It's been 6 weeks since I went fishing, but finally made the time to do so, and man am I glad I did. The fishing was AWESOME. Not sure how many fish we caught (I'm guessing between 30-40) and NONE were under 2#. This is one of the electric only reservoirs down here that happens to have both LM and Hybrids. I've fished the lake a dozen times, and I had never caught a hybrid here before, but then again, hybrids don't bite trickworks too good :roll: . That said, this trip I never had to throw the trickworm :mrgreen: .
This is the first time that I've been in the boat with someone who would have waxed me had I not switched lures. A while back someone on here had asked about a gizzard shad type swimbait and I had posted 2 different ones that are made by locals. Well, I can now say I have first hand experience with one of them, and this one in particular is simply unreal. Up until this day, I had never thrown it, and before tying it on, I tried a trap, buzzbait, and a sebile and could not get bit. It wasn't until the guy next to me (who happens to make said bait) had put the first 5 or more fish in the boat convinced me to tie it on as he had an extra one in his box even though it was in a trout pattern, and there are no trout in the lake. It didn't matter!!! I'm guessing within the first 3 casts, I had a fish on and the bite didn't stop for hours. This is no joke... I have never, NEVER, EVER, been too worn out to fish, but this day, I was, and by the end of the day, I was dreading casting this thing out in fear that another fish was gunna bite it . Trust me, it's embarassing to admit. I was exhausted. Admittedly, it wasn't just the fishing, but I'm not used to throwing a swimbait all day period. I don't have a rod dedicated to it, but I was happy that the BPS Extreme combo with 50# braid got the job done. I own the SPRO BBZ swimbait, and this thing is a COMPLETELY different bait. Not only does it cast good, the bait has limitless options for working it back to the boat. Throughout the day, the fish would want it different ways. You can reel this bait in as fast as you want to and it runs true without rolling over throwing a wake and water like a buzzbait, or you can crawl it back to the boat and it looks simply amazing. I've never been so impressed with a bait.
To be continued...
This is the first time that I've been in the boat with someone who would have waxed me had I not switched lures. A while back someone on here had asked about a gizzard shad type swimbait and I had posted 2 different ones that are made by locals. Well, I can now say I have first hand experience with one of them, and this one in particular is simply unreal. Up until this day, I had never thrown it, and before tying it on, I tried a trap, buzzbait, and a sebile and could not get bit. It wasn't until the guy next to me (who happens to make said bait) had put the first 5 or more fish in the boat convinced me to tie it on as he had an extra one in his box even though it was in a trout pattern, and there are no trout in the lake. It didn't matter!!! I'm guessing within the first 3 casts, I had a fish on and the bite didn't stop for hours. This is no joke... I have never, NEVER, EVER, been too worn out to fish, but this day, I was, and by the end of the day, I was dreading casting this thing out in fear that another fish was gunna bite it . Trust me, it's embarassing to admit. I was exhausted. Admittedly, it wasn't just the fishing, but I'm not used to throwing a swimbait all day period. I don't have a rod dedicated to it, but I was happy that the BPS Extreme combo with 50# braid got the job done. I own the SPRO BBZ swimbait, and this thing is a COMPLETELY different bait. Not only does it cast good, the bait has limitless options for working it back to the boat. Throughout the day, the fish would want it different ways. You can reel this bait in as fast as you want to and it runs true without rolling over throwing a wake and water like a buzzbait, or you can crawl it back to the boat and it looks simply amazing. I've never been so impressed with a bait.
To be continued...