the KSA Bass Master Classic weekend at Andong, and I am planning on driving up there on Saturday and staying overnight just as a spectator. I’ll probably take a couple of rods and do a bit of bank fishing while I am there. The weather forecast is supposed to be sunny and a little warmer than it has been this past week.
It would be great to see some of you guys over there if you have time.
Yesterday was our Bass Club’s monthly meet and it was at my favorite lake, so despite the cold and windy weather forecast I decided to take my chances.
We all fished a mini tournament in the morning and I only managed one small bass, but when everyone left for their 2 hour drive back to Ulsan, I decided to stay for a few more hours. I ended up catching 5 more bass, nothing big, but they were bass 
The first 2 were caught on a Neko rig, then I pulled 2 bass out of overhanging trees by flippin’ a baby brush hog and a Parasite weight, and the last 2 bass fell for a shallow, wide wobbling crankbait.
I fishing from my boat for the first time since May this year and it worked great in the bad weather despite the long time away from the water. And checkout the boat ramp at this lake…..lol
I have been busy since being back home, but Tuesday I finally got out to the water for a few hours. I was a little windy but still very warm when the sun was shining. I only used 2 rigs, a spinnerbait and a wacky rigged GY Senko. The score was even with 2 bass on each rig. 3 of them were true dinks, and the biggest was about 10 inches.
But is was great to be fishing again. As soon as these 20mph+ winds drop I will be taking my boat out a few times.
I couldn’t stand it anymore, especially when I saw it wasn’t going to be that cold this morning; I had to get at least one more shot in at some EMB™ fishing before the year ends.
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! 
I’ve said it before, I’m saying it now and I’m fairly certain I’ll say it again; I cannot figure these fish out. For the last week, they’ve been ignoring my Senkos for the most part, and have wanted nothing but spinnerbaits. This morning, I couldn’t get a bite on a spinnerbait to save my life.
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 
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Kick’n up birds is what my good friend ‘”Bama Bill” did on a recent hunting trip to North Dakota. I’ll let the pic speak for itself, but if I had to guess I’d say that he and his hunting partners had a great time. Awesome job Bill, and thanks for the pic!!
I’m starting to think I was right for once, and the bass are in their fall feeding mode right now because this morning was more of the same as the previous few days.
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.
This morning was a repeat of yesterday; I got out there to the river around 5:10 and while it was dark, I only had one bite on a Senko, which I missed. A little after 6, I switched to a white/red chatterbait for a while with no luck and around 6:20, as it got light, I switched to my trusty white/red spinnerbait and once again and that’s when the action started.
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.
This morning sure was interesting, to say the least. I just couldn’t stand it anymore and set the alarm for 4 so I could at least get one more morning in there – and I’m glad I did. I got out there to the river around 5:20 or so, and started out with Senkos. I had one decent bite which I lost, and then a while later, caught one dink. That was it for Senkos. As soon as it got light, which was around 6:20 or so, I switched to a white/red spinnerbait and that’s when the fun really started.
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 
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I headed out this morning for the first time in about a week just to see how the bass are biting in my favorite area. I think my Early Morning Bass (EMB™) days are about over till next spring due to the cold weather early in the morning, plus the fact that it’s getting light out later and later each day.
I did manage to catch a few but for the most part, they were dinks and all they would bite were Senkos, both 5 and 4-inch. I also tried spinnerbaits and chatterbaits for a little while but no takers this morning. I may try some shallower areas if we get a warm morning but I think it’s time to start heading out later in the day again.
Well the weekend that I had been planning for months finally came and we made the annual trek to Busan for the amberjack run. This year we bumped up the number from 5 to 8 people. The boat seemed to be large enough for 8 but we only fished 7 rods (me and Rene shared). They said we were a bit early this year, but that didn’t stop us. We still had a blast. We didn’t get the mother load like TexMex had in years past but we got a fine mess of fish. 27 amberjack, 2 mackerel, and one nice red snapper. We had two greater amberjacks hooked but they were both lost. The first spit the Korean style hook, the second broke the 20lb main line. It’s funny that the 15lb leader stood up but the main line busted and I just bought that spool less than a year ago. Oh well. I hope you enjoy the pics. I even got a nice sunrise one.
This is the reason why I have been so busy lately. Since I am leaving Korea again on Monday for work, I wanted to get this finished before I left. It is a 284 gallon tank, double the water of my current tank.
But since I am leaving in a few days, I will wait until my return to put my pet Bass in there.
That is the time I fished yesterday. I got this sun rise photo just before stepping foot in my boat…
And I got this sun-going-down photo just as I was about to call it quits…
Now onto the important part of the post. My Fall fishing just keeps getting better. As you know I caught a new personal record of 55 bass in one day a couple of weeks ago, well yesterday I kicked that record’s @$$. I caught 70 bass and only 2 or 3 of them were dinks. Almost every bass was around 15 inches with one or 2 16 and 17 inches thrown in for good measure. I fished at a place called Hae Chang Man on the South West coast (near Mokpo and Yeosu). This lake is a decent size and about 99% of it’s banks are lined with the tall grass, so bank fishing is almost impossible (so I took my little inflatable).
75% of my bass were caught on buzzbaits fished along the weed edges and this pattern worked all day long which surprised me, because usually the buzzbait bite dies off long before midday. If a bass missed the buzzbait, I would flip a baby brush hog to the same spot the bass hit and I would catch the bass straight away. All the other bass were caught on a black and blue KaRu poison tail jig with a craw trailer flipped into the tall grass.
AWESOME DAY!! Here’s some photos.
