Bass Fishing the G, 3/16/06

[CouchTater]

Didn't have to work tonight, so I decided to go fishing after lunch today. Put in at B.B. COmer. There was 3 boats loading up when I got there. They said, big rollers out on the main lake, becareful. I could see the main river was rough by looking at the back water more than whitecapping...

SO, I take out anyway. I get to the main river from the back water and decide to try it...BAD DECISION!!!!!! 3-4ft rollers, worst I have ever seen that part of the river. I got about halfway across the river and decided that I was headed back the other way real quick and in a hurry. Going with the rollers wasn't half as bad as trying to hit them headon.emoLaugh

As far as the fishing went, missed 3 fish, had one spit the lure out right at the boat. Two more came unbuttoned after that, I caught 3 short fish in 3 ft of water. When I first started fishing the spot, I was listening to the ballgame and just chunking and winding...when I felt a hit.

I knew right off that it wasn't a bass, but I knew it was big...

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I've caught 'cats off a spinnerbait before, but never a 'trap...and in less than 4 ft of water also.

Tater

 

[jon the fisherman]

you gotta love those slimy son of a guns. I have caught them on just about every bass bait except topwater.

 

[Bprice]

He looks tasty... i hope you kept him and goin to fry him up man.

 

[flip1up]

Had one about 10 pounds just totaly mangle a spinnerbait down there one time.

 

[slo-ride]

nice kitty-fish, Tater...i caught two 8 lb.'ers years ago on a shallow diving crankbait. talk about a vicious hit!

 

[Bprice]

Tater,

Where's the Royal Shad man??? I think I see a yella craw RatLTrap... your slackin' bro!

BPemoPoke

 

[flip1up]

He told me that he has been catching them on a pink rooster tail with yellow spots on it, I'm starting to think hes not being honest.

 

[Bprice]

You can't trust a Tater... Rooster Tails... brilliant.

 

[CouchTater]

BPrice, If you will look up at the top of the pic, you can see my line, I have the SuperSPot out of the way...It was a big enough struggle to get them hooks out the first time instead of twice...

Tater

 

[UGADAWG]

Hooked one in Chickamauga on a little yellow buzzbait fished on top! Musta been hungry!

 

[Davo]

Nice cat, I caught a 25lb Flathead on a Poe's 300 several years ago. He came out of a hole that I had been catching smallmouths from. I thought I had the world record for a minute. I also caught a 20lb flathead on a white rat-l trap at night.

 

[polo-dog]

I used to make in line spinners and I was using a #7 willow blade and an 8 lber hit in about 4 ft of water in one of the sloughs off Harrison bay. I thought that I had a big 'ol bass but it was a channel cat. I think that they spawn in the shallow water a little later and that's why they are shallow.