June 5 upper end night fishing

[merc1997 Bo]

got to take the wife fishing had a decent night. the bass definitely got more active after the moon came up, but we still had action along before. tried some main lake stuff without any bites at all. got back in the coves and started catching them. the bass were still relating to the channel bank, and the bites were still in the 8 to 15 ft range.

will post a couple of pics when linda sends them to me from here phone. you will get a hoot of how she is holding one she caught. she was clutching it as though someone was going to steal it or she was going to hog tie it!

best bait started out being the 1/4 head with a beaver type bait, but as we were fishing an area that no bites were coming from and i felt some bass should be there, i picked up a 1/2 Elite with brown and blue skirt, and just put a whacking on them. seemed like i caught a dozen bass in not even 30 minutes. i did catch a few on a 3/16 head with a 1/16 sinker and a 7 inch ringer.

caught a lot of really nice keeps, some on the 3lb. range. i will have to admit that linda had me down for a loooooooong time. really main reason we fished until 3 am .

i got her to stay with a baitcaster all night, and it will not be long, she will have it down pat. linda has "ARKANSAS RULES" down pat. on the way home, she claimed victory because her catch ratio per cast was better than mine. meaning that she had a few back lashes and those casts did not count . gotta love a competitor!

bo

[merc1997 Bo]

sorry that linda's pic is blurry. you have to consider who is operating the phone, me.

bo

[Quillback]

Good stuff, you're stopping at about the time I get up to go fishing.