Bass @ Crappie this week (9-12-09 thru 9-21-09)
Fishing on the pond this week has been improving. During my last few times out I’ve managed to catch some bass in the 1 to 3 1/2 lb range, The one shown is the largest. The bass was caught on a pink jig head with a Shaw Grigsby shad paddle tail But the majority of the fish have been caught on a YUM baby craw including a big bluegill of about 10”. The crappie were all caught on the Blue Fox in line spinner except one of an exceptional size that was big enough to grab onto the Baby Craw as did the big bluegill. Most of the crappie were in the 7” range with a few 9” thrown in. The only time I’ve spent fishing for crappie is when there is a long period between bass bites. Sometimes the Blue Fox spinner will catch a nice channel cat or a bass as well. There’s a part of the pond where in all my 31 years of fishing the pond I never caught anything. It’s shallow and there’s no cover. But, today and the day before yesterday that’s where I caught most of my bass! You never know… And the places where I have caught most of my bigger bass, I haven’t caught anything.
I did try some fly rod fishing. I thought that a crayfish imitation and a minnow like fly would also work. But it didn’t even get a rise, go figure. I much prefer to catch bass, and big gills on the fly rod but there were no takers today.
The forecast is for thunder storms for the remainder of the week. You might know… Just when the bass and crappie are beginning the get active again I’ll be shut in.
PS. I didn’t take the bass out to the net until I released it immediately after I took this picture. Catch and release is the way to go guys and gals. You let ‘em go to breed more of them and maybe catch them again some other time.
Tight lines
Jim
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