Made a trip over to 'Lake X', one of our field testing sites that we use to test "new" baits, develop and refine techniques and check out setups. I also got the chance to bring Asshat along as repayment for some of those river smallie trips he took me on this spring. Bite turned out to be pretty good, and I learned a few things in the process. Even on a less pressured test lake the bite can go bad at any given time based on the fish and the conditions just like any other lake, or the fish can become conditioned to the presentations they do see regularly.
First fish of the day and real early into the trip was this nice 20.25" beast. Didn't bring any scales but based on length and overall body condition he had to have been pushing the 5 pound mark, perhaps a few ounces shy. I'm not complaining either way. My next best was a 19.5" fish that was also very solid. Both those bass came on a relatively new bait I'm testing around here so I'm sworn to subtlety and lack of details at the moment :) I can tell you it is a fairly new plastic bait just hitting the market and gaining some popularity in other parts of the country. Can't wait to try it out on some other reservoirs around here now based on what I saw yesterday.
Not to be outdone, Asshat had another beast of equal or larger proportions just slam a big spinnerbait. After maintaining grip of his rod and some strong runs that tested the drag system of his 20 year old Shimano, the brute cleared the air as best a big fish can and spit the bait back at him. It was going to be released anyway, and Asshat was happy with the experience in general :)
Beyond that we had several 16"-18" fish on topwaters along with the other baits mentioned. Don't think we had anything on jig or deep crankbait though. All told a great way to spend 4 hours of my day.
Is this that 'lunker' water from last year(?)?
Posted by: Paul Roberts | July 06, 2009 at 12:02 PM
One and the same...
Posted by: Big Indiana Bass | July 06, 2009 at 01:35 PM