Big M area 4/11

[Quillback]

Fished today with Muddy Water. me targeting bass, Muddy looking for crappie.  Needless to say, bass caught numbers were much greater than crappie caught.  Muddy did get two keeper crappie, one of them was pretty good sized.  He was throwing plastic grub things and swimming them.

We did get about 40 bass, mostly on shaky heads with worms/lizards and a few on Ned rigs.  Muddy got a few on a Keitech with an underspin.  Most of the bass were in the coves, not all the way back, but from the front to about 2/3 back depending on the cove.  Usually they were in water 5-15 feet deep.  We caught a lot of 14-16 inch bass, not many smaller and one 17" smallie.  I measured a few for the heck of it, measured two spots that were right at 15" and a 16" largemouth.  Fun fish to catch, but it was kind of strange catching so many all about the same size.  Mostly males I reckon, but some of the spots were pretty fat.

I picked up a Jackall Chan Wake the other day (I am a sucker for wake baits), good sized bait, 130 MM long and weighs 7/8 of an OZ.  I can throw it a mile.  Good wake action, and has a little prop on the rear in front of the rear treble.  Has one 12" bass take a swipe at it, maybe still a bit early for the waker.  I like the way it looked, I think it has potential.

Water temps were 59-62.

[buckwhisperer]

It was a great day to be out(when not working?), glad YOU were on the water. Thanks for report

[m&m]

QB, nice day indeed. Thanks for the details. 

Mike

[Nitro 750]

Good job Quill, sounds like you guys really got after them today, thanks for the report.