Big-Bob
08-13-2014, 02:40 PM
Got to the gate around 5:50am behind 2 other boats. There was a light fog but it wasn't on the water. I turned left out I the Marina and saw Striper boiling and drove right over the top of them headed to my first LMB spot.
My game plan was to throw some top water early and then try to pick up some finesse fish. I got to my first spot and on the second cast I had a massive blow up and landed a solid 3 pounder. Very next cast I missed a fish.
I knew the day was going to be epic and I made another long cast. I was fishing in 15 ft of water where I have seen a lot of the bass hanging out on the weed edge. Midway through my retrieval I stopped and got my phone out to text my cousin and tell him to come to the lake if he could. My bait had been sitting for well over a minute when I saw the most vicious attack on a top water bait and my rod almost ripped from between my legs. I tried to wind up the slack and set the hook but saw the lure come out of the fishes mouth as soon as I got the slack in. That fish for sure would have been my Pb top water .
I ended up catching 11 and missing 5 fish. I need to change out my hooks to hopefully get the ones that take the lure under and don't get hooked.
I had all day to fish but after a morning like that, once the fog lifted at 8:30 I headed in. There was no way I could go from a top bite that good to fishing a worm in the heat.
Here are some pics from today. It is hard to get good size pics when you are by yourself.
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/1A5E9FA8-BD77-437F-9018-65FE1145DCCF_zpsqhlblxjr.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/1A5E9FA8-BD77-437F-9018-65FE1145DCCF_zpsqhlblxjr.jpg.html)
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/A8C58FF9-C187-45E0-BFF9-4AA0D0395A88_zpsxyyeplqe.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/A8C58FF9-C187-45E0-BFF9-4AA0D0395A88_zpsxyyeplqe.jpg.html)
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/9BB4A335-65CF-4CCE-A9C9-F83DA5F8382A_zpsqgillu0e.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/9BB4A335-65CF-4CCE-A9C9-F83DA5F8382A_zpsqgillu0e.jpg.html)
This is one my cousin caught a week or two ago on top water.
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/D3B1599F-B7E4-4C09-B8F0-7BCD7E02BA52_zps55enctsk.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/D3B1599F-B7E4-4C09-B8F0-7BCD7E02BA52_zps55enctsk.jpg.html)
My game plan was to throw some top water early and then try to pick up some finesse fish. I got to my first spot and on the second cast I had a massive blow up and landed a solid 3 pounder. Very next cast I missed a fish.
I knew the day was going to be epic and I made another long cast. I was fishing in 15 ft of water where I have seen a lot of the bass hanging out on the weed edge. Midway through my retrieval I stopped and got my phone out to text my cousin and tell him to come to the lake if he could. My bait had been sitting for well over a minute when I saw the most vicious attack on a top water bait and my rod almost ripped from between my legs. I tried to wind up the slack and set the hook but saw the lure come out of the fishes mouth as soon as I got the slack in. That fish for sure would have been my Pb top water .
I ended up catching 11 and missing 5 fish. I need to change out my hooks to hopefully get the ones that take the lure under and don't get hooked.
I had all day to fish but after a morning like that, once the fog lifted at 8:30 I headed in. There was no way I could go from a top bite that good to fishing a worm in the heat.
Here are some pics from today. It is hard to get good size pics when you are by yourself.
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/1A5E9FA8-BD77-437F-9018-65FE1145DCCF_zpsqhlblxjr.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/1A5E9FA8-BD77-437F-9018-65FE1145DCCF_zpsqhlblxjr.jpg.html)
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/A8C58FF9-C187-45E0-BFF9-4AA0D0395A88_zpsxyyeplqe.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/A8C58FF9-C187-45E0-BFF9-4AA0D0395A88_zpsxyyeplqe.jpg.html)
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/9BB4A335-65CF-4CCE-A9C9-F83DA5F8382A_zpsqgillu0e.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/9BB4A335-65CF-4CCE-A9C9-F83DA5F8382A_zpsqgillu0e.jpg.html)
This is one my cousin caught a week or two ago on top water.
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/RJosephPowell/D3B1599F-B7E4-4C09-B8F0-7BCD7E02BA52_zps55enctsk.jpg (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/RJosephPowell/media/D3B1599F-B7E4-4C09-B8F0-7BCD7E02BA52_zps55enctsk.jpg.html)