Glorious day!

Sounds like a day, years ago, when I was fishing the dam at Harpers Ferry
with a fishing buddy. At the end of the day our arms ached from catching
smallies. As quick as you could release one, you were onto another. A once
in a lifetime deal..


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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We found multiple wolf packs of bass chasing bait fish everywhere
yesterday from 4 in the afternoon until well after sunset. I love fishing
poppers, but they just wouldn't take it. We all whacked them on spinner
baits and crank baits. I even had a couple doubles on a crank bait. I
would have been thrilled with the numbers I was catching on either bait,
but one of my buddies was getting hit almost every cast on a buzz bait.
They wanted a fast moving bait. I pulled out a 3/8 oz Kastmaster and
started burning it back to the boat as fast as I could reel a couple
inches below the surface. I went 30-40 casts straight with a hit on every
single cast, and until we called it a night I never went more than about 4
or 5 casts without a hit. I caught so many fish on that Kastmaster and had
so many hits that I straightened out ever point on its treble hook atleast
once and had to bend it back. I couldn't even begin to count how many
hits I had or even how many fish I quick released swinging them into the
boat on that failing hook, but I bet I landed over 50 fish. They were
mostly dinks, but there were plenty in the 13" plus range with the biggest
handful going to 2 or 2 1/2 pounds. I have not had that much fun and had
that good of a bite in a long time. I was still getting bit about every
4th or 5th cast when we finally decided to head in while there was still a
little failing light to dodge sandbars by.

Both of the guys with me did as well. What I found particularly
interesting was that when we first came on the activity none of us had to
say a thing. Among exclamations of, "Wow," and "Did you see that," we all
simultaneously reached for the nearest rod and made a cast. We all hooked
up on the first cast too. The other thing I found interesting is that
even though we were catching fish we all kept adjusting to try find
something just a little bit better.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com