Posted by
Steve on
10 October 2009, 8:18 pm
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.
Posted by
Nomad on
9 October 2009, 12:00 pm
Since Ty and company have been slaying the bass lately, I decided to take Friday off in conjunction with the 3-day weekend and get a little fishing in myself, in the same area they’ve been going lately. I woke up a little late and didn’t get out there until a little after 6 with Senkos in hand – here are the 4 biggest ones I caught this morning:
The bass (at least these bass) were in shallow water, less than 3 feet deep, hiding among some thick weeds and vegetation. As you can see, I was using 5-inch Senkos, black and black with blue flakes, on 30-pound braid. I wasted about 30 minutes throwing a black and blue jig into the weeds, hoping that I could at least catch one fish but all they wanted were Senkos – or, I just don’t know how to fish a jig, which is entirely possible. By 8, the sun had climbed high enough to hit the water and it was like someone turned off a switch; not a bite after that.
Posted by
Nomad on
9 October 2009, 11:32 am
I received this from Ty to post on the blog:
We went out to the river near Asan Bay on Monday and I caught 8 and Jim caught none. So we went
back yesterday and took Owen. Owen caught the small one on the stringer in the first pic and I caught the 3 big ones. Jim caught 2 on his stringer. Jim missed 2 or three as well as me and one broke his line. Enjoy the pics and post on your blog if you don’t mind. We all were wearing chest waders. Owen had some at his work and Jim had his own pair.
Posted by
Nomad on
3 October 2009, 8:44 am
Yesterday, Rob and I took his boat out on the Pyeongtaek river for what would turn out to be a much shorter trip than we both expected. We started around 6 and the fog was so thick you could cut it with a knife, so slow going it was. On top of that, the water was very stained, with lots of that green dust/algae floating in it which made for almost zero visibility. We were throwing everything in our tackle boxes, to include spinnerbaits, crankbaits, chatterbaits, jigs and of course Senkos, both regular and wacky-rigged. The only thing the bass would hit were the wacky-rigged Senkos. Here are a few pics of the biggest ones; most of the fish we caught were dinks.
Once the fog started lifting around noon, a strong wind started up which made fishing just about impossible and after a few hours, we decided to pack it in and head home. I had a blast despite the conditions and even though I failed in my endeavor to catch a bass on a jig, that’ll be my goal for the next trip out. One note though, I have 65-pound braid on my jig rod, and that has to come off because it’s way too stiff for pitching and flipping. I felt 30-pound braid may be too thin…any suggestions for a good line for jigging around tress, nets and weeds?
Posted by
Steve on
2 October 2009, 3:40 pm
I went back to that lake where I caught 55 bass and 2 snakeheads last week hoping for a repeat. The weather conditions were a little different with much more sun and a stiff breeze blowing (good job I had my 6kg dumbbell anchor with me, or I would of been blown all over the place in my little inflatable boat).
The same lures worked again that worked last week, buzzbaits in the early morning then spinnerbaits and Vibrashocks during midday and afternoon. There are 2 or 3 trees and bushes overhanging the water here so I also did some flippin’ with a baby brush hog with a parasite weight.
I only caught 29 bass this time — lol
Here’s a few photos of the better ones, no dink photos posted (even though I caught plenty of dinks), lol
Posted by
Nomad on
1 October 2009, 7:38 am
Once again, I caught plenty of dinks, and as you can see, they pretty much hit everything I was throwing; Senkos, a black cherry-colored Vibrashock, and last but not least, the biggest bass I’ve caught in a while hit a (can you guess?) white/red spinnerbait.
I do like those white/red spinnerbaits 
Posted by
Steve on
30 September 2009, 3:19 pm
I went out for a few hours yesterday morning, just for a few hours of bank fishing. I started at one lake and caught 6 bass of decent sizes between 12 and 14 inches. Most were caught early on buzzbaits and caught a couple on the Neko rig and spinnerbaits.
Then I stopped off at a service station for some lunch on the way home and thought I would hit another lake on my way home. The “on the way home” lake is always very tough to fish from the bank, and yesterday was no different. I got one bass on a buzzbait, but it was a nice one – 43cm and 2lb 1oz.
Tomorrow I am heading back to that great Friday lake with my inflatable boat, hopefully I will have a repeat of last Friday 
Posted by
Nomad on
30 September 2009, 8:01 am
How my week has been going:
Dinks to the left of me. Dinks to the right of me. No matter what I throw; Senkos, Vibrashocks or spinnerbaits, it’s been dinks, dinks dinks. Which is still better than getting skunked, I must say.
Posted by
Nomad on
28 September 2009, 7:47 am
First, some great news! Not too long ago, someone (someone,like a netter) had the only remaining boat ramp on the river blocked by having a mound of dirt put at the entrance:
It wasn’t looking good for the home team. But then, someone (I’m not sure if he wants me to use his name on this blog) took the initiative and paid a contractor not only to remove the dirt, but to also expand and grade the old ramp so that it’s better than ever!
The aforementioned person is now a hero among numerous boat owners 
As for the other part of the title of this post, I started out using a 7-inch Senko this morning and look what I caught! LOL. I have no idea what this bass was even thinking, going after a worm that big but once again it goes to show you that these fish will hit just about anything, regardless of size.
This one here is the only other one I caught that was even close to being picture-worthy, the other few were true dinks. But the highlight of the morning was seeing the ramp with my own eyes. Let’s just hope that the netters don’t put another mound of dirt at the entrance!
Posted by
Nomad on
27 September 2009, 1:36 pm
Ty sent me some pictures of a recent outing that he and Jim had along the Pyeongtaek river:
According to Ty, all bass were caught on Senkos (green, if I remember right). They also tried other lures such a crankbaits and spinnerbaits, with no luck. Call me psychic, but something tells me there’s a fish fry in their immediate future. Nice bass, fellas!
Posted by
Steve on
26 September 2009, 9:03 am
What a day on the water!!!!
The day started off bad as the water level in the lake I wanted to fish was really low again (thank you rice farmers!) and I was unable to get my inflatable boat anywhere near the water to set it up. So I drove another 30 minutes back to a lake I don’t know much about and got the boat ready. This lake gets fished a lot by bank fishers but only 2 sides are accessible by foot and I don’t think this lake gets a lot of boat pressure.
The bass were busting baitfish all over the lake in water between 1 and 4 foot deep, so my 3 best lures on the day were a buzzbait early morning, then a spinnerbait in the late morning and a KaRu Vibrashock from noon though the rest of the afternoon. I caught 1 or 2 on a senko and Neko rig and even a couple of dinks flippin’ a baby brush hog with a Parasite weight tungsten weight.
I caught a total of 55 bass and 2 snakeheads.
What an awesome day, it was one of those days when you would give anything for just a few more hours of daylight. I think I’ll be going back there again next week. Here’s some photos.
Posted by
Steve on
23 September 2009, 10:48 am
Well, I took my little inflatable to a lake yesterday. This particular lake is rather tough to fish, especially from the bank, but it is the closest bass water to my home.
I have fished this lake from the bank about 6 times in the past and only caught 3 bass. So I wanted to see if I could do better from a boat.
The morning started well as I caught 4 or 5 dinks between 6:30am and 9:00am from 4 foot of water along weed edges, then the bites stopped so I moved into deeper water and caught one tiny little fella…
I covered almost all of the small lake with lots of different depths and lures, but the only lure that shone this day was a (wait for it Nomad) real GY Senko (5” watermelon/red flakes) fished wacky rigged. I tried copy senkos also, which did catch a few fish, but the GY Senko was by far the superior bait of the day.
Here’s a few more fish…
And the biggest for last, caught on almost the last cast of the day…
Posted by
Nomad on
22 September 2009, 7:41 am
It amazes me to no end that after all these years of fishing for bass, how little I actually know about these fish. This morning when I got to the river, I shone my flashlight into the water and saw that it was quite stained so I thought, “there’s no way the bass are going to be able to see a Senko, today is a perfect day for spinnerbaits and chatterbaits.” Ha! Wrong answer, thank you for playing!
Not a single hit on spinnerbaits or chatterbaits, but I did catch five on Senkos – the above two were the biggest of the bunch. I really wanted to measure/weigh the one on the right because that was a decent fish but it was gut-hooked and it took me a while to remove the hook so I wanted to get the fish back into the water as quick as possible. So the moral of this story is; if you want to know anything about bass fishing or bass behavior, don’t ask me – instead, get a subscription to Bass Master magazine.
Posted by
Nomad on
17 September 2009, 7:49 am
But it sure felt like it! The bass were present and accounted for, and definitely in the mood this morning. I’m not even going to attempt to come up with any theories or speculations why the fishing has been so good this week because to be honest, I have no idea and every time I think I have a clue as to why these fish do anything, I’m usually wrong. I’m just happy to be a part of it all. I’m not even sure how many I caught this morning; but it was at least ten, most of them dinks.
The above fish were the biggest caught on Senkos; 4 and 5-inch, black and black with blue flakes which have been my most productive colors to date. I was happy with those fish; quite ecstatic, actually, but it didn’t stop there.
And the best part is that I remembered Tuesday’s lesson and didn’t try to pick the fish up with the line. I also need to tighten the drag down a wee bit on my baitcaster because this guy was taking out line pretty good when he went to make his runs and it took me a while to reel him in. And you’ll notice that he hit a white/red spinnerbait. All in all, a pretty good morning.
Posted by
Nomad on
16 September 2009, 9:19 am
It was quite foggy near the river this morning, and a little chilly as well but the bass didn’t mind the weather. Well, the dinks didn’t mind, I should say, as they were out in force. I caught seven, with this being the biggest of the bunch, all on 4 and 5-inch Senkos, black and black with blue flakes. I spent about an hour throwing a white/red Vibrashock, determined to catch a fish on it but that ended up being a waste of time. I hope the trend continues, because the bass have been a lot more active the last few days.
