06-03-12, 10:23 PM | #1 |
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Bad day turns around. Never give up.
The day started out with two small bass caught between 5 and 6AM on a frog. From 6 to 11:00 or so, I couldn't buy a bite. I had been using various techniques that had worked well for me in recent weeks. But things have changed since post spawn. Plus there wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the sun was baking down, and the winds picking up were making boat control difficult at best. The other fisherman who had launched after me had already packed it in for the day. I was about to do so myself, but I could hear Mike Icconeli whispering into my ear, "never give up". I decided to give one last thing a try, I headed for the west end of the lake where the wind wasn't blowing so hard, so I could control my boat better. Then I slid a Yum Craw Papi onto a 4/0 EWG hook and pegged a 3/8 oz. tungsten weight snug to the offering, and started pitching into open pockets in weedbeds in the 10-12 foot range. Right away I tied into a nice 4 pounder, the best of the day. Using the wind and trolling motor for a controled drift, I kept pitchin into open pockets with the Craw Papi. Long story short, I landed about 15 over the next two hours. I only left because I had to. If there is anything I want you the reader to get from this post, it is this. Before calling it a day and heading home when the fishing is tough, try to think of at least one approach you havn't tried that day. A high bright sun told me the bass just may have moved a little further out and were buried under the canopy of weeds. So I gave it a shot. I hear ya loud and clear Ike. Never give up!
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06-03-12, 10:46 PM | #2 |
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There you go! Ike would be proud. Nice adjustments though, that is the name of the game. It's always such a nice feeling when you read the weather right and make a great adjustment.
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06-03-12, 10:50 PM | #3 |
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Wow...nice stringer! Glad to hear things turned around for you!
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06-03-12, 10:56 PM | #4 |
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Nice day Keith. A Yum craw papi is my favorite lure, either t-rigged or as a trailer.
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06-04-12, 06:41 AM | #5 |
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This was my first time using it. Similar to the Peca Craws, but the arms seemed to have even more movment than the Peca Craws.
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06-04-12, 10:52 AM | #6 |
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See, Mike was right! Nice catch.
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Nice! We couldn't buy a fish until about 9 yesterday and then we found some schoolies and pounded the crap out of them for an hour. Didn't catch anything else until 12.
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Way to stick it out Keith,and great looking fish!
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Great looking stringer of fish. I still think Jimmy V said it best.
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still waiting on the delivery keith, hahahaha!!! GREAT JOB PAL.
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That is awesome! I also subscribe to the never give up philosophy too. Well done!
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