Big Girls Showing Up

[Ham]

An 1/8 oz RR with a Berkley Gulp Minnow 2 1/2 inch in dingy water will get smacked.

[conorsixtakc]

Beautiful blacks Wharfrat. Textbook LOZ slabs.

[WHARFRAT]

I went out Sunday, first looking for white bass. They didn't really cooperated, so after an hour or so, decided to hit some crappie spots. Found a few, but the size wasn't as good. I think only one was right at 12 inches, most were 9-10". Also they weren't 5-7 ft down either. Found them right on the bottom in 18-25'. The only positive was they were knocking the heck out of the jig. Swithed to a 16oz pink head with electric chicken baby shad. That seemed to get them excited. Plus coming from 25' down, it makes you think that 9" fish is a monster. Then reality hits, and its a little one.

Weather looks good for next weekend. I've got other commitments, so hope you all knock em dead!!!!

[fishinwrench]

Hopefully you have two separate patterns going there. I'd hate to think that the same fish that were happy at 5-7' are now in 20+'.

The whites up here were still cruising the same areas yesterday, although not quite as willing to bite.

I'm impressed that you can fish a 1/16 jig @ 25'. I start losing touch with 1/16oz at anything over 12'.

[WHARFRAT]

I hit the banks from my place and up to about the 2nd cove past Bridal cave. I didn't stay long at each spot, pretty much runnin and gunnin!

As far as deep fishin with a 16oz jig. As long as I'm using a 7-12' pole I don't have too much problems, as long as it's fairly calm. Any pole shorter than that, then you can forget it.

I actually got lucky finding them deep. Had a mega line twist and after a couple of minutes working it out I picked the jig off the bottom and got thumped! Then that's all I did for a while is drop it next to brush, and pick it up off the bottom. Seemed like they hit about of foot off the floor.