Bass

[FRENZEL]

I caught some really nice largemouth and smallmouth from Blair to Dawt this weekend in the heat of the day with a million boats on the water..

Saw a ton more..All around 14-18 inches.

[Phil Lilley]

How did you guys do- fishing-wise? Fish for trout, bass?

Details man!

And happy belated birthday.

[Brian Wise]

What about Kentucky's Frenzel?? Did you catch any of them?

Brian

[FRENZEL]

I fished for trout a little but my wife didn't want to stray far from the floatilla of friends that had come along. I think there was 13 canoes and 3 kayaks. We put in at Sunburst. I used mostly Marabou jigs in a grey ( turkey feather) and dubbed a moss green body. These are the easiest thing to use when you are not allowed to stop the boat and are in the restricted zone. I had a couple of browns. The largest was about 15 inches. Seen a bunch of big fish I couldn't cast to. They were in some runs over flat mossy bottom almost like ledge rock. The current was a little swifter in those runs, taking us downstream and like I said my wife would not stop. Downstream of the zone I switched to a silver/black swimming minnow and caught the heck out of bass. I could literally catch any Bass I was allowed to chase. If you could see them they would hit. Most of the bass were against the banks that had that floating matted grass on it. Only one Kentucky and he was about 12.5 inches rest were large and smallmouth. I really want to float it during the week and FISH FISH FISH. Less canoed would make a great difference I'm sure. OH, lots of goggle eye too. Also hasve you ever seen a solid orange crawdad down there. I mean blaze orange. I kept it for a fish tank. It has no blue or brown or green or yellow...Just solid bright orange. I'll get a pic for ya

[Brian Wise]

I've seen some craws that were pretty bright but they still had some dark spots. Yeah send a pic if you get the chance I'd like to see that.....wonder how it lived that long???

Brian

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Hey Frenzel.

Old timer told me the the bright orange craws were male spawners trying to entice a mate. When they spawn the males turn a variety of bright colors and sit up on a rock and click their pinchers in a mating ritual. In the Ozarks bright yellow and orange are predominant, down south in Texas they turn red.

He said the best color to use when imitating crawfish was blue or grey since that's the color they turn when they molt. Refered to as softshelled and fish will go out of their way to eat one since they are defenseless at that time. This is just what an old timer told me.

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