Bass are on the move 10-18-08
My primary purpose yesterday was to try to locate the biggest crappie in the pond. Using my favorite tubes and the ”swimmin Minnow" on my fly rod, I caught several crappie, but none of the slabs. They were all in the 7-8" class. I never use live minnows or other live baits for them and maybe that’s the reason I didn’t catch any. However, I’ve caught several crappie in the 10-12" range before and on my tubes and other small jigs. I just can’t seem to find them. They usually school together, i.e., larger fish with larger fish and smaller… but there are some slabs in the 14 " range and that’s my goal.
I only had three hours to fish before I had to be home so, I decided to go for some bass in the last hour. I caught five nice bass ranging from 1 lb to 2 lbs, (12" to 15") and they were aggressive. These were all caught on the Zoom ribbon tail worm in pumpkinseed. Huh! The baby craw got me nothing! Well, that goes to show that you can’t always predict what they’ll be hitting on. No bragging size fish today, but fun none the less. I’ll try again on Monday if the weather holds up.
Nice to be retired. By the way I’m retired from the U.S. Air Force and on social security and from my civilian career after the Air Force. This is a plug for the Air Force. All you young people thinking of starting a career, think Air Force. There are many opportunities there and an education for those who want to get ahead in life but can’t afford to go to college on your own. I studied with the USAFI program and received my college GED, I had a career and got invaluable experience and now I have my Air Force pension, (for the last 34 years and I’m looking to the future for more). I also receive medical insurance (Tricare) and Medicare now. Of course, while still in the service, my whole family had excellent medical care. There will be difficult times but the rewards are great. I would do it again. And it’s the patriotic thing to do as we all know.
Tight Lines.
Jim
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