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Today was a day of over planning and lack of execution. I was excited for hitting the pre-spawn bite before the super muddy water came down. I got the tide and weather right. I started on a flat I like to work with chatterbaits. About the third cast, I got a mega backlash on one of the two baicasters I had in the canoe. The other one had a spinnerbait on. I tried messing with the backlash but then threw the spinnerbait a few times. I almost backlashed that one. I was anchored, but decided to pull up so I could work on the line of the big backlash. Opportunity 1 aborted.
The next spot looked good and there were a lot of shad/herring/baitfish in an outflow. I worked it over pretty good with a tube and ned rig, but just wasn't getting bit. I threw a chatterbait (after I fixed the backlash) and the spinnerbait, but no bites. I was not feeling it there so I moved to a deeper (not deep) area that bass spawn in. I threw a red and orange crankbait, red and then chartreuse white chatterbait, tube and ned rig. No bites, so I kept moving around the cove. After I got no bites on the other side. High tide was at 7:38am and the bite gets tough after the tide goes out.
I decided to go back to the inflow and finally got a bite on the tube at about 9:35. It was a chunky 17+ incher that had a bright red mouth.
That was the only bite I got there, so I moved back around the spawning area. I got no more bites, but I got a Lucky Craft crank into a tree, was able to get it out and then threw it into another tree higher up. All before lunch. I enjoed the nice weather and tried a different spinnerbait and a few cranks.
After lunch, the tide was really dropping. I finally anchored and just worked one area with the tube and ned rig. I finally got one on the ned, when I noticed my line swimming off sideways. It was a smaller fish, 14 inches
. It had the red mouth too.
I tried a different color tube and a jig and craw along with cranks and the spinnerbait, but no bites. I made my way back to the ramp by about 2:30pm. Nice day to be out, just wasn't the hot bite I got excited for.
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Water looked decent enough…
Good effort!
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Nice Fish! Strong effort for these. Thanks for the pics!
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Ernie wrote:
Water looked decent enough…
Good effort!
Just a tide change away from muddy. Sad to see how much trash people throw in and around the river.
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drxfish wrote:
Ernie wrote:
Water looked decent enough…
Good effort!Just a tide change away from muddy. Sad to see how much trash people throw in and around the river.
That's the truth about trash. Even in little ponds. I just don't get it!
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