Ambassadorhawg
03-17-2008, 05:39 PM
Got back late last night from my yearly Arizona bassin' trip with my best bud, Jesus. I arrived late Friday afternoon and we immediately hit some local lake community ponds. The ponds were getting too much pressure and the fish were all scattered and shy. We managed a few apiece while sight fishing, though. All smallish 12" fish.
The next morning, we got up early and he took me to "secret spot" #1. We had high hopes for this place but it was really tough. I got a solid 3 pounder on the first cast of the day and then we fished very hard for almost nothing until the end when Jesus got a jig fish.
We were done with that place at about noon so we headed to "secret spot" #2 to finish out the day. And boy, that was the place to be!
We pitched jigs into impossible cover and scored some real fatties. We had about 12-15 fish between us for our efforts, all very fat and in a pre-spawn stage. Jesus got one that was at least 7 pounds. I dumped a 5+ and we each had some that were 3-4 pounds plus a few smaller males.
The last morning of the trip was spent at "secret spot" #3. It was tougher there. The water temp was 62-63 everywhere else we had been but it was only about 59.5 to 60.5 at this spot. We did manage to make a good morning of it but the magnums were strangely absent. It was mostly 12" to 2+ pound stuff for our efforts. The JC baits chatterbait was the hot ticket. I got at least 6 fish on it there. Jesus mixed it up and got a few on the jig, and a few on the chatterbait. He also got the only magnum of the trip on a swimming fluke style plastic. It went about 3.5 pounds.
That's it boys and girls, enjoy the pics...
The next morning, we got up early and he took me to "secret spot" #1. We had high hopes for this place but it was really tough. I got a solid 3 pounder on the first cast of the day and then we fished very hard for almost nothing until the end when Jesus got a jig fish.
We were done with that place at about noon so we headed to "secret spot" #2 to finish out the day. And boy, that was the place to be!
We pitched jigs into impossible cover and scored some real fatties. We had about 12-15 fish between us for our efforts, all very fat and in a pre-spawn stage. Jesus got one that was at least 7 pounds. I dumped a 5+ and we each had some that were 3-4 pounds plus a few smaller males.
The last morning of the trip was spent at "secret spot" #3. It was tougher there. The water temp was 62-63 everywhere else we had been but it was only about 59.5 to 60.5 at this spot. We did manage to make a good morning of it but the magnums were strangely absent. It was mostly 12" to 2+ pound stuff for our efforts. The JC baits chatterbait was the hot ticket. I got at least 6 fish on it there. Jesus mixed it up and got a few on the jig, and a few on the chatterbait. He also got the only magnum of the trip on a swimming fluke style plastic. It went about 3.5 pounds.
That's it boys and girls, enjoy the pics...