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Well, I went back down to the Rocky Mountain project today, to see if I could jerk up some more bass like I did last Saturday. There was a fellow fishing the peninsula that I fish, that lives right across the road from the peninsula. He said that he had caught some small crappies, and a few small bass. He managed to get 2 while we were there, and I managed to get a small one as well. After he left, I hadn't had much action, but I did manage another shortie, that just swiped at the bait.
Before I had entered the project, I stopped and got 3 doz. minnows, cause I wanted to catch some slabs. After I left the peninsula, I went to the rip-rap road that divides east and west, and was pleasantly surprised to find that no one was fishing the part that I wanted to fish. So, I set up my 7 ft. Torsion spinning outfit with a bobber, a split-shot, and a jighead, with a minnow, and set it out about 4 ft. I didn't get any action that shallow, so I set it up for 7 ft., and almost immediately, I got a crappie.
Of the two that I caught, it was the smaller of the two. After a while, and after catching several small bass, I noticed that bluegills were schooling together, and were eating bugs on top of the water. Very BIG bluegills. The ones I saw were all 10-12" long and pushing well over 1 lbs. Needless to say, trying to catch them was a futile move. They wouldn't look at anything.
I had 2 rods sitting out, with minnows, and I had just started to move in my 7 ft. spinning rod, and as soon as I moved the bobber, it went under with the other crappie I caught. When I saw the fish in the water, I started praying that I could just get it on the rocks with me. I did, luckily, and it went into the basket along with it's cousin. Before it went in there, I put her to the scales, and it read out 1 lb. 3 oz.
After catching a few more short bass on the minnows, I started throwing the jerkbait again. The fellow said that he liked it best when the bass and crappies "hit going a million miles an hour". I FELT what he meant. I was allowing the bait to sit still, and I almost had the rod ripped out of my hand. A good bass, pushing 4 lbs. NAILED the bait as it sat there, got the line wrapped around the lure, and when I set the hook, the line pulled the hook outta the mouth. I was left feeling sick and upset. That would soon be over, as I sat down, and twitched a bobber with a minnow on it. I twitched it 2 times in a row, and she sank under the water. I laid into a good fish, thinking it was a crappie, but was dissappointed when it was the 15" bass I am pictured with. She put up a good fight, but went into the basket with her friends.
I got them all home, got the pictures with them, and filleted them. All 3 of them were staging for their respective spawns, and while the eggs were not 100% developed, they were still getting ready. So, I have a funny feeling that things are about to get wound up down there.
I plan on going back in the morning, bright and early, since I haven't found anyone to fish that tournament with. I will stop and get a few more minnows, and I will spend the majority of the day where I ended today.
Here are the pics.:
Before I had entered the project, I stopped and got 3 doz. minnows, cause I wanted to catch some slabs. After I left the peninsula, I went to the rip-rap road that divides east and west, and was pleasantly surprised to find that no one was fishing the part that I wanted to fish. So, I set up my 7 ft. Torsion spinning outfit with a bobber, a split-shot, and a jighead, with a minnow, and set it out about 4 ft. I didn't get any action that shallow, so I set it up for 7 ft., and almost immediately, I got a crappie.
Of the two that I caught, it was the smaller of the two. After a while, and after catching several small bass, I noticed that bluegills were schooling together, and were eating bugs on top of the water. Very BIG bluegills. The ones I saw were all 10-12" long and pushing well over 1 lbs. Needless to say, trying to catch them was a futile move. They wouldn't look at anything.I had 2 rods sitting out, with minnows, and I had just started to move in my 7 ft. spinning rod, and as soon as I moved the bobber, it went under with the other crappie I caught. When I saw the fish in the water, I started praying that I could just get it on the rocks with me. I did, luckily, and it went into the basket along with it's cousin. Before it went in there, I put her to the scales, and it read out 1 lb. 3 oz.
After catching a few more short bass on the minnows, I started throwing the jerkbait again. The fellow said that he liked it best when the bass and crappies "hit going a million miles an hour". I FELT what he meant. I was allowing the bait to sit still, and I almost had the rod ripped out of my hand. A good bass, pushing 4 lbs. NAILED the bait as it sat there, got the line wrapped around the lure, and when I set the hook, the line pulled the hook outta the mouth. I was left feeling sick and upset. That would soon be over, as I sat down, and twitched a bobber with a minnow on it. I twitched it 2 times in a row, and she sank under the water. I laid into a good fish, thinking it was a crappie, but was dissappointed when it was the 15" bass I am pictured with.
She put up a good fight, but went into the basket with her friends.I got them all home, got the pictures with them, and filleted them. All 3 of them were staging for their respective spawns, and while the eggs were not 100% developed, they were still getting ready. So, I have a funny feeling that things are about to get wound up down there.
I plan on going back in the morning, bright and early, since I haven't found anyone to fish that tournament with. I will stop and get a few more minnows, and I will spend the majority of the day where I ended today.
Here are the pics.:
