I went out again today strictly for bass.  I decided to use some of my new “Shaw Grigsby” paddle tail worms, and their “baby craw” baits.  I did hook up A clouster minnow fly on one fly rod and a “anglers Dream” craw dad  fly on another fly rod. 

At first I was using Eagle Claw weed less hooks on the baby craw but kept missing hookups.  I’m not sure if the misses were bluegill or short bites from bass.  I switched the  hook on the baby craw to a small worm hook and then I caught my first bass, of about 1 1/2 lbs.

I was casting about two to three feet off the shore and moving the boat along paralleling the shore line.  A few taps but no hard hits.  I switched to my clouster minnow on my fly rod and caught a nice 4 lb bass.  Alternating between the baby craw and the clouster minnow I managed to get two more bass and a few small crappie and some bluegill.   The worm rig was left on the floor of the boat.  The crawdad fly got a few hits but no hookups, I believe that they were probably small crappie and small gills.

All in all I had a good day as are all days of fishing for me anyway , whether you’re catching fish or not.

Tight lines

Jim

Sunday Evie asked her dad if he could call grandpa to go fishing.  It’s a very good sign when a 6 year old “asks” to go fishing.  So, I think we have a real “fishergirl” in the making.  She’s becoming quite a good angler for her age and she loves it.  This time she said that she wanted to keep some of the fish to take home to eat!  Wow! That’s new for a little kid to want to eat some of her catch.  So, out we went and did pretty well.  She caught about 18 fish in about 1 1/2 hours.  The bluegill and crappie are just eating size and she kept just eight of them.  For bait she was using night crawler halves and a bobber.

We had an excellent time and I highly recommend that if you have a youngster in your family, “take them fishing”.  You’ll enjoy it and so will the child.  I believe that if you teach a kid to fish and they like it they’ll be less likely to get in trouble in their teen years.  I know that it helped me.  When ever I felt down or troubled or whatever problems I was facing as a kid, I would go fishing.  It most always helped me to clear my mind by thinking things through and having a good time doing it.

I still do that.

Tight lines

Jim