Is there such a thing as a disappointing, 40 bass day?

I must be getting jaded. I came off the water yesterday feeling
disappointed. No lunkers and it wasn't Champlain.

I got to the Mudge at 5:10, but Frank wasn't going to show up until 6:15,
so I zipped out to the end of the pads and threw a 5.75" Fin-S Fish in
around the thinner pads. Caught 5 in about a half hour, then fished my way
back toward the ramp to pick up half-day-Frank. We got another few on the
way back through that area, and then started to hit the usual prime spots.
We couldn't get bit on the standard fare along the bottom (T-rigged worms
and creature baits) but the soft jerk bait bite continued sporadically
around the edges of the pads and the drop shot was getting bit in deeper
water, so we managed to get 15 bass or so by the time I had to take Frank
back to the ramp at 11:30. Problem was, other than a big pickerel that
Frank caught on the DS rig, only a handful of these fish even approached
the 2 pound mark. Naturally, we fished the pads headed back in. The fish in
the pads were really on strong then, and we got 6 more on the Fin-S Fish
between the two of us, just boogeying through with the electric on high.
Best one of the morning came from the pads a cast or two off the ramp, but
even that was nothing to write home about.

After I dropped off Frank, I caught another 3 on my way out of the pads.
Probably should have taken my time and fished it more thoroughly while the
fish were on. Instead I went out and worked hard in the wind for another 8
fish on the drop shot rig. Never did catch any of the deep weedline fish on
bigger plastics that usually make up the bulk of the catch this time of the
year.

The final tally for the day included more than 40 bass between the two of
us. But probably only 6 or 7 of them were over a pound and a half and there
was no pig in the mix, so it amounted to a disappointing 40 bass day.
Didn't know there could be such a thing. I guess I've been spoiled fishing
Champlain so much this season.

RichZ©
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