Big M area 7/29

[Quillback]

I don't have a lot to say about the black bass, caught 7, one keeper LM that came on a jig.  Caught one on a top water, and one on a spoon, the rest were on jigs. 

My bass fishing was interrupted by a white bass bite.  I saw some top water activity over by some long docks that hang out over the channel on a bend.  Could not get them to bite on top, saw fish on the screen, scattered from 20 feet all the way to the bottom at 60.  I didn't know what they were, thought they were black bass.  Tied on a 1/2 oz flutter spoon, threw it out there a few times and yo-yoed it back to the boat, not a touch.  Decided to go deep, made a long cast, let the spoon fall on tight line and after it sank a while it just stopped.  Set the hook and brought a 17" white bass to the boat.  Dang thing had swallowed the hook, so I decided to keep it.   Usually when i do that, keep a fish, that will be the last one of that species I will see for the day and I'll end up going home with one fish to clean.  Well, I did manage to get another 5 whites doing the falling spoon thing.  Took me about an hour to get them, But they are all in the 15-17 inch range, with one at 18".  Enough fillets for a fry.

Left at 11 AM, started hearing thunder and the wake boats were all over the place.  Got the boat on the trailer and got about a mile down the road and ran into a real Ozark gully washer.  Might have been a good thing for the boat carpet, those darn whites can sure trash a boat and anything in it.

Water temp was 88.

 

 

[Codywskeeter1521]

Awesome job and great job making adjustments to what the fish wanted. I'm guilty of fishing how I think they want it and not making those slight adjustments that u did to catch'em. 

 

[m&m]

Quill, those will make a couple of very good sandwiches. Nice adjustment. 

Mike

[MOPanfisher]

1 hour ago, Codywskeeter1521 said:

Awesome job and great job making adjustments to what the fish wanted. I'm guilty of fishing how I think they want it and not making those slight adjustments that u did to catch'em. 

 

Absolutely the story of my life some days.

[dan hufferd]

Holy smokes that sound like fun!

[96 CHAMP]

That is a bunch of fun Quillback, I love hooking into those whites, Any particular way you like cooking them. I like to take fresh cayenne pepper and paprika, equal amounts in desired amount of cornmeal till it gives a little Zip. Got that tip from listening to the Tony Allbright show many years ago. May he rest in peace

[Jerry Rapp]

that photo is upside down and backwards.   ????

[Quillback]

5 minutes ago, Jerry Rapp said:

that photo is upside down and backwards.   ????

So should I have reversed the fish or the scale?  Or should I have taken the picture from the front of the boat rather from the back? 

[Jerry Rapp]

yes.  You did good as always!

[Ham]

Jeff, are you in a Phoenix?