09-12-2012, 09:00 AM
I am a little behind in fishing reports. emoDoh <br /><br />So here is the week that was &#43; emoAngler <br /><br />I went early every day and I was ready for bass or crappie.<br />Unless I say otherwise, it was a SCREAMER of a bait that worked for me the best in the Chick on all weights...everywhere.<br />Vertical structure and dock shooting were pretty similar except for depth.<br />Counting down to about 8 to10 and then moving the bait seemed to be best. (Thanks Susan) emoHeart <br />Other colors did work too, but these were my favs lately.<br />Counts were average in the 70&#39;s up to a 100&#43; with a fair number of keepers. That just proves fish grow emoThumbsup <br />Bass were all but one on topwater and some days, I just was too busy to fish for them emoUp
<br />Just a few 7, but all but 1 were keepers emoFish <br /><br />The Nick was my target for Crappie AND bass though. And I tried the same patterns for bass that I was using last year.<br />Love the 1/2 oz castmaster spoon! Plenty of vertical jigging combined with the pain the next day from ripping it over and over and over, but it paid off with large fish when I hooked up. And yes it still has the same lousy factory hook and yet still caught , er, well most of my hookups emoLaugh <br />Bass over 3 trips came to 38. One day they were running small until I went deep, but most of them were keeper&#43;.<br />The crappie were good and I liked threadfin shad with the tail light fished deep on 16s and 24s<br />Counts for crappie averaged about 35 keepers over the three trips and 50 to 60 daily.<br /><br />Other species were black and white specks and lm bass and spots and a smallie and blue slimers and channels and shellcrackers and bream and alabama smallmouths<br />Fun fishing for this time of year<br /><br /> emoCool
<br />Just a few 7, but all but 1 were keepers emoFish <br /><br />The Nick was my target for Crappie AND bass though. And I tried the same patterns for bass that I was using last year.<br />Love the 1/2 oz castmaster spoon! Plenty of vertical jigging combined with the pain the next day from ripping it over and over and over, but it paid off with large fish when I hooked up. And yes it still has the same lousy factory hook and yet still caught , er, well most of my hookups emoLaugh <br />Bass over 3 trips came to 38. One day they were running small until I went deep, but most of them were keeper&#43;.<br />The crappie were good and I liked threadfin shad with the tail light fished deep on 16s and 24s<br />Counts for crappie averaged about 35 keepers over the three trips and 50 to 60 daily.<br /><br />Other species were black and white specks and lm bass and spots and a smallie and blue slimers and channels and shellcrackers and bream and alabama smallmouths<br />Fun fishing for this time of year<br /><br /> emoCool