A cold January day at Indian Creek

[Quillback]

Well the date is November 30, but it sure seemed like January.  Didn't launch until 10 AM and I waited for it to get above freezing.  Nice north wind blowing to boot.  Sunny, north wind, and cold, I knew I'd have to work for my fish.

I fished until 4 PM, mostly threw crankbaits, caught 3 17-18 inch smallies, a 16.5 inch spot and a few sub-legal bass.  Not many bites, but some good bites.  Tried a new to me crankbait today, a Berkley "Money Badger".  I threw the 1/4 oz size (on a spinning rod), even though it is a small crank, it gets down to 7-8 feet on the retrieve.  I like it and plan on throwing it more in the future.  Did catch one on a Rock Crawler also.

Didn't throw the Ned much as it was too windy for me to enjoy fishing it - but I did catch one nice spotted bass on it in a place that was out of the wind.

Lost one of my Money Badgers to a largemouth.  It wrapped me on a tree, tried to get it to swim back the way it came, but it went the other way and got off - might have taken the lure as I could not find it.  It was a decent fish.  

WT 53

 

[Dutch]

Glad you had a good outing Jeff.  You got some nice fish there.