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I was out of town last weekend on a snowboarding trip, which made it the first weekend in some time that I didn’t fish, so I was stoked to get out at Cap today. I got on the water at about 6:30AM and made a few casts with various crankbaits, but to no avail. Made a long kick/row to an area I’ve been fishing pretty heavily and made casts right up against the bank with a neko rigged Z-Man Fattyz and caught a couple of fish, broke one off (check your line), and missed one all between 7-8AM. After a couple of hours of no bites, I relocated across the lake and targeted bass hanging around rocks. I also ended up switching to a 4-inch neko-rigged Senko in a much different color, and this definitely got more looks. Had around 8 bites between 11:15-12PM, resulting in a pair of both lost and missed fish and 4 fish caught, including one weighing a healthy 3lb 12oz, and one weighing an UNHEALTHY 6lb 4oz. While the big fish was an easy 24in (roughly the length of my 8lb 4oz PB caught a few weeks ago), it was all skin and bones. Still, not complaining! Final fish count: 6 fish caught with a lot of missed opportunities. Also, great to meet @CorsoEnthusiast this morning!

Tight lines

Brad

Fun morning! What was the hot color for you?

risentidefishing wrote: Sun Feb 08, 2026 1:08 pm Fun morning! What was the hot color for you?

It sure was. The hot color for me was whatever the color of the worm in the picture below is. I couldn’t find the name of it, but it looks like green pumpkin on one side. Let me know if you find out the name!

Nice job out there Brad, was great meeting you!