Ok, to start off, I'm not crazy, just figured out how and when I was getting my bites.
I was fishing a local Tourny Saturday, I will give you the lake specific's
Air Temp 72 deg
Water Temp 64 deg
Barometer was 29.82 and Steady
Mainly Shallow Lake, 15 ft is the deepest, water clarity was around 3.5 ft. with
alot of stump flats and wood cover, some early vegetation was starting to grow, but hadn't made it to the top yet.
I started the morning with a buzz bait and a spinner, hitting the flats close to the deeper water with no avail, at 9:00 I changed to an Arkansas Shad Color Zoom
Fluke. Of course, the dummy I am, 1st cast, go for the stands and birds nest real bad, I picked the nest out, realed in fast and bam, I am hooked to a 4lb er, YES, I'm on them now. Cast after Cast I have not even a look at the bait, then good ol' Mother Nature lended me a helping wind to my face and I got another small back lash, picked it out and Bam, 2 lbs or so this time at the end of my line. Now I'm not the smartest Basshole out there, but it didn't take me long to realize I needed to slow down. So I slowed my retreive and picked up a few small fish, but no more keepers, hey, wacky time, clear water, lets put the ol' pumpkinseed wacky on and kick some butt. NOTTA, Nothing, not a Bite!!
So, now I know, a lifeless fluke, is the only way, so I slip a 1.5 inch peice of old coat hanger into the middle to even out the fall, start flipping, yes I said flipping the fluke into the tree's, close in on the brush and trees, no fish found around the grass. I was truly amazed, truly, a friend took some weigh in pics and I will get them on here asap.
I topped the tourny in total by over 6 lbs. had big fish by over a pound, the initial 4lber I caught was my smallest at the weigh in, the 2lber that changed my mind about how to fish was culled at 1A.M.
So next time ya can't figure them out, let Mother Nature Help out, She helped me
Cya on the Water
I was fishing a local Tourny Saturday, I will give you the lake specific's
Air Temp 72 deg
Water Temp 64 deg
Barometer was 29.82 and Steady
Mainly Shallow Lake, 15 ft is the deepest, water clarity was around 3.5 ft. with
alot of stump flats and wood cover, some early vegetation was starting to grow, but hadn't made it to the top yet.
I started the morning with a buzz bait and a spinner, hitting the flats close to the deeper water with no avail, at 9:00 I changed to an Arkansas Shad Color Zoom
Fluke. Of course, the dummy I am, 1st cast, go for the stands and birds nest real bad, I picked the nest out, realed in fast and bam, I am hooked to a 4lb er, YES, I'm on them now. Cast after Cast I have not even a look at the bait, then good ol' Mother Nature lended me a helping wind to my face and I got another small back lash, picked it out and Bam, 2 lbs or so this time at the end of my line. Now I'm not the smartest Basshole out there, but it didn't take me long to realize I needed to slow down. So I slowed my retreive and picked up a few small fish, but no more keepers, hey, wacky time, clear water, lets put the ol' pumpkinseed wacky on and kick some butt. NOTTA, Nothing, not a Bite!!
So, now I know, a lifeless fluke, is the only way, so I slip a 1.5 inch peice of old coat hanger into the middle to even out the fall, start flipping, yes I said flipping the fluke into the tree's, close in on the brush and trees, no fish found around the grass. I was truly amazed, truly, a friend took some weigh in pics and I will get them on here asap.
I topped the tourny in total by over 6 lbs. had big fish by over a pound, the initial 4lber I caught was my smallest at the weigh in, the 2lber that changed my mind about how to fish was culled at 1A.M.
So next time ya can't figure them out, let Mother Nature Help out, She helped me
Cya on the Water
