Big M area, June 20

[Quillback]

Another day, another fog bank.  Fortunately it wasn't very thick right outside of Big M so I was able to motor down lake before getting socked in, but I was able to get to where I wanted to be.  

However the top water bite I was anticipating did not get going for a while, so I worked some trees in a cove with a Grass Jig/Rage Craw and caught a couple of keeper smallmouth, they were in that 10-15 foot range and ate it when it was being dragged across the bottom.

I'd say about 0600 the top water bite got going, but it was another day where they were over deep water and scattered, best way to get a bite was get a cast on them right after they popped, fan casting will get some bites, but not nearly as many if you can get on them right away when they come up.  I was using an Evergreen SB 115 for most of my bites and also got one on a Rapala Wake Minnow.

Tom from Eagle Rock was out there and he was getting them on a Whopper Plopper.

Sun came out, fogged burned off, top water bite just stopped when that happened. Dragged the c-rig off a few points and picked up a couple of shorts.

Caught 17 bass and 5 of them were keepers.

Lost a big smallie, he scarfed the Evergreen, pulled for a few seconds and came out of the water about 3 feet and tossed the lure.  That hurt. 

I think the WT was 79, my temp reading on my depth finder has been squirrely lately, sometimes it shows reading like -2 or 20.  But it did read 79 for a while which sounds a little more reasonable than -2.

Tried a spy bait for a bit, had a couple of bites, but no hookup.  Caught a white bass on a Keitech, but no black bass on it.

Three amigos

 

 

[Ham]

“Seems more reasonable than -2”  that ought to be a signature line

 

[Guest]

those bass are getting nice and fat again.  during the day, it seems that the bass are just out in the lake running the bait.  however, if you can find an area where they have laid down to rest, the Elite Mega Blade will get them.  anywhere you would think about throwing a deep crankbait.

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[Royal Blue]

40 minutes ago, merc1997 said:

those bass are getting nice and fat again.  during the day, it seems that the bass are just out in the lake running the bait.  however, if you can find an area where they have laid down to rest, the Elite Mega Blade will get them.  anywhere you would think about throwing a deep crankbait.

bo

Just grinding the bottom like the deep cranks?  I'm game to try it.  I'd assume that they stay pinned a lot better than on a treble hook bait?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Royal Blue said:

Just grinding the bottom like the deep cranks?  I'm game to try it.  I'd assume that they stay pinned a lot better than on a treble hook bait?

let it go t the bottom.  crank along 6 to 10 cranks, stop and let it swing back to bottom.  change speeds of crank once in a while during retrieve.  the hard part of the learning curve is to know when to set the hook.  it is hard to not jerk when they knock the crap out of it.so, best advice is to wait until they load up.

this wobbler and the 1 oz. SpinJig are two serious weapons to use on the deeper fish.  why, because you can actually cover more water than a crankbait.  your lure is in the strike zone the entire cast, not just a very small distance.  you also can fish through any brush or trees without being hung up much.  and, when the hook is through the top of their "noggin", you don't have to worry too much about them coming off.

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[3DHUSKER]

On 6/21/2019 at 11:25 AM, merc1997 said:

those bass are getting nice and fat again.  during the day, it seems that the bass are just out in the lake running the bait.  however, if you can find an area where they have laid down to rest, the Elite Mega Blade will get them.  anywhere you would think about throwing a deep crankbait.

bo

What size of Elite do you use most of the time?  What trailer do you recommend? 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, 3DHUSKER said:

What size of Elite do you use most of the time?  What trailer do you recommend? 

are you talking about the big flopper?  if so, 1 oz.  i use a small chunk type trailer.  if you want to use a more minnow type trailer, just stay away from using a boot tail one.  that is putting a drag and slows down the erratic and wandering action.  if we are talking just a jig, i use all four sizes.  you have to let the bass tell you what sink rate is right.  i will use a whole host of different trailers until i get the combination right.  most often either a small chunk type or a big chunk type.  zoom super chunks would be similar.  i actually use one by big bite and by them in bags of 100.

 

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