Hot water bassin!

bluebasser86 · 07-21-11, 12:38 PM

Despite temps in the triple digits and heat indexs of 110+ I managed to talk a friend into going fishing last Tuesday. We get there really early and I catch a dink off the ramp on my second cast on a buzzbait. Thinking it's going to be a good day I keep chunking the buzzbait. 30 minutes and no bites later we're both fishing brush hogs trying to find a bite. My buddy catches a small flathead on his brush hog and then gets smacked on the backside of a marina walkway has to haul this fish over the walkway. His first one of the day went 4 on the button.

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I caught a couple small ones and then I caught my first good one of the day, 4lbs 3oz on a baby brush hog out from under a dock and we start to notice the big fish seem to be under docks.

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So we're running around fishing docks and catching a small one now and then when we pull into a different marina. It was getting real hot and we were both wanting to grab a snack so I start to troll over to the marina dock just when my shakeyhead gets thumped. Set into a solid fish that jumps and dives straight down and goes under a cable S@#T! Amazingly my 8lb test holds and I coax her back out and into my hand. My biggest of the day goes 4lbs 7oz.

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Things just stopped after that. We fished about 3 more hours with 3 bass, 1 drum, and a tiny flathead to show for it. All and all I can't really complain about the results considering the conditions and the fact that the water was 92 degrees in most areas of the lake!

Z-Man · 07-21-11, 12:50 PM

Some nice looking fish ya caught there! Did really well considering the conditions. I couldn't bring myself to go out today.

Bassboss · 07-21-11, 01:43 PM

Now that's some hot water!! But those are some quality fish to show for it!

What plastic did ya have on the shaky head btw?

bamabassman · 07-21-11, 05:09 PM

SON!!! good job blue.

bluebasser86 · 07-22-11, 02:09 AM

Thanks guys.
Bassboss, I was fishing a Netbait T-mac worm in watermelon/jelly. I actually got them to fish this weekend for smallmouth but decided to give them a test drive because of the unusually clear water that we were dealing with. I guess those zebra mussels are starting to have an effect of the lake.

keithdog · 07-22-11, 06:44 PM

Thats a great day in the hot weather pal. Congrats! Yeah, we have Zebra mussels in a lake not far from here called Pine Lake. It has those and the water is bathtub clear most days.

07-21-11, 12:38 PM	#1
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Hot water bassin! Despite temps in the triple digits and heat indexs of 110+ I managed to talk a friend into going fishing last Tuesday. We get there really early and I catch a dink off the ramp on my second cast on a buzzbait. Thinking it's going to be a good day I keep chunking the buzzbait. 30 minutes and no bites later we're both fishing brush hogs trying to find a bite. My buddy catches a small flathead on his brush hog and then gets smacked on the backside of a marina walkway has to haul this fish over the walkway. His first one of the day went 4 on the button. Resized to 49% (was 1024 x 768) - Click image to enlarge I caught a couple small ones and then I caught my first good one of the day, 4lbs 3oz on a baby brush hog out from under a dock and we start to notice the big fish seem to be under docks. Resized to 65% (was 768 x 1024) - Click image to enlarge So we're running around fishing docks and catching a small one now and then when we pull into a different marina. It was getting real hot and we were both wanting to grab a snack so I start to troll over to the marina dock just when my shakeyhead gets thumped. Set into a solid fish that jumps and dives straight down and goes under a cable S@#T! Amazingly my 8lb test holds and I coax her back out and into my hand. My biggest of the day goes 4lbs 7oz. Resized to 65% (was 768 x 1024) - Click image to enlarge Things just stopped after that. We fished about 3 more hours with 3 bass, 1 drum, and a tiny flathead to show for it. All and all I can't really complain about the results considering the conditions and the fact that the water was 92 degrees in most areas of the lake!

07-21-11, 12:50 PM	#2
Z-Man BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Akron Posts: 81	Some nice looking fish ya caught there! Did really well considering the conditions. I couldn't bring myself to go out today. __________________ Rather be Fishin'

07-21-11, 01:43 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Now that's some hot water!! But those are some quality fish to show for it! What plastic did ya have on the shaky head btw? __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

07-21-11, 05:09 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	SON!!! good job blue. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

07-22-11, 06:44 PM	#6
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Thats a great day in the hot weather pal. Congrats! Yeah, we have Zebra mussels in a lake not far from here called Pine Lake. It has those and the water is bathtub clear most days. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

07-22-11, 02:09 AM	#5
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Thanks guys. Bassboss, I was fishing a Netbait T-mac worm in watermelon/jelly. I actually got them to fish this weekend for smallmouth but decided to give them a test drive because of the unusually clear water that we were dealing with. I guess those zebra mussels are starting to have an effect of the lake.

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