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I got up early for some bassin' and the weather looked perfect! I started at auburn lake where I did well last year at this time. I started working the shore cover with a fluke, there was lots of wood cover and the water was high, usually a good combo, but nothing was going at all in the shallows.
I ties out on the outside weedline, nothing, over the tops of the grass on the flats, nothing. Hmmm.
Time to switch lakes, I decided Steiger is usually reliable for bass. I started hitting my usual spots with no bites.
As the water warmed up a bit, I started getting a few bites but no hook ups, a lot of the time they would drop the bait before i could set the hook.
I saw some huge carp in the shallows and decided to try to get one. I had corn along and tried to sight fish for them. I had a few look, but they were really spooky and would disappear at the slightest movement.
I tried dragging the corn along the bottom, hoping to luck into one but the bluegills kept stealing my corn.
Finally my line moved sideways and I set into a good fish! I was expecting a drag singing hard run by a big ol carp, instead I was greeted to a rather lethargic fight of a about 2 pound largemouth bass.
I used him to get some underwater photos, then I fished a bit more, saw a few nice carp and got another bass, and that was it. I guess the bass were on a corny pattern today!
pics for the day...http://mtbucket.blogspot.com/2008/05/tough-bite-this-morning.html

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[cool][#0000ff]Hey...if every day was nonstop action it would not be as special when one of those days actually happens.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sounds like you guys are still in a transitional mode back there too...just like in Utah. We have good days and bad days. And when the water cools down, after a front, sometimes the best fishing is later in the day after the sun warms the shallows a couple of degrees.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glad to hear that you appreciate the finesse fishing potential of the "buglemouth bass". Those things can be harder to catch than a spooky brown trout. But, when you hook one it puts on as good a battle as any other fish that swims. We can't use corn as a bait in Utah. But, there are lots of dough baits that work, and even a piece of plain old nightcrawler will get them...if you can keep the bluegills and other bitty biters away. We also catch quite a few carp on small jigs and flies. And, the guys that troll big crankbaits for wipers and tiger muskies even catch a few carp while trolling at speed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also not surprising about bass taking corn. Saw that happen in Arizona a couple of times. I have also seen big bass taken on Powerbait being fished for trout, and on pieces of hot dog being fished for catfish. So much for the gourmet dining habits of ol' bucketmouth. No class.[/#0000ff]
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Yeah I wanna hook one of those things and let it pull me around the lake![]
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