Unlike the past few weeks, largemouth bass came out of hiding and were on fire. Smallmouth were more finicky and were few and far between.
The first night up at the cottage we fished the shoreline our cottage is on and stayed close to home. There is a sweet little stretch that always has a bass or two on it. First cast to the back corner of a dock this guy whacked a shaky head rig.
Next morning I awoke to an awesome looking sky. Water was calm and I could see fish jumping everywhere. It was a lot cooler. The day still looked very promising.
A straight ride to one of our many spots we had planned to fish took only 15 minutes. We started casting into the timber and many rock piles with finesse worms and soft-plastic jerkbaits. Right away the fish made there presence. A few picture worthy fish and off to the next spot where we knew the fish would make there way in the afternoon.
On our way we stopped by some good looking fish holding structure. Decided we would toss a cast or two and was rewarded.
Pike were everywhere in the next spot. Burning spinnerbaits over weeds is how most of the fish were caught. Weeding out the pike from bass made it harder to get the target species. 3 pike for every bass was how it went.
And a nice little suprise too while working a rock point.
The area fished is pretty prestine. Rarley do we see other boats around (SnagThis great to see you in the creek mouth) and some of the spots bass anglers pray to find. One tree we pull 5 largemouth from every time we pitch into it. We call the ''V'' because of the shape of it. We pretty much name just about every spot and fallen tree we fish LOL.
A single downside to the weekend was a massive pike that swiped a tube right at the side of the boat. Setting the hook almost immediatly I snapped a Shimano Crucial in half. Guessed him at around 15 pounds. Should get a new rod in the mail soon.
The nights cool and so were the mornings LOL. It made for some great scenery shots. I don't know what the heck that black dot is in the bottom of all my pictures is. Seems to only happen a few.
Fishing ''The Flat'', one of our largemouth spots we were able to pick up a few fish on spinnerbaits and senkos style plastics.
A few more healthy bass
We caught well over 70 bass during the weekend with some real beautys in the 3-4lbs range and some bigger. Action was non-stop. We decided to fish some timber before leaving. The spot we chose is known for plenty of action. We knew we would be able to get into a few more before leaving. Spinnerbaits and weighted texas rigged lizards put the most bass in the boat.
The weekend ended to fast. So did the summer. A few weeks left and the pens with will replace rods. Another fantastic weekend at the cottage went by, I cant wait for next weekend!!
Tight lines
Anthony
GJ
, wow what a great day.
...well done.