Couple hours by 12 bridge

[Vinsott]

Went out and fished the flats near the 12 bridge from 11 to 2pm. Caught a catfish about 1.5 lbs on a Ned rig. Drifted over to the point of the island nearest the bridge and attempted my first drop shot fishing.  Caught 4 bass all small.  One of them looked like a mean mouth bass.  I caught a couple in Table Rock so I guess they are in Beaver also.  On the catch of the last bass about 12" a really nice looking one surfaced with the hooked bass trying to get the bait out of its mouth.  Looked to be at least 3lbs. Didn't even turn the depthfinder on to see if that had any effect. Got a quick rain and the bite stopped.

With the Ned rig the plastic stays on forever.  With these KVD drop shot worms they shredded and fell off after one or two fish.  Is that normal? I inherited and old tackle box from my passed father in law in 2000 and its filled with all types of plastic that all seem to be in good shape.  I am going to see on my next trip out if the new technology worms really work any better then some of these old ones. I have a feeling the new stuff would probably be a bag of goo after 15-20 years which is how old most of these worms are.

[M_Taylor]

Thanks for the report. 

I usually get only one or two fish from a drop shot worm. I like to use Robo Worms. I think it's just the way it is unless someone knows some trick I don't. 

[J-Doc]

The KVD worms are very soft which is why they impart so much action without you doing anything.  Much like the Ned rig.  Sitting still, it's waving it's tail around very slowly and thus why it's such a great finesse presentation.

I will say that the KVD worms were the only thing a certain group of bass wanted.  I tried other worms because I was running out of KVD worms and the bass kept short striking and taking my worm or destroying the worm.  I don't like fish getting worms in their bellies because it can ruin the fish and clog up their system creating a super skinny fish.  ANywho........they wouldn't bite anything but the KVD worm on that particular day and on that particular group. 

 

As far as old worms vs. new, it's totally debatable and only the fish can prove one way or the other.  As long as they worms are in good condition, they should work (in theory).  However on a heavily pressured lake, you can have 20 packages of worms and only one bag work.  Or 2-3 bags of the 20 get bites.  So it's a total guessing game and how the worm is presented more so than color.  Color, flash, and vibration all play a role together.  The hard part is finding that perfect combination and then repeating it successfully. 

I know I'm not saying anything new here.......just a reminder that you can take out 20 bags of plastics and have a bad day of fishing and say "you couldn't find them".  Or you can take 1-2 bags of "go-to" lures, find the fish on sonar and know they are there........and get really upset when  you don't catch them because.......they should have bit your worm. That's  been my story this summer.  You have to figure out what presentation will get the bites.  That can be very tricky on this lake. 

[Vinsott]

Well I tried going to the same spot today and tried a couple of old worms.  No bites.  I switched back to the KVD worm and immediately got nibbles that felt like blue gill but caught nothing.  But it did seem to matter at least to the nibblers.