Okhissa Trip

[Bubba_Bruiser]

Well woke up at 3:50 this morning and loaded up and headed to the the "Kissa", a 1200 acre lake in south MS. We got on the water about 6 and headed to a point we like to start on and landed the first slot of the day 16 1/4" @ 2.5 on a green pumpkin lizard. I got another good hit on a buzzbait and we went dry for a while after that. There was an impenetrable tree line about 4' off of the bank and we could see shad bouncing all over the place where they were getting ran by bass or crappie, I reckon, but I left the chainsaw at home, so there just wasn't no way to get to them. I saw a big bust by a fallen pine and chunked a frog spook in the gap and got a nice blow up but couldn't get a set. Then when we got around to the other side, I tried it again and she blew up again, I got to fight her for a while, but these fish must have a Gold's Gym on every stump in the place. She finally shook the hook, but I had fun for the fight, and it was going to be a slot fish anyways. So let's just call it a water release. My buddy was determined with the spinner bait and finally got on to the boat and it came off. He said he got so excited, he just reeled and never set the hook. Then we went dry again for about 2 hours. MY buddy finally fulfilled his spinnerbait dream and caught another slot at 2.5#. The we moved to a cove and found a few spawning and flipped on them for a few minutes, but we didn't harass them too long. Then we moved out and I changed to a Berkley 5" beast watermelon seed. I made the throw and had some slack on the spool, so I pulled it out. while I reeled it up it slung a knot, so I stopped and got it out. When I got the slack back, my line was heading yonder ways and I squatted on her. I got another slot fish at 3.5#

Then I caught another 2# on the beast after that one. It got the livewell treatment. And I picked another eater about a half hour later. My buddy went to nada for the rest of the day and I picked up another slot, about 2.75 on a shakey head tipped with a Roboworm, and I finished out the day with 1 dink on a mini sweet beaver. Tough day for 10 hours worth, but it's always worth it. And you don't get better sitting around the house. We had 10-15 mph winds shifting throughout the day, 68-71 water temp Clear - Partly Cloudy at times. Most of the fish came from 8-10' of water.