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My Dad and I headed out to Sloppy Floyd this morning, around 10:30 AM. Did anyone on here order hurricanes? Sheesh at the wind! Had it not been for the wind, today would have been PERFECT! Partly cloudy and warm. Just the wind..............gusting to 25-30 MPH.
At any rate, I had bought some stuff for the trip that Josh and I made to the Chick, and while there, I had started to really like the shakey-head rig...........jighead with long shank and finesse worm, rigged weedless. I decided that I would go out to the Floyd and try it, and see what the bass would do.
Dad, meanwhile, started off for bass, using the same worm I was using, but on a T-rig. He didn't get a single bite. I managed to get several hits, all of them just felt "mushy".........you know, the old sponge feeling adage. A lot of them, though were only getting the tail of it, it seemed, and sitting still. Finally, a small bass, 11 1/4" long took it, and I got it to the bank.
We went down to the lower lake and visted the stumps I fish religiously. I honestly didn't expect to get much of anything there, as the water on the lower lake is 2-3 degrees colder than the upper lake. I made several casts, and on the 4th cast, I got a MAJOR hit. It was one of those hits where you know it's a fish, but the shock of getting bit that hard and not expecting it, caused me to set the hook too soon and missed the fish. That's when I got a little more serious about things, and started paying a little more attention.
The next cast resulted in me bringing in someone's old SpiderWire line. The next cast after that, though, resulted in something that hasn't happened to me ever, til today. I felt the fish hit the worm and drop it, and I let it fall back to the bottom, and jiggled the line just enough to make the worm quiver...........and the fish CAME BACK and nailed it. It wasn't a very hard it, but it was solid enough that I didn't 2nd guess if it was a fish or a limb.
That little feller nailed it way out there, I am talking like a 50 yd. cast, or longer! So, I set the hook while reeling, and just kept reeling til I got more line in, and set the hook again. He was hooked solidly in the nose, and wasn't coming unbuttoned. It was also 11 1/4".
All in all, just a day out with my Dad, and a few fish to smell the fingers up. I am hoping that Dad and I can get out more this spring and do some more fishing.
Oh yea, the top lake of the Floyd had a little color.........I could only see my lure down to around 9-10" in the water, but the bottom lake, which catches the run-off from the top lake, was still as clear as it ever was...........even with the decent amount of rain that we got last night.
At any rate, I had bought some stuff for the trip that Josh and I made to the Chick, and while there, I had started to really like the shakey-head rig...........jighead with long shank and finesse worm, rigged weedless. I decided that I would go out to the Floyd and try it, and see what the bass would do.
Dad, meanwhile, started off for bass, using the same worm I was using, but on a T-rig. He didn't get a single bite. I managed to get several hits, all of them just felt "mushy".........you know, the old sponge feeling adage. A lot of them, though were only getting the tail of it, it seemed, and sitting still. Finally, a small bass, 11 1/4" long took it, and I got it to the bank.
We went down to the lower lake and visted the stumps I fish religiously. I honestly didn't expect to get much of anything there, as the water on the lower lake is 2-3 degrees colder than the upper lake. I made several casts, and on the 4th cast, I got a MAJOR hit. It was one of those hits where you know it's a fish, but the shock of getting bit that hard and not expecting it, caused me to set the hook too soon and missed the fish. That's when I got a little more serious about things, and started paying a little more attention.
The next cast resulted in me bringing in someone's old SpiderWire line. The next cast after that, though, resulted in something that hasn't happened to me ever, til today. I felt the fish hit the worm and drop it, and I let it fall back to the bottom, and jiggled the line just enough to make the worm quiver...........and the fish CAME BACK and nailed it. It wasn't a very hard it, but it was solid enough that I didn't 2nd guess if it was a fish or a limb.
That little feller nailed it way out there, I am talking like a 50 yd. cast, or longer! So, I set the hook while reeling, and just kept reeling til I got more line in, and set the hook again. He was hooked solidly in the nose, and wasn't coming unbuttoned. It was also 11 1/4". All in all, just a day out with my Dad, and a few fish to smell the fingers up.
I am hoping that Dad and I can get out more this spring and do some more fishing.Oh yea, the top lake of the Floyd had a little color.........I could only see my lure down to around 9-10" in the water, but the bottom lake, which catches the run-off from the top lake, was still as clear as it ever was...........even with the decent amount of rain that we got last night.
