Last Monday when I was at Miramar I saw a few rumbles on the surface but had no topwater baits with me as I packed mostly worms and craw baits. A buddy also recently told me he caught a few on top this trip I packed a few topwater baits in my kayak. It was a little foggy when I arrived and headed across the lake when I heard a few splashes in the distance. I threw out a small popper and minutes later a bass slammed it. Not big...but out in deep water the bass sure put up a fight. A bit later another bass grabbed the popper and on the way to the kayak jumped and came off. I alternated with the popper and a Sammy and landed another bass on the popper. It was pretty exciting fishing topwater as normally I just fish worms. I then landed a healthier bass on my Sammy which was fun. I decided to grab my other rod and try a small underspin (Dimiki rig)for a bit and had 2 straight bass hooked, but came off on jumps even with a tight line. They really were fighting for their lives and proved it by shaking the hook.
As the sun broke through, I decided to toss a few worms and began to pick up some smaller bass. I used senkos and had more luck with the old split shot up the line with a plastic worm(Old school Carolina Rig). I was surprised when I heard a few splashes behind my kayak, but quickly grabbed the Sammy rod and landed my 4th topwater bass. I was pretty lucky as the surface action died a few hours before. I continued to work plastic worms and between catching bass, I had at least 5 come off deep in the grass or on the surface. Anyway, it was a really fun morning as I landed 13 bass.
The bass are really feisty up at Miramar probably due to the lack of fishermen and fishing pressure and I honestly feel many have never been hooked and go berserk when they do get hooked. (Hmmmmm...Can Miramar be the New Murray for me?..ha ha).
Tight lines
Lots of clones
And had to post this dink as it looks like a bass
tried to have him for dinner based on the marking
on the side.
