Fishing Korea

That’s what Ty and I did today; we kicked ass, took names and had one of the best days fishing either one of us has ever had.  We decided to head out at 5 so we could get on the water at first light but the day started out cold, wet, and windy; last night’s rain front was still with us and things looked mighty bleak for the home team.  But the bass sure didn’t mind one bit and after an hour or so, the rain passed and the wind died down (for a while, anyway) and we were catching bass like mad.  We started out just like last week and missed our first 4 or 5 and ended up missing at least 15 total over the course of the day.

I have no idea what was going on today but we’ve never seen so many carp fishermen out there.  They were out in force and were everywhere; that area in the pic above is usually empty but as you can see, it was packed today, despite the weather.  Yes Rob, that’s the blue barge area…unbelievable, isn’t it? There were so many carp muttons out there that we couldn’t fish any of that area at all.

Ok, let’s get to the good stuff.  Bass.  We didn’t take any pics of the small dinks, of which we caught at least 10 today, so if you’re counting, add that to the below total for the day.

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He’s getting out there more than me, and that’s unheard of!  He sent me two sets of pics; these are from 19 April:

And the below are from today:

He also gave me some bad news; the carp fishermen are now using live worms on some of their long carp poles, in order to catch bass and after they catch the bass, they throw them up on shore to die.  He said he saw quite a few dead bass laying on shore…

Could the action be picking up out there?

I had to include that third pic, because it’s the first bass I’ve caught on spinnerbait this year and trust me, it hasn’t been because of a lack of trying.  Not sure what that little guy thought he was going after, considering the lure is almost bigger than the fish is.

The rain that KMA predicted for this morning held off so I was out there a little after 5, chucking Senkos.  Historically, I’ve had some of my best luck when a front was coming through, and today was no exception – and it was quite warm for a change!

I also tried a spinnerbait again for about 20 minutes but as you can see, still no joy.  All bass were caught on (wait for it) black, 5-inch Senkos.

Ty went out to the river on Sunday afternoon and sent me some pics:

From Ty:

Here are the pics from Sunday afternoon at Asan Bay. I caught my first one on a yellow and black spinner with a colorado blade at about 2:30.
I arrived at 1:30 and tried everything but nothing was biting yet. I moved to the carp-man spot and managed to bring in 4 of the 5 I caught today.
There were at least 50 Bass anglers out there today and some had four of five poles they were walking around with.

Ty and I took the boat out again today, and we fished the same areas and type of structure that we fished last Friday.  Unfortunately, the weather today was nothing like last Friday; today was cold, hazy and after a few hours, the wind started picking up and continued to gain strength as the day wore on (You can see how calm the water was in the first few pics but that didn’t last long at all).  And with the cold temperatures, it made for mighty uncomfortable fishing conditions (We weren’t wearing gloves to look cool, that’s for sure).  But, we did manage to catch some fish in the time we were out there.

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I can’t believe it’s already the 15th of April, yet there was still ice on the puddles, frost on the ground, and this is only my second set of sunrise pics of the year.

This has got to be one of the weirdest springs I’ve ever seen over here and I can’t wait for real spring to finally get here.  But anyway, I braved the cold this morning (The sacrifices I make ) and even managed to catch a few fish.

The above were caught on black, 5-inch Senkos, fished nice and slow.  I should have measured and weighed the one in the first pic, that was a decent bass. It hit the Senko like a dink; a very light tap and I had no idea what I had on the line till I set the hook and the fish took off.  And once again, I tried a spinnerbait with no results.

The man is on a roll!

Ty said:

Frank, I managed to catch five today. I also saw a Korean dude catch three dinks on a spinnerbait but it didn’t get me to change from my Senkos. The wind really picked up around 2pm so I packed up and left.

I don’t know about you, but I sure hope it warms up here really soon, especially at night.  Here it is the first week of April and where we’ve been well into the spawn or at least the pre-spawn the last few years at this time,  I don’t think the fish have thawed out enough yet to seriously consider becoming active, at least not early in the morning.  I got out to the river a little after 6 this morning, hoping that by that time, the rising sun would warm things up a little bit and the fish would be ready to go.  I spent about 30 minutes throwing 4 and 5–inch Senkos and after I caught this little guy, I switched to  a spinnerbait for the remaining time and once again, nothing.  With these rising day-time temps, it should only be a matter of time though.

Ty went out yesterday afternoon and caught himself some more bass, here are the pics:

As you can see, all fish were caught on Senkos.

Rough morning out there today; I ended up with a birds nest tangle on my spinning reel that took me almost 15 minutes to straighten out, and I lost a nice bass, between 2 1/2 and 3 pounds, right at shore when it somehow got loose right as I was bending down to lip it.   But that’s ok, the good days far outweigh the bad and hey, I did catch a couple of fish and that’s what it’s all about

My friend Ty sent me the following pics and writeup:

Here are some pics from Kunsan from last Thursday (the first 4 pics). I caught five at Kunsan but I don’t know were that last pic went. Pics from this morning (the last 2). We headed out at 6:45. I caught two and lost another one close to shore. Jim only caught one and it was a dink and lost another to some concertina wire in the water, he waded out to it because he didn’t want to loose his first bass of 2010 and lifted the wire up but no Bass was in sight. Owen, poor fella didn’t have any luck but did manage to get one bite.

Initially, my plan was to stay in bed and sleep in this morning, since we had a lot of rain yesterday and I saw that the river was pretty nasty on the way home last night.  But, by now, you know the story.  I still woke up and since it was nice and warm, and the fact that Rob was sending me early morning emails, giving me crap about not going out, made up my mind.

When I got to the river,it was pretty foggy and I could tell it was getting thicker as the morning wore on, and yes, the water was pretty nasty but, I have seen it a lot worse.  I caught the above on a 4-inch Senko, black with blue flakes about 15 minutes after I got out there.  Once I caught that one, I switched to a spinnerbait but again, no hits on that.

I headed back out this morning to see if I could get a repeat from yesterday.  It was cold, and pretty windy to boot but it looks like the bass may be slowly waking up

I can’t take credit for the bass in the first pic; I had thrown out my rod and then gone to warm my hands in the car for a few minutes and when I came back,the fish was on.  As you can see, both fish hit black, 5-inch Senkos.