Quillback Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 Out on the water at the crack of dawn, headed to my favorite point and started tossing the c-rigged Ol' Monster. They bit the Monster really well for a about 20 minutes up on the point shallow and then it was over. Did some top water fishing with a Fin that I have that works sort of OK, caught a few on it, lost about half a dozen, including one that was around 3 lbs. First time I've used braid with the fin, I don't know if that was a factor but losing a bunch of fish halfway to the boat is annoying. Once the top bite stopped, started c-rigging the Ultra Vibe speed craw, caught spots here and there with it, mainly 13-15" spots in 10-15 FOW. Ended up with somewhere north of 20 bass. The boat parade started about 1100, the fish stopped biting, so I was on the trailer at 1215. Water temp 78.
jmes Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 Great report, I'll be down there this weekend The kids all want to fish together for a early Fathers day
Biglerma Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 Same.. gonna be back in town this weekend. Family has been catching some nice crappie off the dock in 20 ft of water, hopefully they are still hanging around. Otherwise gonna try and catch a few bass.
inshore Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 check your drag should be set for 1/2 of what you use for mono or fluro. keep them post coming and good luck.
powerdive Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Braid's not always the best choice with those extra-fast tip rods you bass guys favor. Not enough give... so inshore's advice should help.
Iclass Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 I use a 7' ML rod for top water and braid. Enough backbone to set hook long range and limber enough for short line bursts at the boat.
Quillback Posted June 14, 2013 Author Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks guys, I'll loosen up that drag a bit. It's a relatively light spinning rod I was using for the fin, one of my old 8'6" steelhead spinning rods that was gathering dust.
fishingaddiction Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 I use a 7' ML rod for top water and braid. Enough backbone to set hook long range and limber enough for short line bursts at the boat. +1 on this set up for topwater. 10 to 30 lb power pro braid, also use 8 to 14 lb mono. Rod has a very limber tip and parabolic bend. Did you fish any deeper than 15'? Sounds like it's time to start throwing the big worm. Thanks for the report, you had a good morning. Born to Fish. Forced to Work.
Quillback Posted June 14, 2013 Author Posted June 14, 2013 +1 on this set up for topwater. 10 to 30 lb power pro braid, also use 8 to 14 lb mono. Rod has a very limber tip and parabolic bend. Did you fish any deeper than 15'? Sounds like it's time to start throwing the big worm. Thanks for the report, you had a good morning. I did fish some deep water today with the c-rig, 20 feet or so way out on a point. Picked a couple of spots out in the depths. Wished I had my drop shot with me as I could see fish out there on the finder not far off the bottom.
fishingaddiction Posted June 14, 2013 Posted June 14, 2013 Thanks for your response. Might be possible to catch some better fish deep as the sun gets higher. Born to Fish. Forced to Work.
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