Quillback Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Today was the proverbial quantity over quality day for me. I caught over 40 bass, but only 5 keepers and except for a 16" largemouth, they were just over the 15" mark and of the spotted variety. Bunch of bank running males. Water temp was 55 off the bank, probably a little warmer shallow. Quite a few of them were just off the edge of the buck brush. 1/16 oz Ned head with 1/2 Zinker got me my first two dozen, then the wind picked up and caught some on a 1/8 oz head and a few on a 2.8 Keitech. Didn't fish any bluffs or steep stuff. Bunch of rigs in the Big M lot when I left, might be the most I have seen parked there on a weekday. One of the ones that came to play. Jadesjigs, SplitG2, grizwilson and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Once again I have to bow to you. Today in the Cape Fair area the number was 43 and the keepers were 3. My birds showed 57° most every where I went. Every place I stopped gave up at least 1 fish. I fished from 9-2. Cape is muddy and down lake tannic acid is still everywhere in coves and creeks. I only used 2 baits: green pumpkin trd and the deal trd on weedless ewg heads. This is the first time I can remember not losing a Ned. Quillback, Jadesjigs, magicwormman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 Dutch, believe it or not, I did not lose a Ned today either. Couple of Zinkers got torn up, but that was it. Jadesjigs, grizwilson and dtrs5kprs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I’m using the wide gap ewg in some real narly places. So far it has really impressed me, enough that I have ordered 50 similar jigs from Mike Seibert with a 3/0 hook to try for shaky. Quillback 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zulu Posted April 6, 2022 Members Share Posted April 6, 2022 I bow to both of you. Either day would have been my best on the water. Quillback 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Every once in a while you can have a numbers day like that. Oddly, those days rarely include big fish. Some years ago I had a 63 fish day on a topwater. The best five might have made 12 pounds. Quillback, techo and magicwormman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG52 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 How was the water color around Big M Jeff? A buddy went out of Prairie Creek on Beaver for a while yesterday afternoon and the visibility was 4'+ there. Temps of 55-56. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 59 minutes ago, MarkG52 said: How was the water color around Big M Jeff? A buddy went out of Prairie Creek on Beaver for a while yesterday afternoon and the visibility was 4'+ there. Temps of 55-56. I'd say visibility there is about the same, 4-5 feet. Quite a bit of pollen on the surface. dtrs5kprs and MarkG52 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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