F-i-n-a-l-l-y !!!!

[bamabassman]

yep as all of oyu who i have a phone number too saw.....I GOT A COUPLE OF KEEPERS ON THE DEAD SEA !!!

since i am on lisa's desk top and the pics are on my phone, i haven't learned how to post pics i sent as of yet. but man.....it felt GREAT to FINALLY catch some decent bass !!

i had been texting ol ssissippiboy about what ot do and so forth. well as i was sitting in the RAJUN CAJUN and looking at my gear, i decided ot change everything i had. EXCEPT for the lizzard,lol. so i tied on things i had NEVER thought would work. and said to myself..."gonna change till i find what works on this lake if it takes forever to do it."

so 1 rod was a finesse jig (thunderstruck with a bama craw), 1 was a green/yellow with orange belly 8-12 fot crank,1 was a black with red tail worm,then a red lipless crank on another...anyway i changed EVERYTHING except for the lizzard rod.

i launch out in the channel and troll towards the dam area daniel and i discussed. he said to fish the sand bar at the end of the channel. i have fished this sand bar before with a little success, mostly dinks chasing shad when they are pulling water.

this time i was using the lil buzzbait on the oppsite side where the is SOME grass. nuthing happening right? so i cross over to the deeper drop off side. i sling the black worm....nuthin. i go BACK up and drift down (they ain't pulling water so it's SLOW going). i throw out the jig, the spinnerbait, the silver spoon, the cranks. each time going back up and drifting down.

i throw all my OTHER baits and nothing is happening. so i look at the ol lizzard rod. say to it,"you're my only hope...." i grab it and start slinging. i throw at all the same areas, trees and such right next to the bank. and at the VERY end, well almost the ned of the channel there are 2 little patches of grass. i sling the ol lizzie at the first one. 4 casts...NUTHIN. then i throw at the 2nd patch. first cast....I SEE THE LINE HEADING TO THE DEEP...I BRACE MYSELF.....WHAM...SET THE HOOK. GOT IT !!! measured 19 3/4 inches.

biggest largemouth bass i have EVER caught in this lake. so i am trying to get the hook out but it was too deep and it bled to death while i was holding it and "swimming" it in the water trying to keep it alive. ok, it died. so i kept it for supper.

this was at about 6 am.

so i go back to the other side where there is a little slew and i catch a dink at the mouth of it. "great...back to the same oh, same oh." i thought. still ont he lizzard rod....use what works is my motto,lol.

anyway, i am ever so slowly inching my way into this slew slinging at the every spot of grass there is and getting nothing. to the right there is a stick that someone punched in a lil opening to mark a bream bed. i know cause i ahve seen them fishing it and there are bobbers everytime i go in there. so i sling my last cast at the stick (before i leave) and as soon it hit the water it seemed it took off. i se tthe hook and got my 2nd keeper. this one measured 16 3/4 inches. i didn't measure the girth of either fish and my scales are shot. but i am guessing the big one was around 3 plus and the 2nd was 2 plus pounds.

i go to CAITLYN'S spot, i'll let daniel tell aobut that, and tried everything all over again without any luck. then i go to my other "spot" to find a couple of jet fleas ruining it. so i go to the far end of the area and tried it..nothing doing. it's now almost 1pm and getting hot as all get out. so i loaded up and went to the house. today we feast on the 2 keepers i got yesterday. hahaha!!


i know this is pretty long, but i am jsut so happy to FINALLY get a decent fish out that lake.