07-10-2011, 05:54 PM
Went out with a buddy of mine on his little boat. Hit the water at around 7:45am, took out at 12:30 or so. First couple hours were full of skunk, but around 10:30 another friend who came with me pulled in a 14" or so cutt. I got a little itty bitty bass right after, couldn't have been more than 4" long. Then the chubs started hitting and I got two of them, the trout catching buddy caught one, then it died again.
Went to head back at 11:45 or so and hit a few spots on the way back to the blacktail dock. I decided to ditch the worms (which both I and trout catching buddy were using) and put on a floating crankbait that the kids bought me for Father's Day. Felt a bite on it and set the hook, pulled in an 8" bass. I was stoked to catch something on that lure - it's bright blue on top, silver on the sides and bottom, about 2.5" long, and where I normally fish I couldn't really imagine anything hitting it. I didn't catch anything else, but my friend that took us out who's been having some pretty crappy luck this year managed to get a couple little dink bass to bite his gold cd5.
My wife went up to fish the bank while I was on the boat and pulled in a really skinny cutt almost as soon as she put in. Then three bass a little later on. The first two she caught had bit the same bait on the same cast - both on the same hook at the same time. That's a wild story, haven't ever had that happen to me before, but jaw hooked two little dink bass on the same hook.
I had a ton of fun, enjoyed the day, and getting out on a boat for the first time was definitely a good experience. Would have been if I hadn't caught a thing. The only negative was how many people were out there just joyriding and pushing the little boat we were in all over the place, lol...but I suppose they have a right to be there too.
Well, time to go fishin'.
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Went to head back at 11:45 or so and hit a few spots on the way back to the blacktail dock. I decided to ditch the worms (which both I and trout catching buddy were using) and put on a floating crankbait that the kids bought me for Father's Day. Felt a bite on it and set the hook, pulled in an 8" bass. I was stoked to catch something on that lure - it's bright blue on top, silver on the sides and bottom, about 2.5" long, and where I normally fish I couldn't really imagine anything hitting it. I didn't catch anything else, but my friend that took us out who's been having some pretty crappy luck this year managed to get a couple little dink bass to bite his gold cd5.
My wife went up to fish the bank while I was on the boat and pulled in a really skinny cutt almost as soon as she put in. Then three bass a little later on. The first two she caught had bit the same bait on the same cast - both on the same hook at the same time. That's a wild story, haven't ever had that happen to me before, but jaw hooked two little dink bass on the same hook.
I had a ton of fun, enjoyed the day, and getting out on a boat for the first time was definitely a good experience. Would have been if I hadn't caught a thing. The only negative was how many people were out there just joyriding and pushing the little boat we were in all over the place, lol...but I suppose they have a right to be there too.
Well, time to go fishin'.
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