Holy Cow!

[merc1997 Bo]

Went down to the lower end last night.  Put in at 7 and back on the trailer at midnight.  Was lucky enough to stumble upon the bite right off the bat, and caught bass the entire time on the water.  The bass were all on similar type structure, and that would be on a shelf with a very vertical edge.  Most bites were from 15 to 25 ft.  Best three baits were a 1/2 GrassJig, a 3/4 GrassJig, and a 1 oz. SpinJig with a new 1 oz. GrassJig on the frame and a # 6 colorado blade.

The amount of bass we caught was insane.  20+ keepers.  brownies were the most numerous, but also had a good mixture of lmg's and k's.  We did have a fair amount of 3 lb. class bass also.  The wind was always at a bad angle, and my back sure can tell that from having to stick the nose of the boat out into the wind, and turn around backwards to fish.  did get pics of two nice blacks, but the wind really made it impossible to do any pic taking or you would be up on top of the bass or blown completely by them.  These bass were really grouped up, and there would be multiple bites in one little area.

I was totally surprised that the bite was that good last night.  With the passing of a front, and a north wind blowing, I was really expecting to just catch a few bass, and the bites to be few and far between.  Of course, it was pretty lucky to stumble upon the right everything first jump out of the box.  I did go looking at more vertical terrain to begin with because of the post front conditions.  Goes to show you can't catch them sitting at home.

bo

 

[Codywskeeter1521]

Wow great job Bo..  glad u found the keeper bite. I've been struggling in that department. Thanks for the insight.

Cidy

[Fish24/7]

great night !

astro table calendar showed a good bite from 8:44-11:46pm

 

[Nitro 750]

Great job, what a great night!!!

[merc1997 Bo]

here are the three lures that did the catching.

bo

 

[SplitG2]

Good stuff thanks for sharing. Were you fishing perpendicular and dragging it off the ledge?

[merc1997 Bo]

42 minutes ago, SplitG2 said:

Good stuff thanks for sharing. Were you fishing perpendicular and dragging it off the ledge?

fishing as parallel with the strike zone a possible.  most often fishing parallel with the strike zone is the best way.  fishing into the bank  and back out is not too good of a way to present your lure in front of as many fish as possible on each cast.  example would be 10 bass sitting on a 10 foot deep ledge and they are spaced 10 ft. apart.  throwing straight into the bank, you could not ever get a lure in front of any of those 10 bass because each cast could be landing exactly 5 feet from each bass.  when allowed to, fish as parallel as possible with the strike zone.

bo

[176champion]

Very nice Bo!!

[big c]

Very nice and thanks for the detailed info!!

[cheesemaster]

Bo, I appreciate your reports. Lots of great information you put out there for us. Thanks.