Oct 09 2011
William Fetech
Toad
Fished this property from 7AM until noon on 8 Oct. I caught about 18 (4 in the 14” range).
Conditions:
- Air temp: 71 to 76
- sky: overcast to rain
- water temp: 72
- water: clear to 2 ft
Tank is down 8 to 10 ft, but the ramp is still usable. The left cove is full of grass.
A green/chart. hula popper and a green frog did get several hits in the left cove (I caught 4 and had several short strikes). Buzz bait was not effective. Caught one under 14’ on a weighted chart. fluke in the far right cove.
After top water died about 8AM, I switched to a silver rattletrap and caught several along the far right bank in 4-8 ft. The larger bass were caught on a medium diving (8-10 ft) crank bait in aqua/chart. colors. Both the rattletrap and crank baits were fished fast and erratic.
I culled 6 under 14” and 8 under 14” were on a stringer, but the line securing it to the boat broke and I lost the stringer.
Bill Fetech