big m 10-29-15

[merc1997 Bo]

this will be night and daytime fishing.  actually wanted to tell of the night fishing trip one of my buddies had monday night on spinjig.  his best 6 weighed around 23 lbs.  that is some really quality bass.  we went wednesday night and i caught a 5 b. 4 oz. right off the bat and had 3 other keepers with one of them a solid 3.  the front shut them down fairly quick.

 

went this afternoon and just killed them.  best 6 was an easy 18 lbs.  depth was between 20 to 25 ft.  caught mostly largemouth, but had some nice keeper kentuckies in the mix.  these fish are roaming the flats and you have to cover some water to find them, but when you do they are in a wad.

really nice to see some quality largemouth coming on, and there really is a great amount of small ones.  hope in a couple more years, there will really be a number of nice keepers.  water temp is around 67.

did see jeff's truck in parking lot, but never did see him on the lake.

bo 

[Champ188]

I'm impressed. A buddy and I fished the lower end Wednesday and took 8 hours to finally catch five keepers for about 13-14 pounds. QB fished the same area as you and had one keeper. Six for 18 pounds in half a day is just killing them, for sure.

[Quillback]

I was hiding from you Bo. 

 

Are the daytime fish hitting the spin jig?

[big c]

Thats good fishin! Thanks

[merc1997 Bo]

4 hours ago, Champ188 said:

I'm impressed. A buddy and I fished the lower end Wednesday and took 8 hours to finally catch five keepers for about 13-14 pounds. QB fished the same area as you and had one keeper. Six for 18 pounds in half a day is just killing them, for sure.

champ

we fished the dam area monday night, and did not do much.  only had two keepers.  my buddy that fished big m at the same time just killed them and had 6 really quality bass.  i am sure that these bass out deeper on the flats are the same ones that are coming up really shallow  at night on the right nights.  those right nights will be fewer and further between now with colder nights.

the bass are shad eating machines right now, and it will get better both shallow fishing or deep as we go along now.  there will be those really nasty cloudy rainy days, just like we are going to have, that deep fishing will not be worth a hoot, and one will have to switch gears and go to the bank.  i don't mind the cold, wind, and clouds, but i am just not on fishing out in the rain anymore.  the cold is hard enough to deal with, with ra, but is worse with the rain thrown in.

i am just really excited about seeing all on the really small bass that are in the lake.  now, if the better bass do not go home with the a-riggers, we actually might start seeing more numbers of 4-6 lb. bass showing up.

if you and donna get out during these next rainy days, i am betting there will be a really good shallow bite, and i am thinking more on flatter bank than the steeper ones.  there are lots of shallow bass in the kings, aching back and above.  the water there has more color, and i have watched the bass whacking the shad, but have not figured out what will trigger them into biting.  that area for fishing should do nothing but get better until the water gets too cold, and those shad and bass migrate back down stream.

bo

 

 

[JWT]

I was back out on my hot boat slip Tues afternoon.. Had only about a half hour to fish. They were there again. Had 2 nice Ks, a big white, and a bonus crappie on the spoon. Also a couple dinks. Had another nice fat K up to the boat and when I tried to boat swing him, the spoon came out and hit the roof of the dock. Sounded like a rifle!  

I saw tons of shad there in the cove, and noticed that there were some dying ones in there. Don't know if it was excessive, but probably a dozen or so in one of the big shad balls. Is this normal for this time of year? 

I will try to post some pics when I can figure it out.. I'm kinda low tech... Don't want anyone to think I'm full of it, lol!

Good luck guys!

[abkeenan]

2 hours ago, JWT said:

I was back out on my hot boat slip Tues afternoon.. Had only about a half hour to fish. They were there again. Had 2 nice Ks, a big white, and a bonus crappie on the spoon. Also a couple dinks. Had another nice fat K up to the boat and when I tried to boat swing him, the spoon came out and hit the roof of the dock. Sounded like a rifle!  

I saw tons of shad there in the cove, and noticed that there were some dying ones in there. Don't know if it was excessive, but probably a dozen or so in one of the big shad balls. Is this normal for this time of year? 

I will try to post some pics when I can figure it out.. I'm kinda low tech... Don't want anyone to think I'm full of it, lol!

Good luck guys!

 

Makes me think it's just about time for a decent jerkbait bite then. I've had decent luck the last couple of years in the first few weeks of November on a jerkbait. Thanks for the report. All of you actually. Thanks much.

[JWT]

Glad to contribute! I hope you tear 'em up on the jerkbait! As for me, I'm afraid I won't put the spoon down for a while. I had a good fall season last year on it as well. It's kinda turned me into a one trick pony.

[Champ188]

8 hours ago, merc1997 said:

champ

we fished the dam area monday night, and did not do much.  only had two keepers.  my buddy that fished big m at the same time just killed them and had 6 really quality bass.  i am sure that these bass out deeper on the flats are the same ones that are coming up really shallow  at night on the right nights.  those right nights will be fewer and further between now with colder nights.

the bass are shad eating machines right now, and it will get better both shallow fishing or deep as we go along now.  there will be those really nasty cloudy rainy days, just like we are going to have, that deep fishing will not be worth a hoot, and one will have to switch gears and go to the bank.  i don't mind the cold, wind, and clouds, but i am just not on fishing out in the rain anymore.  the cold is hard enough to deal with, with ra, but is worse with the rain thrown in.

i am just really excited about seeing all on the really small bass that are in the lake.  now, if the better bass do not go home with the a-riggers, we actually might start seeing more numbers of 4-6 lb. bass showing up.

if you and donna get out during these next rainy days, i am betting there will be a really good shallow bite, and i am thinking more on flatter bank than the steeper ones.  there are lots of shallow bass in the kings, aching back and above.  the water there has more color, and i have watched the bass whacking the shad, but have not figured out what will trigger them into biting.  that area for fishing should do nothing but get better until the water gets too cold, and those shad and bass migrate back down stream.

bo

 

 

Thanks for the info, bo. We're going tomorrow. Will report on how it turns out. I got on a little deal late Wednesday that might be very good tomorrow. It produced 3 of our keepers (and zero shorts) in the last couple of hours. Never thought I'd say this outside of a tournament day, but I'm getting a little weary of catching 8-10 inchers.

However, I'm with you on it being nice to see so many of them. Makes a guy think there could be some very good days coming down the line.