10-12-2010, 09:00 AM
Put in a CFP about 2:30 for a quick afternoon bass scouting trip. Found a bay just off the main channel that was just loaded with shad. Plus the wind was blowing a bit towards the back of the bay. Must be some bass in there. Followed the creek channel toward the back and started throwing a Bomber crankbait that I just bought this morning. BassERT just killed them on the Nick yesterday with a very similar bait. Caught a couple of schoolies in about 8&#39; of water just off the weed edge. Hard to get a bait through the shad, they kept impaling on the hooks. <br />This bait runs about 4-8&#39; and rips through the weed edges pretty good. <br /><br />Had a hard hit in 6&#39; of water and knew immediately it was too heavy for a bass. I thought probably a big drum as I had already caught a small one. To make a long story short, it was a blue cat and after fighting it for about 25 minutes I finally got the gripper/scale on it. Weighed 34# on my Berkley digital scale. I really didn&#39;t think it looked that heavy, but was very fat and full of shad. Wore my arm out, and easily the biggest fish I have ever caught on a bass size crankbait.<br /><br />Ended the afternoon with 7 bass, 5 keepers and a couple of small, 2 med drum, and mr cat. Never got into any really good sized bass, largest about 2.5 #. I think I am getting closer to getting them figured out. Tried deep in the creek channel with a spoon, but could not get a bite. <br /><br />Regards, Labman