caught a few more

[merc1997 Bo]

got out for a few hours last night.  depth we are catching is still remaining in the 15 ft. range.  still catching them on the same two rigs.  beaver on a 1/2 and 1/2 skirted jig.

caught lots of shorts last night, probably somewhere around 30 total including the 8 keepers.  the of the keeps were 3 lb. and the other five were lappers, meaning fatties that you would not have to measure.

since there is a multitude of shad up on the surface, i would not think bass will be getting very deep anytime soon.  anyway, bass are still biting, but they are not just anywhere, and you had better be doing everything right to get a bite out of them.  they are not in the same places, and you just have to go hunting each trip, without any preconceived notions.

bo

 

[176champion]

Nice Bo!!

Wish i could go at night or early morning when it's dark got to get my eyes fixed first.....

[Nitro 750]

Good job Merc, nice fish.

[m&m]

Bo, glad to hear they are still biting at night.  You sure cannot deny that you two are related.  He looks just like you. 

Mike

[merc1997 Bo]

that young man is taylor hicks.  he is on the cassville hs fishing team and helps us with the fishing lures.  he is a really great young man, loves fishing, and has a desire to learn.  he will be leaving before too long to college of the ozarks, but i already have another fishing team member lined up to take his place.

bo

ps  don't tell taylor you said that he looks like someone as ugly as me.

bo

[merc1997 Bo]

8 minutes ago, m&m said:

 

Bo, glad to hear they are still biting at night

 

the truth is that most of the time, we do not often deal with active bass.  those active times are fun times for sure, but the truth is they rest more than they are actively eating.  nearly all of the bass that catch day or night, are not activily feeding, but are in an area where they are attainable to try to make them bite.  this is where fishing the right depth at the right speed comes into play.

it is much harder to find resting bass in contact with something since we have very few trees anymore.  you can spend a lot of time searching for a place where resting bass have laid down on the bottom.

for those that like fishing boat docks, here is prime example of trying to catch resting bass.

bo

[m&m]

1 hour ago, merc1997 said:

that young man is taylor hicks.

ps  don't tell taylor you said that he looks like someone as ugly as me.

bo

So are you saying that if someone fishes with you long enough they not only catch fish like you but they begin to look like you? lol

Mike

[likinmo]

Nice I've got a lot of respect for u cause I was out last night and only caught one short smallieci was at combs ferry area... Using a brown jig with beaver tail trailer and also a WP... Dunno

[Champ188]

Bo flat catches 'em. Can't remember the last time he didn't.

[merc1997 Bo]

2 hours ago, likinmo said:

Nice I've got a lot of respect for u cause I was out last night and only caught one short smallieci was at combs ferry area... Using a brown jig with beaver tail trailer and also a WP... Dunno

man, those brownies just do not seem to be in the same type of places two days in a row.   everytime we have been down that way to chase them around, chase them around is very descriptive.  it really seems as though you need to first establish where all the bait is rather than just go hit where you have caught them in the past.  out of the last 4 times we have been down to catch brownies  we have caught them on main lake steep stuff, the next time, every one came out of the very back of steep pockets, then the next, they were main lake bluff ends, where they really start to flatten out, and the last time, we found them inside flat type coves.  each time, where we ended up catching them was where we found the best concentration of bait.

you hardly ever hear bill babler talk about catching fish and not mention the bait being right there.  the one great thing about brownies, is that even when they are resting, they are most usually still bottom related, and that really helps to be able to get a lure in front of them.

bo