Bassnman Mike
08-20-2011, 10:54 AM
Sorry for the late report but better late than never huh?
A few weeks back I happen to come across a spot at Isabella where large bass were “Wolf Packing” early in very shallow water. I took a few pictures because I know that everyone wants to see pictures. The pictures are from 3 different trips. On each trip, all of the bass were caught within the first 2 hours of the day. Most bass were caught on Spro Bronze Eye frogs, Buzz Baits, Lucky Craft Pointers and 6 Inch Weedless Huddleston Trout.
The first trip we hooked 15 bass but only landed 11 of them and got bit at least another 7 or 8 times. The second trip, 25 were hooked, 18 of which were boated, lost count of how many we missed and the third trip we hooked 13 but only boated 8 bass and missed 4 more when they hit. Basically a wide open bite, at least for the first 2 hours of the day. Of course all bass were released to fight another day.
Now the bad part, the water level at Isabella is dropping pretty quickly and on my last trip over to the lake my prime spot was in about 1-2 foot of water and it wont be long before its completely dry. I do have a good ideal of where they might move off to, a secondary flat not far from the current spot, but only time will tell.
On all 3 trips we were being watched very closely by this guy but I really don’t think I have to worry about him telling anyone about the exact spot.
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bird.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6.11.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6.41.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5.13.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5.2.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/4.2.jpg
A few weeks back I happen to come across a spot at Isabella where large bass were “Wolf Packing” early in very shallow water. I took a few pictures because I know that everyone wants to see pictures. The pictures are from 3 different trips. On each trip, all of the bass were caught within the first 2 hours of the day. Most bass were caught on Spro Bronze Eye frogs, Buzz Baits, Lucky Craft Pointers and 6 Inch Weedless Huddleston Trout.
The first trip we hooked 15 bass but only landed 11 of them and got bit at least another 7 or 8 times. The second trip, 25 were hooked, 18 of which were boated, lost count of how many we missed and the third trip we hooked 13 but only boated 8 bass and missed 4 more when they hit. Basically a wide open bite, at least for the first 2 hours of the day. Of course all bass were released to fight another day.
Now the bad part, the water level at Isabella is dropping pretty quickly and on my last trip over to the lake my prime spot was in about 1-2 foot of water and it wont be long before its completely dry. I do have a good ideal of where they might move off to, a secondary flat not far from the current spot, but only time will tell.
On all 3 trips we were being watched very closely by this guy but I really don’t think I have to worry about him telling anyone about the exact spot.
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bird.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6.11.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6.41.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5.13.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5.2.jpg
http://bassnman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/4.2.jpg