Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Christmas Eve Bass

Well, its finally here....yep, Christmas!  I went fishing this morning.  Weather conditions were terrible. Air temps were 50, has been raining for days, and very cloudy as you can see from the pictures.

Water conditions were as usual this time of year...clear and low 50s.

Fishing off a dock with one of the RC STX jerk baits that go 4-6 ft. Its a great suspending model with loud rattles to attract bass. I was using a popular baitfish color that bass hate/love...whichever you prefer. It is herring bone chartreuse.  Mixture of blueback herring with chartreuse on the bottom. These things cast great on light line and spinning tackle. Was using my Berkley lightning rod with 8 lb test Trilene on a shimano 2500 reel. This rod and reel has brought me in more fish than any other combo I've ever had.

Merry Christmas and enjoy the pictures!

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Cold water, hot bite!

With water temps in the 50s and air temps in the 30s, who wants to get out and fish? Better think again!

Winter is the best time to catch big bass as long as you are patient enough and fish slow enough.  Caught these 2 bass within minutes of each other in a ditch using a 3/8 oz scrounger jig head with a white ice zoom fluke slow rolling it as slow as I could.

Remember to bundle up when going out because its cold out there but the bite is still hot!