Late Report - Nov. 11 - Big M Area

[fishermedic]

Sorry for the late report. My wife and I put in at Big M at about 3-3:30 pm. wed. afternoon during the last day of that warm south wind hoping to catch some spinnerbait and/or crankbait fish. Started out bad as I had a blowout on my trailer right as we got into Big M park, and had to drop the trailer and go back to Cassville for a new tire since I already had my spare on the other side. We finlly got on the lake two hours later than planned. We didn't have as much luck as i hoped, but did catch a 13 inch largemouth off a transition bank right off with a medium depth shad rap imitator within the first 5 minutes, in about 6 fow a couple miles down river from the ramp. My wife isn't a big fan of throwing a spinnerbait or crankbait, so after about an hour of listening to her whine about not getting to throw her eakins jig and moving slower in quieter water, we finally headed across to the protected side to hit some main lake pockets. She caught the first and only keeper of the day at the back of the very first small pocket we hit. 16 inch largey on a green pumpkin jig and twin tail trailer. over the next 30 minutes, we both caught a few more barely shorts out of the same pocket, one of which was a scrappy 14-1/2" smalley. So much for ever getting my girl to throw a spinnerbait again! Those darn jigs do her well every time! That's okay though cause I love throwing them as well. All in all, it turned out to be a good end to a rather slow start-any day on the water is a good day, especially when i can get my wife on a fish or two!