This is a report on the past 2 days of fishing. Yesterday was a Rat-L-Trap day. I fished over submerged weeds with several lures and caught 13 bass. Ten of the fish were on Rat-L-Traps. However, the largest was on a Blitz Lures LLC Spyder Jig with Auger Frog.
Plans changed today, so I ended up on the same lake, but with different results. The wind was coming out of the northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Again the fish were holding on or near deep weeds.
A lot of strikes came on a black/blue Blitz Spyder Jig with Natural Forage Baits Mad Craw, but there were no positive hook ups until the last part of the day.
To start the day’s “catching” I used a weighted peanut butter/jelly Blitz Finesse Jig with a Mann’s Bait Company Auger Frog. I’ll tell more about the weighting technique in an upcoming Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales® article, and may film a video.
Next was Natural Forage Baits RT7 worm. Two casts and two fish, which was good, but I decided to do some more experimenting, so switched over to a few other things including the Rat-L-Trap.
A little later I changed areas to find a point that might be breaking the wind to create a breakline, which I did. A few casts later with the Rat-L-Trap and the fish were hitting again.
They were still hitting the Blitz Jig, so I knew that sooner or later I should be popping some good fish. Sure enough the wind changed from NW to WNW, and they started hammering the jig. Then the wind changed again, this time to north. At that point they were still hitting the jig, but not as aggressively.
The best way to fish the jig was to let it sink all the way to the bottom, and give it 3 to 4 hops, then pause to let it drop again. If weeds were encountered then a quick pop to loosen it would sometimes trigger a hit.
In the two days I caught 24 bass, several of which were from 15 to a little over 19 inches.
A lot of experimenting and changing lures and techniques went into both days. In fact, fellow outdoor writer, Don Banning, was along the first day, and didn’t catch a thing.
I wouldn’t call them great days on the water; more like “good, but strange”.
Until next time, get out on the water, and have a great day of fishing.
By Dan’s Fish ‘N’ Tales with Host/Writer Dan Galusha