LOW Largemouth Bass!!!

[Matt Johnson]

BDR and I (along with more members of my family) spent last week up on the Canadian side of LOW to do a little fishing.

Top-water...Top-water...Top-water!!! Proved to be the dynamite ticket to landing these hefty bucketmouths!!!Slop-fishing is Canada, you gotta like it! Landing over 20 largemouth bass and witnessing over 50 topwater explosions made this trip to Canada very exciting. The walleye fishing was slow, but we found solitude with the bass. None smaller than 2 pounds, and a few that pressed over 4 pounds. These fish hit like kamikazes! These green footballs, stuffed with crawdads, performed acrobatic stunts all the way to the boat. We even had one bass leap out of the water beside the bait only to come down on top of it, hitting the top-water bait like a missile. These fish are in the wild, and they put on the feedbags. Here are a few pictures...

Good Fishin,
Matt Johnson

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[This message has been edited by Matt Johnson (edited 07-19-2004).]

[sami0115]

great fish! it looks like bullrushes in the background... what were the water temps up there? were there still some spawning?

[Matt Johnson]

Everything up there is way behind, and we saw quite a few spawning beds in the shallows. We fished the thick slop mostly, tossing Moss Bosses amongst the lillypads and cabbage. We didn't take an exact reading on the water temp and I don't want to throw out a guess (I'd probably be way off ) We fished the reeds a little bit, but they weren't too productive.

Good Fishin,
Matt Johnson

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[turn_in_poachers]

Im jealous. Straight out jealous. Nice fish Matt.

[EBass]

Sweet pics Matt!

[Corey Bechtold]

Nice report Matt! What kind of gear did you use to haul them out of the slop?

[Matt Johnson]

10 pound test Fireline on a Medium action St. Croix. That Fireline sure is strong stuff

Corey,
Did you get my e-mail?

Good Fishin,
Matt Johnson

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[Dan Wood]

nice fish guys!

[swampbuck]

Matt Would you mind sharing the bay you were fishing in, I have a place at the angle and fish LOW a lot, any help to narrow down the search for the largemouths would be great. those are huge fish for LOW.
Thanks

[Matt Johnson]

swampbuck,
You have mail

Good Fishin,
Matt Johnson

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