Upper Chick, Buzzbaits in Fog 4 Bass! 10/4/2006

[Fishin Fool]

Wow it was foggy this morning! We hit the lake about 8am and it was totally socked in. Saw some guys at the ramp getting ready to go catfishing that had taken a trip with Rsimms and wanted to see if they could get back on them. We launched and moved a little upriver, but was kinda afraid to hit the main water with it being that foggy. We started fishing torpedos but could not buy a bite in the milfoil. We switched over to white buzzbaits and that was the ticket. My first fish was a 2lb 4oz, that blew up on it while I was fishing pretty fast. Mike then landed another that was almost the twin from the same spot. We continued to fish the weeds and points, covering a lot of the areas with numerous casts and not giving up until we got a strike. Final tally for the day, ALL on buzzbaits, was Mike, 6 fish, with one of them being a nice keeper a little over 2lbs and me with 18 fish, 2 being keepers. Forgot the dang camera on this trip! The minute the fog started to burn off the bite died for us. Fish were very shallow, 2 to 5 feet and water temps were 72 degrees, water was like glass. Fog didn't actually begin to burn off until about 11:30 so we had about 3.5 hours on the water. I'm not going to go into the details but Mike hooked up with a monster and lost him. This is the second day in a row for something like that. Very unusual to see big fish like that in the same place but I think some of the big lazy guys are moving in from the deep and gorging on baitfish in the shallows. Who knows, I might be off kilter with that idea but it just seems logical. As we were putting in we bumped into Tileman of the CFF putting out. Him and a buddy had decided to go hit it for a while. Hope to hear a post from him to see how they did. Regardless it was a HECK of a day on the ole Chick. We ended it with Bacon Cheese Burgers and Tater Tots at the BK diner in front of Central! I got to rib Mike all through lunch about how bad I beat him!

 

[TennesseeTalker]

RE: Upper Chick, Buzzbaits in Fog 4 Bass!

Well okay .. I'm envious!!! Sounds like a cool morning FF ...

TT

 

[RangerRob]

Sounds like a great day FF. Nothing beats hearing the gurgle of a BB getting interupted by a strike emoThumbsup !

 

[Chris]

Oh man I'm so jealous....18 fish on a buzz bait = great morning of fishing.
To me there is nothing more exciting than a buzz bait bite, I love it!
Congrats on the great morning!

 

[ChooChooSnakeMan]

18 on a BB!!!!!! Great report FF. I've never fished a BB that much, in fact I've not caught 18 total fish on a BB my whole life -- so maybe I need to make myself fish it this fall. That's one of the things I like about the CFF. People share information and you can have confidence that it is just not "fish tales", but the truth. I get challenged by the reports to try new stuff. I got inspired by reports earlier about good sucess with a SB, so I forced myself to use one more and although I haven't got to go a lot, I have caught more fish on a SB this year than ever! After fishing with my buddy Jmax and seeing his results with his beloved "puppy" I'm going to give one a try!

 

[Flippen*1]

Awesome day. You guys try a white horny toad in all the same stuff, also. If weeds not too thick, put a trailer hook on (it'll work, trust me.} I've been doing pretty good with this. I generally fish way upriver from where yall launch, so don't mind giving this one away. Great job FF!

 

[jason]

Yet another excellent report, FF! Keep them up...I enjoy fishing vicariously through your posts.

 

[Fishin Fool]

ChooChooSnakeMan - 10/4/2006 3:50 PM

18 on a BB!!!!!! Great report FF. I've never fished a BB that much, in fact I've not caught 18 total fish on a BB my whole life -- so maybe I need to make myself fish it this fall. That's one of the things I like about the CFF. People share information and you can have confidence that it is just not "fish tales", but the truth. I get challenged by the reports to try new stuff. I got inspired by reports earlier about good sucess with a SB, so I forced myself to use one more and although I haven't got to go a lot, I have caught more fish on a SB this year than ever! After fishing with my buddy Jmax and seeing his results with his beloved "puppy" I'm going to give one a try!

LOL, CCSM, You know we were just talking about that when we put the boat on the trailer! I have never caught even 6 fish on a BB much less 18. It's strange how some things work at certain times and other times they don't. Flippin*1 I'll sure give that frog a try. I seldom use the trailer hooks because we are fishing pretty dense stuff but with it dying down some now it might be an option for us. Jason get out there and get you some fish buddy! You'll enjoy it a whole lot better than reading my posts!!!!emoLaugh I'll bet if someone gets on the water tomorrow before this front they'll mop up.

 

[tarheel]

I was driving to work this morning thinking what the buzzbait bite would be like in this thick fog. Kind of like cloudy weather but at ground level. I guess Terry answered my question.emoThumbsup emoThumbsup

 

[whenwegoin]

Beat the heck out of what I was doing yesterday. Good report!!

 

[Gator]

Great report and excellent results on BB. Were you using small, med, or large BB? Were you fishing them slow or fast and were the fish tight to cover or on points or what?
Thanks
Gator

 

[Fishin Fool]

Gator, we were fishing medium sized BB, and we alternated the speeds. we would cast to one area and really burn it out and then throw back and come out fairly slow. They hit on both speeds so I have no idea as to what they like the best. It was so cool that morning and foggy, with the water temps about 72 that I think they were feeling pretty frisky! The water was glass calm but I honestly think the fog had a big impact on what they wanted. Fog is officially now my friend! The area we were fishing had only one point on it and we did catch fish on both sides but the primary thing was the milfoil that is dying back. I don't know if you have seen it since the water has dropped but it is very visible now and is in clumps about every 2 to 3 feet with the tops just barely touching the surface. We threw over that (not the spiney leaf, I can't ever manage to fish that with a BB) and used the alternating speeds. I suppose the bass where waiting ambush in the milfoil and just shot up through it to hit the BB. The strikes were so hard that we missed almost as many as we caught due to over reaction. One thing we did notice yesterday was that all the fish we caught were off the banks in fairly shallow water but still not in the really thick stuff (spiney naid and such) growing close to the banks. It was odd because the other day, they were closer to the banks, wouldn't touch a BB and we caught them all on torpedos fished really slow around the clumps of spiney leaf!

 

[fishing fire]

Thanks T for throwing in the fact that I lost what might have been the biggest fishe I've ever had hit. And the part about makeing me eat that with my burger.emoBang But hey it was one heck of a morning.