carpanglerdude
10-23-2013, 08:43 PM
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbATJdII2oY
Finally got to fish my favorite local bass lake this week. It's been several months since I've been back to this spot and wasn't sure what to expect. It was really dry and muddy, all my favorite shoreline treecover and brush was high and well out of the water. Had to look deep for the fish. Saw one boater, but no other anglers. Love this place. Weather was low 80s, clear blue skies.
http://i.imgur.com/qjYb7HU.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
Looks blue, but was very stained. Visibility maybe 1-2 ft at very best. Low, low water and lots of exposed cover.
http://i.imgur.com/9AoUcyw.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
These shells were everywhere! The shoreline was quite exposed and the dried up shells were scattered across it.
http://i.imgur.com/9mRl0ra.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
My usual load out. One rod for bass, other ultralite for crappie and bluegill. Only had a few missed strikes with micro topwater lures for the sunfish at dusk. I think the super stained water through them off.
http://i.imgur.com/lvQMDXc.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
Surprise! Didn't expect to catch this 23" toad while fishing for bass from the shore! Woohoo! That's my personal best cat, very happy with it. Took almost 5 minutes to land, he didn't want to give up!
No bass, but I left happy!
Finally got to fish my favorite local bass lake this week. It's been several months since I've been back to this spot and wasn't sure what to expect. It was really dry and muddy, all my favorite shoreline treecover and brush was high and well out of the water. Had to look deep for the fish. Saw one boater, but no other anglers. Love this place. Weather was low 80s, clear blue skies.
http://i.imgur.com/qjYb7HU.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
Looks blue, but was very stained. Visibility maybe 1-2 ft at very best. Low, low water and lots of exposed cover.
http://i.imgur.com/9AoUcyw.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
These shells were everywhere! The shoreline was quite exposed and the dried up shells were scattered across it.
http://i.imgur.com/9mRl0ra.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
My usual load out. One rod for bass, other ultralite for crappie and bluegill. Only had a few missed strikes with micro topwater lures for the sunfish at dusk. I think the super stained water through them off.
http://i.imgur.com/lvQMDXc.jpg (http://huntingtheriverking.blogspot.com/)
Surprise! Didn't expect to catch this 23" toad while fishing for bass from the shore! Woohoo! That's my personal best cat, very happy with it. Took almost 5 minutes to land, he didn't want to give up!
No bass, but I left happy!