Fun big bass after storm/cold front

In my area of Maryland we had torrential rains Friday night, then a
cold front Saturday morning. It was windy and clear by afternoon
Saturday. I waited until Sunday dusk to get out fishing at our
neighborhood pond (maybe 2 acres).

Our pond still had high water, mostly muddy murky, but covering the
shore-weeds. At first I tried a size 1 G-lock hook, with a 5-inch
black Wave-worm (soft, heavy, tiny ribbed, thick) Texposed hooked, but
no hits. I next tried a black 4-inch curly tail worm, and got only
got a lot of sunfish nibbles on the tail. One 6 inch bass (no
fooling.) I worked all of the one-third of the shoreline that's
accessible. No 'real bass' seemed to be available.

As darkness was approaching I tried an opposite approach as my last
resort: a Berkely jarred earthworm. It was light brown worm colored,
and only about 1/8th diameter, and about 3 inches long. It was kind
of overwhelmed by the big hook, but I threw it anyway. It didn't have
weight, so it didn't go far, and sank pretty slowly. I wasn't
expecting it, but I got a great bite from a fine larger bass. It sure
was fun to feel a real fish on the line, hooked solidly, with much
more mass than any sunfish. I was able to work it in gently/slowly.
It swam back and forth, and surfaced for a twist to try to get
unstuck. I kept rod pressure, and also didn't let it get stuck in some
thicker shore weeds. I carefully lip-grabbed it at the shore to lift
it out. I was sure glad I didn't lose him thrashing and snapping my
6-lb line (as one did a few weeks ago.) I measured along my rod (I
taped some marks) and it was an honest 16-inches from the tail notch
to the very tip of its lip. I didn't have a scale, but it was big
enough to fully fill the oval of my two hands thumb/index finger.
Healthy and strong. What a great time - fishing and catching!

Do other folks have successes with such tiny lures getting gobbled up
by bigger bass after a storm? Also, how long after the front passes
through?

RichardB
Columbia, MD

Where are you fishing? C--t-----l Lake?


Git-R-Done

I wanted to go out Saturday. Only chance before a trip this wed. We had
heavy rains, winds and hail in the San Francisco Bay area and central part
of the state. It is still summer, and the weather is acting like we are in
the midwest. But cold.
Bill

"Richard Berke" wrote in message
om...
In my area of Maryland we had torrential rains Friday night, then a
cold front Saturday morning. It was windy and clear by afternoon
Saturday. I waited until Sunday dusk to get out fishing at our
neighborhood pond (maybe 2 acres).

Our pond still had high water, mostly muddy murky, but covering the
shore-weeds. At first I tried a size 1 G-lock hook, with a 5-inch
black Wave-worm (soft, heavy, tiny ribbed, thick) Texposed hooked, but
no hits. I next tried a black 4-inch curly tail worm, and got only
got a lot of sunfish nibbles on the tail. One 6 inch bass (no
fooling.) I worked all of the one-third of the shoreline that's
accessible. No 'real bass' seemed to be available.

As darkness was approaching I tried an opposite approach as my last
resort: a Berkely jarred earthworm. It was light brown worm colored,
and only about 1/8th diameter, and about 3 inches long. It was kind
of overwhelmed by the big hook, but I threw it anyway. It didn't have
weight, so it didn't go far, and sank pretty slowly. I wasn't
expecting it, but I got a great bite from a fine larger bass. It sure
was fun to feel a real fish on the line, hooked solidly, with much
more mass than any sunfish. I was able to work it in gently/slowly.
It swam back and forth, and surfaced for a twist to try to get
unstuck. I kept rod pressure, and also didn't let it get stuck in some
thicker shore weeds. I carefully lip-grabbed it at the shore to lift
it out. I was sure glad I didn't lose him thrashing and snapping my
6-lb line (as one did a few weeks ago.) I measured along my rod (I
taped some marks) and it was an honest 16-inches from the tail notch
to the very tip of its lip. I didn't have a scale, but it was big
enough to fully fill the oval of my two hands thumb/index finger.
Healthy and strong. What a great time - fishing and catching!

Do other folks have successes with such tiny lures getting gobbled up
by bigger bass after a storm? Also, how long after the front passes
through?

RichardB
Columbia, MD

I wanted to go out Saturday. Only chance before a trip this wed. We had
heavy rains, winds and hail in the San Francisco Bay area and central part
of the state. It is still summer, and the weather is acting like we are in
the midwest. But cold.
Bill

"Richard Berke" wrote in message
om...
In my area of Maryland we had torrential rains Friday night, then a
cold front Saturday morning. It was windy and clear by afternoon
Saturday. I waited until Sunday dusk to get out fishing at our
neighborhood pond (maybe 2 acres).

Our pond still had high water, mostly muddy murky, but covering the
shore-weeds. At first I tried a size 1 G-lock hook, with a 5-inch
black Wave-worm (soft, heavy, tiny ribbed, thick) Texposed hooked, but
no hits. I next tried a black 4-inch curly tail worm, and got only
got a lot of sunfish nibbles on the tail. One 6 inch bass (no
fooling.) I worked all of the one-third of the shoreline that's
accessible. No 'real bass' seemed to be available.

As darkness was approaching I tried an opposite approach as my last
resort: a Berkely jarred earthworm. It was light brown worm colored,
and only about 1/8th diameter, and about 3 inches long. It was kind
of overwhelmed by the big hook, but I threw it anyway. It didn't have
weight, so it didn't go far, and sank pretty slowly. I wasn't
expecting it, but I got a great bite from a fine larger bass. It sure
was fun to feel a real fish on the line, hooked solidly, with much
more mass than any sunfish. I was able to work it in gently/slowly.
It swam back and forth, and surfaced for a twist to try to get
unstuck. I kept rod pressure, and also didn't let it get stuck in some
thicker shore weeds. I carefully lip-grabbed it at the shore to lift
it out. I was sure glad I didn't lose him thrashing and snapping my
6-lb line (as one did a few weeks ago.) I measured along my rod (I
taped some marks) and it was an honest 16-inches from the tail notch
to the very tip of its lip. I didn't have a scale, but it was big
enough to fully fill the oval of my two hands thumb/index finger.
Healthy and strong. What a great time - fishing and catching!

Do other folks have successes with such tiny lures getting gobbled up
by bigger bass after a storm? Also, how long after the front passes
through?

RichardB
Columbia, MD