The Big M 07/24/2014

[Quillback]

Spent a couple of hours in the morning fishing structure and docks from 10 - 30 FOW, all for one 2.5 lb. LM on a Megabug.

On the way back to Big M, stopped at the end of a long roll off (where I met Duck and his team), graphed some fish in the 20-30 range and saw some top water activity. Picked up half a dozen bass on a football jig, c-rigged UV Speed Craw, and several on a Rapala BX wake bait. Unfortunately got there a little late and the bite tailed off after an hour.

Picked up a couple more out of a brush pile on a bluff end on the c-rigged Speed Craw, called it a day, and was on the trailer at 12:30 PM.

10 bass total with 3 keeps.

Used the Rapala BX wake bait for the first time today. I like what I saw from it. It is heavy, weighs 3/4 oz, so it casts really well and is easy to throw on a bait caster (no helicoptering). It does a good job of waking, starts waking on the end of a long cast, much easier than getting a fin or Mikey to wake. Fish seemed to like it, when they hit it, they grabbed it, didn't have much of a problem with missing fish today. But I've only fished it one day, we'll see how it does going forward.

Water temp 82.

[kjackson]

Sounds like fun...

[Jerry Rapp]

On the way back to Big M, stopped at the end of a long roll off (where I met Duck and his team), graphed some fish in the 20-30 range and saw some top water activity. Picked up half a dozen bass on a football jig, c-rigged UV Speed Craw, and several on a Rapala BX wake bait. Unfortunately got there a little late and the bite tailed off after an hour.

I am guessing you won't be late tomorrow?

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[Quillback]

Next week, probably.

[motoman]

Great report and good looking fish!

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I completely forgot reading a while back that rapala bx waker is 3/4 ounce! I imagine that bad boy casts a mile. Keep us posted please on future use.:-)

[Pepe]

Great report and a healthy looking fish. I'm sorry to say we won't be back for a few weeks.

[jeb]

Nice looking bass, Jeff! Wish I'd been there with you. Sounds like I need to get some of the BX's. I'd throw more wake baits, but in reading here over the years where only like 1 in a 100 fins will ever work correctly, and not knowing how to determine that, I've stayed away from them. Sounds like Rapala has brougt us the easy button.

[Champ188]

You are are a meanmouth-catchin' dude.

[Quillback]

I was impressed by the gut on that fish, if it can survive a couple of years, it's going to be a biggun.

[Champ188]

Certainly appears to have good genes.