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Small but healthy-Damiki Underspin Hey McFish...a bigger bait is sometimes better...ha ha Damiki Underspin On a rooster tail.........Shhhhhhhh
That's awesome Vinny. One of these days you gotta teach me how to spoon fish!VinnyBass wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:45 pm Had some success in deeper water recently and especially on my last trip to Murray, so I decided to just fish deep and use reaction baits only. Despite the late start(looked like like rain this morning), I ventured out away from the shoreline even though it looked inviting. I searched for shad balls and found some, but the few bass that were around them did not like my baits. I tried an assortment of underspins, blades, hover baits, spoons and even tried an ice jig for a few minutes just for the heck of it. The shoreline was tempting me as over 2 hours went by and no takers, but stuck to my plan. I then reached in and hook a large spoon on as I had nothing to lose. After a bit of bouncing it off the bottom, a bass slammed it which was a nice surprise as I landed a bass about 3 1/2 lbs. I worked the larger spoon more and was alternating between other baits and landed a small bass on a Damiki Underspin. I went back to the large spoon(still jazzed about the bass I caught earlier) and landed another even healthy bass. The wind was howling on and on and working the Damiki Underspin again close to the bottom slowly I picked up another nice bass. All these fish were in between 20-35 feet of water. Then before leaving I just started working a smaller spoon bouncing off the bottom and lost a nice one on its first jump. I continued to work the spoon off the bottom and at first thought I snagged some line, but it started kicking and I landed another bass. It was strange not tossing plastic worms and crawbaits, but I was happy that I stuck to my guns and finally landed a few healthy bass. The bass have been eating lots of shad no doubt.
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Small but healthy-Damiki Underspin
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Hey McFish...a bigger bait is sometimes better...ha ha
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On a rooster tail.........Shhhhhhhh
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Now you know where they went when they dropped the water level! I think if I welded 4 of my spoons together..it might equal one of those gigantor spoons! Once again, you take something those fish have probably never seen and you make them eat it...outstanding!VinnyBass wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:54 pm I just threw that bigger spoon on because I was working deep water for close to three hours and I just figured I’d try it for a while because I had nothing to lose. I really jazzed and lucky when a bass slammed it. When I got another bass on that bigger spoon, I realized that there is another option for me. Previously, I never caught a bass on a big spoon so I never threw them much.
I am on stand by for jury duty so it was a day I did not have to go in and it was more of a
I wonder how many spoons or baits I would’ve lost doing the same thing at Lake Hodges ha haEarly release wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:06 am Good move going deep with the wind whipping. NIce fish, I need to get back out to Murray.
Thanks and Congratulations on your PB
Thanks Vinny! Now it’s time to get a better one. I’m always stoked on good fish.
"Now it’s time to get a better one"
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