Had a good day

Love of the Sport · 09-18-09, 11:12 PM

Yesterday we set out not expecting much but a heavy sunburn as its been pretty slow lately. We got on the water around 11am and by 3pm we only had 3 fish, all off t-rigged worms. Then I spotted a bit off turbulance on the water and we trolled over and found several balls of shad. I whipped out the good ole sexyshad trap just in case and sure enough the water started to explode around us. It was crazy seeing some of these bass flipping through the air. For the next 3 or 4 hours we were able to keep up with the shad and I honestly have no idea how many fish we caught, it was ALOT. Seems like every 2nd or third cast we were pulling back a fish. I got so tired of pulling shad off my trap I finally just gave up and would chunk it back out there with the shad still attached, the bass sure didn't seem to care. I seemed to be catching more fish than my buddy. He was using a small trap pretty much the same size as the shad. I was using a medium size trap thinking it would be easier for bass to single out and that seemed to payoff for me. We didn't catch any over ~3lbs but we did pull up a good number of keeps.Of course we didn't keep a single one, just not our style. I've never got to experiance this before and I must say it was an absolute blast.

fishin spro · 09-18-09, 11:39 PM

awesome man. me and a buddy found them schooling around a rock pile early this summer, but it was mostly white bass and stripers with a few largemouths mixed in. caught mine on a shallow diving sexy shad crank, and he caught all his on a shallow diving shad colered lucky craft crank.

i have never caught largemouth schooling like that though.

nofearengineer · 09-18-09, 11:39 PM

You should put stuff like this in the Bragging Board section. Because it's definitely worth bragging over. I know I'm jealous...sounds like you had a great time.

AUFred · 09-19-09, 09:10 AM

Those are great times!

Bassboss · 09-19-09, 10:11 AM

Wow! Sounds like a really fun day! Reason you weren't catching 'em at first is because they where all with the shad!

Congrats!

BigBassin144 · 09-19-09, 11:33 AM

Sounds like fun! When you catch a lot, the size doesn't seem to matter as much.

BB

Love of the Sport · 09-19-09, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigBassin144

Sounds like fun! When you catch a lot, the size doesn't seem to matter as much.

BB

Ain't that the truth.

Love of the Sport · 09-20-09, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nofearengineer

You should put stuff like this in the Bragging Board section. Because it's definitely worth bragging over. I know I'm jealous...sounds like you had a great time.

i haven't been around since the board was restructured. I didn't even know the braggin board existed.

09-18-09, 11:12 PM	#1
Love of the Sport BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Baton Rouge Louisiana Posts: 236	Had a good day Yesterday we set out not expecting much but a heavy sunburn as its been pretty slow lately. We got on the water around 11am and by 3pm we only had 3 fish, all off t-rigged worms. Then I spotted a bit off turbulance on the water and we trolled over and found several balls of shad. I whipped out the good ole sexyshad trap just in case and sure enough the water started to explode around us. It was crazy seeing some of these bass flipping through the air. For the next 3 or 4 hours we were able to keep up with the shad and I honestly have no idea how many fish we caught, it was ALOT. Seems like every 2nd or third cast we were pulling back a fish. I got so tired of pulling shad off my trap I finally just gave up and would chunk it back out there with the shad still attached, the bass sure didn't seem to care. I seemed to be catching more fish than my buddy. He was using a small trap pretty much the same size as the shad. I was using a medium size trap thinking it would be easier for bass to single out and that seemed to payoff for me. We didn't catch any over ~3lbs but we did pull up a good number of keeps.Of course we didn't keep a single one, just not our style. I've never got to experiance this before and I must say it was an absolute blast.

09-18-09, 11:39 PM	#2
fishin spro BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sumter county lip ripper Posts: 500	awesome man. me and a buddy found them schooling around a rock pile early this summer, but it was mostly white bass and stripers with a few largemouths mixed in. caught mine on a shallow diving sexy shad crank, and he caught all his on a shallow diving shad colered lucky craft crank. i have never caught largemouth schooling like that though. __________________ Total Bass of '10: 54 Big Bass of '09: 5.2lbs

09-18-09, 11:39 PM	#3
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	You should put stuff like this in the Bragging Board section. Because it's definitely worth bragging over. I know I'm jealous...sounds like you had a great time. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

09-19-09, 10:11 AM	#5
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Wow! Sounds like a really fun day! Reason you weren't catching 'em at first is because they where all with the shad! Congrats! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

09-19-09, 11:33 AM	#6
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Sounds like fun! When you catch a lot, the size doesn't seem to matter as much. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

09-19-09, 09:10 AM	#4
AUFred BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Prattville, Alabama Posts: 801	Those are great times!

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