Soddy bass 7-27-06

[MadBomber]

I had the rare opportunity to take my Cousin fishing this evening. We put in a Soddy Creek and I let him play with a few of my pet bass. We caught 10 altogether. The one he is holding in the picture was 15 1/2". I lost one a bit bigger and we had 2 more that may have measured. We fished from about 6:00 til almost 9.

Most on finesse worms on slider heads. green pumpkin and green with yellow belly.

 

[Fat Albert]

I see that you had to supply the rod and reel... that one looks familiar under his feet.... glad you all had a good time...He does have a smile on his face.... you must have been a gooooodddd guide....LOLemoGeezer

 

[Bprice]

Nice fish MB!!!

Davo and I talked about how you would be proud of us the other night. We fished Rip-Rap on lower Nickajack. We got a good laugh out of the, "Rip-rap is like a box of chocalates." I love how you didn't finish it... brilliant.

Do you ever fish a flippin jig in rip-rap? I'm thinking about trying some of your pet bass' cousins down on Wheeler on some raprip.

 

[MadBomber]

NO, but! I always fish 100 or 300 bandits depending on the depth just off the rip-rap. or spinnerbaits. I determine that by how much green slime crap I pick up on my lures. After reading the report about the Smallies caught yesterday morning, I realize I need to throw more soft plastics. The tube I described in the post I responded to about the SM, I could see the action of the tube in the clear water and it was DYNOMITE!!

My main concern fishing soft plastics in heavy current is boat speed. I have a hard time going back against the current to get unhung because my TM has only 42 lbs thrust. Thats what I like about SB's and small cranks. I can keep them in front of (downstream) of the boat.

As I said in my response to fishing strengths & weaknesses, My biggest weakness is not trying new techniques when I know I can have a good time doing the same old, same old!

Maybe, if the current is 20,000CFS or less, soft baits would be more appropriate. I'm off the next 2 weeks, so I resolve to give it a good try.

 

[MadBomber]

Fat Albert - 7/27/2006 10:47 PM

I see that you had to supply the rod and reel... that one looks familiar under his feet.... glad you all had a good time...He does have a smile on his face.... you must have been a gooooodddd guide....LOLemoGeezer

Talk about being a good guide. On that fish, I told him exactly where to place the lure. On the third cast around that spot, the fish caught him! On supplying tackle, you of all people know that anyone fishing with me does not have to bring ANYTHING! I have a proper assortment of FA rods in both baitcast and spinning models! All these other yahoos can carry on about how great their various rod brands are, but Fat Albert rods are the BEST!!!

 

[Fat Albert]

AW, SHUCKS, you are just buttering me up for the next fishing trip.... but thanks for the compliment.emoRedface emoRedface

 

[fisherpal2k]

Good job MB! Thanks for the info.

 

[JerDog]

MB,

Last night the current was light and slow and we struggled with the smallies. We used crankbaits and probably should have went with some plastics a little longer than what we did. I too would like to start using more plastics but the crankbaits have always produced.

 

[MadBomber]

Crankbaits have always produced well for me also, but usually small fish. They are also easy to use which fits my impatient nature. I believe that if I can overcome my desire to "just catch fish", that I might be able to catch bigger fish. My Dad was one of the best at catching big fish. When I think about his methods, it was Jig & rind and deep cranking on structure, the same techniques that pay off today.

I need to slow down and spend the time it takes to catch better fish. The first time I went fishing with Fat Albert, I beat him 9 to zip. I kept offering him a deep wee-r, but he insisted on sticking with a Jig. He said "I'm trying to catch a big fish". He did too, he caught a 9lb drum!! I kidded him about wearing him out, but what he was doing is exactly what I need to do if I want to grow as a Bass Fisherman.

It's really hard for me to stick with a slow technique when I know I can run over to some rip-rap and catch a bunch of little fish. But, joining this forum has given me the incentive because I want to post some pictures of big fish!!!

 

[Guest]

Hey MB, are you sure thats not FA in cognito?

 

[TennesseeTalker]

Looks like some creative editing took place with the backgroud too ... dern it!

Nice fish though!

TT

 

[polo-dog]

MB, I know what you mean about numbers vs size. I enjoy both but size looks better on the pics. A combination is always good. It would be nice to have techniques that will get both. I still think that if you go where the begining of the food chain is that there should be lots of little ones and big ones too to take a bigger bait or a different technique especially for bigger fish. Keep up the good work!

 

[MadBomber]

TennesseeTalker - 7/28/2006 4:30 PM

Looks like some creative editing took place with the backgroud too ... dern it!

Nice fish though!

TT

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