Kentucky Woman

After a great day with Grifter trolling for walleyes, we went after the Bass on Sat. It was a beautiful day, no wind and about 75. This weekend I hosted my friend/cousin Briggs, father-in-law Bill, and my Dad (IDA-GaryT) was nearby in his boat.

After a very slow start we finally got into them with weightless Zoom Super Flukes with 3/0 hooks in about 5 feet of water with big rocks near shelves of shallow rocks.

Lessons learned this weekend.

1. No need for long casts.
2. Let the bait sink and sit, 15 – 30 sec. or more…
3. If no fish on first jig, pick up and pick a different target (big rock).
4. Weightless on still days, tube jigs on winday days (Sun).
5. Don’t be afraid to switch to top water when they start rising.
6. If a spot produces, come back to it after 20 or so min.

We basically learned to deadstick after catching a couple after untangling our line or grabbing a sandwich or something. Lifted up the pole and one was on.

Still caught nothing on a spinner or crank. Everything on weightless rigs.

All in all a great day, we ended up with 30 bass between 15″ – 20″.

Any similar stories out there?

Thanks,

PointMan

Forgot to mention. The 20″ bass was caught after a lull and we started some music to see what would get the bass biting. The 20″ bass hit when Neil Diamond, “Kentucky Woman” came on. I named that bass Kentucky Woman.

Funny thing was I was going through my camera and checking pictures, it was one year ago to the date that we caught our last 20″ bass.

Looking forward to your reports.

PointMan

Had some luck on sat. also, 11 bass 12-20″. All caught on tubes, nothing on topwater, or crankbaits.

I was casting the tube and slowly bringing it back. You wouldn’t feel the fish hit, just would be on when jigging it back to the boat. All where hooked well, they just seem to be sucking it in and sitting with it.

My Dad and I have noticed that they really like to swallow the tubes and we most likely are going to remove the barbs. We have not had any problems with the Flukes however.

Interesting you caught them while retrieving. Were they typically caught on the first jig or later. We’ve experienced that they hit the first cast after letting them sit. We learned this after putting the pole down to grab a pop or to untangle the cast, lift the pole and bang. I hardly jig more than once now.

PointMan

PointMan,

Where were you guys fishing? I was fishing on the west side and plan to try the SE side this weekend. Hennipen IS. and in front of Lybacks.

I had a hard time getting the hooks out of some of their noses, knocking the barbs down a bit would be a good idea.

It’s possible we might cross paths. I have a couple of favorite spots on the south and east side, but lately I’ve been exploring a much broader area looking for rock piles. Basically anywhere with a buoy and big rocks.

Last night I snuck about 15 min. of fishing in and nailed four on the Flukes. Wasn’t even hitting bottom. Biggest was a 19.5″. Still trying to crack that 20″ mark.

I think there is also good fishing to be had deeper, but I haven’t experimented much. Anybody fising them deep?

PointMan

Great report Brad! Sounds like you guys really got into them. I may have to join you in that new Reata for a day of smallie fishing!