xjdesertfox
06-27-2010, 06:57 PM
so my close friend and I decided we wanted to go back to prado as the lake was good to us our first time out, we both got new setups and wanted to get them on the water.
We arrive at the lake at 8:13am and park in the first lot on the right. we notice bass boiling like crazy and a couple of guys in the only spot which could cast into the boils. so we head the opposite direction towards the center of the lake.
We find a spot inbetween some reeds, the guy next to us is hooking small bass on a tiny swimbait. elkubano starts the day off flipping a jig. he catches moss on his jig and decides to go a different route, i rig my drop shot rod with a robo and start casting for nothing.
elkubano switches to a plastic and i keep dropshotting for nothing. i decide i want to throw a swimbait with my casting setup and end up casting into the reeds. DOH! :Neutral:
as i'm retying i look over at elkubano holding a 1+ lbs bass he caught on a plastic. i ditch the swimbait and take the spot next to him and throw a similar plastic for a sub-1lber.
We fished for hours after that all over the lake for nothing, but atleast we got the skunk off, as we were about to call it quits i practiced casting with my baitcaster and WHAM! BIG STRIKE. i set the hook hard and make sure i got the fish hooked, fought it breifly and got it near shore, just as elkubano was about to grab it, the fish shakes it's head and breaks me off.
it was the biggest bass me and elkubano had seen in that lake, was easily 4-5lbs and look GORGEOUS with its patterning.
we fished for another hour trying to catch in that same spot but to no avail. i will come back to get him someday!:mad:
We arrive at the lake at 8:13am and park in the first lot on the right. we notice bass boiling like crazy and a couple of guys in the only spot which could cast into the boils. so we head the opposite direction towards the center of the lake.
We find a spot inbetween some reeds, the guy next to us is hooking small bass on a tiny swimbait. elkubano starts the day off flipping a jig. he catches moss on his jig and decides to go a different route, i rig my drop shot rod with a robo and start casting for nothing.
elkubano switches to a plastic and i keep dropshotting for nothing. i decide i want to throw a swimbait with my casting setup and end up casting into the reeds. DOH! :Neutral:
as i'm retying i look over at elkubano holding a 1+ lbs bass he caught on a plastic. i ditch the swimbait and take the spot next to him and throw a similar plastic for a sub-1lber.
We fished for hours after that all over the lake for nothing, but atleast we got the skunk off, as we were about to call it quits i practiced casting with my baitcaster and WHAM! BIG STRIKE. i set the hook hard and make sure i got the fish hooked, fought it breifly and got it near shore, just as elkubano was about to grab it, the fish shakes it's head and breaks me off.
it was the biggest bass me and elkubano had seen in that lake, was easily 4-5lbs and look GORGEOUS with its patterning.
we fished for another hour trying to catch in that same spot but to no avail. i will come back to get him someday!:mad: