11/20 Bass Report

[Guest]

I had never fished out of Tucker Hollow and decided to drive over and give it a shot. The water temp was 60 when I started fishing and 62 at the end of the day. I ended up fishing mostly in creek arms and coves and caught 13 bass (6 Spots, 2 Smallmouth, 1 Mean-mouth, and 4 Largemouth) and had 5 keepers (all Spots).  I had hoped to catch some decent Largemouth, but that didn't happen.  Started off throwing spinnerbaits and crank baits and caught a few, but the bite was kinda tough.  So, I threw the Ned Rig and starting getting more bites.   I lost the first several bass I hooked on the Ned, until I sharpened my hook and loosened my drag.  Then I started landing nearly all the fish I hooked on that rig.  Some good looking water over there, and I'll head back sometime to give it another try....

[Ham]

How many rigs did you break off?

 

[Guest]

Honestly, I only broke off one or two Ned Rigs.  I did get hung up quite a bit.  But, when I fish any kinds of jigs, once I realize the jigs wedged in something, I don't put any additional pressure on the jig, and I try the "bow trick" with my line like people commonly do with crankbaits.  If that dosen't work, which it does a surprising amount, I just go behind where the bait is snagged and pop it out with my rod tip (unless it's a really good spot, then I just break it off) or apply tension behind where I was snagged if it's too deep for that.  Using that procedure, I usually don't loose too many jigs.