Skunked, but high hopes

[MallenManson]

Put my little boat in Little Platte Lake last night. Motored over to the deepest part of the lake, which is only 8'.
Didn't have an anchor and the breeze was having it's way with my boat. Set myself up in some fairly heavy lily pads and started castin a Spro Jr. Ended up with 1 strike, but apparently the guilty culprit wasn't too serious about the whole thing.

When I got near the end of the pads, I saw something big in the water. Was starting to think it was a log until I noticed another a few feet in front of him, and they started movin. Unfortunately, they were swimmin away
This morning I pulled out the lake map guide and the only fish they mention for that lake are bass, gills and crappies, so it's holdin some biguns for sure.

Decided to head for a cove that I'd never been to (3rd time on the lake and the 2nd time was long enough to realize my battery was bad, so I don't know the lake at all).

On the way there I threw out a Clackin Rap. Once I had it almost to the boat I realized 4 or 5 bass were really swarming around it, but then they realized they were near a boat and split. those ones went probably 12-18".

So, skunked, but with high hopes!

[Bubba_Bruiser]

I went night fishing the other night and sort of enjoyed it. It was the first time in years. I reckon since I was in college and snuck in the dean's pond. I think I am going to try before the full moon next time though. We have a state lake with a ton of lillies down the road and I might try it if the wife will let me out one more time before the baby.

[Jim80]

mallen you'll be killing em there soon enough man .

Jim

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Jim80

mallen you'll be killing em there soon enough man .

Jim

Sadly, I saw plenty of carp when I was there this afternoon. Did see a monster bass when I was dropping anchor though.
Learning how to use Spro Frogs. About a dozen nice hits on it today but not a single hook-up.
Ended up catching 1 dink on an XPS Nitro Minnow

[bamabassman]

mallen... you got a concret blodk lying around man? tie a rope on it and use that for an anchor pal. wind won't take ya all around the lake then. used to use a blodk ALL the time way back before they invented the anchor, lmao. sorry you didn't land a hawg man, you'll get em next time pal. you now know where they are right?

[BigBassin144]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

mallen... you got a concret blodk lying around man? tie a rope on it and use that for an anchor pal. wind won't take ya all around the lake then. used to use a blodk ALL the time way back before they invented the anchor, lmao. sorry you didn't land a hawg man, you'll get em next time pal. you now know where they are right?

that was when he'd fish from his dinosaur. By the way John, I'm pretty sure they're in the water, the big 'uns are anyways.

BB

[JB]

we used a concrete block to, what a pain in the arse that is after about the twentieth time ya have to lift it LOL. the block will hold the boat up to about fiften to twenty mph winds

[MallenManson]

I actually knew where there was an anchor, just hadn't gotten around to getting any rope lol.
Solved that problem before I went out yesterday.
Here's another oldie. Coffee can/cement/eye bolt. lol
Think I might hit that spot again this afternoon. I hafta hook one of 'em sooner or later.

[Cavs1123]

Originally Posted by MallenManson

I actually knew where there was an anchor, just hadn't gotten around to getting any rope lol.
Solved that problem before I went out yesterday.
Here's another oldie. Coffee can/cement/eye bolt. lol
Think I might hit that spot again this afternoon. I hafta hook one of 'em sooner or later.

thats the spirit!

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Cavs1123

thats the spirit!

Thanks! And it paid off. Not with a bundle of fish, since I practically limited myself to the Spro Frog, But I did land my 1st Spro bass, so I was pretty excited about that!
1 Alabamar 2 Alabamar CROSS HIS EYES! lol
Several blow ups again today, 1 nice one hooked but got off when I was hung up in the lilys and the 1 I got into the boat. He was hooked hard and deep. Had to get the pliers out for that one.
1st fish made the day for me when he came out of the water about 3', then the 2nd, on the Spro, really sweetened the pot
Here's a couple bass pics and some of the lake.

[bamabassman]

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh to be able to fish that kind of an area mallen. heck, any wet spot would be nice for me right about now, lol. nice fish pal. i too have the same frog you got. gonna throw it as soon as i can get out there.
thanks man. keep chunkin pal................

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh to be able to fish that kind of an area mallen. heck, any wet spot would be nice for me right about now, lol. nice fish pal. i too have the same frog you got. gonna throw it as soon as i can get out there.
thanks man. keep chunkin pal................

Wet spots are always a plus. Yeah, he was a dink but I was fired up when I got him outta those pads. Consider me a die hard Spro guy when they're layin up in there now. I'll be buying more real soon. This one's taken a beatin.

[Bassboss]

Wow mallen! That's a sweet looking spot... and some nice fish too!

[fishin spro]

i know how u feel mallen. after that first blow up on a frog you are hooked for life.

gotta love it when they hit it with AUTHORITY!!!!

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Bassboss

Wow mallen! That's a sweet looking spot... and some nice fish too!

That spot is pretty nice. That one stretch of pads is probably 150 yards long.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by fishin spro

i know how u feel mallen. after that first blow up on a frog you are hooked for life.

gotta love it when they hit it with AUTHORITY!!!!

You got that right! I was tryin to explain it to a couple guys at work today and they seemed pretty skeptical. Told 'em that even the day before when I got a dozen blow ups with zero hook sets, it was still exciting.
Authority sums it up pretty well, spro. Nuthin like water and pads exploding as they go after that frog!

[MallenManson]

Hit the lake again today in pretty poor weather. Really windy, chilly and got rained on for a bit.
Found an even better and bigger stretch of pads on a different side of the lake. Sadly, between casting, reeling and trying to keep my boat in 1 spot (even with the anchor), I neglected to get any lily pics (sorry bama).
Supposedly in the 60s and partly sunny tomorrow, and wind 1/2 what it was today, so I'll be heading back out to that spot.
Took a dink from there, and one from the old spot today.

[bamabassman]

mallen.....THEY SWALLOWING it ain't they?!? man i am gonna use my spros and rats tomorrow.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

mallen.....THEY SWALLOWING it ain't they?!? man i am gonna use my spros and rats tomorrow.

Yeah, they've been hitting the frogs pretty hard. Amazing that now I grade a lake on it's Lily Pads lol.

Tear em a new bass **** tomorrow, buddy! I got faith in ya!

[bamabassman]

thanks pal. gonna try.

[MallenManson]

I think this has now become my favorite lake.Beautiful day out there today! Water so calm, I locked the trollin motor in place, stood up the whole way across the lake lookin for fish, and steered it like a Harley.
Hit the new pads pretty hard today with some pretty good action overall.
Didn't get a pic or weight on the 1st fish I caught. Tried to grab his lip 3 or 4 times and he was havin none of it. Finally, he flipped himself off the hook.
He woulda topped fish #2 by 1/2 # is my guess.
Fish 2 went 3.0 and fish 3 (who I thought was a monster till I saw him for the 1st time!) went 2.3.
Got 2 smallies as well, but only took a pic of 1. The first one was REALLY small.
Some more pics of the lake if you're interested.
By the way, both smallies hit on an XPS Nitro Minnow in Chrome Clown, and the Largemouths were all caught on a black and yellow Bobby's Perfect Frog.
I really need to get to Gander Mountain and buy some more, since they're half off $6.99!

[bamabassman]

ok, now i gotta shoot ya mallen. not kill ya, just a flesh wound ok? oyu'll be alright, promise. hahahahahahahaha. man that is a great looking peice of water there pal. i didn't go at all today. have to get the beams sanded and stained before wednesday. that is when they will be going up in our house. 3 and a half done, 5 and a half left to do.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

ok, now i gotta shoot ya mallen. not kill ya, just a flesh wound ok? oyu'll be alright, promise. hahahahahahahaha. man that is a great looking peice of water there pal. i didn't go at all today. have to get the beams sanded and stained before wednesday. that is when they will be going up in our house. 3 and a half done, 5 and a half left to do.

lol as long as it's only a flesh wound...
Originally, I had that lake pegged as nuthin but a cold weather lake, a place to go when they moved deep in the other lakes, but it is seriously growing on me. 15 minutes away, fantastic scenery, smooth as glass on a calm day.
Lily Pads like crazy.
The first smallie I caught there was so light colored it took me a few seconds to realize what he was.

On a side note, checked out the boat launch on Lake Ann today on my lunch break. Lily pads just to the left of the launch! lol
Checked the board at the launch. Smallies, Largemouths, Northerns, Rockies, Gills & Crappie.






















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