Playing with C&R Cod gets old while waiting for my Striped Nemesis to start biting. Prior to this AM I've been out bass fishing 10 times starting on May 15 with nothing to show. On the 17th I got excited by seeing a follow, but after that until yesterday, I didn't see anything at all, driving me close to taking up golf.
This AM was picture perfect, no wind, glassine water and a nice sun. I slowly made my way up to the spot using my GPS-saved low water track and I dropped the hook on an early flood in 2' of water. There was so little flow that for the entire time my anchor chain, not the anchor, was holding the boat.
Started casting and about 7 minutes in I saw a follow, but there was no contact. A few casts later, I got distracted by a bunch of terns over bait in less than 1 ft of water. I strained trying to see if there were fish there, but nothing showed and at that depth, even if they were standing still you'd see their backs out of the water. As my popper got close to the boat I saw a swirl away from the plug and a cloud of mud as a fish turned away, CRAP!!! A few casts later, just as my Radio complained that it hadn't received an updated GPS fix, I always turn off the sounder and GPS when I'm fishing in the river, I had a fish start to follow my plug.
OK, battle stations first stop it-Nothing. Start it again, fish still there but nothing!! UGGGGHHH!!! In desperation I went full Joe Cocker on it and big swirl, but no hit, but - WTF, I'm on!! He must have sucked in the plug, nothing that resembled a hit there!!!
A few minutes later I slipped the net under a 29" Tuesday night Stripah dinner that weighed 10 lbs on the Boga. Fished for a while longer, with only 2 other followers, but no hits or any significant swirls, even when channeling Mr. Cocker...
Bottom line, the detestable stench of Skunk has been removed, thank you Baby Poseidon!!!
This AM was picture perfect, no wind, glassine water and a nice sun. I slowly made my way up to the spot using my GPS-saved low water track and I dropped the hook on an early flood in 2' of water. There was so little flow that for the entire time my anchor chain, not the anchor, was holding the boat.
Started casting and about 7 minutes in I saw a follow, but there was no contact. A few casts later, I got distracted by a bunch of terns over bait in less than 1 ft of water. I strained trying to see if there were fish there, but nothing showed and at that depth, even if they were standing still you'd see their backs out of the water. As my popper got close to the boat I saw a swirl away from the plug and a cloud of mud as a fish turned away, CRAP!!! A few casts later, just as my Radio complained that it hadn't received an updated GPS fix, I always turn off the sounder and GPS when I'm fishing in the river, I had a fish start to follow my plug.
OK, battle stations first stop it-Nothing. Start it again, fish still there but nothing!! UGGGGHHH!!! In desperation I went full Joe Cocker on it and big swirl, but no hit, but - WTF, I'm on!! He must have sucked in the plug, nothing that resembled a hit there!!!
A few minutes later I slipped the net under a 29" Tuesday night Stripah dinner that weighed 10 lbs on the Boga. Fished for a while longer, with only 2 other followers, but no hits or any significant swirls, even when channeling Mr. Cocker...
Bottom line, the detestable stench of Skunk has been removed, thank you Baby Poseidon!!!
