Skunked At Aunts Creek

[Bill Babler]

bill

since you have brought up the fact for those that did not really know that crawdads went deep, lets talk a bit further about the food chain. bill and i have both talked many times about following shad schools. shad remains that go to the bottom is a great food source for crawdads. find areas where the bass have been feeding heavily on shad, and fish the bottom with jig. this is especially so on a flat adjacent to the channel where bass have pushed the shad up onto during a feeding spree. this is also a great summer pattern to remember. many time these crawdad feeders will be better quality bass also. i just posted a video a couple weeks ago on you tube fishing with a jig. bass can be seen in the area chasing shad clear up to the surface. but, i am fishing a jig on the bottom underneath where all the activity is going on. these bass were caught from 45 to 25 feet deep. think about food source and how the food chain operates, and it will help in the process of finding bass.

bo

Just about as good a post as I have ever read on this forum. Thanks for the info. this is very educational stuff.

[jmes]

yes Thanks for sharing

[bluebasser86]

LOL, bluebasser, one of the good things about advancing years is that eventually you start forgetting a lot of the crazy things you did trying to catch a silly fish. Hey, it's how we learn. And you did catch a giant crawfish. Thanks for lettin' me poke at ya.

No problem, I'm sure it won't be the last stupid thing I do trying to catch a bass. I used to have a picture of the silly thing because I was prefishing for a club tourny and brought it in that afternoon to show off the "6 or 7" that I caught. It probably was 6 or 7 inches long though.