Getting Cold Outside

Well, it's December and the bass are getting ready to hit the Winter patterns. Right now they are still chasing baitfish but seem to be holding very shallow on rock. 

Today was a rainy day with winds from the West and dropping barometer. Great conditions for feeding bass. Didn't much like getting wet but I had on my insulated goretex Team Triton jacket so no problem with that.

Using a Rapala Husky Jerk 10 in a Tennessee shad color. It has 3 quality mustad number 4 treble hooks to help it suspend right where it needs to for the kill. I casted this one out on my 7' Berkley Lightning Rod on 8 lb test Berkley Solutions monofilament spooled on a Shimano 2500 spinning reel. 

I casted out around a rip rap wall where the park had built for people to walk next to the lake and view the scenery. I reeled it in causing it to dive down and let it sit for a few seconds. Then, I jerked it to make it rip through the water column and let it sit again while I reeled in the slack.

After my lure hit the rock and bounced off I felt a huge thump on my line and then it seemed like the fish took off with it! I thought i had hooked a baby striper the way the spotted bass attached this thing. I reeled him in but lot without a strong fight! Check him out and go get a Rapala Husky Jerk in your favorite baitfish color and get ready to reel, jerk, twitch, pause, and BOOM, catch that fish of a lifetime.

Lipless crank for winter bass

Went out this morning on lake Lanier. Water temp was still pretty cold since it has been raining here for the past few days. The outside temp was great for fishing though. It was around 60 with very light to no wind at all.

I rigged up my cotton Cornell lipless crankbait at first with no success. I then rigged up my new bass pro shop tourney series lipless crankbait in this bluefin shad color with the bleeding bottom. I cast it out a few times with no luck and almost attempted to give up. I then said a little prayer and cast it out once more really hoping it would work this time or I was going home.

This time I didn't work the bait like a normal crankbait. I thought we'll since the water temp is cold I will try and work this like a plastic worm dragging it across the lake bottom. Apparently that got the bass' attention because he engulfed it and I set the hook. He fought really hard but it was worth it. Check out the pictures. Keep fishing big and have a great day!