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Took my brother, John, out for a day of bassing on my "Bertha" on Sat. 5/6/06.
After struggling on Friday, I knew that we would be able to put together a better catch, but I had no idea we would put together the best bass catch I have ever had.
Started by clamming in the bay which yielded a few fish, but it was obvious that the bite was not on fire. Switched over to trolling a pair of Stretch plugs in the afternoon to counter the wind against tide conditions. By trolling, we were able to hone in on a good body of bass away from any other boats.
Started hooking up bass and blues continuously with the plugs. We were literally hooking up every 1-2 minutes with both bass and blues.
Once we located a huge school of bunker on the surface, we went to work with the snagging hooks and secured a livewell full of fresh livies.
Using the bunkers, we then went on to absolutely hammer the big bass. We were hooking up doubles continously until we finally ran out of at least 2 dozen baits.
Went back to trolling and again had constant action until we located another bunker school for baits.
The second livewell full of bunkers yielded another couple of hours of non-stop bass action.
At the end of the day we probably caught and released 40-50 bass. All of the fish were BIG with at least 6 of them over 20 pounds, with 3 of those topping over 30 pounds. The average fish was probably from 12-18 pounds.
The last fish of the day that my brother caught was an absolute slob. She easily buried my 30 lbs. boga grip as if it didn't even have a spring in it. I am guessing the fish weighed 40 - 45 pounds.
All of our fish were released to hopefully give someone else a thrill in the near future and hopefully to pass their genes to their future offspring. Many of them were obviously gravid as they had distended stomachs that looked like cannon balls hanging down. We didn't find a single fish with any blotches, sores or lesions; they were all fat, bright and healthy.
Here are some photos from the day.
- Gr8ful
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[ 05-08-2006, 12:16 PM: Message edited by: Gr8ful One ]
After struggling on Friday, I knew that we would be able to put together a better catch, but I had no idea we would put together the best bass catch I have ever had.
Started by clamming in the bay which yielded a few fish, but it was obvious that the bite was not on fire. Switched over to trolling a pair of Stretch plugs in the afternoon to counter the wind against tide conditions. By trolling, we were able to hone in on a good body of bass away from any other boats.
Started hooking up bass and blues continuously with the plugs. We were literally hooking up every 1-2 minutes with both bass and blues.
Once we located a huge school of bunker on the surface, we went to work with the snagging hooks and secured a livewell full of fresh livies.
Using the bunkers, we then went on to absolutely hammer the big bass. We were hooking up doubles continously until we finally ran out of at least 2 dozen baits.
Went back to trolling and again had constant action until we located another bunker school for baits.
The second livewell full of bunkers yielded another couple of hours of non-stop bass action.
At the end of the day we probably caught and released 40-50 bass. All of the fish were BIG with at least 6 of them over 20 pounds, with 3 of those topping over 30 pounds. The average fish was probably from 12-18 pounds.
The last fish of the day that my brother caught was an absolute slob. She easily buried my 30 lbs. boga grip as if it didn't even have a spring in it. I am guessing the fish weighed 40 - 45 pounds.
All of our fish were released to hopefully give someone else a thrill in the near future and hopefully to pass their genes to their future offspring. Many of them were obviously gravid as they had distended stomachs that looked like cannon balls hanging down. We didn't find a single fish with any blotches, sores or lesions; they were all fat, bright and healthy.
Here are some photos from the day.
- Gr8ful
[ 05-08-2006, 12:16 PM: Message edited by: Gr8ful One ]
