My partner caught fished, I drove the boat.

cassidyta · 03-28-11, 01:22 PM

I made it out Saturday for a long fishing session at one of my local lakes. My normal partner bailed on me at the last minute so I invited a guy from a local forum who was looking for a backseat. He had never been to Sutherland before so he was excited about the chance to fish a new lake.
Conditions looked great, the water level is way up and the enitre shorline is full of flooded brush. It all looked so good that trying to find one spot was the biggest chore. The water was 60 degress with less than 1' visibility. I was sure that the key would be reaction baits. I tied on a spinner bait, my partner a fluke and weproceeded to cover shore line. Well this did nothing for the first hour. I switched over to a crank and still nothing. Not a swirl nor follower.
We were marking fish everywhere so we decided to slow it down my partner was tossing IKA's and I switched over to T-rigged brushhawg. Within 100 yards he had put 3 quality fish in the boat. While I am not the smartest guy, I decided that it was a good idea to switch to the IKA. I missed one fish that wrapped me, but my partner picked up 2 more. We stayed on that spot for another hour, but couldn't get another bite.

The wind was brutal and we found ourselves hunkering down in coves to avoid it for 30 to 40 minutes at a time. We pulled into one cove where the water went from 5' to 30' in a hurry. It was full of big rocks and trees. I pulled out the jig and Alin tied on a drop shot. I rememeber thinking that the DS was a bad choice because of all of brush. Well, his "bad choice" produced 5 more quality fish and 2 dinks. (3 fish on 3 consecutive casts). Again I was not too proud to copy him after his 3rd fish. But sadly, it only resulted in one fish caught for me. We worked the area for a solid 2 hours and decided to call it a day.

Totals were 12 fish in the boat/10 keepers. His heaviest 5 made for a 13lbs bag. My 1 fish was a trebble hook away from being a swimbait.
It was still a fun day.

bassinbob · 03-28-11, 03:48 PM

Almost, sorta like getting schooled. I can't wait to put in a whole day on the water.

bamabassman · 03-28-11, 05:51 PM

hahahahaha, sorry you had a bad day cass. but glad your partner had a good day. guess i am rubbing off on all of ya'll huh? guiding is almost as fun as catching them yourself right? hahahahahha!!!!

keithdog · 03-28-11, 08:08 PM

Boy Tom, I bet your gonna be a lot more particular about who your tourny partners are now. hahaha Just kidden pal. At least your friend had a great time and you were the reason for that. And THAT my friend is even better than a full limit.

cassidyta · 03-28-11, 08:14 PM

Funny enough, it wasn't a tourney. Just a guy who asked if anyone had an open seat on a local fishing forum. I didn't actually meet him until that morning.
The one good thing was that I learned alot from him on how he presented the baits. He was using a dropshot, but he was flipping it. He tossed to the spot and only let it sit there for maybe 10 seconds before repeating. It was deadly in the flooded brush.

03-28-11, 01:22 PM	#1
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	My partner caught fished, I drove the boat. I made it out Saturday for a long fishing session at one of my local lakes. My normal partner bailed on me at the last minute so I invited a guy from a local forum who was looking for a backseat. He had never been to Sutherland before so he was excited about the chance to fish a new lake. Conditions looked great, the water level is way up and the enitre shorline is full of flooded brush. It all looked so good that trying to find one spot was the biggest chore. The water was 60 degress with less than 1' visibility. I was sure that the key would be reaction baits. I tied on a spinner bait, my partner a fluke and weproceeded to cover shore line. Well this did nothing for the first hour. I switched over to a crank and still nothing. Not a swirl nor follower. We were marking fish everywhere so we decided to slow it down my partner was tossing IKA's and I switched over to T-rigged brushhawg. Within 100 yards he had put 3 quality fish in the boat. While I am not the smartest guy, I decided that it was a good idea to switch to the IKA. I missed one fish that wrapped me, but my partner picked up 2 more. We stayed on that spot for another hour, but couldn't get another bite. The wind was brutal and we found ourselves hunkering down in coves to avoid it for 30 to 40 minutes at a time. We pulled into one cove where the water went from 5' to 30' in a hurry. It was full of big rocks and trees. I pulled out the jig and Alin tied on a drop shot. I rememeber thinking that the DS was a bad choice because of all of brush. Well, his "bad choice" produced 5 more quality fish and 2 dinks. (3 fish on 3 consecutive casts). Again I was not too proud to copy him after his 3rd fish. But sadly, it only resulted in one fish caught for me. We worked the area for a solid 2 hours and decided to call it a day. Totals were 12 fish in the boat/10 keepers. His heaviest 5 made for a 13lbs bag. My 1 fish was a trebble hook away from being a swimbait. It was still a fun day. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

03-28-11, 03:48 PM	#2
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Almost, sorta like getting schooled. I can't wait to put in a whole day on the water. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

03-28-11, 05:51 PM	#3
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	hahahahaha, sorry you had a bad day cass. but glad your partner had a good day. guess i am rubbing off on all of ya'll huh? guiding is almost as fun as catching them yourself right? hahahahahha!!!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-28-11, 08:08 PM	#4
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Boy Tom, I bet your gonna be a lot more particular about who your tourny partners are now. hahaha Just kidden pal. At least your friend had a great time and you were the reason for that. And THAT my friend is even better than a full limit. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

03-28-11, 08:14 PM	#5
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	Funny enough, it wasn't a tourney. Just a guy who asked if anyone had an open seat on a local fishing forum. I didn't actually meet him until that morning. The one good thing was that I learned alot from him on how he presented the baits. He was using a dropshot, but he was flipping it. He tossed to the spot and only let it sit there for maybe 10 seconds before repeating. It was deadly in the flooded brush. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

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