Indian Creek, March 21

[Quillback]

I'll start off with my big fish story.

Threw the Ned up on a rocky bank, let it hit bottom in about 10 FOW.  Lifted it and thought I was snagged, just dead stop and solid.  Then a split second later I felt some movement, not a lot, but i was beginning to think I had a bass that had wrapped the line around something.  Then the fish just started swimming, pulling drag and I was thinking, man I have a really big smallmouth, fish turned towards the boat, swam under the boat and kept on going, pulling drag - I then realized this wasn't any kind of black bass, but I was thinking possibly a striper.  

I've got this fish on 6 lb. line and a light spinning rod, and it has swam under the boat and out the other side, but it is staying deep.  I had to get my rod on the other side of the boat, so I stuck the pole vertically into the water and got on the trolling motor and managed to flip the boat around and get on the deep side of the boat without getting tangled in anything like the trolling motor.  Fish had stopped running at this point, but was staying deep and not letting me move it much.  Now we went into a give and take thing, I'd gain some line, then the fish would get mad and swim back down.  After about 5 minutes of this I get the fish close enough to see it's not a striper, but it's big and gold so I thought carp.  

Again the fish gets mad and swims back down, but it finally wore out and I slid it into the net.

I believe it is a buffalo, somebody that knows please confirm.  It bottomed out my 15 lb. Bogagrip scale, I am thinking about 17 lbs. or so.  

 

The bass fishing was pretty good today.  I caught 30 bass, somewhere around 8-10 keepers.  Most of the keepers were 15-16" smallies, with a couple of spots that were also in the 15-16" range.  Smallies were on main lake/channel banks and points, spots were halfway back in one cove.  Fished a couple of other coves that didn't have any, but the one cove was pretty good for them.  PB&J Ned on the 1/8 oz head.  

WT 49-50.

I caught a smalls on my first cast, then caught another one on my second cast.  Just a good day to be out fishing.  

Heard some turkeys gobbling, it is starting to feel like spring out there.

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[Dan the fisherman]

Sounds like an amazing day.  Congrats!! 

[Terrierman]

Nice day.  Big one too!  Always fun to catch any big fish.  And if you are a fish eater, those buffalo are fine.  Especially the ribs believe it or not.  Nice day!

[Guest]

That's a fine looking drum, sir!

They love Neds, Biffle Bugs & RK Crawlers. Pretty much anything a smallmouth would eat, they eat. 

[bluebasser86]

That's a big drum. I'm cursed with the ability to catch them anywhere and on anything. I joke with my friends that if I could just catch one on topwater my fishing resume would be complete. Catch a lot of them on Redeye Shads, bladed jigs, spinnerbaits, jigs, any kind of plastic bait, jerkbaits, and they just can't say no to a Ned. They get big and pull hard, but are always disappointing when I realize what I've got. 

[Johnsfolly]

Quill great day and a very big drum! Congrats! 

[Stump bumper]

I had an uncle that kept and made rings and other jewelry out of the rocks from the drums head. They are very pretty and supposed to be good luck, but he died of cancer so I am not too sure about the good luck part. My Mom had one and a rabbit's foot when she died from a police officer running into the back of her SUV, I discarded both.

Maybe catching a drum is not good luck.......