"Lights Out" is what happens when you start finding bass stacked up on breaklines like the picture above regardless of the lake. I just happened to be on Waveland today when the bite went down. Find a spot like this and get a bait down in their face and good things happen fast, like limits as quick as you can boat the fish and recast. You have to do some looking and have a little patience, but the payoff is pretty good (see below). Actually, there were quite a few bites happening out there. The shad schoolers are doing their thing and I caught many fish targeting them. The YOY shad are about 1" long and running in large schools near the surface, so spotting them is pretty easy if you're paying attention. The frog bite is starting to develop good also with the increase in weeds. Then there are the break fish which are starting to take up summer homes. Lots of bites for lots of boats.
On another note, Geist is kicking out some really nice sacks again based on the winning weights from several clubs that were there this weekend. Teammate Bryan Johnson put a near 14 pound sack on the scales to win the PO Pluggers club tourney out there Saturday. Those fish came on buzzbaits and Stupid tubes. Buzzbaits and jigs also accounted for a 12# and an 18 pound sack that were weighed in a different club tourney out there. Plus, there is a deep bite going on the lake if you know what areas to target.
i was there yesterday myself,fishing the break also,fished behind you for about a hour
Posted by: jin spears | June 15, 2009 at 05:36 PM
Nifty.
Lotsa options now. Would you call this the "summer peak" -as in In'Fisherman lingo?
Posted by: Paul Roberts | June 15, 2009 at 09:16 PM
Thought that might have been you Jim, but wasn't sure after you mentioned that you had sold your old boat to Reggie. You should have trolled up and said hi - I'm easier to find, plus I post a lot of pictures of myself so you'll know it's me :) All you bass guys in your fiberglass rigs look alike :)
Paul, I'd say we're probably just starting summer peak. All the spawns are over with, lots of fry in the water, surface temps right near 80 degrees and lots of plankton getting fired up - all signs.
Posted by: Big Indiana Bass | June 15, 2009 at 09:49 PM
i never bother somebody while fishing,i thought about bringing you a couple killer baits,i will next time i see you there if it is ok with you,jimmy
Posted by: jin spears | June 16, 2009 at 04:03 PM
Jim,
You're more than welcome to pull up and say hi anytime. I'm not tourney fishing, almost always just fun fishing out there. And I certainly wouldn't turn down an opportunity to get to try some killer baits for that lake :)
Posted by: Big Indiana Bass | June 16, 2009 at 05:04 PM