Memorial Day Weekend Bass Report - Mid Lake

Sorry for the late report... Got to the lake about 7:30 pm on Thursday. Unpacked and loaded the boat but had to run to the grocery store before they closed. Got on the water about 5:45 am on Friday morning. Water temps were 69 degrees (They were 67 to 73 all weekend depending on time of day) so I motored to a nearby spawning pocket that always holds a few fish this time of year. Only caught 1 dink flipping a D-Bomb. Motored to the last secondary point in a big cove and started off throwing a bone colored WTD topwater. Caught a 13" Kentucky and a 15" Largemouth on back to back casts. Proceeded to catch another 10 or so on topwater fishing rip rap around condo docks. No giants but 12-16" fish were annihilating it.

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Made about a 2 mile run and continued throwing the topwater but by this point the sun had come up and that bite had turned off. I threw the wobble head a bit with no success, so I went shallow hoping a few fish would still be up there. Started skipping a wacky rigged senko around shallow docks, behind cables, and any shade lines. They were there! Caught probably 20 more doing this and had about as many come off half way back to the boat. That small wacky hook wasn't holding them as well as I would have liked. Also caught one 16" keeper on my homemade buzzbait. Headed back for lunch and to take an annual picture with my son that we do the Friday before Memorial Day every year. I had 2 fish in the 3 lb range but my best 5 were only around 11 lbs. 30 fish made for an awesome morning though...

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That afternoon we hung out on the dock and my son had a blast reeling in his kids rod with a bobber. We took him out for a boat ride and I screwed around with the topwater and senko a little bit more. He loved every minute of it and wanted to hold every fish I caught. He even learned how to long-arm it for the camera like daddy! And I taught him the importance of kissing fish to thank them for biting...

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We enjoyed some steaks that evening as we waited for my brother and his family to arrive. We had a great time the entire weekend. The kids loved catching bluegill around the dock. We had some awesome food and the drinks were flowing. I only fished an hour here and an hour there the rest of the weekend. Seemed to catch 5 or 6 every time out. Several 15-16" keepers and one more nice one on Monday afternoon. Right about 4 lbs on the Senko again...

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This was the first time my son showed serious interest in fishing and it made me about as happy and proud as the day he was born! What an awesome weekend!! Can't wait to get down there again.

Paul

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