Fishing Reports.

[ocf1]

Well........ You know what they say, Rock Bass fly when you're catching fish.

[Cyberfish]

Stuck a few toads sunday in the float tube...

[Cabela10]

What is that, a senko with a crawfish end?

[Cyberfish]

It is called a super do, yeah it is kinda like a senko craw hybrid.

[TNFL]

Went to centerville last night. Fishing was tough but some nicer fish were pulled out of 10 - 11 ft of water in sparce pondweed (basically the only weed in that lake. Lots of small males in the shallow pockets of pondweed.

This one went 18.5"

[Mr. Pike1]

Well after seeing cyberfish in his kayak and float tube I decided to pick up a kayak for fun for some metro bass and panfishing.

I have learned a few things.

-Bringing four pre-rigged poles and a little bag of extra tackle is kind of to much gear.

-Pulling hard to get a rod free from the inside of the kayak and it breaking lose causes force that could capsize a guy.

-Hanging your spinner bait of the front of the kayak can lead to your bait hooking the front pull string and really nothing you can do.

-Having to go to the bathroom while a mile away from the access presents a unique challange.

-Hearing thunder and seeing storm clouds again presents a unique situation. In my boat I can run and gun to the access in minutes. In the Kayak that time increases dramatically.

-Bigger bass, pike, or musky really can be interesting battle. After being pulled around a bit there is a skill in bringing the larger fish in to be unhooked and released.

-Wind sucks while fishing in a kayak just like it sucks when in your big boat.

The report:

I again fished primarily Mepps spinner, buzz bait, spinner bait, senko, tube, and x-rap on the inside weedline and docks.

The dock bite has always been my prefered and favorite bass fishing but I have struggled to turn on a consistant senko or tube bite. The inside weedline again produced many fish but the smaller males 16" and under.

I will be on Vermillion at the cabin this weekend and hope to have consistant 50 fish days on the senko, tube, small crawfish cranks, and little torpedo spinners that have all been excellent the last three years up there around the docks. I also am hoping to tangle with that 22" football smallie that spit me right at dusk in a calm bay just outside a wooded dock post last year. Oh I know the wooded post and you can bet it will get hit a few times at dawn and dusk with a senko and a tube. A little knocking on the door if you will to see if Mr. pig smallie is home and wishes to come out and play. So hopefully it will be mono y fishmono...

What I have to watch out for is the pesky 50" musky that are begining to inhabit my smallie waters. Last year I saw 20-30 in the bays on calm mornings and got busted off more times then I can count by these bruts who destroyed my senko and tubes on 6 lb mono.

I did land two musky last year. One on a senko that I was not prepared for and surprised I could land on light tackle and one I was prepared for as I saw him in the shallows, tossed my monster spinner on my musky pole with 60lb test line and landed the 50" monster....

[TNFL]

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I've been using those Finesse Wide Gap hooks from Gamakatsu for wacky-riggin my Comidas. Small in profile and rarely snag weeds, yet they stick fish very well.

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Alright, who went to cabela's before me and bought out thier stock. I went with a size 1 dropshot/ split shot hook. It looked similar to the smaller sizes of fin W.G.