Today I got up early with every intention to go to River Bend.  The forecast on the weather channel last night called for partly cloudy skies with rain in the late afternoon.  When I turned on the TV this morning the forecast was changed…showers and thunderstorms.  Not wanting to be caught out in my aluminum boat in a thunderstorm I decided to stay home and just fish in the pond.

I’m glad I did.  Shown are a 4 1/2 lb bass and a 3 1/2 lb channel cat both caught on a Blue Fox spinner.  You can see it on the cats mouth pretty well and is is also visible on the bass.  I generally use the Blue Fox for catching  crappie.  I lost count on how many crappie I caught today but it was exceptionally good today.  I also caught five more bass in the 1 to 2 lb class, two bluegill and I missed a bunch.

It did rain a little today and I was in my rain suit.  There were no thunderstorms, no lightening and no strong winds.  Who knows what  my planned trip to River bend would have turned out.  It’s funny but I have never caught a fish on any Blue Fox spinner at River Bend.  It’s a different ballgame there.

I did try using my YUM crawdad, a jig and paddle tail shad, a jig and a Mister Twister curly tail, and my fly rod with a craw fish fly pattern.  None of these worked today.  I tried  to change my spinner pattern to a larger Mepps, in yellow/white, and another blue fox in blue/ white.  The one I was catching all the fish with lost all its tail feathers and wasn’t as effective as it was before.  Well, it’s back to the store to try to find a replacement.

Tight Lines

Jim