Numbers? Nyet. Variety? Da!

[Carpkiller]

South Bay this morning.

Got six spotted bass (do you really need a pic?).

And two silver thangs....

Two brown and white flat things. One micro...the other legal, but failed to hang on for a decent pic.

(Note to self: If you're gonna carry a net, make it big enough and deep enough to hold a big fish...)

Also got a Mossy Oak Special SoBay Edition Camo Bass...

The other guy had similar results, but his silver thang had fangs.

RespeCKfully....

[Gotfish?]

Possibly sand bass are chromatophores, meaning they can change color to match the background. Many fish are, including largemouth bass. I have seen largemouth bass (at the same lake) vary from almost silver (open water) to green to dark.

Or maybe it is a hybrid between a spotted bay bass and a sand bass. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=d ... 9&dpr=1.25

Probably not though since there aren't any spots on it.

Spotted bay bass and stripers can also crossbreed. Would love to catch one of these. https://wonews.com/new-saltwater-bass-s ... cientists/ . Looks like spots are a dominant gene.

[Midnightpass]

Crayola Fishing... Who knew? ... What ever the color, nice fishing...
Butch

[Bendo]

April 1st Huh?
No possible way a Striper could hybridize with a Spottie, or Pinto Bass, or Cabrilla.

[Carpkiller]

Went back to look at pix, to see which baits got which fish.


Been learning to be more patient in order to get more bass out of the weeds...and doing it with lighter/smaller lures. Several of the bass as well as the halibut were caught on a 5 gram leadhead, and a 3.3 inch clear swimbait that I made.

Of course, I used several different lures and the old standard tube bait got half the fish. But the little leadhead with finessey plastic got the job done, getting thru the weeds.

Also, used a weird square-bottom, extra-fine wire hook (Dr. Fish) to keep the hook small, but with a big enough bend so the gap's not full of plastic. The halibut was a great test of these hooks....

The red-and-white one is a Lockett Sassy Shad. Love their products, very reasonably priced...

I am aiming to make a boat-shaped cheburashka style leadhead...pointy to get through grass better than the round head, and with flat sides to add 3d eyes. The cheb design (google it) also allows me to switch hook sizes or styles. Why? It's a pain in the butt to mold the leadhead, powder coat it, add the eyes...and I'd have to make 3x as many leadheads if the hooks were fixed, just to have different hook options.

Dead horse beaten.

[Bendo]

So Spotties,Zingers, Sand Groupers, and Sandies. Grand Slam!

[Carpkiller]

Seecret spot.

Only got 5 spotties today...on homemade chatterbait...

and some on a white poison-tail modified into a cheb style bait (don't ask)....

And a foot-long halibut on the chatterbait.

There was a close encounter with a needlefish...but it fell off.

As usual, the other guys both got more fish.

[Gotfish?]

April 1st Huh?
No possible way a Striper could hybridize with a Spottie, or Pinto Bass, or Cabrilla.

Looks like it was an April Fools joke: https://www.google.com/search?q=can+spo ... s-wiz-serp

[Gotfish?]

Went back to look at pix, to see which baits got which fish.


Been learning to be more patient in order to get more bass out of the weeds...and doing it with lighter/smaller lures. Several of the bass as well as the halibut were caught on a 5 gram leadhead, and a 3.3 inch clear swimbait that I made.

260423 hali in lap CU.JPG

Of course, I used several different lures and the old standard tube bait got half the fish. But the little leadhead with finessey plastic got the job done, getting thru the weeds.

Also, used a weird square-bottom, extra-fine wire hook (Dr. Fish) to keep the hook small, but with a big enough bend so the gap's not full of plastic. The halibut was a great test of these hooks....

260423 cheb baits.jpg

The red-and-white one is a Lockett Sassy Shad. Love their products, very reasonably priced...

I am aiming to make a boat-shaped cheburashka style leadhead...pointy to get through grass better than the round head, and with flat sides to add 3d eyes. The cheb design (google it) also allows me to switch hook sizes or styles. Why? It's a pain in the butt to mold the leadhead, powder coat it, add the eyes...and I'd have to make 3x as many leadheads if the hooks were fixed, just to have different hook options.

Dead horse beaten.

The deep body of the Sassy Shad makes it awkward to rig the normal orientation on the offset hooks. But it works to rotate the body 90 degrees, spotties don't seem to mind. Rigging swimbaits upside down works too, I have done that when baits get torn up. I don't think any of the soft plastics really look like a minnow or anchovy to a fish anyhow, just like an easy meal.

I have used both the round and the pointy Cheb heads and they both go thru the grass well. The round heads might add more wobble, I don't know if that makes a difference or not. The round Cheb heads I bought use finer wire than the same weight pointy heads so I can use a smaller hook, that's nice. It would be nice if the eyes on the smaller hooks were larger for this application.

[Bendo]

I always just cut the bottom 1/3 right off those things, they swim much better that way.