Fishing report 8-12-06

[riverrat]

Floated a long, tiring 13.6 miles from Hwy 17 to Riddle Bridge today. The reason I float so far is I really like this section of the river and don't know any accesses to make it shorter. The sky was overcast until about 1:00. The river was low and clear for mid August. I started out with a spook, my buddy his usual buzzbait. I wasn't getting any hits on the spook so I switched to a buzzbait. We caught several small ones early, and I tried Wayne's tip to run it subsurface with no luck-I'll keep trying it. Switched to a fluke with no luck. Caught a few on a Salty Sinker. About 11:00 I tied on a Sammy I had purchased last night. Made me nervous fishing with an expensive lure in a river full things trying to take it away from me. I liked it from the first cast-easy to walk and action that looks like a shad or minnow in trouble, easy pickings for a bass. About the 3rd cast the fish told me they liked it too. The numbers today weren't that great 52 bass with 18 over 12". The bigger fish were 2 largemouth @18" 1@17"; 1 smallmouth @18" 2@16". We only caught 3 spots.

[twosets]

Sounds like a great day to me.

What is a Sammy?

[riverrat]

A Sammy is a topwater "walk the dog" bait similiar to a Spook, but with a lot different action. I've only used it on this one float so I'm not an expert, but I already like it better than a Spook, which I've used for years. It's made by Lucky Craft for 16 bucks a piece. I believe it comes in 4 different sizes.

[MTM]

16 or 6 bucks each??? 16 sounds a might high priced to me? Ron

[riverrat]

The post is right $16.00, but they catch fish. If I could get a penny on the dollar for lures in my basement that don't catch fish, I could easily buy a lifetime supply of Sammys.

[Wayne SW/MO]

RR, if the need for more Sammy's strikes you, don't overlook getting them from Japan on E-Bay. I've probably given around $12 for mine, and they have more colors.

[riverrat]

Thanks Wayne, I'm going to pick your brain some more. Do you use Power Pro on your sammys, and what size. I tried braids when they first came out and had trouble with the visibility on bottom bouncing baits, in my opinion it does make a difference. I also tried the line on jerkbaits and had trouble adjusting to the no stretch. Is the no stretch hard to get used to when walking the dog?

[mzrealfish]

Floated a long, tiring 13.6 miles from Hwy 17 to Riddle Bridge today. The reason I float so far is I really like this section of the river and don't know any accesses to make it shorter. The sky was overcast until about 1:00. The river was low and clear for mid August. I started out with a spook, my buddy his usual buzzbait. I wasn't getting any hits on the spook so I switched to a buzzbait. We caught several small ones early, and I tried Wayne's tip to run it subsurface with no luck-I'll keep trying it. Switched to a fluke with no luck. Caught a few on a Salty Sinker. About 11:00 I tied on a Sammy I had purchased last night. Made me nervous fishing with an expensive lure in a river full things trying to take it away from me. I liked it from the first cast-easy to walk and action that looks like a shad or minnow in trouble, easy pickings for a bass. About the 3rd cast the fish told me they liked it too. The numbers today weren't that great 52 bass with 18 over 12". The bigger fish were 2 largemouth @18" 1@17"; 1 smallmouth @18" 2@16". We only caught 3 spots.

What color were you using? Going the same run on the 18th of July.

MZ

[riverrat]

For topwater baits I always use a light colored bait, except for buzzbaits.