Murray 5/7/18 - Another Box of Bass

My stint of chasing the green bucket mouths continued yesterday morning. And, I even managed to knock the dust off my jig pole and ultralight before coming off the water! I hate to admit this, but they say the first step to cure an addiction is to admit there's a problem.....before yesterday, it had been a MONTH since I crappie fished and caught one of our beloved speckled panfish!!!! I've had numerous friends and family members ask if I've been ill when I tell them about my bass fishing trips LOL

On to the fishing. Yesterday started out like my past trips and I was on the water floating about 6:15 AM. It seems the fish don't really fire up until good light, but I like to be sitting on my first stop awaiting their arrival. For some reason, I struggled to hook and keep fish hooked yesterday. That was frustrating to say the least, but in the end I managed to piece together another 5 fish limit of bass. Same pattern as previous weeks: topwater plugs and swimbaits fished on points around schooling bass. I boated 10 bass by 9 AM and decided it was time to see if I still remembered how to catch a crappie.

About 5 casts into my first stop I hung a real nice buck fish, but right in line with rest of my morning's luck, he pulled off at the boat. Not to be defeated I moved on to a few lay downs and broke out the jig pole. It didn't take long before I had a couple crappie flopping in the boat and I felt "normal" again LOL

Looks like my next outing will include some more crappie fishing as I slowly transition back to what I know best! But, those bass are hard to leave alone.

I also ran into KHNC and his son on water. It was nice talking with you in person Kenny. I hope y'all caught them too.

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A nice mess of bass for sure. Good story and report Derek. Well done!

Any fishing is better than no fishing. I like a fillet from a 1.5 to 2# LM about as much as any other fish.
I like catching and eating most fish. ( cept gars and mudfish)
Good job.

Hey buddy, nice to meet you as well. Murray has been tough on me the last two weekends. Glad you got on them again! Sometimes the fish are just too smart it seems! LOL. We went all over trying to find an active bite, but it just didnt come together for us. I think im going down to the Hill this weekend. And if i dont catch them this time, Im going back to crappie on Sunday!! :)

Derek, youre a problem to those bucketmouths for sure! Congrats on a good morning of fishing.:)

Congratulations Derek on another nice catch you are giving the bass fishermen nightmares with all these dead bass

Omg! I have talked to several counselors who are willing to make the trek down to see you and help your get over the green carp fever you have!

I need it Knappy! I can't seem to leave my baitcasting rods at home lately. It'll be short lived though. As soon as the summer pattern takes hold I'll leave them be! I'll finesse fish for crappie but I ain't much on slow summer time bass fishing....


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Congrats on the bass catches.