10-02-2003, 10:23 PM
Hey TD...
Yup...those are the buzzers all right, and the propbait. With the fish beginning to go into their fall patterns, both the fish on Contra Loma and out on the Delta are feeding heavily on the shad...so these lures are workin' pretty good right now. The propbait does particularly well when there's a bit of a breeze blowin' putting some chop on the water. I just added another hook to the front end of one of those floating buzzers. I had thought about just screwing in an eye like that, but I was just worried about fish possibly pulling it out of the wood. For some reason I didn't think about super glue though. LOL. I'll probably go out later tonight and give it a shot and see what happens. The one I got the most blow-ups on was the fat-bodied buzzer. However, I think I left it sitting on a picnic table one night a few months back, so all I've got left is the skinny one. Any way I can get a hold of one of the fat bodied ones again? [
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I like your flatheaded buzzbait idea. That looks pretty cool. I think Persuader buzzbaits have got flattened heads, and those are some realy good baits...but they're triangle shaped and not circular like the ones in your pic. I'd be all up for field testin' some of them over here in CA if you got some to send. [cool] Maybe even throw on one of those short, wide buzzbait blades on one of them to slow the retrieve down even more. I've noticed that the buzzbaits you gave me with the short, wide blade, I'm able to reel slower and still keep them on top. The Delta fish seem to particularly like that...but then at Contra Loma I usually throw the buzzbaits with the longer, skinner blades because they like the faster retrieve there. Just gotta give the fish what they want. [
] And in-line spinners too huh? You know, I'm one of the only guys around here who actually throws a Roostertail or Mepps spinner for bass. People think I'm fishing for trout or panfish or something, but I when conditions are right...I catch bass up to 4lbs on them. Most of the time I throw it into the middle of schooling bass when they won't hit anything else, and it always seems to work. So send them new in-line spinners over this way! LoL
Well, I think I'll go throw a couple rods in the truck and hit the lake!
P.S. Haven't broken that teen mark yet. I think I told you about that one time when I had my chance at her while float tubing in disco bay though. However, I also just recently purchased some good looking trout-imitation swimbaits that I've decided to throw all winter long at contra loma. The shore fishing is slow in the winter there anyways, so I might as well spend it goin' for a BIG ONE!
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Yup...those are the buzzers all right, and the propbait. With the fish beginning to go into their fall patterns, both the fish on Contra Loma and out on the Delta are feeding heavily on the shad...so these lures are workin' pretty good right now. The propbait does particularly well when there's a bit of a breeze blowin' putting some chop on the water. I just added another hook to the front end of one of those floating buzzers. I had thought about just screwing in an eye like that, but I was just worried about fish possibly pulling it out of the wood. For some reason I didn't think about super glue though. LOL. I'll probably go out later tonight and give it a shot and see what happens. The one I got the most blow-ups on was the fat-bodied buzzer. However, I think I left it sitting on a picnic table one night a few months back, so all I've got left is the skinny one. Any way I can get a hold of one of the fat bodied ones again? [
] I like your flatheaded buzzbait idea. That looks pretty cool. I think Persuader buzzbaits have got flattened heads, and those are some realy good baits...but they're triangle shaped and not circular like the ones in your pic. I'd be all up for field testin' some of them over here in CA if you got some to send. [cool] Maybe even throw on one of those short, wide buzzbait blades on one of them to slow the retrieve down even more. I've noticed that the buzzbaits you gave me with the short, wide blade, I'm able to reel slower and still keep them on top. The Delta fish seem to particularly like that...but then at Contra Loma I usually throw the buzzbaits with the longer, skinner blades because they like the faster retrieve there. Just gotta give the fish what they want. [
] And in-line spinners too huh? You know, I'm one of the only guys around here who actually throws a Roostertail or Mepps spinner for bass. People think I'm fishing for trout or panfish or something, but I when conditions are right...I catch bass up to 4lbs on them. Most of the time I throw it into the middle of schooling bass when they won't hit anything else, and it always seems to work. So send them new in-line spinners over this way! LoL Well, I think I'll go throw a couple rods in the truck and hit the lake!
P.S. Haven't broken that teen mark yet. I think I told you about that one time when I had my chance at her while float tubing in disco bay though. However, I also just recently purchased some good looking trout-imitation swimbaits that I've decided to throw all winter long at contra loma. The shore fishing is slow in the winter there anyways, so I might as well spend it goin' for a BIG ONE!
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