polo-dog
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A good friend of mine, "Bill", and I went out 9/9 to see if the fish were
still biting. First we hit a shallow flat that I have seen on my drive
home that has a lot of grass on it and I thought maybe we could throw some
frogs over it. When we got there there was less dense growth than I
thought so we fished through the grass. The flat is about 2-4 ft deep and
at first there wasn't any movement. After throwing for about ten minutes
we moved off the end of the flat and threw up onto the grass flat and
"bam" Bill hooked into a nice bass on his spinner bait. 4+ lbs and that
was all we could shake up there. We then went searching for new "stuff".
Jigged spoons over a deep creek bend with lots of bait and fish marked
without a bite. Looked off the end of a shallow point but no takers.
Caught one on a bank where the main channel runs right up next to the
shore on a spinner bait. Next we went to my trusty slough to catch some
shad. It took a long time to find the bait as none of the bait was on
top. I finally spied a ball of bait and we had all we needed for the rest
of the day(200+). Went out to Sequoyah and anchored near my "sweet spot".
The shad that I caught were this year's brood and so they caught anything
and everything. Lots of stripe, two good catfish and about 20-25
largemouths and spots. Most of them were in the 12-15 inch range. We did
that for a couple of hours and got tired of catching mostly stripe. The
day before we caught mostly largemouths and spots and only one stripe and
I think that it was due to the size of the baits. I wasn't able to catch
any 1+ year old shad, only the 2" versions and we couldn't keep the stripe
off. I would expect that the bass were there but looking for a bigger
mouthfull. Did throw some artificials this time and did hook up with a
couple of bass on a plastic worm. The major problem is keeping the bait
down in all that current. I had to use a 3/4 oz sinker and only moving
the bait 4 or 5 times after casting up stream the worm was at the boat.
The real fun started after it was time to leave and we were tired of bait
fishing. I looked out and the discharge from Sequoyah was making huge
ripples on the surface and I saw some jumps out there. We decided to
throw topwaters at them and caught maybe 15-20 Largemouth/spots and a few
hybrids/white bass. Most of the fish were in the 1 1/2 to 2lb range and
just a blast!!!!! "Bill" was using a pop R and I was using my trusty chug
bug. There was never a sustained jump out there but the bass were hitting
over huge bait balls over 50ft of water, way out in the middle. The wind
was blowing and the water was choppy and it seemed like the fish couldn't
see the lures. In the middle of all of the discharge there was a calm
area and so I decided, even though the water was discolored in the
discharge, that we would throw into the calm area and that was the ticket
to the vast majority of the fish. We had fish hit almost every cast at
some times. It was 4pm then and I had to get back but it was another
great day of catching, not just fishing. Here are a couple of pictures of
"Bill" with his signature hat. He's a great fisherman.
still biting. First we hit a shallow flat that I have seen on my drive
home that has a lot of grass on it and I thought maybe we could throw some
frogs over it. When we got there there was less dense growth than I
thought so we fished through the grass. The flat is about 2-4 ft deep and
at first there wasn't any movement. After throwing for about ten minutes
we moved off the end of the flat and threw up onto the grass flat and
"bam" Bill hooked into a nice bass on his spinner bait. 4+ lbs and that
was all we could shake up there. We then went searching for new "stuff".
Jigged spoons over a deep creek bend with lots of bait and fish marked
without a bite. Looked off the end of a shallow point but no takers.
Caught one on a bank where the main channel runs right up next to the
shore on a spinner bait. Next we went to my trusty slough to catch some
shad. It took a long time to find the bait as none of the bait was on
top. I finally spied a ball of bait and we had all we needed for the rest
of the day(200+). Went out to Sequoyah and anchored near my "sweet spot".
The shad that I caught were this year's brood and so they caught anything
and everything. Lots of stripe, two good catfish and about 20-25
largemouths and spots. Most of them were in the 12-15 inch range. We did
that for a couple of hours and got tired of catching mostly stripe. The
day before we caught mostly largemouths and spots and only one stripe and
I think that it was due to the size of the baits. I wasn't able to catch
any 1+ year old shad, only the 2" versions and we couldn't keep the stripe
off. I would expect that the bass were there but looking for a bigger
mouthfull. Did throw some artificials this time and did hook up with a
couple of bass on a plastic worm. The major problem is keeping the bait
down in all that current. I had to use a 3/4 oz sinker and only moving
the bait 4 or 5 times after casting up stream the worm was at the boat.
The real fun started after it was time to leave and we were tired of bait
fishing. I looked out and the discharge from Sequoyah was making huge
ripples on the surface and I saw some jumps out there. We decided to
throw topwaters at them and caught maybe 15-20 Largemouth/spots and a few
hybrids/white bass. Most of the fish were in the 1 1/2 to 2lb range and
just a blast!!!!! "Bill" was using a pop R and I was using my trusty chug
bug. There was never a sustained jump out there but the bass were hitting
over huge bait balls over 50ft of water, way out in the middle. The wind
was blowing and the water was choppy and it seemed like the fish couldn't
see the lures. In the middle of all of the discharge there was a calm
area and so I decided, even though the water was discolored in the
discharge, that we would throw into the calm area and that was the ticket
to the vast majority of the fish. We had fish hit almost every cast at
some times. It was 4pm then and I had to get back but it was another
great day of catching, not just fishing. Here are a couple of pictures of
"Bill" with his signature hat. He's a great fisherman.
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