Conditions:
Water temps: Mid 70's
Outside temps: Mid 70's to lower 80's
Skies: Foggy morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon
Wind: West 8-10mph
Water clarity: Clear
Water level: Flooded!
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Bass boated: 40
Top 5 bag: 11-12lbs
Fishing Time: 0630am-1:30pm
After the intense rains we had the last couple of days. The Marshlands was my only logical location to try.
I arrived at Flat's favorite time, 0 dark thirty. ;) The fog was pretty dense. By the time I set up the boat, I launched closer to 0630.
Wind was light, and it was pretty quiet. I started with a toad, no takers. Changed to an HB frog, nothing. Changed to a swimbait. Nothing. Switched to a spinnerbait and caught the biggest bass of the outing on the very first cast.
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Continued with the spinnerbait and caught a few more bass, but nothing remotely close in size to the first bass.
As the morning progressed, I put the spinnerbait down and started to throw the swimbait.
It was a slow start with the swimbait, but then the bites started to rack up.
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Spent the rest of the outing catching bass on the swimbait.
As I was wrapping up the outing, I had the boat and gear ready to load on my truck when I made one last glance at the water. There at the waters edge were four bass, just hanging out. I reached for my swimbait rod and proceeded to catch 8 more bass from the bank!! Lol!!
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All in all, it was a fun, productive outing.
Thank you for reading!
I love the clear water. Nice job, looks like you caught a bunch!
Sounds like a productive outing especially with all the rain that probably sent the bass further back from the canals on the Alley. Good job.
Thanks guys.
Nice job! Glad the fish were cooperating!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
Jim
Quote from: JHAB on November 19, 2023, 06:23:24 AMNice job! Glad the fish were cooperating!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
Jim
Thanks, Jim. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well.