Anyone Do Any Good Sat Or Sun?

[gitnby]

My partner and I fished out of Buttermilk Springs yesterday (Monday) from about 9 to 4. We weren't targeting bass, just panfishing for the skillet by throwing little crappie jigs up to chunk rock banks near deep water. We had a ball, and brought a whole bunch of big black perch and several nice crappie home. Of course we caught and threw back about 5 little perch for every one that was big enough to keep, and we caught and released a lot of short bass, so we had a lot of action with small fish all day. Fine with me, I'm easily entertained.

My best bass was a 14 3/4" Kentucky, and partner caught a real pretty 14 1/4" smallmouth - fish like that are extra fun to catch on a light crappie pole. Partner got ahold of one fish he just couldn't turn - it didn't move like a bass, it stayed deep and it was so strong and heavy it couldn't be handled on the light rig he had. We chased it with the trolling motor, it finally broke off, and of course he's still talking about the giant catfish or walleye that got away. I'll let him have his fun, but I think it was just as likely a big carp or drum.

For you bass fishermen - all day long there were several boats around the "downstream" point of the island there at Buttermilk, the end toward Joe Bald. Folks were catching and releasing bass there all day long. Some were spooning for them straight down, and the ones that weren't jerking a spoon were, I think, drop-shotting or using jigs and grubs. At one point we crossed the lake and scoped near where they were fishing, and all around that point in 60 feet of water there were a whole bunch of fish suspended 40 to 45 feet down, so that's what they were into.

What a great day it was to be on the water in November. I've had a good fishing trip this week, and I'm looking forward to hunting deer this weekend. That's a pretty good deal.

You talkin about Buttermilk up the James? That's a long way from Joe Bald?

[Sam]

You talkin about Buttermilk up the James? That's a long way from Joe Bald?

Yeah, I should have said the side of the island toward Jackson Hollow or Aunt's Creek - they're closer. Anyway, the point on the downstream (northeast) end of the island.

We put in at the beach where Y-40 ends at the water. We hadn't been there for awhile, and from the water I noticed that the store at the end of Y-39 is fixed up and open, and there's a good concrete ramp there now. I'll probably put in there next time I go to the Buttermilk area.

[Forsythian]

Sam, I like your fishing style. Alot. Throw in a little nap time, and you've described my ideal trip.

But the key question I have is: did you drink buttermilk whilst in the Buttermilk area?

sorry

[Sam]

did you drink buttermilk whilst in the Buttermilk area?

You know I did, that's the fishing trip drill - quart of chocolate milk for breakfast, quart of buttermilk for lunch (along with some cheese and crackers). Some rituals you just don't change - there's no telling what might happen.