Nice 4 lb bass
I went out today for a very short time. The forecast was for rain, but it wasn’t raining when I decided to try it anyway. I went out in my two man boat and fished very close to where I keep my boats just in case it did rain. For the first half hour I tried my favorite flies, the clouster minnow, the baby craw hard back craw, a frog popper and a muddler minnow without a single strike. I moved on down the shore within casting distance to hug up my flies and popper right up next to shore. Most bass will be near the shore on these dark cloudy days. Still no luck. I did take along two spinning rods just in case the flies weren’t producing. One with a Shaw Grigsby paddle tail worm (the one I used at our outing on Sunset Lake last to catch bass). No luck with that either. I switched to my Shaw Grigsby baby craw and BINGO, I got my first bass of about 1 lb. Just a few yards away I cast again and hooked onto another bass but it was coming right toward me and I didn’t get a good hook set; he got off. A little further on and again, right nest to shore, no more than a foot deep I hooked onto the bass shown here; a nice 4 lb bass. Just before I landed him the rain started and then it poured. I had on my rain suit but when I heard the thunder I decided no way. I quickly got off the lake, packed it up and went home across and down the street.
Tight Lines
Jim
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