4/24 Murray-Deep again
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:16 pm
Decided to head over to Murray mid morning and was the only boat launch. A lot can change since my last fish report from there
9 days ago, but I decided to stick to fishing deeper waters(20'-35') again. "It is crazy!" McFish told me recently . "This is time of the
year the bass should be in tighter and in shallower waters". I totally agree, but I figured I have all summer to fish shallow and there
I was in 25' of water starting to work reaction baits. I switched baits here and there and was working a Damiki Vault Blade bait close
to the bottom and a bass gladly inhaled it.
Switching baits a lot is just something I do.( I blame coffee or maybe I am just hyper...ha ha)
Anyway, I was making long casts with a Damiki underspin, letting it sink to the bottom and reeling and twitching it back slowly when
another bass decided to make a meal out of it. Then on a spoon working it up and down off the bottom,I ended up catching 3 small bass.
One bass was so small I thought I hooked a trout...ha ha I probably need to replace a few hooks on a couple spoons as 3 other times
during the morning I had bass come unbuttoned which was frustrating. I continued to mix it up with baits making tons of casts and even
tried an ice jig and a spy bait down deep. I grabbed a rod with a bigger spoon on it and I was just bouncing it on and off the bottom slowly
and kind of daydreaming. I was looking over at the far shoreline and thought my spoon got snagged on the bottom until I felt it pulling
back. It was so exciting because I never really fished with big spoons much at all and had never caught anything on one until just a few
weeks ago. I was so jazzed when I landed another nice bass on one that when I came home, I immediately ordered a few more.
Anyway...just ended up with a half a dozen bass.....but always better than staying at home.
Tight lines
A few pics....
Where the heck is everyone?
I only saw a kayak and float tuber out there
9 days ago, but I decided to stick to fishing deeper waters(20'-35') again. "It is crazy!" McFish told me recently . "This is time of the
year the bass should be in tighter and in shallower waters". I totally agree, but I figured I have all summer to fish shallow and there
I was in 25' of water starting to work reaction baits. I switched baits here and there and was working a Damiki Vault Blade bait close
to the bottom and a bass gladly inhaled it.
Switching baits a lot is just something I do.( I blame coffee or maybe I am just hyper...ha ha)
Anyway, I was making long casts with a Damiki underspin, letting it sink to the bottom and reeling and twitching it back slowly when
another bass decided to make a meal out of it. Then on a spoon working it up and down off the bottom,I ended up catching 3 small bass.
One bass was so small I thought I hooked a trout...ha ha I probably need to replace a few hooks on a couple spoons as 3 other times
during the morning I had bass come unbuttoned which was frustrating. I continued to mix it up with baits making tons of casts and even
tried an ice jig and a spy bait down deep. I grabbed a rod with a bigger spoon on it and I was just bouncing it on and off the bottom slowly
and kind of daydreaming. I was looking over at the far shoreline and thought my spoon got snagged on the bottom until I felt it pulling
back. It was so exciting because I never really fished with big spoons much at all and had never caught anything on one until just a few
weeks ago. I was so jazzed when I landed another nice bass on one that when I came home, I immediately ordered a few more.
Anyway...just ended up with a half a dozen bass.....but always better than staying at home.
Tight lines
A few pics....
I only saw a kayak and float tuber out there