Big M, 5/8

[Quillback]

 

 

Got out early, launched around 0530 and fished until noon.  There was still a good early top water bite at the same cove mouth I have been fishing the last few times out.  Caught them on the Rapala wake bait and the walk-the-dog.  That bite died once the sun got up over the hill, so decided to fish a cove that had some bass in it last time I fished.  Not so good today, got a couple of 13" largemouth on the speed craw on a wobblehead and that was it.

Fished out to the point at the cove mouth, decided to walk the dog a bit as there were some shad on top, and as I rounded the point, a school of bass came out of nowhere and started busting shad on top.  They were about 30 feet away, and there I was with a top water in hand and ready to go.  First cast caught a largemouth in the 2.5 - 3 lb. range, released it, made another cast and caught one that could have been it's twin.  Caught a 12" spot on the next cast and then it was over.  They were out deep, running those shad in 50 FOW.

Fished a few other locations, running the wobble head and Ned and picked up around 10 bass doing that.

Ended up with 35 bass and one 20" (released) walleye.  Had 6-8 keeper sized bass.

 

 

 

 

[Ham]

Very nice QB! Jealous. You should have kept the walleye.

[96 CHAMP]

Nice fish Quill.

[Mitch f]

Hey Quillback, have you ever tried the River2Sea Rover 3 hook model"? It's got a loud knocker like that bigger Spook. 

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Mitch f said:

Hey Quillback, have you ever tried the River2Sea Rover 3 hook model"? It's got a loud knocker like that bigger Spook.

No I haven't.  Don't tempt me to purchase more tackle. 

But, I do like the idea of 3 trebles instead of two.  Way too many fish miss the Havana or Spook.  I think it is that left-right-left motion that confuses them.

[Mitch f]

17 minutes ago, Quillback said:

No I haven't.  Don't tempt me to purchase more tackle. 

But, I do like the idea of 3 trebles instead of two.  Way too many fish miss the Havana or Spook.  I think it is that left-right-left motion that confuses them.

When you get it, replace the front and rear trebles with #2 Gamakatsu EWG's, leave the middle hook standard?

[Quillback]

10 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

When you get it, replace the front and rear trebles with #2 Gamakatsu EWG's, leave the middle hook standard?

Well if we are going to THINK about purchases, check out this new one from Megabass.

MUST-RESIST-URGE-TO-PURCHASE.

 

[Nitro 750]

Good job Quill, nice day.  How many times are you lucky enough to have your top water ready in your hand when the bass start busting the shad right in front of you??????

[Quillback]

7 hours ago, Nitro 750 said:

Good job Quill, nice day.  How many times are you lucky enough to have your top water ready in your hand when the bass start busting the shad right in front of you??????

I think about once a year.

[Macsimus]

Sounds like a great morning on the water. You must've left BV in the middle of the night to launch by 5:30!