Late Report

[Spinnaker]

I had some luck but did not clobber them this trip. I caught only one SM on the trip.

Monday: 2 short LM, one on a silver/blue deep diver, 2 white bass in the evening on a silver/blue spook, one measured 17 inches. It was a real treat!

The rest of the trip was so-so with no more than 5 bass in a day except one day when the white bass were exploding for a few minutes. I hooked a big bass, don't know if it was a white or LM but it took my spook. A few minutes later, I caught 9 white bass one after the other on a deep diving silver/blue crank bait.

The last day I caught a couple on a jig and grub, a couple (one white) on a green pumkin wart and a keeper K on a bass pattern spook in a cove. Maybe later this summer I will come down but in October/November for sure.

BTW, I tried jointed redfins but had difficulty getting them to run true and stay bouyant on the retrieve. I changed the hooks and split rings too. I did have some luck on the spook and prefer that for the bouyancy.

[gitnby]

I had some luck but did not clobber them this trip. I caught only one SM on the trip.

Monday: 2 short LM, one on a silver/blue deep diver, 2 white bass in the evening on a silver/blue spook, one measured 17 inches. It was a real treat!

The rest of the trip was so-so with no more than 5 bass in a day except one day when the white bass were exploding for a few minutes. I hooked a big bass, don't know if it was a white or LM but it took my spook. A few minutes later, I caught 9 white bass one after the other on a deep diving silver/blue crank bait.

The last day I caught a couple on a jig and grub, a couple (one white) on a green pumkin wart and a keeper K on a bass pattern spook in a cove. Maybe later this summer I will come down but in October/November for sure.

BTW, I tried jointed redfins but had difficulty getting them to run true and stay bouyant on the retrieve. I changed the hooks and split rings too. I did have some luck on the spook and prefer that for the bouyancy.

Possibly a bad Redfin with a leak?

Other than that:

-try putting a split ring on the nose

-maybe the new hooks and rings were too heavy?

-hold rod tip high until it gets closer to boat, and then drop rod down to parallel or lower as it comes back.

[smallmouths fight]

This is something that worked for me, i dont think its by the book lol Anyway i put a snap on the o-ring of the red-fin sounds stupid but give it a try lots more action,

[Spinnaker]

I will try adjustments next time out. Thanks.

[techo]

One of the tricks Babler taught me was to put one of those lead sticker weight thing-a-bobs on the very back of the first section of the red fin. Sometimes it takes two. I usually take ours down to a pond by the house and mess with them for a bit before fishing them in the lake. They don't seem very durable...and if you ever get a good one tracking just right.....never let it out of your sight!