Sprint21fter Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Had a club fish out at Shell Knob under very favorable conditions for how I like to fish and cover water. Went straight to mill creek, the one that is towards Campbell Point, started flinging a buzzbait around some laydowns and for the first 30 minutes didn't have a strike, pulled out to the mouth of a pocket with the wind hammering on it and picked up a blade and instead of burning across the big boulders I decided to slow roll it over and in between the cracks of the rocks and instantly bagged by biggest bass of the day right under 4lbs, he flat clobbered the thing. Next cast threw right against the face of a small bluff wall and bagged my next keeper and thumper 17 inch kentucky 2 3/4lbs. I thought man I have figured something out if I could find the right wind and rock. However, that didn't pan out, I pulled into the back of another pocket in the same creek and caught another keeper black on a buzzbait, he was barely 15inches. Caught several smaller fish for the next hour. Then hit some mainlake stuff with out much luck. At 12:30 picked up the buzzbait again and threw it on a shallow bluff end point and caught my last keeper black solid 2.5 lber. Weighed 9.58lbs. Several of the guys had big fish heartbreaks during the day. I never had a big fish bite all day. Anything over 5lbs is a game changer right now. Big fish for the tournament was 4.11lbs. Team partner fished the Central and finished 2nd with 14.10 and had 2nd big bass. 1st place was 14.30 didn't find out what big bass was. He only had five keeper bites but boated them all. Fishing is very difficult and as like Mr. Babler stated they are very hard to pattern. Keep an open mind and cover water the fish are moving around right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merc1997 Bo Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 great job! bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ188 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Good job, Sprint, and you are right about covering water. Fall is the junk fisherman's time to shine. For you guys who want a little something to chew on ... it's especially important in the fall to keep your eyes wide open and take advantage of every little circumstance that presents itself. We have a lot of windless days in the fall, so if a little breeze kicks up, go get in an area where it's blowing and use it to your advantage. If it's sunny and you can find shade in the kind of area you're catching them, use that to your advantage, too. Be alert to the presence of baitfish, a specific type of cover that seems to hold more fish than anything else, the exact depth your bites are coming if you're flipping docks, etc. Each of these things may contribute one or two fish to your day during the fall, and next thing you know, you've cobbled together a decent sack of fish. This is not to say that solid patterns aren't available in the fall. Sometimes they are. But some of us are more inclined to employ the Sanford & Son pattern, and to be successful at it, we have to fish "eyes wide open" -- along with our ears and other senses -- so that we don't miss our opportunities when they come along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5bites Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Good job, Sprint, and you are right about covering water. Fall is the junk fisherman's time to shine. For you guys who want a little something to chew on ... it's especially important in the fall to keep your eyes wide open and take advantage of every little circumstance that presents itself. We have a lot of windless days in the fall, so if a little breeze kicks up, go get in an area where it's blowing and use it to your advantage. If it's sunny and you can find shade in the kind of area you're catching them, use that to your advantage, too. Be alert to the presence of baitfish, a specific type of cover that seems to hold more fish than anything else, the exact depth your bites are coming if you're flipping docks, etc. Each of these things may contribute one or two fish to your day during the fall, and next thing you know, you've cobbled together a decent sack of fish. This is not to say that solid patterns aren't available in the fall. Sometimes they are. But some of us are more inclined to employ the Sanford & Son pattern, and to be successful at it, we have to fish "eyes wide open" -- along with our ears and other senses -- so that we don't miss our opportunities when they come along. Great advice! This sounds like Saturday at grand for me. Not so much with lures but locations lender myself to a cobbled limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ188 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Great advice! This sounds like Saturday at grand for me. Not so much with lures but locations lender myself to a cobbled limit. Good job 5bites. Grand can certainly lend itself to junk fishing in the fall. I've had some crazy tough days over there when you'd think they'd be chomping like pirhanas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Babler Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Sunday I fished pretty much the same water as Sprint and had just about the same results. I just could not get them to hit the blade or the buzzer, I had to go to the fin. I'm thinking however this is a very good time for that big Magnum Spook. You can throw it way better than a fin. By the way, I don't know about Sprint, but I fished about a dozen really good docks, working over the cends and then flipping the back sides and stalls, and did not catch a single fish off any dock. Did not even have a boil. These fish are really starting to scatter from deep to shallow and from deep to deeper. As Champ said and Sprint eluded to, it is a junk fisherman's dream. http://whiteriveroutfitters.com http://whiteriverlodgebb.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprint21fter Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 No dice on the docks either for me on Saturday. The places that I threw the buzz bait at around the docks would have gotten bit a few weeks ago when it was warmer and some of those bites would have been big ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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