A Fall Pounding

After cancelling several days recently, due big winds and crap weather, I was finally back out today! Chas & his wife were with me after I had to cancel them yesterday, as well. The clients I had for today requested a reschedule due to one of them having the flu. In the end, it all worked out for Chas!

Cold morning temps greeted us this morning, but at least the winds were low and the lake didn’t look like an ocean. Although they were from the NE, they were blowing low and the waves were tiny. I only hoped the conditions hadn’t changed too much!

Our first area may have looked good, but the fish didn’t want to bite. I decided to pull the plug quickly and opted for another spot, further away. This one was in a little deeper water and several fish were landed, casting a dropshot. Unfortunately, it wasn’t what I had expected either and another move was made.

I had been seeing plenty of bass from this next location and after refining it a bit more, the fish began to bite. Dropshot rigs were used and we remained here for several hours, just pounding on the fish! They may not have been all big, but they fought like they were!

The next few places we tried, all fell short on the catching. It wasn’t until I hit another big flat offshore that things turned around. I had Chas tossing blades and he was absolutely annihilated! There’s no better feeling than getting hammered by a bass on a spinnerbait! He stuck with it for a while and managed to land over a half dozen. Several other fish were also missed as well, telling me that we were finally on the fall numbers I had wanted to see.

I had no intension of staying here for as long as we did, but the fish were biting. Whenever it slowed down, I changed up techniques and he landed many more fish. From blades to hard & soft baits, to finally dropshots, all worked well. In the end, the last cast yielded another big fish and we left them biting! Who knows how many bass were actually here? All I know is that they took a pounding before we were done. Chas landed an incredible number of them and his wife even took part in the beating at times as well.

What looked like another cancellation day turned into a phenomenal one for us today! Plenty of action on all levels. Multiple bait changes allowed us to monopolize on the high number of fish we were on today. They both left with a sense of satisfaction and Chas may have even gotten the bass thumb that we all strive for. Either way, it was an extraordinary bass catching day!!