10/01/07--First Bass over 3 lbs in weeks

Lightninrod · Post by **Lightninrod** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:26 pm

Catching any Bass over 2/10 has eluded me for the last several weeks. Fished 4 different ponds, a 600 acre lake, and a couple of hours on the Ocmulgee River over those weeks and nothing over a 2/10.

Went back to my former boss's walk-around pond this afternoon with Bluebird skies, clear water, temps in the mid-80s, and wind gusts up to 20 mph. After about a half hour, I felt the thump of a bite on a bait Randall(Lake Varner guide) had shown to me a few weeks ago. It's a 1/8 oz Shakey Head jig and a Zoom Trick Worm. Now, I know most of ya'll have been using these for months if not years but they are new to me.

That thump was a 5 lb, 15 oz, 23" Bass. Felt pretty darn good getting her to the bank with BPS's 8 lb fluro.

Side view

Gut shot

Backside

Left click directly on the pics for better resolution.

Thanks again Randall for the tip!

Dan

tonym · Post by **tonym** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:24 pm

Post clickeys Dan.

Lightninrod · Post by **Lightninrod** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:38 pm

Sorry y'all. They're fixed now.

brokeneye · Post by **brokeneye** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:39 pm

nice fish.

the jigworm has been my biggest producer so far this year.

Fishingboy · Post by **Fishingboy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:58 pm

Nice fish, nice gear and nice weather!

arbogastjunkie · Post by **arbogastjunkie** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:28 pm

Great fish dan!!!

jholton · Post by **jholton** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:33 pm

I was thinking that we were WAY overdue on some bass pics from Lightninrod

Looks like fishing has slowed a little. Same here.
Good fish Dan.

deepsessions · Post by **deepsessions** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:43 pm

that's a great shaky head fish! nice....your rod&reel setup is stealing the fishs' spotlight thought!

Tigerbass · Post by **Tigerbass** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:24 am

Nice fish Dan! The trickworm is my number one worm for the shakey head. Alot of people use the smaller finesse worms, but I've had better luck with largemouths and spots with the trickworm.

By the way, did you go fishing with Randall? At Varner? I live pretty close to Varner but haven't fished it because I don't have a jon boat, and it's nearly impossible to fish from the bank.

GAMEOVER · Post by **GAMEOVER** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:22 pm

Man I cant get over the mouths and rack of gills those Bass have in that pond. That's a fun light rig to throw on that rod.

Lightninrod · Post by **Lightninrod** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:53 pm

Another ShakyHead Bass from today.

Same--skinny gut

Tiny lipless cr/bait Bass

Same pond and weather as yesterday. Caught 8 or 9 dinks too, all on the ShakyHead jig/Zoom Trick Worm.

Tb: I'll be back and answer your question in a few minutes.

Dan

Lightninrod · Post by **Lightninrod** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:11 pm

Tb: Yes, I've fished(with Randall as a guide) LV twice. Still no lunkers for me there but I will go again as LV is a trophy-Bass lake. Scores of double-digit Bass have been caught(and released) there over the last few years. On my last trip, we came upon a Bass floater. It looked alive but it was dead. She weighed 9 lbs, 12 ounces. Should have taken her pic but we didn't.

Here's my biggest so far from there.

And here are some geese over LV.

Here's Randall's site and some Bass pics from LV.

Tough fishing from the banks as you said. It's a no fuel motors lake. It's 650-800 acres and wind and storms come up quickly so the 'average' jonboat would be dangerous. Randall and most everyone else there uses 3-4 trolling motors.

Dan

davej · Post by **davej** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:46 pm

Very Nice Dan... great technique to get into..

Keep those pics and reports comming

DJ

dragon1 · Post by **dragon1** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:27 am

Serves you right using a finesse tech like that down in GA!!

Congrats on breaking the spell my friend!

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