Andrew Kidd
September 27th, 2003, 01:13 AM
Skipped out of work today. Went fishing at Geist Reservoir in Central
Indiana. Front was approaching and I thought it would be a great
opportunity to hit some active fish. Water temp was 66 when I finally got
there at 9:00am. Had a few trailer wiring problems.
Fishing started out pretty good...had a 14 incher on a deep diving
crankbait within the first half hour. Another one got off a few minutes
later. Felt like a decent one.
Had an hour and a half dry spell, so I switched to jig and pig and
started fishing in the weeds. The weeds are an emergant type, with thin
willow like leaves and about 10-12 inches sticking out of the water, over
about two feet of water. Within the first three casts I pulled out a chubby
17.5" LM that weighed in at 3lb3oz. Snapped a picture and continued,
thinking I had the pattern nailed. As overcast as it was (and spitting rain
occasionally) I was a little surprised to find that bass in the weeds. I
would have thought they would have been active and pretty spread out away
from the cover. At least on the outside of the weeds. This guy was way in
there.
Pitched and pitched and pitched... Decided after about an hour and
several hundred feet of weeds that this jig wasn't cutting it. Switched to
the spinnerbait and continued pitching it into the weeds. Caught another
14" within the next couple casts. Now I think, this is the ticket. Pitch
and pitch and pitch that spinnerbait. Started switching up, trying a few
different places. Finally head towards the bridge near the ramp, thinking
I'm going to be giving up shortly.
At this point, I have three fish, all keepers, and have been fishing for
nearly 4 hours without a bite. Had worn out the spinnerbait and jig. Pull
out my old trusty Bill Norman Deep Baby N crankbait and begin casting to the
bridge. On the third cast, I catch my fourth keeper, another 14.5" fish.
Three or so casts later, I pull a 15.5" off the bridge piling. I cast for
another 10 minutes, catching a 16.5", 2lb 7oz off another piling. Decide
after a couple dozen more casts that it's time to head out. Left the lake
around 4:30pm.
Final total for the day 6 fish - 6 keepers. Saw several balls of shad in
coves, heading towards the backs of them. Looks like Fall is here.
All-in-all, I'm glad I went! :-) It was worth the days vacation. Will
post a couple pics over at APBF a little later...
--
Andrew Kidd
http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us!
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Indiana. Front was approaching and I thought it would be a great
opportunity to hit some active fish. Water temp was 66 when I finally got
there at 9:00am. Had a few trailer wiring problems.
Fishing started out pretty good...had a 14 incher on a deep diving
crankbait within the first half hour. Another one got off a few minutes
later. Felt like a decent one.
Had an hour and a half dry spell, so I switched to jig and pig and
started fishing in the weeds. The weeds are an emergant type, with thin
willow like leaves and about 10-12 inches sticking out of the water, over
about two feet of water. Within the first three casts I pulled out a chubby
17.5" LM that weighed in at 3lb3oz. Snapped a picture and continued,
thinking I had the pattern nailed. As overcast as it was (and spitting rain
occasionally) I was a little surprised to find that bass in the weeds. I
would have thought they would have been active and pretty spread out away
from the cover. At least on the outside of the weeds. This guy was way in
there.
Pitched and pitched and pitched... Decided after about an hour and
several hundred feet of weeds that this jig wasn't cutting it. Switched to
the spinnerbait and continued pitching it into the weeds. Caught another
14" within the next couple casts. Now I think, this is the ticket. Pitch
and pitch and pitch that spinnerbait. Started switching up, trying a few
different places. Finally head towards the bridge near the ramp, thinking
I'm going to be giving up shortly.
At this point, I have three fish, all keepers, and have been fishing for
nearly 4 hours without a bite. Had worn out the spinnerbait and jig. Pull
out my old trusty Bill Norman Deep Baby N crankbait and begin casting to the
bridge. On the third cast, I catch my fourth keeper, another 14.5" fish.
Three or so casts later, I pull a 15.5" off the bridge piling. I cast for
another 10 minutes, catching a 16.5", 2lb 7oz off another piling. Decide
after a couple dozen more casts that it's time to head out. Left the lake
around 4:30pm.
Final total for the day 6 fish - 6 keepers. Saw several balls of shad in
coves, heading towards the backs of them. Looks like Fall is here.
All-in-all, I'm glad I went! :-) It was worth the days vacation. Will
post a couple pics over at APBF a little later...
--
Andrew Kidd
http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us!
http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home