Hodges update
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:15 pm
Well...this may end up being my last trip this year since they close end of the month but it was a good one (sort of).
Started the day at about 6:45 am with a lipless crankbait that I have always wanted to catch fish with...casts great, looks good in the water, everything but until today just never put it in the right spot I guess. Well today was another story.
Second cast...so now we are talking! a few casts later hit again but i missed it. Then...
They were getting bigger! Quite a few steps down towards the dam and a bunch more casts, and then...
Oh no! size is going the wrong way.
So I switched to a dropshot and 3rd cast hooked a nice one...too nice, broke my 10lb mono
so back to the lipless crankbait I went and then...it happened. I hooked a monster. It was even nice enough to jump all the way out of the water (which terrified me) so i could admire it's girth. I am going to say double digits and given that it looked way bigger than anything I have landed this year...by a lot! and then...down it went into the rocks and broke off my braid and took my new favorite lure. Tried a bit more with some senkos and dropshots but my heart was not in it after loosing the giant. Went home at 10:30, and overall I am very pleased with my first season on this lovely lake.
a couple lessons I learned:
1. always buy more than 1 of every lure...what if it works and you loose it?
2. if you think you have a bait that is a winner, keep throwing it the fish will eventually understand your persistence and eat it.
P.S. I did not see a single paddleboarder or windsurfer...
Started the day at about 6:45 am with a lipless crankbait that I have always wanted to catch fish with...casts great, looks good in the water, everything but until today just never put it in the right spot I guess. Well today was another story.
So I switched to a dropshot and 3rd cast hooked a nice one...too nice, broke my 10lb mono
so back to the lipless crankbait I went and then...it happened. I hooked a monster. It was even nice enough to jump all the way out of the water (which terrified me) so i could admire it's girth. I am going to say double digits and given that it looked way bigger than anything I have landed this year...by a lot! and then...down it went into the rocks and broke off my braid and took my new favorite lure. Tried a bit more with some senkos and dropshots but my heart was not in it after loosing the giant. Went home at 10:30, and overall I am very pleased with my first season on this lovely lake.a couple lessons I learned:
1. always buy more than 1 of every lure...what if it works and you loose it?
2. if you think you have a bait that is a winner, keep throwing it the fish will eventually understand your persistence and eat it.
P.S. I did not see a single paddleboarder or windsurfer...
